YA GIRL'S KDrama Podcast

A month late (we blame BOYS PLANET) but the girls are finally here to review one of their favorite dramas of 2025 - Head over Heels!

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This drama wins the award for skinship tropes DONE RIGHT CAN I GET AN AMEN. (human amulet all daiiiiiii). 

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Head over Heels makes both Elle and Maddie’s top dramas of the year and for good reason. It’s such the perfect mix of fantasy, romance (alllll the tvn stills!!!!), and comedy. It’s just straig...

THANK YOU LEE CHAEMIN FOR BEING HERE TODAY

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The pod sisters are here to chat up “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” - or, as we will always choose to call it - KNIFE KNIFE. (we cannot call this show bon appétit ur majesty it’s so cringey we cannot)

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tvN and Netflix are AT IT AGAIN this fall and we’re all EATING IT UP PUN INTENDED. The girls chat through the plot in the first two eps, all the cooking scenes, Yoona’s adorableness, and the fa...

Maddie & Christina are here to review Our Unwritten Seoul! Maddie FINALLY decided to watch this amazing drama, and Christina couldn’t be more thrilled. This drama is definitely “Christina-coded” and could be her drama of the year. WHAT?!

Our Unwritten Seoul is about two twins, Mi-Ji & Mi-Jae (Park Bo-young – Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Daily Dose of Sunshine), who are complete opposites. Mi-Jae works a finance job in Seou...

Happy August, Chingu Chat everyone! 

This segment is a special one on Ya Girl’s KDrama Podcast, where Maddie & Christina chat about all things Korean-related (like JK, for example).

In this episode, the ladies catch up with each other, share what dramas they are watching, talk about the best female besties, AND cast K-drama actors in Pride and Prejudice!

Grab your coffee, tea, or soju, and come laugh with them!

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Elle and Christina are back again for a midway review of She Was Pretty! So much has happened in the past six episodes!!

Hye-Jin and Seong-Joon are really getting to know each other during these episodes, and the girls are SWOONING HARD. They loved the trip trope scenes (is it one of Christina’s favorite trip tropes now?!?!) and absolutely love seeing Seong-Joon fall hard for Hye-Jin—without even realizing it.

Hye-Jin’s bestie, Ha-Ri...

It’s time for the next Throwback Drama! Elle and Christina are doing She Was Pretty with Hwang Jung-Eum and Park Seo Joon as the leads!

She Was Pretty is a romantic comedy K-drama that tells the story of childhood sweethearts who reunite as adults – but with a twist. As kids, Kim Hye-Jin (Hwang Jung-Eum) was a confident, sweet girl, and Ji Sung-Joon (Park Seo Joon) was a shy boy who lacked confidence. As adults, Hye-Jin is insecure ...

Maddie & Christina are back to give their final thoughts on the second half of The Crowned Clown! 

Did they love Ha-sun and the Queen? Yes.

Did they like the royal secretary? Maddie did, but Christina still couldn't trust him.

Did they think there wasn't much focus on Ha-sun and the Queen as the show went on? YES.

Could this show have been twelve episodes? Also, yes.

The Crowned Clown is a sixteen-episode drama avail...

Happy July Chingu Chat everyone! This segment is a special one on Ya Girl’s KDrama Podcast, where Maddie & Christina chat about all things Korean-related (like JK, for example).

In this episode, the ladies catch up on life, debrief on shows as it’s the halfway point of 2025 now, and dive into some favorite drunk scenes!

Grab your coffee, tea, or soju and come laugh with them!

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The Pod Sisters are here to do a very special episode on Kpop Demon Hunters! The world is going CRAZY about this movie — and FOR GOOD REASON. They HAD to come talk about it and fangirl over EVERYTHING!

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Kpop Demon Hunters is a children’s film that premiered on Netflix and is currently blowing up. The characters are great, the storyline is strong, THE SOUNDTRACK BANGS, and the way it highlights Korean culture — both historical...

Calling all lovers of subtle-fantasy and Rowoon-lookalike-male leads!!

