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On December 29th, I did a radio interview on “Why Do We Say ‘I’m Not Sick’ When We’re Really Sick” with with 1013 Main Street, a broadcast in Seoul, Korea. The program is hosted by Ahn Junghyun, and is a morning variety show with music and popular interest discussions. They sent along a copy of my segment from that day—if anyone would like to volunteer to poke me with a sharp stick every time I say "um," drop me an email.