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October 1615.11 - Podcast Review of Episode 11 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 11 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa.
The songs we featured during the recap: "I Knew I Love" by Jeon Mi-do and "Moving Forward" by Kim Jin Hak.
Nurse Song's daughter, whose pituitary tumor causes vision problems and delayed menstruation, and the touching discovery that her daughter's social media videos are actually tributes to her hardworking mother.
The heartbreaking case of a patient recovering from a brain hemorrhage who has regained movement in his legs but not his right arm, and the emotional challenges of losing physical abilities and independence.
The woman pressured by her mother-in-law to donate part of her liver to her dying husband, and how Lee Ik Jun compassionately protects her right to refuse without exposing her decision to the family.
The baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who receives a heart transplant from a four-year-old accident victim, and how Kim Jun Wan's growing emotional sensitivity changes the way he cares for patients and their families.
Yang Seok Hyeong's complicated feelings as his estranged father suffers a fatal aortic dissection, his surprising compassion toward his father's pregnant mistress, and the mystery surrounding his father's will.
Ahn Jeong Won's plans to leave medicine for the priesthood, and Jung Rosa's desperate request that Jang Gyeo Ul convince him to stay.
Kim Jun Wan and Lee Ik Sun's adorable attempts to hide their relationship from Lee Ik Jun, followed by their painful conversations about her upcoming doctoral program abroad, marriage, commitment, and the couple's rings that Jun Wan never gives her.
Ahn Chi Hong's unrequited love for Chae Song Hwa, his request to speak informally to her.
Lee Ik Jun's long-suppressed feelings for Chae Song Hwa, his confession during a drinking game, and his emotional performance of "I Knew I Love" at the noraebang.
Chae Song Hwa's surprising decision to transfer to the Sokcho hospital for a year. Is she really leaving to treat her neck, or does she need distance from the two men who have confessed their feelings for her?
The careers of Kwak Sun-young, who plays Lee Ik Sun, and Ha Yoon-kyung, who plays Heo Seon Bin and also starred in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, See You in My 19th Life, and Undercover Miss Hong.
References
‘We Are All Trying Here’ Wins Best Drama at Seoul International Drama Awards
Prolactinoma - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
Basal Ganglia: What It Is, Function & Anatomy
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment at Johns Hopkins All Children's
Ha Yoon-kyung - Wikipedia
1 hr 15 min
October 0915.10 - Podcast Review of Episode 10 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 10 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:
The songs we featured during the recap: “The Wind is Blowing” by Lee So-ra and “Monday” by Song Ha-min/
Do Jae Hak’s extraordinary decision to kneel and beg the patient to accept treatment, and how an act he worries makes him look pathetic actually shows how much he has grown as a doctor.
Kim Jun Wan’s powerful lesson to Do Jae Hak: “If the doctor gives up on the patient, he isn't a doctor anymore,” and the touching thank-you note from the patient who realizes Jae Hak refused to give up on him.
Why Lee Ik Jun agrees to perform a risky liver transplant on the wife of the Minister of Education when other doctors and hospitals are worried about the consequences if the surgery fails.
Lee Ik Jun discovering that Ahn Jeong Won is Daddy Long Legs, and finally understanding why his supposedly cheap friend is always broke.
Jang Gyeo Ul’s mysterious “boyfriend,” and Lee Ik Jun’s scheme involving a bouquet of red roses.
Chu Min Ha’s awkward confession to Yang Seok Hyeong and our discussion over whether these two actually have romantic chemistry.
Chae Song Hwa rushing over to care for a feverish Uju, and Lee Ik Jun’s quiet confession the next morning that what he does for himself and what makes him happy are eating and drinking coffee with Song Hwa.
Kim Jun Wan’s shock when he learns from Ahn Chi Hong that Ik Sun has been accepted into a three-year doctoral program in the UK, and what the news could mean for their relationship.
Yang Seok Hyeong’s father suffering a life-threatening aortic dissection, his mother suddenly deciding not to divorce him, and the clever Prison Playbook reference.
Our profiles of Kim Jun-han, Jung Moon-sung, and Moon Tae-yoo, the actors who play Ahn Chi Hong, Do Jae Hak, and Yong Seok Min.
References
When It Mattered Most by Joanna Pineda
Lee So Ra - The wind is blowing Lyrics | Musixmatch
Emergency Room by Izi
Kim Jun Han singing with Ji Chang Wook
Kim Jun Han on Drums
3 Comfort Shows to Fall Into (video clip of the subway recording)
Cervical Cerclage: Purpose, Procedure, Risks & Results
