Me, You & Jeju

Cherry blossoms, Fire Festival and Jeju 4.3 | Episode #4

In Episode #4 of Me, You & Jeju, Alexis Oesterle schools the curmudgeon Darryl Coote on the beauty of the island's cherry blossoms, which only bloom for about a week or two a year.
Then, Alexis recounts what it was like to participate in this year's Jeju Fire Festival amid the pandemic... from her car.
And the paid discuss the recent court ruling exonerated hundreds of Jeju residents who were convicted on dubious charges during the Jeju Massacre of 1947-1954.
Then the pair have Canadian scholar Brendan Wright come on to explain  the origins of the massacre and his work in the memory of politics of the Korean War.
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Tragedy befalls Jeju’s LGBTQ community | Episode #3

In this week's episode of Me, You and Jeju, Darryl Coote and Alexis Oesterle discuss the passing of Kim Ki-hong, a transgender activist and politician on Jeju Island. 
Ki-hong organized the Jeju Queer Festival, ran as a politician for the Green Party and was an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights not only on the island but in Korea. Ze died by suicide two weeks ago and his passing has been felt throughout the nation.
However, Ki-hong was one of three members of South Korea's transgender community to die by suicide in the past few weeks, and Seoul-based freelance journalist Raphael Rashid sat down with Darryl and Alexis to discuss issues currently affecting this marginalized group.
For those wishing to make a donation to the Jeju Queer Festival in Ki-hong's name, either reach out to the podcast at meyouandjeju@gmail.com or it can be directly deposited to NH/농협 301-0235-1482-11 (제주퀴어문화축제 조직위원회). For those outside Korea, money can be sent via PayPal to alexisoesterle@gmail.com. 
"[The Jeju Queer Festival] was Ze’s passion and was started by sheer guts and grit," Alexis said.
During the podcast, Darryl and Alexis also discuss the history of Jeju's famed Hallabong, the Jeju Fire Festival, Jeju United's season kicks off and the National Assembly in Seoul passing an amendment to the Jeju 4.3 Special Law. 
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The March 1st Shooting Incident | Episode #2

In this episode of Me, You & Jeju, Darryl and Alexis discuss the island as it prepares to exit the COVID-19 pandemic, how Jeju ended up in newspapers around the globe recently and with March on the horizon they talked about the March 1st Shooting Incident, which is the official start of the Jeju Massacre. 
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The Jeju Development Center, a successful failure | Episode #1

In the inaugural episode of Me, You and Jeju, hosts Darryl Coote and Alexis Joy discuss COVID-19 and Jeju, hiking the island's oreum (parasitic volcanic cones) and the theft of more than $13 million from a Landing International Casino.The pair also discuss the past, present and future of the Jeju Free International City Development Center with Tommy Tran, a lecturer at the University of California Merced, who also reveals the first official reference to Jeju as the Hawaii of Korea. 
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