Dramas Over Flowers

Hello listeners! Stars in My Pocket will now be known as DRAMAS OVER FLOWERS! Everything you like about us will stay the same, just with a slightly easier to remember name! (Ooh, that rhymes!)

Shorter than usual but still a pretty long yak. We're just covering currently watching dramas on this episode. Keep an eye out for "What's Up in Dramaland" making its debut in a couple of weeks where we discuss drama news and upcoming shows. TIME STAMP- CURRENTLY WATCHING: 00:01:40 - TIME 00:09:40 - YOUR HOUSEHELPER 00:17:13 - 30 But 17 ALSO WATCHING: 00:31:44 - FULL HOUSE 00:40:47 - MY PRINCESS 0...

Hello, good listeners! For this episode, we decided to reminisce about how we got into Korean Dramas and what kept us watching these stories. We talk about our KDrama gateways and what this industry does that's so unique in storytelling. We also just ramble a lot. So, no time stamps for this episode. Don't forget to let us know what got YOU into dramas @akdramapodcast.

Welcome to PART 2 of our 6th Long Yak! We continue our discussion of currently airing dramas, but in the Chinese Dramaworld, and then we talk about What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, and other shows we just finished watching. TIME STAMPS: CURRENTLY AIRING CHINESE: 00:01:12 - LEGEND OF FUYAO 00:05:03 - METEOR GARDEN COMPLETED DRAMAS: 00:18:17 - THE UNDATEABLES 00:22:19 - LAWLESS LAWYER 00:26:16 - SKE...

Hello people! We've been away for a bit, so this Long Yak ran longer than usual. Our solution was to split it in two. This is Part 1. Enjoy! TIME STAMP K-DRAMA NEWS: 00:02:56 - News 1 - Kim Hyun-joong casting for Time-travel Fantasy 00:04:36 - News 2 - Jang Geun-seok 00:09:13 - News 3 - Lee Jun-ki blacklisted by previous govt 00:13:40 - News 4 - Korea bought Netflix stock 00:31:50 - News 5 - 2nd s...

Sometimes we go off topic so hard that it takes a while to veer back to the main conversation. These are the outtakes we put up a few days after the episode goes up. In this outtake, Paroma unapologetically spoils a few older dramas (and Harry Potter #6), then somehow we end up discussing Dumbledore's sexuality. Enjoy!

Back with our fifth long yak, your talkative trio do their best to cover a large chunk of currently airing and upcoming dramas. Stay tuned for entertainment news and an unexpectedly long playlist full of the gang's favourite drama OSTs coming your way. TIME STAMP: ---CURRENTLY AIRING: 00:01:00 - What's Wrong With Secretary Kim? 00:15:20 - Spoiler Warning: Skip ahead 2mins 25 seconds! 00:24:00 - Wo...

Anisa and Paroma go deep into last year's best family drama with LollyPip (long-time recapper of korean dramas at Dramabeans). All three had much to say (and there were many, MANY characters to talk about) so this episode runs to just over 100 minutes. Pace yourselves. And use the Time Stamps below to find the segments where your favourite Byung/Lee family member (or their better half) was discuss...

We love talking to each other, so we digress a lot. This is one of the many segments Paroma edited out of our last Long Yak. We talk about living with our families, which Jane Austen heroine we identify with (and Anisa hates), and how relevant Austen's fiction still is in modern-day Pakistan.

In this Long Yak we cover some K-Entertainment news, our impressions of upcoming dramas, and our struggles and hopes for currently airing ones! We also give our final thoughts on Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food and A Poem A Day. One of them was rainbows and sunshine and puppy kisses. The other...was not. As always, check out the shownotes below to find your catnip, and tell us what you thought of th...

We give you our first impressions of the initial 4 episodes of the breakout weekend drama, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, also known as Something in the Rain. Podcast Hosts ► Saya, Anisa, Paroma Blog: akdramapodcast.wordpress.com twitter: @akdramapodcast

Anisa discusses instances of private and workplace harassment in Korean Entertainment with Odessa Jones and Pogo, and they unpack the public's reaction to the rise of the #metoo movement in South Korea. They also talk about toxic tropes, why we love to watch them play out, and how storytelling is changing in recent years. (The final segment has some really great recs for anyone looking for swoony...