Dilated cardiomyopathy - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
The Cavitron ultrasonic aspirator in tumor surgery - PubMed
Aortic dissection - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
1 hr 13 min
October 0215.9 - Podcast Review of Episode 9 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 9 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:
The songs we featured during the recap: “Met You By Chance,” performed by Mido and Falasol and originally recorded by Songolmae, and “Affect” by Song Ha-min.
The Korean concept of jeong: a deep emotional connection that develops over time, and why Yang Seok Hyeong can still feel it toward his ex-wife.
The father determined to donate part of his liver to his daughter, and how his unexpected return forces Lee Ik Jun to question his judgment of other people.
Yang Seok Hyeong’s mother’s recovery, the friends taking turns keeping her company, and her decision to finally divorce her husband.
Jang Gyeo Ul learning to explain a baby’s bile duct surgery in plain language, and why helping patients understand is an essential part of their care.
Chae Song Hwa’s care for the teenager with a brain bleed and her mother, including encouragement to proceed with her yoga studio opening and the Korean custom of giving plants to a new business.
Why operating rooms have different temperatures, and how the doctors and nurses handle medical students who faint during surgery.
Lee Ik Jun learning about his sister’s painful breakup and visiting her military base with food, spending money, and quiet reassurance that he cares.
Cheon Myeong Tae’s dismissive treatment of a patient and her granddaughter, and the uncomfortable surprise awaiting him when he meets his
References
A Chance Encounter by Songolmae
I Met You By Chance by Mido and Falasol
MELD (model for end-stage liver disease) score - Mayo Clinic
CPR Facts & Statistics | Red Cross
What Is ‘jeong’? Why This One Korean Word Can Make You Cry? #LearnKorean #CookieKorea
'Jessica Jingle’ of S. Korean dark comedy-thriller film ‘Parasite’ captivated fans in North America!
The Original Song of Jessica Jingle "Dokdo is our land" (with English CC)
Dokdo Is Our Land - Wikipedia
Arteriovenous malformation - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Endovascular Coiling | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Flowers in Korea: Meanings, Traditions, and the Unspoken Rules of Giving Flowers
1 hr 9 min
September 2515.8 - Podcast Review of Episode 8 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 8 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:
The songs we featured during the recap:
“With My Tears” by Whee In
“Sorrowful, Piano Version” by Kim Jin Hak
The heartbreaking case of the baby whose failing heart valves cannot be repaired.
The patient with liver cancer, the importance of determining whether his cancer has metastasized, and how moving him into a shared hospital room gives him.
Chu Min Ha’s terrifying discovery that her difficult pregnant patient is suffering from placental abruption, and how she has to act on her own to save the mother and her premature baby.
How Jang Gyeo Ul and Do Jae Hak both get into trouble after interactions with patients, including the challenges of managing postoperative pain in patients with opioid use disorder.
Kim Jun Wan’s quiet support of Do Jae Hak: he accepts the job of Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and then rejects the proposed three-month pay cut that would have devastated his struggling resident.
Chu Min Ha’s exhaustion and frustration after Myung Eun Won stops showing up for work.
Why Ahn Jeong Won’s mother and close family friends call him Andrea.
The Korean family registry system and the joke behind Lee Ik Jun asking the wealthy Yang Seok Hyeong to add him and U-ju to his family register.
The dramatic cliffhanger involving Yang Seok Hyeong’s mother, who is rushed to the emergency room in cardiac arrest while her terrified son watches doctors perform CPR.
How the five lead actors really learned and practiced their instruments for Hospital Playlist..
References
With My Tears by our doctor band in Hospital Playlist
With My Tears by Wheein
With My Tears or Gather My Tears by Seo Ji Won
1 hr 4 min
September 1815.7 - Podcast Review of Episode 7 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 7 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:
The music we discuss and feature during the recap:
IU’s new song Dear My Crazy Soulmate
I Wash, the viral K-pop song created by LG to promote a washing machine
You Always by J Rabbit
While Living Life by Oohyo
The theme of finding strength and compassion through difficult experiences.
The extraordinary liver transplant performed on baby Ji-a, including the challenge of reducing the donated liver to the right size, and Ahn Jeong Won’s moving request that Ji-a’s parents remember and thank the young woman whose donated liver saved their daughter.
