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Description

Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and author of the book In Order to Live. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (09:20) - Growing up in North Korea
  (14:45) - Animal Farm
  (21:00) - Search for meaning
  (25:48) - Love
  (28:05) - Language
  (32:28) - Yeonmi’s dad
  (34:30) - Escaping North Korea
  (39:47) - The world is ignoring the genocide in North Korea
  (51:49) - Evil
  (54:40) - Nuclear war
  (55:30) - Marxist origins of North Korea
  (1:00:43) - Famine
  (1:05:30) - Kim Jong-un is pure evil
  (1:12:06) - Freedom
  (1:15:18) - Michael Malice
  (1:18:57) - Diversity
  (1:26:18) - Political correctness
  (1:35:50) - Jordan Peterson
  (1:40:01) - Michael Malice book on North Korea
  (1:45:31) - Advice for young people
  (1:48:33) - Facing assassination
  (1:58:47) - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
  (2:01:20) - Meaning of life

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