Today we are waxing nostalgic. Well, more like longing for a moment, a feeling, a history we never experienced. The Germans, of course, have a word for it: sehnsucht. In Korean, it's han, a soulful ache that can span generations. And in English? We’ve got anemoia (thanks to a somewhat newly made-up word rooted in Greek). Join us as we unpack this beautifully complicated feeling through music, memory (real and yearned for), and imagination. 

VIDEOS

Kim Jung Mi: Haenim (1973)

Karen Dalton: Something On Your Mind (1971) 

EXTRAS

Kim Jung Mi: Spring (When Life Gives You Tangerines - Opening Credits)

Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Shin Joon Hyun: Moon Watching 

Haenim (Apartment Sessions with Song Yi Jeon on vocals)

A Brief History of Han

The Problem with Han

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