The Beautiful Maze is a low-key podcast in which two hosts share their emotions in a bid to beat anxiety, whilst exploring the human mind, metaphysics, culture, society, technology and life.
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Destined friends and professional fans Saya, Anisa and Paroma yak—at length—about Korean dramas. Expect a healthy mix of subjective critique and objective fangirling.
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Bad-Memory Eraser, My Sweet Mobster, The Auditors, Dreaming Of a Freaking Fairytale (long yak)
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Hi, we come back to you (pretty soon for us) with another long yak! Yes, Anisa is in this one. 😄 Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP: 00:01:24 Bad-memory eraser 00:17:47 My sweet mobster 00:42:57 The auditors 01:04:02 Dreaming of a freaking fairy-tale 01:14:57 Miss night and day LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts …
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The art of convincing Saya to watch dramas (Long Yak)
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Saya takes Paroma on an epic journey through her recent watchlist. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: "Silenced Beauty" video essay on Seolhyun in Running Man. TIMESTAMP: 00:00:00 Jinny's Kitchen 00:19:22 Top Management 00:27:25 Good Day To Be a Dog 00:34:00 Miraculous Brothers 00:39:53 Moving (ending spo…
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Lovely Runner One Last Time (Spoiled Yak)
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Here are our final thoughts and theories on the one drama all three of us watched with equal fervour. Joining us for this final journey into the world of Piggyback Sunjae and Run are friends of the podcast, Hanah and Sarah. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's video on time traveling Im Sol: Link T…
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Growing out of fandoms, and what makes us stay
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Don't worry, this is NOT a stealth goodbye podcast! In this episode, we talk about why we fall out of love with fandoms that we once loved so much, and what makes some stick for life. (You could call it the date, marry, kill episode? Spoiler alert, we marry K-dramas.) Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LEAVE US A REVIEW: …
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Lovely Runner is a delightful genre mashup | Episodes 1-8 Review
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Anisa and Paroma gush about the first half of currently airing time-travel romance K-drama Lovely Runner, which we are LOVING. The first 40 minutes are free of major spoilers! Tell us what you think of Lovely Runner in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Anisa's Queen of Tears first impressions review TIMESTAMP: 00:40:27 Spoilers L…
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A Short History Of the K-Drama Industry Before Netflix
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In this episode, we talk about how K-dramas became a highly profitable export long before the entry of streaming platforms in the mid 2010s. This is a story of a nation's economic crisis, the creation of a unique opportunity, and a two decade long struggle for air wave supremacy in East Asia. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here:
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A Long Yak on Doctor Slump, Marry My Husband, and Like Flowers In Sand
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We are back with a long yak on three dramas we started 2024 with: Doctor Slump, Marry My Husband, and Like Flowers In Sand. This episode was recorded on 11th February. Our feelings on these dramas have stayed the same (with Doctor Slump getting special love for staying so reliably warm till the end). Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here:
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Past Lives is a gorgeous meditation on love and regret | Spoiled Yak
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Awards season is the perfect time for us to share our review of Past Lives, our favorite film of last year. Saya, Anisa and our friend Yunah talk about why this movie's meditations on grief, love, diaspora and selfhood spoke to us so deeply. (We recorded this at the end of last year.) Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TI…
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2023 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 2 (Goguma Awards)
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The 5th Annual Goguma Awards have landed! Your votes have been tallied and the results range from unexpected to unsurprising, all of which we dissect with glee. Get your tea and biscuits, it's long! Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Actor Jin: The Handsome Hotelier TIMESTAMP: 00:00:00 - Introducing the G…
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2023 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 1 (Trends + Our Year in Dramas)
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The Year-End Yak is here! Or Part 1 anyway, where we talk about what K-dramas did this year, and how we felt about them. Goguma Awards coming in Part 2! Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's excellent 2023 Wrap for Film Companion Paroma's My Demon Halfway Review (Spoilers) K-drama Research Institute…
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A Long Yak on My Demon, Death's Game, Welcome to Samdal-ri & The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
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Just Saya popping in to share her thoughts on an assortment of dramas: a mixture of bright and dark, exquisite and questionable, therapeutic and aggravating. The tl;dl (?) being: My Demon is darkbright and exquisite, Death's Game is just dark, Park's Marriage Contract is bright and aggravating, and Welcome to Samdal-ri is therapeutic, bright, and f…
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Perfect Marriage Revenge is a dish served SPICY HOT and DELICIOUSLY POETIC (Spoiled Yak)
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Perfect Marriage Revenge is a drama that kept all its promises: revenge! marriage! perfect! We revel in how the drama revels in its story, with special props to writer Im Seo-ra for some of the best writing in dramaland this year. SPOILERS EVERYWHERE, BEWARE BEWARE! Feat. beloved and returning guest, Zaynab, who does not want to be found. Leave us …
