Nick Cho is beloved by millions for his empathetic and affirming “Your Korean Dad” videos on TikTok and Instagram, but the real-life coffee expert and entrepreneur is so much more than the character he plays online. Cho joined Tinfoil Swans for a robust conversation on growing up in a place where you’re not wanted, the fallacy of “good” people vs “bad” people, what American food actually is, the role of authenticity, his brand-new coffee venture, and why bad Korean barbecue doesn’t get a pass from him.
Nick Cho is an award-winning coffee expert and entrepreneur, public speaker, and content creator with 3 million TikTok followers @yourkoreandad as well as hundreds of thousands of fans on Instagram @nickcho and YouTube @yourkoreandad. Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the Washington, D.C., suburbs with his parents two years later. He opened his first coffee shop in D.C. in 2002, and went on …