Ahn Chi Hong performing an External Ventricular Drainage procedure for the first time.
The young police officer undergoing awake brain surgery for an astrocytoma, and how Ahn Chi Hong reveals his own medical history to show the discouraged officer that losing one dream does not mean his life is over.
Lee Ik Jun’s surprising revelation to his patient that his wife cheated on him and that his divorce left him hurt, embarrassed and unable to get out of bed some days.
Yang Seok Hyeong finally telling his mother that his father’s mistress is pregnant, and his mother’s decision to grant her husband a divorce—until the Chairman humiliates their son by checking into the VIP ward at Yulje with his mistress.
The ethical issues surrounding gifts to doctors.
Poor Do Jae Hak discovering that he appears to have lost his 200 million won apartment deposit—about $150,000—to a real estate scam.
Kim Hae-sook, the legendary actress who plays Ahn Jeong Won’s mother, Jung Rosa; her reputation as Korea’s “Nation’s Mother”; and her enormous film and television career.
References
K Drama Chat Hospital Playlist OST Playlist
You Always by Mono
You Always by J. Rabbit
You Always by the Hospital Playlist Band
While Living Life by Jeon In Kwon
While Living Life by Oohyo
I Wash by Al Dol LG commercial song
Dear My Crazy Soulmate by IU
“Reduced Size Liver Grafts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; Technical Considerations” - PMC
External ventricular drain - Mayo Clinic
External ventricular drain - Wikipedia
Astrocytoma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Awake brain surgery - Mayo Clinic
The power of positive thinking by Johns Hopkins Medicine
1 hr 6 min
September 1115.6 - Podcast Review of Episode 6 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 6 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong-won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun-wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok-hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa. We discuss:
Two songs from this episode:
“In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station” by Kwak Jin-eon, a remake of the 1990 song by Zoo
“Beyond the Rainbow Forest” by DANI
How “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station,” a melancholy song about unexpectedly encountering an old love years later, beautifully mirrors this episode’s themes of old relationships, roads not taken, and looking back at the person you were 20 years ago.
The medical cases in this episode, including a baby in liver failure who desperately needs a transplant, a pregnant woman with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome who has suffered two miscarriages, and Jang Gyeo-ul’s dangerous anaphylactic reaction to pain medication.
Kim Jun-wan’s complete transformation after Lee Ik-sun says yes to dating him and declares that it is their “Day One.”
Lee Ik-jun’s reunion with his former girlfriend Go Ara and how reconnecting with someone from your past can make you reflect on why a relationship ended and how much both people have changed.
The flashback revealing that Yang Seok-hyeong confessed his feelings to Chae Song-hwa years ago and was devastated when she rejected him—and that Lee Ik-jun may have been planning to confess to Song-hwa that very same night.
Chae Song-hwa finally telling her friends that she found a breast lump, had a biopsy, and is waiting for the results.
Lee Ik-jun quietly showing up to accompany Song-hwa when she receives her biopsy results, knowing that the fiercely self-sufficient Song-hwa would never ask anyone to come with her. Thankfully, her biopsy is benign.
Kim Jun-wan giving resident Do Jae-hak the opportunity to perform his first ASD closure, then delivering a very Jun-wan-style compliment: “You did better than I thought. What’s gotten into you?”
Kim Dae-myung, the actor who plays Yang Seok-hyeong, including his theater background, his breakout role in Misaeng: Incomplete Life, his extensive film career, and his return as Seok-hyeong in Resident Playbook.
What we’re watching and reading now, including East Palace, Run With the Wind, The Affair Was Just the Beginning, and Mad for Each Other.
References
K Drama Chat Hospital Playlist OST Playlist
In front of city hall at the subway station by Mido and Falasol
In front of city hall at the subway station by Kwak Jin Eon
In front of city hall at the subway station by Zoo Kim Chang Gi
Improving self-sufficiency in organ transplantation in Korea - PMC
Biliary Atresia Symptoms & Causes
Atrial Septal Defect | American Heart Association
Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Pregnancy: Background, Etiology, Pathophysiology
Anaphylaxis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Management
Pneumoperitoneum - Wikipedia
1 hr 13 min
September 0415.5 - Podcast Review of Episode 5 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 5 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:
Two songs from the episode:
“Oh? What a Shiny Night” by Mido and Falasol

