Dramas Over Flowers

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: <Recording Page>TIMELINE OF DRAMAS MENT

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: <Recording Page>LINKS MENTIONED

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: <Recording Page>TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Overall thought

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: <Recording Page>LINKS MENTIONED:Actor Jin: The Handsome HotelierTIMESTAMP:00:00:00 - Introducing the Goguma Awards00:02:46 - The Class

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: <Recording Page>LINKS MENTIONED:Paroma's excellent 2023 Wrap for Film CompanionParoma's My Demon Halfway Review (Spoilers)K-drama Research Institute's video essay We Need to Talk A

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 funnier than it should be.Content w

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 your thoughts in a voice note here:

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: <Recording Page>TIMESTAMPS:00:01:00 Casta

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: <Recording Page>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 men (and also, Dev Anand's C.I.D.)0

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: <Recording Page>LINKS MENTIONED:Pa