Latest Learn kpop Podcast Episodes
Ep. 252: Testing Kpop Knowledge Through The Ages
Ask Me About Kpop - June 07, 2023 08:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsLet's see if we've actually learned anything in the last 251 episodes. Shannon dug into the archives of some random quiz websites to find some 'general Kpop knowledge' online quizzes created from 2010 - 2023 and we did our best to conquer them. But it's gonna be a challenge as we run into tiny pi...
Ep. 251: Kpop Promo with Helix Publicity
Ask Me About Kpop - May 24, 2023 07:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThis week on the pod, we are thrilled to welcome Brittany Press and Tiffany Bae from Helix Publicity! Helix is a PR firm that represents so many great Kpop artists like FIFTY FIFTY, EPEX, Omega X, VAV, and Secret Number just to name a few! Tune in to get to know Tiffany & Brittany's personal Kpop...
Ep. 250: Stay With Me Battle
Ask Me About Kpop - May 17, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's the 250th episode of Ask Me About Kpop!!! Wow!!!! And just like we did 50 episodes ago, we're celebrating with a song battle! With the help of our Patreon patrons we ranked 10 different songs with the title 'Stay With Me' in the hopes that all you lovely people will stay with us for however ...
On Love and Loss: Our Dear Moonbin
Ask Me About Kpop - May 10, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWe wanted to make a short episode to acknowledge our recent loss of Astro's Moonbin and offer some support and sympathy to all of our listeners who may be navigating this type of loss for the first time. We will share some beautiful things about Moonbin, and try to read some words from those clos...
Ep. 249: The Comeback with Lily Chu
Ask Me About Kpop - May 03, 2023 08:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsSo excited to welcome new friend of the podcast and author, Lily Chu to AMAK! Her new book, The Comeback tells the story of a hardworking Toronto lawyer who finds herself falling for her roommate’s cousin who is on a hiatus from his work in Seoul. Little does she know, he’s one of Kpop’s hottest...
Ep. 248: Kpop To Wake Up To
Ask Me About Kpop - April 19, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsGood morning! Let's wake up with some great Kpop! This week we asked our Patreon patrons to give us a Kpop song that they use as an alarm. We've got a pretty great range of songs that you might want to work into your wake up routine. Whether you need to be risen very gently, or screamed at to ge...
Ep. 247: Kpop Inc. Redux
Ask Me About Kpop - April 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThis week we're revisiting one of our oldest and most oddly controversial episodes. We've made an updated, chronological list of some Kpop companies who have made an impact over the years, discussing who started them, who they represent, and what makes each company unique. Perhaps, it's better th...
Ep. 246: The Year In Kpop 2003 (Pt. 1)
Ask Me About Kpop - March 29, 2023 07:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsOh goody it's time for another 20 year flashback episode! This time it's 2003, and from our perspective Kpop is in a weird transitional moment before the 2nd gen really and truly kicks off, but the good news is, everyone is MUCH better at singing than they have been previously. Tune in 6ish month...
Ep. 245: EXO Madness
Ask Me About Kpop - March 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's time for MARCH MADNESS!!!! And since we've exhausted every possible option for SHINee tournaments, we're turning to the group that causes the most madness in us... EXO of course. Angelica carefully ranked and seeded 16 top EXO title tracks and we're gonna battle them against each other to fi...
Bonus: Introducing Kpop Dreaming
Ask Me About Kpop - March 09, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsOn this special bonus episode of the show, we're introducing you to LAist's podcast 'California Love: Kpop Dreaming' available now wherever you get podcasts. Kpop Dreaming tells the story of Kpop as woven through the childhood memories of an LA native Korean diaspora, and we think you will really...
Ep. 244: Kpop Parlor Games - Emoji Puzzles
Ask Me About Kpop - March 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThis week's episode is brought to us by a lovely listener! They sent in an emoji puzzle guessing game and we played it! And then when we finished their slides, we tried to make some more up on the spot! It was really hard and really fun! Thanks so much Jules! If anyone else ever wants to send us ...
Ep. 243: ('Cause) They're Your S.E.S.
Ask Me About Kpop - March 01, 2023 08:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's been more than 25 years since SM debuted their very first girl group, S.E.S. And since all things y2k are the hotness of the moment, why not look back at who was the hotness during the actual time period. Learn all about the members of S.E.S. and what they've been up to for the last 25 year...
Ep. 242: What's The Deal With Song Charts?
Ask Me About Kpop - February 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's a back to basics episode as we try to figure out how and why Korean song and album charts work the way they do. There's even vocabulary words!! Shannon walks us through the history of song charts, which ones exist, where the data comes from and how they maybe only mean whatever you want the...
Ep. 241: 2013 Hit Stage Flashback Part 1 (full audio)
Ask Me About Kpop - February 15, 2023 08:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's that time of year again to watch the first part of MBC's hit stage flashback from 10 years ago. And this time it's extra special cause it's OUR YEAR!!! And this one is relentless in just how many important stages it hits us with!! This is the full version with the video playing underneath,...
Ep. 241: 2013 Hit Stage Flashback Part 1 (commentary only)
Ask Me About Kpop - February 15, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's that time of year again to watch the first part of MBC's hit stage flashback from 10 years ago. And this time it's extra special cause it's OUR YEAR!!! And this one is relentless in just how many important stages it hits us with!! This is the commentary version meant to be synced with the...