“Beautiful My Love” by Urban Zakapa

The meaning behind the name Mido and Falasol, the group credited with the Hospital Playlist OST songs, and why so many of their songs became huge hits in Korea.

How this episode shows that medicine can’t be separated from people and emotions—the patients, their families, and the doctors and nurses caring for them.

The heartbreaking child abuse case, how Ahn Jeong Won recognizes the warning signs, and why doctors are responsible for reporting suspected abuse rather than proving it.

The congressman’s elaborate scheme to disguise the identity of his liver donor, and why modern hospital identification and transplant procedures would make such a switch extremely difficult.

The baby with moyamoya disease, why Chae Song Hwa orders that the baby not be allowed to cry, and how hyperventilation could further reduce blood flow to the brain.

The complicated ways families respond to illness: a daughter willingly donating part of her liver to her father, a wealthy son refusing to donate to his father, and a father insisting that Kim Jun Wan give his son the most expensive heart valve available.

Do Jae Hak’s excitement over his matured jeokgeum, or installment savings account, and his plans to use the money for a jeonse lease—and the ominous warning that he should read his lease very carefully.

Divorce in Korea and the very different experiences of Lee Ik Jun, Yang Seok Hyeong, and Seok Hyeong’s mother, who refuses to divorce her unfaithful husband even after his mistress announces that she is pregnant.

All the developing romances: Jang Gyeo Ul pining for Ahn Jeong Won, Chu Min Ha beginning to see Yang Seok Hyeong differently, Ahn Chi Hong confessing to Chae Song Hwa, and Kim Jun Wan finally confessing to Lee Ik Sun.

The alarming ending in which Chae Song Hwa becomes the patient after discovering a suspicious mass and is told she needs a biopsy.

Jung Kyung Ho, the actor who plays Kim Jun Wan.
References
K Drama Chat Hospital Playlist OST Playlist

Beautiful My Love by Lee Jung Yeol

Beautiful My Love by Urban Zakapa

What is TAVR? (TAVI) | American Heart Association

Moyamoya Disease | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Living Liver Donation - American Transplant Foundation

Evaluating Young Children With Fractures for Child Abuse: Clinical Report | Pediatrics

How to Play Mafia Game, a Korean Game

Koreans are staying married, but not for love

'Divorce is not good in Korean culture': Why mum and I never talked about dad leaving - ABC News

DIVORCE IN SOUTH KOREA | Facts and Details
1 hr 9 min
August 2815.4 - Podcast Review of Episode 4 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 4 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We also discuss Jo Jung Suk, the actor who plays the general surgeon Lee Ik Jun. We discuss:
The songs featured during the recap: Pachelbel’s Canon in D, played in rock fashion by our five doctors, and Confession Is Not Flashy by Kyuhyun, a remake of Lee Seung-hwan’s 1993 ballad.

