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Bona Zhang And Joel Lau
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Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Abigail's Birth and Becoming Parents
Bona and Joel talk about the birth of their baby, and what the first 7 weeks of parenthood has been like!
2024-10-28
44 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss our trip to Singapore!
Bona and Joel visit Singapore for the first time! The highs were high, but the lows were low, lol.
2023-12-22
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Fighting Animals and Winning??
Bona and Joel try to figure out if they could beat any animals in a one-on-one fight...no spoilers, but the odds were not good LOL.
2023-07-28
44 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the Sewol Ferry Tragedy
Bona and Joel talk about one of the worst navel accidents in South Korean history. If you want a super detailed deep dive into the case, we would recommend you listen to Stephanie Soo's podcast episode on Rotten Mango, found on youtube and spotify.
2023-05-26
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Tiktok being Banned??
Bona and Joel talk about the potential banning of tiktok, and whether we're being spied on by the Chinese government, lol.
2023-03-25
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Roald Dahl Censorship
Bona and Joel are enraged that classic children's books are getting edited to conform to more liberal ideology.
2023-02-24
36 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss AITA Sub-reddit
Bona and Joel read some AITA scenarios and discuss whether people are assholes or not, lol.
2023-01-26
32 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Living with an Extrovert and Introvert
Bona is an extrovert, Joel is an introvert...they discuss what it's like trying to balance each other's preferences, and how they can grow and improve together!
2022-12-30
42 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss a War Movie
Bona and Joel talk about the Netflix movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" and reflect on the horrors and tragedies of wartimes, and mankind's bloody history during WWI and WWII.
2022-12-07
56 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss BLM: The Greatest Lie Ever Told
Bona and Joel discuss the new DailyWire documentary. If you want to watch it and want to borrow our subscription, just reach out!
2022-10-20
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Feminism in TV and Movies
Bona and Joel rant for a while about how entertainment and female characters have gone downhill since feminism and wokeness have taken over.
2022-10-09
41 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Top Ten Lists (part 2)
(Sorry for the derpy audio - Bona's mic was not with it this day). Bona and Joel explore their top ten vegetables and condiments!
2022-08-13
56 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Top Ten Lists
Bona and Joel go over some of their top ten things!! Stay tuned for part two as well!
2022-08-11
1h 03
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss our New Kittens!
Bona sort of forced Joel to consent to bringing two new babies into the house...and here we are LOL.
2022-08-01
33 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Roe v. Wade
Bona and Joel re-visit the issue of abortion, now that Roe v. Wade has been officially overturned. Disclaimer: some graphic descriptions of abortion were mentioned. We also got mildly incensed while discussing this topic, lol.
2022-07-05
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Pet Peeves About Work
Bona and Joel get some things off their chests. We promise we like our jobs LOL, and we mean no disrespect to our patients or coworkers xD.
2022-06-23
1h 00
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Turning Red
Bona and Joel discuss the latest Disney Pixar movie that was basically made specially for them...and unfortunately it did not deliver :(
2022-03-25
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss MAPs (Minor Attracted Persons)
Bona and Joel discuss a very controversial "politically correct" way of referring to pedophiles, and what this means for our society...it's not looking good folks. Disclaimer: there are mentioning of child abuse, pornography, and other exploitative crimes against children.
2022-03-11
45 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Russia and Ukraine
Bona and Joel lament the tragic crazy state of the world...
2022-02-25
49 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Bucket List Items
Bona and Joel explore their many pipe dreams that they want to accomplish before they die.
2022-02-18
50 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Crazy Things on Tiktok
Bona and Joel talk about and react to the craziness of tiktok. Trigger warning: we may or may not hold some offensive, non-liberal opinions. But you knew that already right?
2022-01-28
1h 02
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Bill C4
Bona and Joel discuss the newly instated Canadian bill that bans conversion therapy. To read the bill, you can check out this link: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-4/royal-assent
2022-01-21
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Spiderman: No Way Home
Bona and Joel give their thoughts and reviews on the most anticipated movie of the year! SPOILER WARNING!!
2021-12-22
59 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss a Great Book Bona Read!
Bona and Joel discuss the incredible story of the Miracle Flight 571, because Bona read "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors". Highly recommend you all read it!
2021-11-30
50 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
Bona and Joel (mostly Joel) talk a bit about some recent events...
2021-11-25
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Genetic Test Results
Bona and Joel took a DNA test called Circle DNA, and talk about how accurate the results were!
2021-11-08
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Fall Favourites: Dune, serial killers, twitch streaming, and more!
Bona and Joel spend some time raving about some things that have made the fall season fun!
2021-10-28
53 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Squid Game
Bona and Joel rant and rave about the international Netflix hit "Squid Game"! If you haven't watched it, go watch it!! This episode contains heavy spoilers and screaming.
