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Shoes Off: Atsuko Okatsuka Wants Everyone To Feel Sexy

This week, the K-Pop Dreaming team is bringing you a special episode from our friends at, “Shoes Off: A Sexy Asian Podcast” from the public radio station, WBEZ. It's a podcast that celebrates badass Asians who are making a mark on pop culture and entertainment. In this episode stand-up comic, Atsuko Okatsuka, is taking the world by storm with her first HBO special, The Intruder, and her viral Drop Challenge on TikTok. She talks about how she learned English by watching Scooby-Doo, what it means to be named Margaret Cho’s comedy heir, and how she took her mom and grandma everywhere — including to her honeymoon.

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Secret Fan

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Mixtape

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Trot

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Moon Night

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Solid

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Roots of Rap

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  K-Pop Dreaming - KCON

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Koreatown

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #1: Danny Im

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #2: The Making of Red Velvet's "Psycho"

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #3: Origins of K-Pop

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #4: K-Beauty

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  Introducing California Love: K-Pop Dreaming, from LAist Studios

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  Prologue

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  Scared Straight