id you ever play the “would you rather”-game? How about a “would you rather-game with a Korean drama twist?

In this episode we ask ourselves… would you rather pretend to be married to someone you hate (like in Lie to me or Full House) or… date a time traveler (like in Rooftop Prince or Queen In Hyun’s Man)?

What’s your answer? Tell us in the comments!

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas and movies we talk about in this episode:

* She was pretty (Starts 12:53 in)

Hwang Jung Eum, Park Seo Joon & Choi Shi Won

* D-Day (Starts 30:53 in)

With Kim Young Kwang & Jung So Min

* The Pirates (Starts 40:52 in)

With Kim Nam Gil & Son Ye Jin

* Late Autumn (Starts 45:50 in)

With Hyun Bin & Tang Wai

* The Naked Kitchen (Starts 51:38 min)

With Shin Min Ah, Joo Ji Hoon & Kim Tae Woo

Other dramas or movies we mentioned:

* Reply 1988

* Cheer up!

* Bubblegum

* Kill me, Heal me

* Pinnochio

* Plus 9 Boys

* Playful Kiss

* Can we get married?

* Virus

* Five fingers

* Personal Taste

* Bad Guy

* Gangnam Blues

* Heirs

K-drama Addiction Therapy Instagram

Here’s a taste of K-drama Addiction Therapy on Instagram.

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The next episode

The next episode of our Korean drama podcast should be out on Wednesday the 21st of October. Take care and see you then!

f I were to use one word to describe this episode, it would be “disorder”. We are not our usual organized and orderly selves in this episode…

But if you can get past that – we discuss some pretty darned interesting drama and movies. So we hope that you’ll bear with us through our rambling.

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* Five fingers (Starts 7:52 in)

With Joo Ji Hoon & Ji Chang Wook

* Ooku: Arikoto Iemitsu Hen (Starts 24:30 in)

With Sakai Masato & Tabe Mikako

* All is well (Starts 30:39 in)

With Kwak Shi Yang & Choi Yoon Young

* I Do, I Do (Starts 43:22 in)

With Kim Sun Ah & Lee Jang Woo

* Twenty (Starts 47:53 in)

With Kim Woo Bin, Kang Ha Neul &  Lee Jun Ho

Other dramas or movies we mentioned:

* She was pretty

* D-day

* Virus

* Mask

* Goong

* Antique Bakery

* Naked Kitchen

* Cinderella’s Sister

* Legal High

* Kimi ni Todoke

* Goo Hae Ra

* Oh My Ghost

* Marriage, Not Dating

* Potato Star

* What happens to my family?

* Goddess of marriage

* Second Love

* The Lover

* Scholar Who Walks the Night

* Just You

* City Hall

* Scent of a woman

* My Name is Kim Sam Soon

* Pretty Man

* Hot Young Bloods

K-drama Addiction Therapy Instagram

Here is the post we mentioned in the episode, with a funny scene from Twenty.

Watch Kim Woo Bin’s face. It’s amazing!

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The next episode

Our next episode should be out on Wednesday the 7th of October. Take care and see you then!

got a question recently from a friend who wondered how on Earth we managed to fill an entire hour with nothing but K-drama talk…

“Easy!”, I said. Once you get started on talking about something you love, it’s hard to stop.

(Just ask anyone with kids…or cats.)

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* She was pretty (Starts 4min in)

With Hwang Jung Eum, Park Seo Joon & Choi Si Won

* Scholar who walks the night (Starts 7:12 in)

With Lee Joon Gi and Lee Yu Bi

* Yong Pal (Starts 9:10 in)

With Joo Won & Kim Tae Hee

* Last (Starts 12min in)

With Yoon Kye Sang

* Just you (Starts 21:25 in)

With Aaron Yan and Pugg Kuo

* Twenty again (Starts 29:57 in)

With Choi Ji Woo & Lee Sang Joon

* Virtual Bride (Starts 31:28 in)

With Kim Da Som & Ryu Soo Young

* Drama Special: What is the ghost doing? (Starts 36:22 in)

With Lee Yoon & Jo Soo Hyang

* High Society (Starts 42:12 in)

With Uee, Sung Joon & Park Hyung Shik

* Love through a millennium (Starts 42:50 in)

With Jing Bo Ran & Zheng Shuang

* Second love (Starts 52:21 in)

With Kamenashi Kazuya & Fukada Kyoko

* It’s OK, that’s love (Starts 56:20 in)

With Joo In Sung & Gong Hyo Jin

Other dramas we mentioned:

* Dream High

* Pinnochio

* City Hunter

* Love Buffet

* Pleasantly Surprised

* Gap Dong

* School 2015

* Queen In Hyun’s Man

* Let’s Go Watch the Meteor Shower

K-drama Addiction Therapy Instagram

Our Instagram turns out to be a lot of fun!