2021-10-05
1h 04
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss BTS Collaborations
Joel and Bona listen to and comment on some of BTS' most notable collaborations with western artists, and...THEY'RE COMING TO LOS ANGELES SOON LET'S GOOOOOO (This episode was filmed last Monday when BTS just announced their new concert dates)
2021-10-03
1h 04
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Guess Childhood TV Show Theme Songs
Bona and Joel take an epic trip down memory lane and re-visit so many GOATED childhood favourites! The 90's were the peak of TV, no cap.
2021-09-23
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss "Shang-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
Bona and Joel discuss their thoughts about this new Marvel movie!!
2021-09-06
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Attack on Titan the Final Chapter [SPOILERS EVERYWHERE]
Bona and Joel talk about the end of an era. We have no words, but also we rambled on for over an hour haha.
2021-04-09
1h 04
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Attack on Titan!!!
Bona and Joel weeb out and talk about perhaps one of the best anime of all time. Spoiler warnings will be given before we delve into certain topics.
2021-02-19
52 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss #JunginImsorry
Please be advised that the topic of discussion contains serious subject matter dealing with violence and abuse, and includes graphic descriptions. Bona and Joel raise some awareness for a tragic case of child abuse and murder from South Korea :(
2021-01-31
40 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Riot on Capitol Hill
Bona and Joel ramble about politics for a while, and how crazy things have become.
2021-01-17
38 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Play Two Truths One Lie
Can Bona guess Joel's many two truths one lie scenarios??
2020-12-27
29 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss BTS's New Album (again)!
BTS dropped another gem, and Bona forces Joel to listen to it haha
2020-11-23
46 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Randomly Generated Topics lol
We really couldn't think of what to talk about that wouldn't be too controversial or boring, so we decided to try something new haha.
2020-09-01
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss BTS's Music: Joel critiques their MVs!!
Bona forces Joel to watch four BTS music videos and give his honest, open-minded critiques and opinions!!
2020-08-22
1h 02
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Myths About our Jobs
Bona and Joel debunk/confirm(?!) myths about dentistry and being a teacher.
2020-07-13
53 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Cancel Culture
Another ranty slightly disorganized episode, haha. Sorry folks, we'll try again next time xD
2020-06-29
1h 02
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Microaggressions and other things...
We may have gotten a little bit ranty in this one, haha...
2020-06-14
1h 01
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss George Floyd and Racism
We felt like the isolated situation, as well as the over-arching social issues that caused this tragedy, needed to be addressed, and that it would be disrespectful and unwise to ignore it.
2020-06-02
58 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Relationship Commandments
Bona and Joel talk about rules they think should be implemented into their relationship and into their marriage in the future.
2020-05-24
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss April Favourites
Even though we're stuck inside and our lives are boring and nothing has changed in the last month, we still had some favourites!
2020-05-07
41 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Look Forward to the End of Social Distancing
What are we excited for once we're all allowed back outside? What do we miss about our old lives?
2020-04-29
32 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Our Tastes in Music
We listen to each other's "top five" songs and react and reflect!
2020-04-18
49 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Unpopular Opinions
We talk about minority opinions we have about random stuff haha....sorry if we offended you xD
2020-04-10
42 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss what we've been up to in Self-Isolation (sorry it's chaos)
DAMN YOU COVID-19.
2020-04-02
36 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the new BTS Album (part 2)
Part 2 of Bona and Joel listening to all the songs off BTS' new album "Map of the Soul:7" for an honest critique from someone who doesn't care about BTS or kpop in general.
2020-03-16
59 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the new BTS Album (part 1)
Bona convinces Joel to listen to all the songs off BTS' new album "Map of the Soul:7" for an honest critique from someone who doesn't care about BTS or kpop in general.
2020-03-15
1h 00
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Parasite
Joel and Bona get into a somewhat heated discussion about the award-winning South Korean movie "Parasite". Is it up to the hype, or over-rated at best?
2020-03-10
55 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Pets
Bona and Joel talk about wanting to get a dog!!!
2020-02-23
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss January 2020 Favourites
We talk about the things that made us happy last month!! A motley of different things we are enjoying this year so far :)
2020-02-09
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Online Challenges
We talk about those crazy trends that sweep across the internet!
2020-01-24
44 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Movies
We talk about our favourite movies!!
2020-01-17
55 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss New Years Resolutions
NEW YEAR NEW ME
2020-01-07
34 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Premarital Counseling
We talk about our interesting experiences in premarital counseling!
2019-12-19
40 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Interesting Hypothetical Situations
Inspired by Stephanie Soo's video where she talks about these exact scenarios with her hubby!!
2019-12-02
41 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Moral Dilemmas
We talk about a lot of hypothetical moral dilemmas again!!
2019-11-24
40 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss October and November Favourites
Our favourites this month were kind of low-key, haha...we also learn that Bona prays for BTS LOL.