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A Long Yak on Castaway Diva, Perfect Marriage Revenge, Twinkling Watermelon, and many more
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Saya and Anisa talk about 8(!) dramas, including writer Park Hre-ryun's newest Castaway Diva, gorgeous romance melodrama Call it Love, and the actually perfect Perfect Marriage Revenge. Lots of time travel, revenge and contract relationships in this one, so you know we're both happy campers. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here:
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A Long Yak on Destined With You, My Lovely Liar (Final Thoughts) & Titanic
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Kick back with us on a diatribe filled episode where we talk about women written by men, unearned forgiveness, and the ethics of love potions. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINK: Listen to the trailer of The Broadside (new podcast hosted by Anisa) TIMESTAMP: 00:09:00 - Titanic (Spoilers) 00:19:00 - Women written by me…
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Someday or One Day: Taiwan's blockbuster time slip romance (ft. kfangurl)
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We are joined by kfangurl on an ultimate fan trip episode where we deep dive into a cult classic time slip romance that set new standards in storytelling for all of us. This drama has also been recently remade into the Korean, A Time Called You, which we discussed in episode 161. Tell us your thoughts about either drama in a voice note here:
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A Time Called You: Just watch the original (Someday Or One Day)
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Anisa, Paroma and Anisa's sister Zaynab talk about A Time Called You, remake of hit Taiwanese drama Someday or One Day, how it compares to the original, and the eternal question of the adaptation: why? Catch our spoiler review of Someday or One Day next week! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP: 0:00 General thoug…
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Six Years Of Podcasting About K-dramas! Opening your mailbag ✨
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Welcome to another anniversary Mailbag episode! We asked for your thoughts on dramas, on us, anything at all, and you gave us a lot to talk about! Also, let us know if you liked, loved, or FF'd this episode in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: The Hollywood writers’ strike: Vox explains LA Times article about Netflix's affect on …
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A long yak on My Lovely Liar, Behind Your Touch, See You In My 19th Life (Final Thoughts), and more!
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We bring you another long yak this months where we talk about two new dramas and final thoughts on three completed ones. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: The anime Paroma mentioned: How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (on Netflix) TIMESTAMP: (No spoilers = NS) 00:00:40 - My Lovely Liar (NS) 00:21:08 -…
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Our Blooming Youth (Spoiled Yak), or: Every Crown Prince needs besties like these
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Saya and Paroma pick apart Our Blooming Youth and pore over its bests and not-so-best things. Bests include: Park Hyung-shik and Jeon So-nee. Dissatisfactions include: plot lapses, villains with unconvincing motives. Erratum: Saya's first Park Hyung-shik drama was Nine (2013). Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP: …
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A long yak on King The Land, See You In My 19th Life, and Crash Course In Romance
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We are back with a long yak after a very long while. Settle in as we discuss two new romances and one completed romcom with a side serving of murder! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's video about kdramas badly solving classism [here] Jun-ho and Yoon-ah's 'Senorita' at MBC's music festival [here] …
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Doctor Cha and other Ahjumma Gets Her Groove Back dramas
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In this Spoiled Yak, Anisa and Paroma review Dr. Cha and talk about why dramas about a middle-aged woman getting a new lease on life are so enjoyable - and mention some other favorites in this genre. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIME STAMPS: 00:00:00 Dr. Cha Spoiler Review 01:03:40 A wild Kwon Min-woo appears! (Yes, …
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How Yoo Inna Saves Bora! Deborah, Otherwise a Maddening Mess (A very long spoiled yak)
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Bora! Deborah was mostly frustrating yet sometimes joyous to watch. So we do a needlessly long deep dive into why it gripped us so hard. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Mattie Kahn's excellent Vox piece on Viktor Frankl [here] (the real source of Bora's "getting pretty" quote) My own short piece on why …
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BTS Yet to Come in Cinemas: Chasing that concert feeling
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Saya and Paroma went to see BTS's concert film, Yet to Come in Cinemas, which took place in Busan on 23 October 2022 and released in cinemas worldwide in February 2023. We talk about the boys, the music, the fans, and our good and bad experiences at the cinema. Check out the official trailer here. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here:
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Crash Landing on You and the unbearable sadness of partition
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We finally talk about why Crash Landing on You is SO GOOD. And we discuss Anisa's master's thesis on media portrayals of love across the borders created by partition - and why CLOY's depiction of that yearning is the best we've ever seen. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS: Anisa's thesis, Visualizing the Fractured N…
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Patreon Bonus: Changing public identities, defending our favs, and Crash Course in Romance!
