The Certified Noonas: Kdrama, Kpop, and More

This week 3/4 of the Noonas tell what they've been watching in dramaland. Find more info and links on our blog post: https://bit.ly/3lSBUYf We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider becoming a member of ou...

This week we are branching outside of the big three countries - Korea, Japan, China - and talking about dramas in the lesser-known or looked at Asian countries. We discuss the importance of branching out, where to find them, and some of our personal favorites. Find more info and links on our blog post: https://bit.ly/3MDpBLr We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com o...

This week we're discussing the new Netflix musical, The Sound of Magic starring Choi Sung Eun, Hwang In Yeop, and Ji Chang Wook. Links and more can be found on our blog: https://bit.ly/3wr1FDX . We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our cont...

What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than with the Nation’s Mother? This week is dedicated to our favorite kdrama mother, Kim Hae Sook. Check out time codes, links, and more on our blog post: https://bit.ly/3ynPMBA We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona...

We’ve briefly mentioned remakes in several of our episodes but decided that a full episode was in order. Listen as we talk about the different remakes, some of our best and worst, and create the most epic gay mafia Boys Over Flowers recast. To find times codes, a list of all the dramas we talked about and more visit our website: https://bit.ly/39k0Che We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message...

Another month means we've been watching more things. For a list of all the dramas we mentioned, check out our blog: https://bit.ly/3kaLo08 We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider becomin...

In honor of Easter, we decided to do a laid-back episode to celebrate. Listen as we talk about dramas and music with bunnies and Alice in Wonderland concepts, cast a Korean version of Alice in Wonderland, and play some Madlibs. For a list of all the things we mentioned, links, and a playlist check out our blog: https://bit.ly/3MgynhT We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gm...

During our latest livestream we discussed the first four episodes of Tomorrow as a follow up to our discussion on the first week of the drama which included some more revelations and thoughts about the drama as a whole and figured that some people might find it easier to catch up with it as an audio version, so here it is in all its (unedited) glory! C/TW: The drama focuses on the topic of suicide...

This week we are discussing the first two episodes of the new fantasy kdrama Tomorrow starring Kim Hee Sun, Rowoon, Lee Soo Hyuk and Kim Hae Sook. Listen as we tell you our first impressions of the drama, and mostly spend our time swooning over Hee Sun. For more info check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/3jl3xbo *T/CW: Due to the nature of the drama, we briefly mention suicide and its use in the...

It's finally here, the long-awaited and highly anticipated Thai BL drama KinnPorsche! This week we are trying something new and uploading our recent livestream where we talked about the first episode of the mafia love story. To see the video version of this episode, and to find more info and links check out our blog: https://bit.ly/35ChyOx Like our content and want to help us keep the lights on? C...

This week we are discussing the Korean BL drama, Semantic Error starring Park Seoham and Park Jae Chan. Spoilers abound as we discuss what we thought about the drama and our favorite parts. For more info, check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/386IPJX.   We'll also be live over on our YouTube channel this Wednesday (March 30th, 7:30pm EST) to talk more about the drama. Make sure you subscribe and...

After more than a month we are finally back and talking about all the dramas we’ve been watching! Grab a drink and a snack, this one’s long. Time codes, links, and a list of all the dramas mentioned can be found on our blog: https://bit.ly/3N47COP We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during...

This week we are celebrating Jessie's birthday by telling you all about the longest lasting girl group in kpop: Brown Eyed Girls! Listen as we tell you a summary of their history, a bit about the members, and talk about how their music and image has impacted the industry. For time codes, playlists, and a lot more information and links check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/3JbYN2T We'd love to he...

We're back with another exciting round of some news that we found interesting that may be more than two months old. For all the time codes snd more check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/3IMgs1a We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our con...

This week we are discussing the new Netflix romcom/BDSM-light movie Love and Leashes, starring Seohyun and Lee Jun Young. Note: our spoiler discussion starts pretty immediately. Check out our website certifiednoonas.com for more fun things and older episodes! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll a...

A lot of new dramas have just premiered, and so this week we decided to discuss the first two episodes of two new kdramas: Forecasting Love and Weather and Thirty-Nine. Time codes and more can be found on our blog post: https://bit.ly/3gYD6He We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our...

In honor of Apink’s Horn comeback, we decided to dive deep into their music and long career, giving you a rundown of a group we collectively didn’t know much about, and now really enjoy. For more information, a ton of links including playlists, and timecodes check out https://bit.ly/3rLL38T  We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Send your questi...

Natalia and Jessie are back with a very spoiler-filled episode all about the high school coming-of-age zombie drama, All of Us Are Dead. For more info, check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/3LlzwVw We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our content and want...

For more info check out our blog: https://bit.ly/34EWrua We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider becoming a member of our Found Family and support us on Patreon ! Don’t worry if you can't afford it, the...

Happy February! Listen as we discuss the dramas that we’ve been watching. Remember to check back later this week for what we've been listening to, and a special All of Us Are Dead spoiler episode. For time codes, a list of all that we talked about and more check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/332UYxp We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials! Send...

As a special treat to extend our celebration of Lee Joon, we decided to upload an older episode that Jessie & Natalia recorded for another project that is about the drama Gap Dong. Note: The format of this is a bit different than other spoiler episodes, and does talk about the true story the drama was inspired by. For time codes and more check out our blog spot: https://bit.ly/3om3miZ We'd love to...

We are finally spending some time discussing Natalia's sweet baby murder child Lee Joon. Listen as we go over how he got into the industry, and discuss his filmography. Time codes, links, and more can be found on our website: bit.ly/Certified_Lee_Joon We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer du...

We decided to take a look at some of the dramas (hopefully) premiering this year and what we each our personally looking forward. Check out our blog post for time codes, links and more: https://bit.ly/33IqlNS We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com....

We're back after a sick week and diving deep into the recent Netflix kdrama, The Silent Sea and discuss what we liked and didn’t like about the drama, as well as some of our theories on the drama. Most of the episode is spoiler-filled, but we do spend some time talking about our feelings without spoilers. Spoiler discussion starts at 25:43. Time codes and links can be found on our blog post: https...

A little mid-week update on the music that we listened to at the end of last year. Links and time codes can be found on our blog post: https://bit.ly/32W2WrD Tell us what you’re watching on our Discord: https://discord.gg/yNdkJpjy4P We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we’ll answer during our livestream...