Sometimes I like to take a deep dive into North Korea and I love how real this podcast is. It’s not click bait, it’s honest and portrays North Korean people in a way that the western media wouldn’t dare do because it would pull in views. I’m sad that the last episode was from 2023. Zoe, if you see this I hope you start podcasting again once you get to go back to North Korea. As an American I will have to live vicariously through you until relations between countries change.

I request a North Korean defector as a “special guest” to provide a counter viewpoint of someone who was raised there. I gave it a shot to make sure I wasn’t judging before I listened, but I believe promoting tourism to a country with deplorable human rights is disgusting and dangerous.

So interesting to hear about a foreigner/westerner’s continued experiences in DPRK/North Korea. Found her from TikTok

Zoe speaks very fast but uses a lot of fillers like Um. She talks around in circles before getting her thought out. If she slowed down or prepared her thoughts more, it could be more concise and fluid. I have no doubt she enjoys the country and has some valuable insights but the podcast is difficult to listen to.

At one point the host claims that North Korea is safer than England. Yup.