Noona's Noonchi Podcast

Season 3 Episode 3: An Exclusive: How K-Content Went From Local to GLOBAL! (Part 1)

Hear about it firsthand from CJ ENM America's CO-CEO Angela Killoren! I had the pleasure of spending time with Angela a few times last year and she is amazing. She also founded KCON, if you didn't know. :) I am so proud of the work she's done to put K-Content on the map! #netflixkdrama #tvn #mnet #cjenm #studiodragon #cjentertainment #hulu #disneyplus #crashlandingonyou #kdramalovers #kcon

Season 3 Episode 2: The Inside Scoop On K-Drama Fan Meetings

Get an inside look into K-Drama fan meets thanks to Kate Adajar, Founder of @RandomRepublika, a lifestyle and entertainment platform based in the Philippines. She joins Noona's Noonchi and talks about how much she enjoys the fan meets because of the celebs/actors. Join us for this fun conversation about Park Bogum, Jung Haein, and Cha Eunwoo's fan meetings, and more! #parkbogum #chaeunwoo #junghaein #kdramalovers #hallyu #fanmeeting

Season 3 Episode 1: Korean History to fully understand K-content (K-drama, K-pop, K-culture) With David Tizzard, PhD

What a fun conversation this was! I learned so much from David Tizzard, PhD, host of the podcast Korea Deconstructed and professor of Korean Studies at Seoul Women's University and Hanyang University. David and I had the pleasure of meeting IRL last summer in Seoul. I'm also eager to sit in on one of his classes someday soon! There's a reason why he's my first podcast interview for Season 3. Join us as we go through some hallyu and history. David is a delight.  #Kdrama #Hallyu #Korea #Ko...

Reborn Rich: Repentance Over Revenge

Cha Eun Woo: Wise Beyond His Years

Omega X: The Real Story

Season 2 Episode 9: K-Drama Chrystallizing with Christine Ko

It was super interesting to hear from a K-Drama insider on the chrystallization of K-Dramas!  Producer-Director (PD) Christine Ko chrystallizes on the making of K-Dramas and the overall process. She also shares about her own PD journey with K-Dramas like Law School and Forecasting Love and Weather.  Plus, you'll hear about how she's making in-roads as a female PD in the K-Drama business.  This episode gives you an inside look into the world of K-Drama filming and more! You can also watch the...

Season 2 Episode 8: K-Drama Friendship and Fun with Fran McMahon

It was fun to get a healthy dose of Fran McMahon!  She first reached out to me a while ago about her love of K-Dramas and of course we became fast friends!  K-Pop was her way into K-Dramas and she has stayed put.  Enjoying listening to this episode from a Brit who found her grit through K-Dramas like It's Okay To Not Be Okay and Run On.   You can also watch the podcast on my YouTube Channel. 

Season 2 Episode 7: K-Drama Teaching with Yoon Ssam 쌤

Who's taking Korean language classes?  Korean teacher extraordinaire Yoon Ssam 쎔says it's no surprise how popular they've come with the boom in K-Culture.  He's busier than ever and been expanding for a while now with his Korean language classes around the world!  You'll enjoy learning about Yoon Ssam's teaching method.  Think engineering!  (Yoon Ssam was a former engineer). By the way, I'm sure you figured out that Ssam is slang for teacher (선생님 ) in Korean.   Of course we also talk K-D...

Season 2 Episode 6: K-Drama Charisma with Christie Golden

I take any chance I can get to talk about Hometown Cha Cha Cha, one of my favorite K-Dramas in recent years! And,  what better way to do a deep dive on it with bestselling author Christie Golden! She's an avid fan of this K-Drama and Kim Seon Ho who played Hong Banjang.  We had so much fun talking about the story, the characters we grew to love, and what this K-Drama is really all about.  Hear it from her, an esteemed writer herself how highly she thought of the writing. This was a charismat...

Season 2 Episode 5: K-Drama Delights with Deema Loves Drama

What a delightful conversation this is with Deema Loves Drama.  Deema shares the hard work it takes to be a content creator, and she's proud of how she's built her social media presence in the K-Drama world since 2019.  Her favorite part of being a content creator is the community and the relationships she's gained the last couple years.  Join us as Deema Loves Drama talks delightfully about her K-Drama favorites!  You can also watch the episode on my YouTube channel. 

Season 2 Episode 4: K-Drama Kind of Voguish with Rachael Lovette

K-Pop Homage with Haley Yang

A K-Pop homage this episode is indeed!  It was a lot of fun speaking with Haley Yang, K-Culture reporter for media outlet, Korea Joongang Daily. We reflect on the history of K-Pop around the world and how K-Culture is making its mark!  Join us as we take a trip down K-Pop memory lane from its start and origins to Psy's Gangnam Style to Exo and BTS, and where we are now.  Of course we also talk K-Dramas! You can watch this podcast on the Noona's Noonchi YouTube channel. 