The demands being placed on K-pop performers, inspired by Joanna’s experience at the BTS concert, and why the physical and mental health of performers needs to come before tours, albums, and fans’ expectations.

Our change in how we feature music on the podcast because of licensing concerns, and our new playlist of Hospital Playlist songs that listeners can play along with during the recap.

The episode’s many stories about parents and children—and how those relationships can be loving and protective, but also abusive, exploitative, complicated, and heartbreaking.

Dr. Bong’s entertaining description of the five friends as “The Lacking Five” and what his stories reveal about Chae Song Hwa, Kim Jun Wan, Yang Seok Hyeong, Lee Ik Jun, and Ahn Jeong Won.

The tragedy in Yang Seok Hyeong’s family—his sister’s death, his father’s affair, and his mother’s stroke—and how those experiences transformed his relationship with his mother and help explain the quiet, devoted man he is today.

The baby born with anencephaly and Yang Seok Hyeong’s decision to honor the mother’s request that she not hear her baby cry, leading to a fascinating discussion about how hospitals and families handle the birth of a baby who will not survive.

How the five doctors started their band in medical school, their hilarious younger hairstyles and clothes, their attempts to master Pachelbel’s Canon, and our own memories of orchestras, family bands, Rock Band, and Dance Dance Revolution.

Matters of the heart: Lee Ik Jun tries to play matchmaker, but it’s Kim Jun Wan who appears increasingly interested in Ik Jun’s sister Lee Ik Sun—and who ultimately travels to her military base claiming he just wants to eat jajangmyeon.

Jo Jung Suk, the actor who plays Lee Ik Jun: his beginnings in musical theater, his breakout film role in Architecture 101, his many dramas and films, his award-winning performance in Pilot, and his journey toward becoming a singer-songwriter through A-List to Playlist.
References
K Drama Chat Hospital Playlist OST Playlist

Confession is not flashy by Kyuhyun on YouTube

Confession is not flashy by Lee Seung Hwan on YouTube

Living Organ Donation | organdonor.gov

Becoming a Living Donor | National Kidney Foundation

Institutional standard framework and experience of living donor liver transplantation for overseas non-Korean patients at Asan Medical Center - PMC

Singer-actress IU cancels concert, postpones album release due to worsened ear disorder - The Korea Herald

Eustachian Tube Dysfunction | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Stroke - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

Massive biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s, Stanford Medicine researchers find

