#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea

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: - Belcampo: https://belcampo.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order - Gala Games: https://gala.games/lex - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings EPISODE LINKS: Yeonmi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/YeonmiParkNK Yeonmi's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialyeonmipark Yeonmi's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YeonmiParkOfficial In Order to Live (book): https://amzn.to/3wdtKfL PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (09:20) - Growing up in North Korea (14:45) - Animal Farm (21:00) - Search for meaning (25:48) - Love (28:05) - Language (32:28) - Yeonmi's dad (34:30) - Escaping North Korea (39:47) - The world is ignoring the genocide in North Korea (51:49) - Evil (54:40) - Nuclear war (55:30) - Marxist origins of North Korea (1:00:43) - Famine (1:05:30) - Kim Jong-un is pure evil (1:12:06) - Freedom (1:15:18) - Michael Malice (1:18:57) - Diversity (1:26:18) - Political correctness (1:35:50) - Jordan Peterson (1:40:01) - Michael Malice book on North Korea (1:45:31) - Advice for young people (1:48:33) - Facing assassination (1:58:47) - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (2:01:20) - Meaning of life