Ep. 240: Reaching For ONEUS
Ask Me About Kpop - February 08, 2023 11:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's a very special episode today, because our guest is ONEUS!!! We're starting out with a quick rundown of ONEUS' career so far and an intro to the members. Then we're recapping our night seeing ONEUS on their Reach For Us tour stop in LA, and hearing from some listeners who saw them in other c...
Ep. 239: Producer Spotlight - BUMZU
Ask Me About Kpop - February 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWe're back with another spotlight onto a producer who has made oh so many Kpop songs we love, BUMZU! Meet the man behind basically every Seventeen and NU'EST bop, starting with his time as a reality show competitor and solo artist. Followed by his very prolific tenure as a Pledis vocal trainer an...
Ep. 238: Kpop Parlor Games - Password
Ask Me About Kpop - January 25, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWe're still floating on clouds from our incredibly fun birthday party, so we just wanna play games today!! But first, a couple of very exciting announcements that were made during the live show that we needed everyone to be in the know about. Then, we're playing a super classic game, Password!! A...
Ep. 237: Do You Know Weekly Idol?
Ask Me About Kpop - January 18, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWe've probably mentioned and discussed this show in more than 20 episodes at this point, but it still needs one of it's own!! So tune in for a rundown of all things MBC's Weekly Idol, a weekly idol variety show that is legendary for laughs in Kpop. Learn all about the show format, the many hosts ...
Ep. 236: Welcome to 2023
Ask Me About Kpop - January 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsOh boy it's a new year!! ...but first we need to talk about all the perfect things we saw at the end of last year. Come along for lots of screaming and fawning over all our favorite Gayo stages, and our personal favorite stages from Kwangya New Year. Then we touch on a few recent news items, inc...
Ep. 235: Best of 2022 - Top 15
Ask Me About Kpop - December 28, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWe made it to the end of another glorious year of Kpop goodness! We'll start out this year with some reminiscing about all the fun Kpop things we did this year, before getting into our traditional chore of ranking 15 title tracks and combining our scores for an ultimate countdown. We've got a to...
Ep. 234: Best of 2022 - AMAK Awards
Ask Me About Kpop - December 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt's time for the 5th annual AMAK Awards! The award show where we find any excuse or explanation to fit all our favorite songs into 10 categories! We've got so much great kpop to cover, from all the way back at the beginning of the year, to just a week ago. It was so hard to make these choices, ...
Bonus: Running Away with Minho's CHASE
Ask Me About Kpop - December 15, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt finally happened!!! Our ultimate favoritest only boy has finally completed the SHINee puzzle and released a solo mini album!!! So we've got a special bonus mini episode discussing all things Minho CHASE! We've definitely got some gripes, but we also have a whole lot of praise and squealing fo...
Ep. 233: Best of 2022 - B-sides
Ask Me About Kpop - December 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWelcome to the end of the year!!! We painstakingly compiled 30 incredible songs from equally incredible Kpop albums that we really need you to hear. We've got songs for booty shaking, feeling feels, standing up for yourself, and having main character moments in the car. Plus: A very super specia...
Ep. 232: SMTOWN Winter Albums
Ask Me About Kpop - December 07, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThis week we're following up on Ep. 211 and covering the Winter set of SMTOWN company compilation albums. But first, Shannon breaks her literal silence on last week's Hyudawn news. Then it's time to get in the Christmas spirit with a whole lot of jingle bell sounds over club beats and crooning t...
Ep. 231: Step Into KARA
Ask Me About Kpop - November 30, 2022 08:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThis is a very special week in the world of Kpop, because 2nd gen girl group KARA has reunited with a stunning 15th anniversary comeback and old timer fans everywhere are celebrating, so we are too!! Tune in for a classic deep dive about a classic girl group that showed us what kpop was all abou...
Ep. 230: Kpop in Latin America
Ask Me About Kpop - November 23, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsBienvenido al podcast! This week Angélica has a ton to teach us all about the spread of Hallyu and Kpop fandom in Latin America! First we'll start out with a crash course on Korean immigration to Latin America and how it all ties into today's ministry of culture. Then, a timeline of how concerts ...
Ep. 229: Every My Ears Candy Cover We Could Find
Ask Me About Kpop - November 16, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIn attempt to get one song out of our head, we're forcing it out by listening to the same song 25+ times! This time we found as many covers as we could of Baek Ji Young song 'My Ears Candy'. We came up with criteria for what to look for in each performance and analyzed them all carefully! We've g...
Ep. 228: Shake It SISTAR Style
Ask Me About Kpop - November 09, 2022 08:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsFor literally no other reason than we wanted to, we're finally doing a SISTAR deep dive this week!! Tune in to learn all about 4 member superstar girl group SISTAR and their spotless reputation, excellent voices, cheeky music videos, sexy tan legs, and seven straight years of incredible iconic bo...
Ep. 227: Kpop Halloween Spooktacular!
Ask Me About Kpop - October 27, 2022 00:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsHappy Halloween!! Let's celebrate by watching spooky themed Kpop videos submitted by our Patreon Patrons! We've got some cheeky fun music videos, a few actually scary ones, costumed dance practices and special stages to discuss! Join our Patreon to see the full video of our real time reactions to...
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