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Here's a special sneak preview of something we've been doing on Patreon: The Lone Yak! We take a moment (or a few) to tell you what's on our minds, whether about a drama we've been watching, general K-drama thoughts, or life! This episode contains Saya talking about becoming a new version of yourself in public, Paroma talks about when we defend our…
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Our Blooming Youth is bringing back memories of Park Hyung-sik in Hwarang (Minimum spoilers!)
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If you've missed Park Hyung-sik in a sageuk or if you have a fondness for tortured Crown Princes, we have the drama for you. As a pleasant surprise, you also get a capable heroine with her own heroine arc in the story. As Saya puts it, Jeon So-nee might actual be the real protagonist of this show! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here:
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K-Drama Screenwriting (Part 2): TV Rating Supremacy & the Need for a Truck of Doom
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In Part 2 of our discussion on K-drama screenwriting, we talk about Kim Eun-sook, whether great acting can rescue a bad script, why dramaland has so many serial killers, and much more! Listen to Part 1 HERE. We recorded this episode during a livestream discussion in 2022. If you here us speaking about comments, it's from the attendees of the stream…
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K-Drama Screenwriting (Part 1): The Value of Tropes & Why Second Halves Plummet
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There is something special about the way K-dramas are written beyond the formulas and tropes. In this episode we talk about the way dialogue, story acts, and unique writing styles collide to make our favourite dramas. We recorded this episode during a livestream discussion in 2022. If you here us speaking about comments, it's from the attendees of …
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Love to Hate You: A Friendly Battle of the Sexes With Shaky Gender Politics
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Understanding deeply that nobody wants a brutal analysis of this candyfloss, I have stuck to talking about two things that I found really interesting: (ONE) how the drama tries to equate the female lead's wariness of men to the male lead's shallow beliefs and hostile reactions to women... and then undermines its own thesis (TWO) how the male leads …
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2022 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 3 (Underrated Gems)
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In Part 3 of our year end yak, friends of the podcast visit to give us a heads up on dramas that have gone unnoticed or underappreciated in 2022. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP: 01:48 - Our Blues (Frabby and Yunah) 12:12 - Kiss Sixth Sense (Anja) 15:27 - Summer Strike (Just Me) 17:53 - Bloody Heart (Mimi) 22…
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2022 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 2 (Our Year In Dramas)
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In Part 2 of our annual Year-End Yak, we first give out our personal Goguma Awards, and then we chat about our current relationship with k-dramaland. Part 3 (finale!) coming out next week. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's YouTube Channel TIMESTAMP: # ANISA’S PERSONAL GOGUMAS 00:01:15 - Lee Min-…
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Anisa, Paroma and guest Frabby chat about the miseries and joys of relationship melodrama The Interest of Love, which gently, brilliantly destroyed us every week—and we loved it all. Expect major spoilers in this one! Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Read Frabby's wonderful reviews of The Interest of Lov…
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2022 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 1 (Trends + Goguma Awards)
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In Part 1 of our massive (as usual) Year-End Yak, we talk first about trends in K-drama and our general thoughts on 2022. Then we break down the winners of our Audience Gogumas (some silly, some Very Important). Part 2 Part 3 Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:57 Trends and general thoughts 00:58:36 4th A…
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Shooting Stars: Wholesome Romance With Problematic Subplots
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Shooting Stars (aka sh**ting stars) starring Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Young-dae was one of the more entertaining dramas of 2022. We liked it a lot, but it also deserved all the thrashing it got online on certain subplots in the story. We talk about all of it in this spoiled yak. Tell us your thoughts on the episode here: LINKS MENTIO…
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If You Wish Upon Me: Ji Chang-wook Healing Us Again
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Anisa sits down with Paroma to convince her to watch If You Wish Upon Me, an unexpectedly healing drama with a wonderful ensemble cast and moving depictions of grief, redemption and reconciliation. Ji Chang-wook is finally in the kind of role he deserves, Choi Soo-young brings her unique brand of incandescence, Sung Dong-il is giving FULL DAD, and …
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Arsenal Military Academy: Xu Kai's Magnetic Appeal & Bai Lu's Epic Badassery
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This episode started as a spoilery discussion of Arsenal Military Academy (a 2019 chinese drama set in the early 20th century, starring Bai Lu and Xu Kai), but became a longer conversation on the history of imperialism and china's use of underdog stories to ignite national pride. But it's still a dramas over flowers episode, so expect lots of fangi…
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Youth MT: The Reality of Korean Variety (Ft. In the Soop: Friendcation)
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In this second part of our conversation about celebrity, authenticity and Korean variety, we talk about the miracle of entertainment that is Youth MT, and the lovely, warm experience of watching In the Soop: Friendcation. (And its 2017 ajusshi predecessor, Dragon Club.) Spoiler warning: You may want to catch a few episodes of Youth MT before you li…