Unlike this blog (which is only updated every 2 weeks), the kdramapod-account on Instagram is updated daily. We love to interact with everyone else in the group and this has turned out to be the perfect way to do it.

Here’s an example of what we post:

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The next episode

Our next episode should be out on Wednesday the 23d of September. Take care and see you then!

n today’s episode Gab tries to make me choose an ultimate bias (the torture!!) and we discuss currently airing, finished and upcoming drama.

Not having watched as much as usual; we were both worried we wouldn’t have enough to talk about in this session. So we watched some more dramas at the last minute.

Well. We needn’t have worried.

When will we learn? As soon as we get going and dig into a drama –  it can easily snowball into an hour-long conversation. ㅋㅋㅋ

What we’ve been watching / are planning to watch

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* High Society (Starts 21:38 in)

With Uee, Sung Joon & Park Hyung Shik

* Oh My Ghost (Starts 22:38 in)

With Park Bo Young, Jo Jung Suk & Kim Seul Gi

* The Lover (Starts 29:15 in)

With Oh Jung Se, Choi Jeo Jin & Lee Jae Joon

* Girl of 0AM (Starts 34:04 in)

With Seo Min Ji & Nam Tae Hyun

* The Time We Were Not in Love (Starts 38:39 in)

With Ha Ji Won & Lee Jin Wook

* Second love (Starts 43:43 in)

With Kamenashi Kazuya & Fukada Kyoko

* Yong Pal (Starts 52:00)

With Joo Won & Kim Tae Hee

* Lightly Ardently / Uncontrollably Fond (Starts 59:20 in)

With Kim Woo Bin & Bae Suzy

* Reply 1988 (Starts 1:06:32 in )

With Hye Ri, Ryu Hye Yeong, Park Bo Gum & Go Gyeong Pyo

* D-Day (Starts 1:13:19 in)

With Kim Young Kwang  & Jung So Min

Other dramas or movies we mentioned:

* Love Cells

* Nine in two outs

* Kimi Wa Petto

* Last Cinderella

* She was pretty

* Inkeeper

* Six Flying Dragons

* Bubblegum

K-drama Addiction Therapy Instagram

We have Instagram!

hese are exciting times to be a drama fan. The spring/summer drama lineup is sizzling hot!

It includes both eagerly anticipated comebacks of actors and writers we all love, as well as fresh new faces.

We try to squeeze in as many of all of these thrilling new drama prospects as we possibly can in this week’s episode.

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* Producers (Starts 2:50 in)

With Cha Tae Hyun, Gong Hyo Jin, Kim Soo Hyun & IU

* Warm and Cozy (Starts 17:40 in)

With Kang So Ra & Yoo Yeon Seok

* Falling for innocence (Starts 20:50 in)

With Kim So Yeon, Jung Kyung Ho and Yoon Hyun Min

* Unkind Women (Starts 32:24 in)

With Kim Hye Ja, Chae Shi Ra, Do Ji Won & Lee Ha Na

* Sensory Couple/The girl who sees scents (Starts 33:03 in)

With Park Yoo Chun, Shin Se Kyung & Nam Goong Min

* Orange Marmalade (Starts 35:14 in)

With Seol Hyun, Yeo Jin Goo & Lee Jong Hyun

* Who are you: School 2015 (Starts 42:12 in)

With Kim So Hyun, Nam Joo Hyuk and Yook Sung Jae

Other dramas or movies we mentioned:

* You who came from the stars

* Secretly Greatly

* The Office

* Big

* Cruel City

* Sorry, I love you

* Smile, You

* Endless Love

* The Great Gye Choon Bin

* I need romance 3

* My Secret Hotel

* Unemployed romance

* Boys over flowers

* To the beautiful you

* Coffee Prince

Listener Question… In reverse. Take two!

In this episode we turn to the group again (you guys, the listeners) to ask you a question…

What we’d like to know this time is: What drama would you recommend for someone to marathon over the summer?

A light and fluffy romantic comedy to watch on the plane or on the beach perhaps? Or would you advice someone to explore something more dark and gritty? Or a genre they don’t normally watch?

What do you think? Leave a comment and let us know!

We’d  love to get your best tips and your reason be...

llriiiiight! NOW we’re talking. In the last episode we asked you, the listeners, a question. And you replied.

How about that?! So many exciting tips of lesser known dramas. Thank you! We’re discussing them all in today’s group therapy session.

First up though, as per usual, is talking about what we’ve been watching lately.

