The Certified Noonas: Kdrama, Kpop, and More

This week we are celebrating females by discussing some of the problems in media and giving recs for our favorite dramas centered around women and our favorite female music artists/songs. For time codes and links to all that we mention (plus a really great playlist) check out our blog: https://bit.ly/3lDiaXZ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials!...

Today is Jessie's birthday, and her topic pick for this episode is the former girl group under JYPE, Miss A. Listen as we talk about their beginnings and the member's background, and talk about how we found them and what we connected with, and spiral into tales of how we are old. For links and playlists of all that we talk about, check out the blog post: https://bit.ly/3rS9Buw Like our content and...

A continuation of new things we've been into this past month, here's what we've been listening to.  Playlist of all the songs we talk about can be found here: https://bit.ly/2N937Ze We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting us on Ko-Fi. Don’t worry if you can't afford it, the c...

We are splitting up the What We're Watching/Listening episode up into two this week. Today's focuses on all the dramas we've been watching and how we feel about them. Check back on Wednesday (March 10th) for what we've been listening to. Note: this episode is spoiler-free except for a spoiler for Vincenzo (nothing past episode four). Time code: 45:31-49:06 For the list of all the dramas, other lin...

This week we are confused and talking about the first four episodes of the kdrama, Sisyphus the Myth on Netflix. Although we do talk about the first four episodes, it's debatable if we actually spoil anything. Or that the drama can even be spoiled at this point. But avoid the episode if you aren't caught up yet. Check out our website for more content: http://certifiednoonas.com/ We'd love to hear...

Chungha released her first studio album, Querencia, and we decided to use it as an excuse to deep dive into her music and learn more about her. Links and playlists can be found on our blog post: https://bit.ly/2Mbsw3Q We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting us on Ko-Fi . Don’...

This week we are celebrating Lunar New Year with fun, games, stories, and learning a bit about the holiday. This is a long one, so grab a snack and drink. Find links to the things we talked about and time codes at our blog: https://bit.ly/3qpXV1l We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider...

Grab a drink and join us as we discuss the new Netflix movie, Space Sweepers.  Links and more info can be found on our blog: https://bit.ly/3ryGGuQ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting us on Ko-Fi. Don’t worry if you can't afford it, the clips on Ko-F...

We haven't talked about what we've been watching and what music we've been listening to in a while, and figured some catching up was in order. Links to all the dramas we talked about, plus playlists of all the music can be found here: https://bit.ly/3j7wQNF We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Like our content and want access to some fun extras...

On this very special spoilers episode of the Certified Noonas, the murder sub-unit (Jessie and Natalia) discuss the dark but worthy of love and praise kdrama, Save Me.  *This is a spoiler episode, we don't hold back and talk about all of the series. Make sure you stay tuned to the end for a special announcement! Links and other resources can be found on our blog here: https://certifiednoonas.com/2...

This week we decided to focus our actor deep dive on two very much loved Japanese actors, Machida Keita, and Akaso Eiji. Both were in the popular BL jdrama that just currently aired, Cherry Magic. We go a bit into their lives, and talk about all the dramas we watched to get a sense of them as actors. We also spend some time on our thoughts on Cherry Magic. No real spoiler except some tiny ones on...

It's time for the first news episode of the year! For time codes and other cool things, check out our blog: https://certifiednoonas.com/2021/01/18/certified-newsnas-january/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting us on Ko-Fi . Don’t worry if you can't afford...

The world has been weird, so we thought a nice and easy episode where we talk about dramas with color names was in order. Blog post with all the links and information for this episode can be found here: https://certifiednoonas.com/2021/01/11/certified-colors/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want a...

This week we are discussing the first 8 episodes of the OCN kdrama, Uncanny Counter. Spoilers abound! Check out our blog: certifiednoonas.com We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting us on Ko-Fi . Don’t worry if you can't afford it, the clips on Ko-Fi wil...

It's the last episode of the year, and we decided to wrap up the year with questions about some of our favorite dramas and talk about what we want for the new year. *Spoiler for It's Okay to Not Be Okay 7:04-8:04 Check out our blog here: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/12/28/certified-year-end/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under Certifi...

This week we are talking about the new Thai crime drama, Manner of Death, and we have lots of opinions. Listen as we talk about mostly the first episode of the drama. Note: We really only spoil the first episode on this one (and briefly talk about non-spoilery things from episodes 2 &3) so if you want to skip till you can watch it, make sure to come back! Check out our blog with posts, quizzes and...

Don't have much time but want to get in some dramas before the end of the year? Drama specials might be the best thing for you! This week we are talking all about them, and discussing the ones we watched for the episode. Links, time codes, and other things can be found on this blog post: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/12/14/certified-drama-specials/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message...

This week we deep dive into our Spotify Wrapped data and try to guess each other's results. Some of it surprised us, most of it didn’t. If you want to know our deepest music secrets, we’re telling it all. We end it off with a talk about winter songs and give some suggestions for a winter album. Playlists, timecodes and links can be found at our website: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/12/07/certi...

This week we discuss our year-end drama watching goals and how we use My Drama List. Go to our blog for time codes, links, and more: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/11/30/certified-year-end-challenges/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting us on Ko-Fi...

This week we talk Thanksgiving traditions, and the ultimate of tropes: found families! Check out our website for time codes, a list of dramas mentioned, and more! https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/11/23/certified-friendsgiving/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Conside...

Grab several drinks cause this one's long. Listen as we tell you what we've been into in the music world and what we've been watching. There's a lot of info in this episode. Find time codes, links to a playlist of all the music we talked about, as well as a list of all the dramas we mentioned on our website: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/11/16/certified-what-listen-watch-november/ We'd love to...

The genre jar (and the Twitter poll) has spoken, and this week we are talking about sageuks! Hear our thoughts on them and then our top picks. List of dramas and time codes can be found on our website: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/11/09/certified-sageuk/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want ac...

It's time once again for our roundup of news from the entertainment world. Extra content, older episodes, and quizzes can be found on our website: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/11/02/certified-newsnas-october/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNoonas. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider supporting u...

This week we decided that since we've done more than our fair share of spooky themed episodes, that this week we'll take a break from the spook and have a very chill and social distant Halloween party. Check out past episodes, fun quizzes, and more at our website: http://certifiednoonas.com/ We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials under CertifiedNo...

It's our birthday! To celebrate we decided to do whatever we wanted, so that's why this episode is a little all over the place. We reflect on the years we've spent on the podcast, what's currently happening, and how we've changed from the first episode. Links to our corners and other fun things can be found on our blog post: https://certifiednoonas.com/2020/10/19/certified-two-years/ We will be ha...