K-Drama Justifications with Jane Park

There's really no need to justify how K-Dramas can benefit our lives!  TikTok content creator Jane Park says K-Dramas like Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) helped improve communication with her husband. Jane is a popular TikToker, well known for documenting her life as a Korean American mother of two.  She did a TikTok last year talking about racism with her kids which went viral and that's how we got to know each other.   We both spoke about anti-Asian racism on an on-air news segment near...

Season 2 Episode 1: K-Drama Sharing with Samuel Hyun

Some soulful sharing from Samuel Hyun kicks off Season 2!  Sam Hyun is a speaker, advocate and currently the political director of Sonia Chang-Diaz's gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts. He's also quite the content creator, especially on TikTok.  Sam's shares vulnerably about how K-Dramas remind him of his  upbringing, especially the difficult time his father left the family when he was young. Join us for this touching conversation on how K-Dramas have been part of his life since child...

Ep 24: K-Drama Beauty of Forgiveness with Beauty Unplugged

Welcome to my last episode of Noona's Noonchi's podcast season 1! Can't think of a better way to end by getting unplugged with Beauty Unplugged's Sophia - @beauty_unplugged. Join us for a beauty of a conversation on forgiveness and K-Dramas like Something in the Rain and Hometown Cha Cha Cha. Plus, I finally found someone around my age who loves the 1992 K-Drama "Jealousy" with the cute actress Choi Jin-sil who I adored. Sadly, she died by suicide in 2008 so her K-Dramas are even more spec...

Ep 23: K-Drama Hand Tingles with Susan Kim

The sexy K-Drama actors are called heartthrobs for a reason! it's because they make our hearts flutter when we watch them in love scenes or better yet, seeing the long-awaited kiss with their love! Ever feel tingly all over when you see your fav K-Drama star on-screen being oh so romantic? Hear from my next podcast guest, serial entrepreneur and start-up CEO Susan Kim who shares she gets hand tingles when watching K-Drama love scenes! Her hands just happen to be where she feels those lovey...

Ep 22: K-Drama Jammin' with Jae-Young Jen Park in Korea

If you've watched Hometown Cha Cha Cha and Squid Game, you're an INSSA in Korea. Haven't watched those K-Dramas? Then you're considered an ASSA. What do they mean? Tune into my latest podcast episode to find out! I did some jammin' with Jae-young Jen Park, a content producer for YouTube in Korea. She gave an inside look into current Korean pop culture, mental health stigma in Korea, and also shared her fav K-Dramas like IOTNBO. And YES. We talked about Kim Seon Ho and her point of view on ...

Ep 21: K-Drama + CDramaMama = Cancer Therapy

There's no doubt our K-Dramas can be so healing. In the case of Cdramamama, true to her IG handle, C-Dramas got her through her cancer treatment the last year. That therapeutic experience led her down the path to K-Dramas. And the rest is history! Hear her touching story and how she was able to fight through stage 4 cancer in the latest podcast episode. You can also watch the podcast on my YouTube channel. #doomatyourservice #eternallove #kdrama#cdrama #chinesedrama #koreandrama #cdramamam...

Ep 20: K-Drama Kit and Caboodle with Katherine Bourne Taylor

Imagine bonding with someone over a K-Drama you love and you become like BFFs, right? That's exactly what I mean when I talk about having a sense of belonging in our K-Drama world! I 'met' my next podcast guest, Katherine Bourne Taylor on IG via a K-Drama chat group. We totally bonded over Hometown Cha Cha Cha and started our own thread just to talk about it while it was airing. It was super cool to hear her angle as an actor, director, producer on K-Dramas like Goblin, Hometown Cha Cha Ch...

Ep 19: K-Drama Squid Game Sensations with Ken Fong

What's more fun than a Noona's Noonchi deep dive? A Noona's Noonchi podcast deep dive with one of the original Asian American podcasters! Ken Fong, host of "Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast'" joins us for this next podcast episode! Squid Game Sensations. Join us as we talk pathology, capitalism, and of course how 'disturbing' this #1 Netflix show is. Yes, it's the most talked about K-Drama ever, but still gotta admit Squid Game wasn't easy to digest. You can also watch the podcast on ...