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* My unfortunate boyfriend (Starts 10:37 in)

With No Min Woo and Yang Jin Sung

* Ando Lloyd – A.I. Knows Love? (Starts 20:50 in)

With Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou

* Angry Mom (Starts 21:06 in)

With Kim Hee Sun, Kim Yoo Jung and Ji Hyun Woo

* Let’s Eat 2 (Starts 24:26 in)

With Yoon Doo Joon & Seo Hyun Jin

* Falling for innocence  & Who are you: School 2015 (Starts 33:15 in)

With Kim So Yeon, Jung Kyung Ho and Yoon Hyun Min

& With Kim So Hyun, Nam Joo Hyuk and Yook Sung Jae

Other dramas we mentioned:

* King of Dramas

* She is Wow

* Queen in Hyun’s Man

Listener Question… In reverse!

In the last episode we asked you, the listeners, for your best tips regarding underrated or lesser known dramas. We got a whole bunch of great tips! And around 43:34 into the episode we go through them all, and add two tips of our own.

These are the dramas that all those who participated came up with:

* Unstoppable High Kick (Recommended by Tiny Tim)

* Dandelion love (Recommended by Cherry Bunny)

* One upon a time in Saengchori (Recommended by Rosie)

* History of a Salaryman (Recommended by Cheer)

* Wild Romance (Recommended by Iman)

* Love from today/Love on a rooftop (Recommended by Savannah)

* Thank You (Recommended by Georgia)

* Sirius (Recommended by Sofia)

* Soulmate (Recommended by Gab)

Bonus:

This tip was submitted after we recoded, so it’s not one we got to discuss. But we wanted to include it anyway, since it’s such a good drama.

The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry (Recommended by VanillaBean)

Thank you to all of you for giving us your hidden gems! We will definitely ask you for more tips and advice in the future.

The hi-lights from MBC Dramia

As promised, here are some short video clips from my (Sofia’s...

n this episode we continue to talk about some dramas from last time and highlight a couple of new dramas.

We get a bit carried away, so we only have time to talk about 4 different dramas. But hey, that’s what happens when you talk about stuff you love, right? Time flies. And disappears. Somewhere. It’s all very mysterious.

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* Falling for innocence (Starts 10:30 in)

With Kim So Yeon, Jung Kyung Ho and Yoon Hyun Min

* The Lover (Starts 24:20 in)

With Oh Jung Se and Choi Yeo Jin

* Ando Lloyd – A.I. Knows Love? (Starts 35:22 in)

With Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou

* Who are you: School 2015 (Starts 46:40 in)

With Kim So Hyun, Nam Joo Hyuk and Yook Sung Jae

Other dramas we mentioned:

* Hearless City

* Pride

* Zettai Kareshi

* Q10

* Neukkim – Feelings

* Meteor garden

Listener Question… In reverse!

At the end of this episode we turn to the group (You guys! The listeners. The other members of K-drama therapy.) in order to ask for your opinion…

What we’d like to know is if you have discovered a drama that you feel that more people should know about? An under appreciated drama perhaps, that could be either new or old. Maybe there are no famous actors in it… so not many people have seen it. But YOU did. And you loved it.

Comment and let us know about it!

Tell us the name of the drama and what you like about it.

We’d love to collect all the best tips that you give us and we plan to discuss them in the next episode.

The next episode

Our next episode should be out in 2 weeks from now. On May 20th.

Until then… Fighting!

elcome to a new session of K-drama addiction therapy! In this episode we are back to our usual talk about what we’ve been watching…

We also have a “spoilercast” segment at the very end of the episode – where we’ll discuss (and spoil) the ending of Hyde, Jekyl and Me.

What we’ve been watching

These are the dramas we talk about in this episode:

* Perseverance, Goo Hae Ra (Starts 1min in)

With Min Hyo Rin, Kwak Shi Yang, Jung Jin Young and Shim Hyung Tak

* Falling for innocence (Starts 4:55 in)

With Kim So Yeon, Jung Kyung Ho and Yoon Hyun Min

* High School Love On (Starts 12min in)

With Kim Sae Ron, Nam Woo Hyun and Lee Sung Yeol

* The Lover (Starts 14min in)

With Oh Jung Se and Choi Yeo Jin

* Let’s Eat 2 (Starts 25min in)

With Yoon Doo Joon and Seo Hyun Jin

* Sensory couple/The girl who sees scents (Starts 32min in)

With Park Yoochun, Shin Se Kyung and Nam Goong Min

* Unkind women (Starts 40min in)

With Kim Hye Ja, Chae Shi Ra and Lee Ha Na

* Angry mom (Starts 46:45 in)

With Kim Hee Sun, Kim Yoo Jung and Ji Hyun Woo

* Shine or go crazy (Starts 52min in)

With Jang Hyuk and Oh Yeon Seo

* King’s Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang (Starts 55min in)

With Seo Hyun Jin, Seo Woo and Jo Hyun Jae

* Hyde Jekyl and Me Spoilercast (Starts 58min in)

With Hyun Bin, Han Ji Min and Sung Joon

Other dramas we mentioned:

* Hearless City

* The spring day of my life (the other donor-heart drama, from last year)

* School 2013

* God’s Quiz

* Vampire prosecutor

* Flower boy next door

The next episode

Our next episode should be out in 2 weeks from now. On May 6th. Hope to see you then!

his episode is all about the recently finished drama Heart to Heart.