2019-11-14
41 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Cyberbullying and the K-pop Industry
**Warning: some sensitive issues and situations** We talk about cyberbullying, the very sad death of Sulli of F(x), and the toxic Korean pop culture environment
2019-10-18
38 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Playing Games
We talk about the fun things we did as kids...or as adults.
2019-10-14
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Christian Celebrity Drama
Sorry about the fuzzy audio at the end! Unfortunately we’re not tech-savvy enough go know what happened or how to fix it...but in this episode, We talk about the unfortunate state of some Christian influencers today...
2019-09-26
36 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the Equality Act
We talk about the various issues that arise in society's pursuit of "equality"
2019-09-14
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss our Summers and Back-to-School!
We talk about the end of our summer breaks, Bona's vacation, and back-to-school thoughts!
2019-09-07
41 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Asians In Media
Bona talks about/rants about how everyone needs to calm the eff down about Asians in movies and stuff
2019-08-17
25 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss July Favourites!
We're back talking about all the things we loved last month!
2019-08-12
33 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Girl Talk
Bona flying solo and rambling about random crap lol.
2019-07-31
37 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Try Speaking Mandarin and Cantonese to Each Other (Spoiler alert: It was a hot mess)
Mandarin and Cantonese are very different...lol. Sorry in advance for our poor pronunciation!!
2019-07-14
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds' June Favourites!
We talk about some of the things we really liked last month (disclaimer: super random lol)
2019-07-11
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Abortion
We discuss (aka rant) about a controversial topic we both feel quite strongly about. DISCLAIMER: these are just our opinions, sorry if it sounds like we got too riled up.
2019-06-24
49 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Sports
We lost our original recording!!! SO SAD.......
2019-06-15
16 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Wedding Planning!!
We ramble on and on about how we are failing this complicated process, lol.
2019-06-08
47 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Small Things that bring us JOY!!
We take some time to be positive and talk about things that make us smile :)
2019-05-11
31 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Game of Thrones (we'll let you know when the **spoilers** start)
Winter is coming, and the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. HOW WILL IT ALL END?!?!/
2019-04-19
1h 02
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss what it would be like in a Zombie Apocalypse
In that hypothetical situation, we'd be dead for sure (or at least Bona would).
2019-04-05
48 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Irrational Fears
We discuss the random stuff we're afraid of, lol...
2019-03-21
35 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Getting Lost
The many times we've (aka Bona) got lost in our lives...
2019-03-08
34 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss 36 Questions in Love
We go through 36 questions that will us love each other more?!
2019-02-16
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the Lunar New Year!
We spend some time chatting about asian things during the holidays!
2019-02-08
40 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the Death Penalty
It gets DARK all up in here. Disclaimer: All expressed opinions are our just own; we tried our best to balance respect for the subject matter while still keeping things relatively light-hearted. Please don't get mad LOL.
2019-02-03
35 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss the Inconveniences of Being a Guy/Girl
Life isn't perfect for anyone, amirite? Please don't be offended by anything we say; these are our own opinions just off the top of our heads. Remember, our minds are pretty mediocre.
2019-01-22
35 min
Mediocre Minds
An Asterisk to the Marriage Episode...
We discuss marriage and singleness a bit more, hahaa...
2019-01-13
14 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss getting MARRIED (not clickbait LOL)
We talk about our thoughts about getting married, haha...stay tuned for a follow-up episode where we talk more about marriage and singleness in general!!
2019-01-12
44 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Artificial Intelligence
Are robots going to take over the planet?
2019-01-05
42 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Failures
As the year draws to a close, we reflect on times we failed life, lol...
2018-12-31
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Have a Story Time...and then get Random
Bona talks about an incident in dental school, and then we play a jinx challenge game!
2018-12-18
41 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Have a Christmas Q&A!!!
CHRIST-YASSS BABY
2018-12-09
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Adulthood
What we wish we knew about being adults...
2018-12-02
43 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss our Childhoods, and Growing up in the Digital Age!!
We talk about our childhoods and realize how much technology has impacted it!!
2018-11-22
44 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Pet Peeves Again!!
After over 15 months of dating, we put each other on blast.
2018-11-12
30 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Stress :(
The phantom menace that plagues our lives...
2018-11-05
35 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss our Friends!
Brothers from another mother, sisters from other misters
2018-10-28
39 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds BICKER
We duke it out, lmao. A listener's request!!
2018-10-16
49 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Arguing!
We bicker, as per usual...
2018-10-08
45 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Ethical Dilemmas
It got a little heated xD
2018-09-28
34 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Language and Communication
Our language in the internet age...#memesarelife
2018-09-22
40 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds Discuss Traveling
A listener's request!!
2018-09-15
45 min
Mediocre Minds
Mediocre Minds do a "How well do we know each other?"
How well do we know each other???
2018-09-06
30 min