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Elle and Maddie are here today to talk the first two episodes of Head over Heels, a new fantasy KDrama airing on Amazon Prime. It follows the story of Sung-Ah, a shaman high-school student, who falls in love with a doomed but handsome classmate, Gyeon-woo. She decides that she MUST protect him at all costs and  WE LOVE TO SEE IT. 

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We hope you love this Throu...

Hiiii um who knew Doyoung had such a hot brother??? 

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Maddie and Elle are here to chat about Second Shot at Love, a 12 episode KDrama that just finished airing. This show was soooooo up Elle’s alley, and the girls loved seeing yet ANOTHER member of 5URPRISE grace their screens as the ML. (You’re still our fav, Kang Tae-oh, don’t worry.)

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Second Shot at Love is a light-hearted KDrama that touches on some serious topics, mainly alcoh...

Maddie & Christina are back with a midway review of The Crowned Clown! They debrief episodes three through eight. This Joseon drama continues to surprise them, and they truly don’t know how the story will end.

One thing’s for sure: they LOVE Ha-Sun and the Queen, they adore Squishy Eunuch Jo (SEJ for short), and they’re still on the fence about Mr. Secretary.

Let the girls know if you’re also watching—or if you’ve already seen th...

Elle & Christina are here to talk about the first two episodes of GOOD BOY! This drama centers around former Olympic medalists who have faced injury or scandal. They are recruited into a special police task force and later dubbed the “Olympic Avengers.”

This action-comedy stars Park Bo-gum (When Life Gives You Tangerines, Reply 1988), Kim So-hyun (My Lovely Liar, Love Alarm), and Lee Sang-yi (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Bloodhound...

Happy June Chingu Chat everyone! This segment is a special one on Ya Girl’s KDrama Podcast, where Maddie & Christina chat about all things Korean-related (like JK, for example).

In this episode, the ladies have the giggles BIG TIME—they catch up on life, share what dramas they're currently watching, and dive into some juicy jealousy scenes!

Grab your coffee, tea, or soju and come laugh with them!

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Maddie & Christina are back for another throwback drama! They have never seen this Joseon-era drama before and are very intrigued by the premise — and WANT TO SEE MORE OF YEO JIN-GOO.

The Crowned Clown tells the story of a struggling king named Lee Hun and a clown performer named Ha Sun who look IDENTICAL. Ha Sun is brought to the palace to stand in for the king and must adapt quickly to royal life. Along the way, Ha Sun end...

Christina & Maddie are here to review Hotel Del Luna! (Christina needed a palate cleanser after the Moon Lovers ending—IYKYK.)

Hotel Del Luna stars the fabulous IU (My Mister, Moon Lovers, When Life Gives You Tangerines) as Jang Man-Wol and the cutie pie Yeo Jin-Goo (The Crowned Clown, Link: Eat, Love, Kill) as Koo Chan-Sung. This story is about a mysterious hotel that caters only to ghosts. Man-Wol has been the hotel’s owner fo...

BUNNY AND ALL HER (super difficult) PROBLEMS

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Crushology 101 is over and both Elle and Maddie are super sad about it! Was this show a 10/10 slam-dunk? Not quite. But it did have sooo many great parts and made them crazy emo every week. 

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Enjoy this full review of the drama where Maddie tries not to defend Yeol the whole time (and probs fails), Elle hypes up the 4th male lead (bc she loves him), and the girls share on the pod allll ...

Happy Mayl Chingu Chat, everyone! This segment is a special one at Ya Girl’s KDrama Podcast where Maddie & Christina talk about Korean-related things (like JK, for example). 

In this episode, the ladies discuss life happenings, dramas they are currently watching, and dive into (actual) trip tropes! They also gush about their favorite ummas in kdramas and talk Pride & Prejudice (IYKYK).   

Grab your coffee, tea, or soju and co...

Christina & Elle are here to debrief about the first two episodes of Tastefully Yours! This drama seems like it will be a short and sweet rom com with funny banter and great townspeople. 

This kdrama stars Kang Ha-Neul (When the Camellia Blooms, Squid Game 2, Moon Lovers) and Go Min-Shi (Love Alarm, Sweet Home, The Frog). Kang Ha-Neul plays a rich entitled company man who wants to get into business with Go Min-Si who has a o...