The Glory Episode 14 | Chasing K-Dramas with Naomi Ko | Korean Drama Podcast

Content Warning: This podcast covers The Glory, which contains depictions of violence, sexual content, suicide, and trauma. Listener discretion is advised! 

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Welcome back, Sarangees! We are SO excited about Episode 14 of The Glory, because we're joined by the incredible Naomi Ko, an award-winning filmmaker, writer, comedian, and co-host of the Asians in Baseball podcast. Naomi grew up in Minnesota, and K-dramas were her connection to her heritage.  She gets into her all-time favorite dramas and sitcoms with us. We also dig into what "prestige" K-drama even means these days, and how Netflix and the big streamers are reshaping the local K-drama industry.

Then, we recap. And y'all…this one is STACKED.

Yeon-jin and the Detective Ajusshi spiral into full panic mode the second they clock that Myeong-oh's body has been found. Meanwhile, after that devastating apartment fire, Dong-eun FINALLY gets her mother locked away in a psych ward. Yeon-jin, ever the manipulator, works Jae-joon AGAIN, convincing him he's the only one left who can save her and Ye-sol (eyeroll). Jae-joon then turns around and blackmails Do-young into being Yeon-jin's alibi for the night of Myeong-oh's murder. And Yeon-jin's mom? She orchestrates an "accidental" hit-and-run with her mudang/shaman and the detective,  killing Hyun-nam's husband in the process.

We close on a shaman ritual, where Yeon-jin watches her mudang get possessed by So-hee's spirit,  and in a flashback, we FINALLY learn how and why Yeon-jin killed her.

Be sure to stick around for the Sarangees Hotline at the end of the episode with a call-in from @hneycheerioos! 

It's wild. It's crazy. It's The Glory. Let's get into it. 

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Recorded on 7/21/26

0:00 - Intro 

2:55 - Naomi Ko Interview

5:06 - “Stairway to Heaven” hooked Naomi into K-dramas

7:56 - “What was your relationship to K-dramas growing up?”

12:03 - “What do you think K-dramas do well?”
15:01 - “What do you think of prestige K-dramas?”

19:00 - “What drew you to the Glory?” 

23:24 - Recap begins

26:25 - Dong-eun’s mom goes to rehab

34:05 - Sa-ra gets bailed out

38:18 - Do-young meets Dong-eun

45:00 - Yeon-jin goes to see Jae-joon

52:47 - Jae-joon tells Do-young to be Yeon-jin’s alibi

58:52 - Yeon-jin’s mom hits Hyun-nam’s husband

1:08:57  - Girl What: Shaman becomes So-hee’s spirit 

1:12:50 - So-hee’s death scene

1:20:47 - Final Thoughts

1:29:24 - Closing with Sarangees Hotline

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Production: Thomas Yuan (TY Media) & Go Get Em Productions

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