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Stay Soft, Stay Open

A podcast about vulnerability, courage, and creativity. I"m your host, Jieun Ko. staysoftstayopen.substack.com

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00:12:24

Gajok, Ep. #119: May 23, 2024

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2024/05/24

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, friends. 🌼 In honor of this month, for the next 10 days, Greg and I are giving away a free and exclusive gift to every person that joins our Patreon Community. Between May 21 and May 31, every new subscribing Patreon Member — all tiers included — will receive a dandelion enamel pin made by New Jersey-based South Asian American artist, Rubeena Ianigro. --- Thank you, Lindsey Fiegelman, for being the second person to become a

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00:23:44

Gajok, Ep. #118: May 22, 2024

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2024/05/23

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, friends. 🌼 In honor of this month, for the next 10 days, Greg and I are giving away a free and exclusive gift to every person that joins our Patreon Community. Between May 21 and May 31, every new subscribing Patreon Member — all tiers included — will receive a dandelion enamel pin made by New Jersey-based South Asian American artist, Rubeena Ianigro. Here are the 4 steps to becoming a Patreon Member: ① Go to our Patreon

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00:22:03

Gajok, Ep. #117: May 21, 2024

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2024/05/22

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, friends. 🌼 In honor of this month, for the next 10 days, Greg and I are giving away a free and exclusive gift to every person that joins our Patreon Community. Between May 21 and May 31, every new subscribing Patreon Member — all tiers included — will receive a dandelion enamel pin made by South Asian American artist, Rubeena Ianigro. Here’s are the 4 steps to becoming a Patreon Member: ① Go to our Patreon

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00:18:16

Gajok, Ep. #116: May 20, 2024

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2024/05/21

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, friends. 🌸 For the month of May, I will be fundraising for our salaries on Patreon. If you have benefited from this podcast, our music, my writing, or any other art we've created, we invite you to subscribe and become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create

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00:20:43

Gajok, Ep. #115: May 17, 2024

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2024/05/18

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month! For the month of May, I will be fundraising for our salaries. If you have benefited from this podcast, our music, my writing, or any other art we've created, we invite you to subscribe and become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for

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00:24:23

Gajok, Ep. #114: May 16, 2024

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2024/05/17

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month! For the month of May, I will be fundraising for our salaries. If you have benefited from this podcast, our music, my writing, or any other art we've created, we invite you to subscribe and become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for

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00:17:26

Gajok, Ep. #113: May 15, 2024

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2024/05/15

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month! For the month of May, I will be fundraising for our salaries. If you have benefited from this podcast, our music, my writing, or any other art we've created, we invite you to subscribe and become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for

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00:16:30

Gajok, Ep. #112: May 14, 2024

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2024/05/14

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our salaries. If you have benefited from this podcast, our music, my writing, or any other art we've created, we invite you to subscribe and become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art

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00:23:56

Gajok, Ep. #111: May 13, 2024

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2024/05/14

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have benefited from this podcast, our music, my writing, or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for

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00:17:03

Gajok, Ep. #110: May 10, 2024

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2024/05/11

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast, or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to

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00:17:40

Gajok, Ep. #109: May 9, 2024

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2024/05/10

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast, or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to

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00:16:24

Gajok, Ep. #108: May 8, 2024

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2024/05/08

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast, or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to

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00:31:05

Gajok, Ep. #107: May 7, 2024

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2024/05/08

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast, or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to

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00:23:33

Gajok, Ep. #106: May 6, 2024

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2024/05/07

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community (that's you!). If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to

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00:16:40

Gajok, Ep. #105: May 3, 2024

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2024/05/03

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community (that's you!). If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to

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00:25:32

Gajok, Ep. #104: May 2, 2024

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2024/05/02

The saga of my dental implant continues. I had a really good conversation with my friend Sonny today. We've known each other since 2012, since I was 23 years old. We met in Los Angeles, working for Liberty in North Korea together. We lived together for six months. We lived in a van together for ten weeks. He's been a brother to me throughout the last 12 years. I'm so grateful to have him in my life as a steady, consistent friend. He reminds me of who I was in my 20s — adventurous,

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00:43:39

Gajok, Ep. #103: May 1, 2024

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2024/05/02

I feel like I'm in bloom. I serendipitously, 인연스럽게, ran into my old friend from elementary school — Cardinal Forest Elementary in Springfield, Virginia! — while Greg and I were coming out of the train station to go to Duane Reade. She was holding up her Citibike, Greg and I were standing on the crosswalk and sidewalk, and we caught up for an hour on all the years of life lived, on the corner of Flatbush and Park. I felt transported back to my elementary school days, Springfield, and the way that

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00:22:05

Gajok, Ep. #102: April 30, 2024

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2024/05/01

We released our fourth song of the year and I can't freaking believe it!!! "Prospect Park" is available on bandcamp now — listen to it and buy your own personal copy today: https://jieunandgreg.bandcamp.com/track/prospect-park.Become a Patreon Member and support the podcast and all of our artistic projects⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jieunandgreg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ I am floored at the fact that we've actually

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00:17:43

Gajok, Ep. #101: April 29, 2024

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2024/04/29

The massive wave of grief hit me the day after the 7-month anniversary of 아빠's death. My grief is shifting and I feel myself feeling more like myself. I kind of miss the old grief because I felt more connected to 아빠. The old grief felt comfortable — this new grief feels foreign and distant. I've been feeling an unexpected anger towards 아빠 lately. The anger is coming from a place of feeling like he's the reason that I've been suffering so much. It feels wrong to be angry at someone

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00:24:33

Gajok, Ep. #100: April 26, 2024

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2024/04/27

Today is the 7-month anniversary of 아빠's death. I had my psychiatry appointment, I trained to Long Island City to eat dinner with Greg at Mokja (he drove). I ate 돼지불고기 and Greg got 물 냉면, and they were both really good. Then we went to 한아름, got a bunch of groceries, sat in the H-Mart parking lot, drank our drinks, ate our snacks, and drove home. Today was the least difficult death anniversary out of all of them, which feels both feels good and sad. I feel myself feeling more like myself, and that

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