Ep 17: K-Drama Appealing Attractions with Anthony Hsu

We all know K-Dramas help us express emotions! I loved chatting with my pal from NAAAP (National Association of Asian American Professionals), Anthony Hsu, a K-Drama newbie who started watching CLOY and hasn't looked back. It's been fun watching his K-Drama journey and I can't wait for more. You can also watch the episode on our YouTube channel~ 

Ep 16: K-Drama Joy in Rom Coms with Elle Houston

What do K-Dramas bring you? JOY! Especially K-Drama rom coms. That's what aspiring writer Elle Houston @kdramasarethebest101 exclaims after discovering K-Dramas earlier this year. She first learned about them from one of her fav writers who loved, 'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.' So, Elle decided to check it out and loved it. But then, she went on to Boys Over Flowers and she fell in love....with Kim Hyun-joong (step aside Lee Min-ho)! Check out our latest podcast episode: K-Drama JOY with...

Ep 15: K-Drama Tearful Truths with Tam Luc

A great thing about K-Dramas is how much it helps us sort through our own emotions and experiences.  Listen to how the K-Drama, Goblin (a fan favorite!) helps Tam Luc, Founder of Women with Vision International, express grief over her mother's death.  Grief is difficult to navigate since it has no timeline. It's also great to hear Tam's perspective on how men are portrayed in K-Dramas. Let's put it this way. She was so excited to introduce her husband (a Chinese American) to K-Dramas so he...

Ep 18: K-Drama Rational Realizations with Renee Chou

Ep 18: K-Drama Rational Realizations with Renee Chou

Ep 14: K-Drama Affirmations with Alex San Diego

Interviewing folks for the Noona's Noonchi podcast is so affirming! But what's even more affirming is having your guests/viewers affirm the concepts you talk about. In this episode, Alex San Diego, Chief Marketing Officer of Asian Mental Health Collective (AMHC) where Noona's Noonchi is President and Board Chair, shares fondly how Jeong is shown in K-Dramas, which she of course absolutely loves! In fact, she studied concepts like Jeong in school and wants to do more to promote them through r...

Ep 13: K-Drama Shout-outs! with Sheena Yap Chan

What do you get when you combine Gong Yoo and Lee Je Hoon? A fabulously fun K-Drama podcast interview with the ultimate podcaster Sheena Yap Chan! She does some major shout-outs to her fav K-Dramas like Goblin and Taxi Driver or anything with Lee Je Hoon in it! Like a lot of folks, Sheena went down a rabbit hole during the pandemic discovering K-Dramas. She enjoys the depth of storytelling and talks about how she learned more about expressing emotions, which she connects directly to mental h...

Ep 12: K-Drama Deciphering with Dr. Chi

When was the last time you got to hear a sociologist's perspective on K-Dramas? Well, hold on to your seats because here's Dr. Chinyere Osuji, PhD! On Clubhouse, we call her Dr. Chi for short. In this next podcast episode, Dr. Chi examines how capitalism is portrayed in K-Dramas and talks about her appreciation for how well it's done. I found this super fascinating and really enjoyed hearing her unique perspective! She also shares how she turned to K-Dramas in a great time of need during t...

Ep 11: K-Drama Kickstarting with Kat Turner

Here's another reason why we there are so many commonalities through the world of K-Dramas! Kat Turner is back for more and shares her personal journey on being a Korean American adoptee (KAD) after watching Crash Landing on You (CLOY) last year. We got to chat with Kat Turner last week on an IG Live on Her Private Life. It was a wonderful convo so please check it out on our IGTV~. In this latest podcast episode, Kat talks about how she kickstarted her love for K-Dramas amidst the pandemic...

Ep 10: "K-Drama Mingling with Makayla Gessford: An Asian American Adoptee"

This podcast episode is unique, y'all! Ever been given K-drama homework before being interviewed for a podcast? 😂. That's exactly what my gal pal from Asian Hustle Network did for our podcast episode! 🙌 I asked her to watch the K-drama 'Healer' with Park Min-young and Ji Chan-wook because I wanted her take as an Asian American adoptee on the adoptee portrayal in 'Healer.' Park Min-young's character is adopted. Makayla has been on her own healing journey the last year unpacking her adoption...

Ep 9: K-Drama Chronicling with Noona Chronicles!

"Fangirling knows no age." That's according to Daisy Dimacli - aka Noona's Chronicles - on Facebook and Instagram. And don't ya'll agree? 😃 It was awesome doing some K-Drama chronicling with a fellow Noona (누나) for this podcast episode! Daisy lives in the Philippines and her Facebook blog page, Noona Chronicles has more than 85K followers on Facebook! 🔥 She started her blog because she loves K-Dramas (surprise, surprise lol). I loved chatting with her, especially hearing about how K-Dramas...