Anisa, Saya, and Paroma talk about recently airing dramas, shows they chose to stop watching, and KDrama's tendency to value emotions over plot development. Also, drama recs! 01:15 - Poem A Day 17:47 - Suits 30:40 - DNF'd dramas: Great Seducer 31:25 - DNF'd dramas: Shall We Kiss First 33:16 - DNF'd dramas: Switch 36:18 - Depiction of marijuana in Suits 39:01 - Is the frequency of sexual assault pl...

We dive deep into what is probably the best "Robot drama" of a year full of dramas about Robots, and we have a very insightful guest to help us wade through all the ways in which this show was truly awesome. Meet (Beanie) Lee Tennant. Blog - https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/ Twitter - @akdramapodcast Email - starsinourpocket@gmail.com

Welcome to Part 2 of this month’s Long Yak. Here we move away from our usual Korean fare and check out some new and old Chinese dramas that have caught Paroma’s attention and imagination. We also cover some Japanese anime and dramas, and then introduce a new segment: questions we want to ask each other! And we end, of course, on Saya’s terrible (but inevitable) monthly dad joke AKA “ajusshi gag”....

This month on our Long Yak we cover hot new dramas Misty and The Great Seducer. We also talk about Queen of Mystery 2 and whether it lives up to the promise of the first season. Doctors and some other older dramas come up as we swap recommendations...and then we run out of time. So, you can catch Paroma's foray into Chinese Wuxia dramas in PART 2 - which will be out tomorrow! Shownotes - https://a...

In this episode we take a slight detour from our regular programming to squee about Black Panther, because we love it. Shownotes - https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/podcast-ep-10-black-panther-deep-dive-special/ Twitter - @akdramapodcast Email - starsinourpocket@gmail.com

Welcome to our first monthly Long Yak. Here we discuss currently airing dramas, shows we're finally catching up on, and other matters that may or may not be related to binge-watching. Follow our time-stamped shownotes here: https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/podcast-ep-9-the-long-yak-im-not-a-robot-hwayugi-just-between-lovers-mother-shownotes/ Twitter - @akdramapodcast Email - starsin...

Join Saya, Laica, and special guests SailorJumun and Chickachunga for a spoiler-filled deep dive on 2017's Forest of Secrets! Blog - akdramapodcast.wordpress.com Twitter - akdramapodcast Email - starsinourpocket@gmail.com

In our first throwback episode we talk about obsessive love and Ji-sung’s kisses in 2013’s breakout revenge melo, Secret or Secret Love. Joining us in examining what makes a good revenge drama is Odessa Jones from koreandrama.today. Shownotes - https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/podcast-ep-4-secret-2013-k-drama-wrap-up-throwback-edition-with-show-notes/ Twitter - @akdramapodcast Email...

Saya, Paroma and Laica discuss School 2017, about a group of students who struggle to make their dreams come true in a system where everything seems set against them, while a mysterious vigilante named X commits acts of rebellion against corrupt school officials. Join us as we go back to school, and experience once again the highs and lows of being eighteen. Blog - https://akdramapodcast.wordpress...

This week in While You Were Sleeping, Kitten Killers and Crafty Defense Attorneys bring on the heat for our heroes. Jae-chan can see a case derailing before his eyes but he’s unable to stop it because the law must follow its course. Meanwhile, Hong-joo is back on her job and unhappy about her first assignment. Shownotes - https://goo.gl/NtnRfr

While You Were Sleeping has finished its second week, and we return to discuss the story so far. Jae-chan and Hong-joo are joined by a third clairvoyant, Woo-tak, who’s happy to delve into the mystery behind their gift and ferret out the truth. Meanwhile, Jae-chan learns an invaluable lesson at work. Shownotes ► https://goo.gl/tEXEyp Podcast Hosts ► Saya and Paroma (AKA festerfaster)

We discuss the first four (half-hour) episodes of While You Were Sleeping, the latest drama from star writer Park Hye-ryun of "I Hear Your Voice", starring Lee Jong-seok and Suzy. She dreams of bad things that are going to happen in the future, and he's an awkward prosecutor who struggles to keep these visions from coming true. Listen to find out if our own dreams of this being our next crack dram...

Saya and Laica discuss the first four episodes of Live Up to Your Name (also known as Deserving of the Name), the currently airing drama starring Kim Nam-gil and Kim Ah-joong. The drama follows an Eastern Medicine doctor from Joseon times who jumps 400 years into the future to modern Seoul. Find out their initial thoughts on this unique time-slip drama! Shownotes ► https://akdramapodcast.wordpress...