Jo Jung Suk’s self-titled debut album
1 hr 8 min
August 2115.3b - Rerun of Podcast Review of Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Listeners, we had to republish this episode without the music during the recap. So sorry!
Listeners, we were supposed to publish episode 15.4 today, the episode where Sung Hee and I review episode 4 of the hit K Drama Hospital Playlist on Netflix.
Unfortunately, Joanna's travel schedule has been brutal this summer, and we just couldn't finish the 15.4 recording this past week.
So instead, we’re re-running the episode where Sung Hee, Ernabel and I recap and analyze Bon Appétit, Your Majesty. This is a really popular episode in our catalog, and a really fun one as well. If you haven't watched Bon Appetit Your Majesty, we highly recommend it. It's got everything: a great king, a fantastic chef, delicious food, romance, palace intrigue, and a fabulous OST.
Thanks for understanding. Join us next week for our review of episode 4 of Hospital Playlist. I’ll leave you with this question: Who is your favorite doctor in Hospital Playlist and why?
Original show notes:
Today, we’re doing a special episode on Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Lee Chae Min as King Yi Heon and Im Yoon A as Yeon Ji Yeong. We are joined by the amazing Ernabel Demillo to discuss:
The featured song during the recap: I Find You by Do Young.
How Bon Appétit, Your Majesty is a light-hearted, romantic, and food-filled drama inspired by the dark reign of King Yeonsangun.
The show’s unique blend of historical fiction, time travel, romance, and culinary arts — with food as a central character and storytelling device.
The story of King Yeonsangun, the real tyrant who inspired the fictional King Yi Heon, and how the drama reimagines his story.
A comparison to Mr. Queen and why this show, though similar on the surface, is more about food, love, and redemption than gender-bending comedy.
Im Yoon A and Lee Chae Min’s incredible chemistry, with Lee Chae Min’s breakout performance being especially notable given his short preparation time.
The standout supporting characters, including Gil Geum, Gong Gil, Kang Mok Ju, and the Chinese chefs — each representing different cultural and culinary dynamics.
The symbolic power of food in the drama, showing how it connects people, heals trauma, and even saves nations.
The use of the Mangunrok as the show’s MacGuffin — both a literal time travel portal and a symbolic love letter from the king.
The drama’s conclusion, including how the king travels to the modern day, and the emotional payoff of their reunion through food.
A discussion of Michelin-starred restaurants in Asia, the rise of Korean cuisine globally, and personal dining experiences from Ernabel.
Gong Gil’s deeper role and edited-out storyline — including a potential love triangle that was ultimately minimized.
The theme of finding your destined love across time, emphasized through the OST lyrics and repeated motifs of reunion and promise.
What we’re watching now — from Because This Is My First Life to Would You Marry Me and The Uncanny Counter — and a preview of Season 13 of K Drama Chat, where we will recap and analyze Startup.
References
From The Tatler: The true story about the fictional king in ‘Bon Appétit, Your Majesty’
From TIME: The Real History Behind the Time Travel K-Drama Bon Appetit, Your Majesty
From Reddit: Summary of the ending of the book “Surviving as Yeonsangun’s Cher”
Asian American Life website and recent episodes
1 hr 46 min
August 1415.3 - Podcast Review of Episode 3 of Hospital Playlist
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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 3 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong-won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun-wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok-hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa. We discuss:
The songs we featured during the recap:
Aloha by Jo Jung-suk

Sorrowful by Kim Jin-hak

How this episode shows that hospitals are places where some of life’s most emotional moments happen, and how the five doctors balance their medical responsibilities with deep compassion for their patients.

Kim Jun-wan’s gruff exterior versus the care he shows his patients, especially the young mother terrified about her baby’s heart surgery.

The baby born with transposition of the great arteries, why the baby’s chest had to remain open after surgery, and how doctors can safely touch a beating heart.

How Kim Jun-wan inspires two medical students to pursue cardiothoracic surgery by letting them touch a beating heart, just as his own mentor once did for him.

Lee Ik-jun’s devastating discovery that his wife wants a divorce—and that she has apparently been seeing another man while living abroad.

Jang Gyeo-ul’s crush on Ahn Jeong-won and how she uses Lee Ik-jun to learn more about him, only to discover that Jeong-won wants to become a priest.

The heartbreaking story of Lee Ik-jun’s former patient, who becomes brain dead after a traffic accident, and our discussion of how organ donation works in South Korea and the United States.

The significance of jesa, the Korean tradition of honoring deceased family members, and how it influences Lee Ik-jun’s decision about the timing of his patient’s death.

The episode-ending surprise when Kim Jun-wan treats an injured soldier in the ER and realizes that she is Lee Ik-sun, Lee Ik-jun’s younger sister.

Jeon Mi-do, the actress who plays Chae Song-hwa, including her career in musical theater, her television roles, and how she originally auditioned for a patient role in Hospital Playlist before being cast as one of the five leads.

What we’re watching now, including Agent Kim Reactivated and The King’s Warden.
References
Korea loosens organ donation rules amid deadly shortage
58 min

About K Drama Chat

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K Drama Chat is a weekly series where we take one Korean (K) Drama each season and and recap and analyze each episode. We're Joanna, Sung Hee and Jen. We love K Dramas and we want to go deep and explore the many layers and meanings of our favorite K Dramas. Here are the shows we've covered: