439: Going to North Korea: Part Two | Stereo Sunday

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On This Week’s Stereo Sunday, We Continue Our Adventures in North Korea (Part One Can Be Found Here):

• Gabe and Jordan traveled to North Korea • (aka Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- or DPRK) together several times between 2011 and 2016.

• As bizarre as you've heard North Korea can be, the reality is probably even weirder • .

• What do you actually do • on a trip to North Korea?

• How long • does a typical itinerary last?

• Should you strike up conversations with random people in transit • (or let them tell you what you can and cannot read)?

• What's so impressive about the Arirang Mass Games? •

• What should you do if you're accidentally caught up in propaganda production? •

• How do North Korean subways differ • from what we've come to expect in the West?

• How can throwing a frisbee thaw international iciness? •

• How much warm beer • can you get for $20 cash money American?

• Want to know what it's like to live out a scene from a David Lynch-directed musical? • Just dine at a North Korean restaurant!

• Will you get thrown into a gulag for performing the Star-Spangled Banner at karaoke • in North Korea (or should • you)?

• Why did Kim Jong-il allegedly accompany his mother into battle as an infant? •

• In the US, we have freedom of speech. In the DPRK, you don't even have freedom from speech. •

• Why do so many Americans and Canadians own businesses in a town on the Chinese-North Korean border? •

• After talking about all the upsides of visiting North Korea as an American, what are the downsides? •

• If you visit North Korea, what will you encounter that you won't hear about on American network news? •

• We also answer some of our listener questions that came in live during the show! •

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