This time around; we were in the middle of a national holiday (Easter) at our usual recording time. Which meant that we couldn’t record or edit when we usually do. But we didn’t want to leave you in the lurch and not do an episode at all this week. So we prerecorded a new spoilercast, and prepared it ahead of time.

Heart to Heart was a drama by the same writer and director who did Coffee Prince. Starring Choi Kang Hee and Chun Jung Myung.

We both liked this drama a lot, and in this spoilercast we discuss it in detail. We even give away the ending.

So, fellow drama addicts, beware! If you’re planning on watching this drama and haven’t gotten around to it yet… we’re going to spoil it to bits in this pod.

If, however, you’ve already watched it or are on the fence about it… give the episode a listen! We hope that you’ll enjoy it.

Other dramas we mentioned in this episode:

* Protect the Boss

* My sweet Soul

* 7th grade civil servant

* Cinderella’s sister

* Man of honor

* What’s up fox?

* It’s okay, that’s love

* Heartless city

* Coffee Prince

* Triple

* Flower boy next door

* Good Doctor

The next episode

With our next episode we should be back to our usual format and discuss the latest dramas we’ve been watching.

Don’t forget to comment right here on kdramapod.com if you have a question you want us to tackle in the next episode.

The next episode should be out in 2 weeks from now. On April 22nd. See you then!

n today’s group therapy session, in addition to talking about what we’re watching, we have two other things on the agenda…

First: Understanding our addiction a bit better by talking about common Korean popculture related words. And at the end of the episode we’re going to talk about “drama slumps”. What they are, and how to get yourself out of one.

Understanding your addiction

So, to start, we spend a couple of minutes talking about the following K-drama/K-populture words:

* Aegyo – The Korean way of acting overly cute (“kawaii” in Japanese)

* Kkotminam – a.k.a. Flower Boy or Candy. Above average good looking young actor.

* Chaebol – The oldest son and heir of a super wealthy family.

* Hallyu – “The Korean wave”. A Korean actor/singer who is big outside of Korea.

What we’ve been watching

Next we discuss our current addictions. In this episode we talked about:

* Perseverance, Goo Hae Ra (Starts 14min in)

With Min Hyo Rin, Kwak Shi Yang, Jung Jin Young and Shim Hyung Tak

* Hyde, Jekyl and Me  (Starts 16min in)

With Hyun Bin, Han Ji Min and Sung Joon

Spoilerwarning!! Skip ahead, past this part, unless you want to hear a major plot twist.

* Fool’s love (Starts 19min in)

With Choi Woo Shik and Uee

* Kill Me, Heal Me (Starts 28min in)

With Ji Sung, Hwang Jung Eum and Park Seo Joon

* Amour et Patisserie (Starts 39min in)

With Jasper Liu

* Healer (Starts 42min in)

With Ji Chang Wook and Park Min Young

* Shine or Go Crazy (Starts 49min in)

With Jang Hyuk and Oh Yeon Seo

Other dramas we mentioned:

* Pleasantly Surprised

With Jasper Liu

* Autumn’s Tale

With Song Seung Hun, Song Hye Kyo and Won Bin

* Coffee Prince

With Yoon Eun Hye and Gong Yoo

How to get over your Drama Slump (Starts 53min in)

When nothing you’re watching is really doing it for you and nothing new seems interesting either…

That’s a drama slump.

So, how do you get out of the slump, and find yourself back to the dramas that you love?

We suggest: First – diagnose your problem.

Figure out if you’re tired of TV-watching in general or Asian drama in particular.

If you’re tired of TV-watching: Break your pattern

* Go outside

* See friends

* Read books

* Stop doing things for a while that involve you sitting down in the same way you do when you watch dramas/movies

* Do things you normally wouldn’t do

If you’re tired of K-drama/Asian drama:

* Watch other genres

* Watch variety shows

* Watch drama from another Asian country

* Watch American or European stuff for a while

* Only watch dramas that have finished (and you know are going to be good)

* Read FanFiction

* Watch FanVideos on YouTube

The next episode

With the last episode we heard that some people were having problems downloa...