Ep 8: K-Drama Countin' with Counting Stars Marianna Baroli

Welcome to Episode 8: K-Drama Countin' with Counting Stars Marianna Baroli! 🙌 Marianna Baroli is an Italian journalist who covers K-Pop (BTS especially) and K-Dramas for those Hallyu fans in Italy! 😀  She talks about how the Vincenzo K-Drama starring Song Joong-ki was well-received in Italy 🇮🇹  and the increased popularity of K-Dramas over there ! 👏 In her line of work, she’s gotten to have some cool K-Drama interviews!! 😎 T une into this episode to find out who she’s interviewed!!! 🎙🤩. ...

Ep. 7: K-Drama Kickin' with The K Three!

It’s time to get kickin’ with The K Three…your K-Drama BFFs! This podcast interview was super fun since the guests were together in Los Angeles. ! 🤗 We talk about how they started The K Three, the latest K-Drama Nevertheless and bonding over the K-Drama DOTS aka Descendants of the Sun! 🤣  I first got to know them on Clubhouse (where else?)! And I want y’all to get to know them too! They’re a treat! ☺️ #kdrama #thekthree descendantsofthesun #kdramas #kdramalover #kdramaaddict #kdramawor...

Ep 6: K-Drama Lovin' with Iye Loves Life!

Loving this podcast episode with @iyeloveslife 🤗 Can’t wait for y’all to hear it! I got to know Iye through Clubhouse and admire how she uses her platforms for social justice advocacy 💪 She’s been such an encouragement during these last few months and I appreciate her loving support! ❤️ 🥰   You don’t want to miss our next podcast episode, “K-Drama Lovin’ with Iye Loves Life!” 🎙 She talks about how she got into K-Dramas this year and what she loves about them! ✨✨ #kdrama #podcast #youtu...

Ep. 5: K-Drama Binge-Watching with Binahearts!

For several years, I’ve enjoyed reading the K-Drama articles from “Binahearts!” (Aka Bina Lee)🤗 In fact, I found myself only reading her articles because they’re really good! 👏 ✨✨ Imagine how delighted I am to have her as the next Noona’s Noonchi podcast guest! 😎 It’s been super awesome hosting a Clubhouse room together each week covering all things K-Dramas! 🤙 You can also watch the full podcast interview on our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/NoonasNoonchi 👏 ✨✨ 

Ep. 4: K-Drama Wittiness with Wayne Boatwright

Witty, he sure is! I recall the first time I heard Wayne Boatwright speak in one of the K-Drama rooms on Clubhouse. I was blown away by what he shared regarding his experience watching K-Dramas! 😱. He first discovered them when he was in prison....and they changed his life! 🙌 Wayne is so witty and eloquent discussing K-Dramas with us in these rooms where most of the time he was among all women! And, he surely held his own as a K-Drama super fan. You don't want to miss the wittiness in this...

Ep. 3: K-Drama Chattin' with the Clubhouse K-Dramatics Club - Part 2

They’re baaack! 😎👏. Welcome to Part 2 with the ladies of Clubhouse’s K-Dramatics Club! ☺️It was such a wonderful conversation hearing about their stories and experiences in the world of K-Dramas that we had to break up their interview into two episodes. The K-Dramatics club is the largest K-Drama club on Clubhouse with K-Dramatics Club Founder @gaellemardy and Co-Admins @thekaeking @carolmarkwei @nairamd 🙌 11.8K members and counting! You can find the podcast on Spotify, Google and Apple! And...

Ep. 2: K-Drama Chattin' with the Clubhouse K-Dramatics Club!

Girls, who run this mutha?! 💪🎶 Who run the “K-Drama” world 🌎  ! 🎶 T he K-Dramatics Club run the world! They run this mutha!! 🤗 An ode to Beyoncé and her song which keeps replaying in my head when it comes to Episode 2 of the Noona’s Noonchi Podcast!!  You’re in for a fabulous chat this episode with the Clubhouse K-Dramatics Club Founder Gaelle Mardy and Co-Admins Kae King, Carol Markwei and Doris Adjei  🙌  The K-Dramatics club is the largest K-Drama club on Clubhouse. 👏  11.6K members and...

Premiere Episode of Noona's Noonchi

Noona's Noonchi welcomes Korean American Chil Kong, Artistic Director of Adventure Theatre MTC in Maryland.  You'll really get all the feels in our premiere episode!  Listen in as Chil gets emotional sharing about one of his favorite K-Dramas, "My Mister" and how K-Dramas affect and touch him they way they do.   Welcome to our premiere podcast episode! 😎. It. Is. HAN-tastic! 😭 If you're like to be considered as a future guest on the Noona's Noonchi podcast, please let us know! 😃. Feel ...