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A beginner friendly discussion of K-pop sensation BTS and how idol groups connect deeply with fans by opening up about their vulnerabilities. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode 138: The Red Sleeve Episode 137: F4 Thailand and the Boys Over Flowers Extended Universe NEWSLETTER: Join our em…
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The Red Sleeve: A King's Favourite Concubine Who Belonged to Herself
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The Red Sleeve is a story of a woman's wish to belong to herself and the man who couldn't let her go. It's also about a king who couldn't trust his grandson and a crown prince who survived against all odds so he could some day be a good ruler to his people. Mimi from The Talking Cupboard joins Paroma in a very spoilery episode where they wonder at …
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F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers Extended Universe
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At last Dramas Over Flowers talks about Boys Over Flowers! With our amazing guest Frabby, we discuss the latest adaptation of the memorable Hana Yori Dango, and how it stacks up against the Korean version that is a guilty watch for many. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! LINKS MENTIONED: Book Rec…
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo | The Spoiled Yak (Part 2)
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The second part of our extra long discussion of extraordinary attorney woo is here! (Find Part 1 here.) Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! LINKS MENTIONED: Register for the Writers on Writers livestream here. For REPLAY of the live sign up to our newsletter here. MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode…
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo | The Spoiled Yak (Part 1)
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The first part of our spoiler discussion of Extraordinary Attorney Woo (season 1). We also covered our early impressions of the show on episode 133. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! LINKS MENTIONED: The interview with writer & director of EAW (translated by Anisa) Park Eun-bin answers 10 questio…
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Lee Min-ki Before My Liberation Notes (Actor Spotlight)
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We loved Lee Min-ki in My Liberation Notes and decided to talk about all his dramas and movies that we sought out over the years cause you can never have enough of this guy. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! TIMESTAMP: 01:19 - Important announcement 02:46 - All about Lee Min-ki <3 LINK: What Woul…
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo is dominating the hearts and minds of the kdrama fandom
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Our love for Extraordinary Attorney Woo is as deep as our dislike of Kwon Min-woo is high. Anisa and Paroma talk about all that has happened in the first half of this excellent show about a rookie autistic lawyer who learns how the law really works while making new friends, battling workplace discrimination, and entering true adulthood. Don't forge…
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A long yak on Miracle, Again My Life (K-dramas) and Reset, Legally Romance (C-dramas)
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Saya, Anisa and Paroma talk about timey-wimey dramas Reset, Again My Life and Legally Romance, with digressions on binging C-dramas, ideal episode lengths (again), and why K-dramas are still doing romance better. Don't forget to tell us what you're watching and what you think we're missing out on! DM on Insta or Twitter! TIMESTAMP: 00:01:05 - We te…
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Author of K-Pop Revolution, Stephan Lee talks about researching K-Pop industry and the Korean American experience
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Stephan Lee talks to us about his books, K-pop Confidential and its sequel K-pop Revolution, which follow a Korean American teenager chasing her dreams as a trainee idol in Seoul. We discuss his writing process for each book, the relationship between art and activism, his personal experience of anti-Asian violence, and his trip to Seoul during his …
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Cross Fire is an epic story of bromance across time! (Can Saya convince Paroma to watch this C-drama?)
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Saya is here for a Wild Yak to convince Paroma to watch 2020 Chinese drama CROSSFIRE, about two young men who meet each other in a game - but are eleven years apart in time. A spoiler-free intro to the show. PS. Saya really, really loved it. We talk about: The Signal conceit The rise of pro-gaming Gaming dramas as an emerging genre in C-dramas The …
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A relaxed discussion of My Liberation Notes & Again My Life
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We bring you a shorter long yak on two dramas we're watching and a lot of discussions on actor micro-expressions, the impermanence of cancel culture for powerful actors, and why we some time pause dramas we love. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! [More information about the disgraced actor, Lee K…
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Why Was the Second Lead Syndrome So Bad in Start-Up?
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It's been almost 2 years, guys. It's definitely time to move on from #KimSeonHo's breakout performance in START-UP. But before we do, here's a look back at why #HanJiPyeong captured our hearts, how much of this effect was intentional on the creators' part, and why his fans walked away bitter after that ending. (Also maybe why #NamJoohyuk also got a…
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Goblin: The Great and Lonely God | The Wild Yak
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Saya rewatched Goblin for the dozenth time and pulled Paroma into a discussion of our deep love for a story that also has so many elements we feel conflicted on. Dive in with your SPOILER hats on. Also, don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! Or leave a comment on our blog for this episode! Paroma's Vi…
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