Lex Fridman Podcast
#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea
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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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() – Introduction
() – Growing up in North Korea
() – Animal Farm
() – Search for meaning
() – Love
() – Language
() – Yeonmi’s dad
() – Escaping North Korea
() – The world is ignoring the genocide in North Korea
() – Evil
() – Nuclear war
() – Marxist origins of North Korea
() – Famine
() – Kim Jong-un is pure evil
() – Freedom
() – Michael Malice
() – Diversity
() – Political correctness
() – Jordan Peterson
() – Michael Malice book on North Korea
() – Advice for young people
() – Facing assassination
() – Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
() – Meaning of life
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