In this episode, Cherry Cordial and special guests Leila and Xe dive into the fantasy, costume drama world of The Untamed . We discuss the decades long, drift compatible, (canon gay!) soulmate romance between ancient Chinese cultivators Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji. Communicated solely through longing gazes, unflagging loyalty and trust, shared ethics, and a little melodramatic fainting, this relationship is searingly romantic, without anything so prosaic as kiss scenes. (Who are we kidding, fanfic...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 231
What a difference a week makes, guys! We’re talking about the reveal of the official Kchat Jjigae Discord — or how Cherry Cordial is managing staying away from the news — poke in at some comfort watches and how necessary they are, then finish up with some… fun quizzes. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 230
In this episode we’re talking about the dramas we’re watching and yes, that includes the recent release of Kingdom 2, that we binged in a night. (Does it count as a binge if it’s only a couple of hours long?) Don’t worry to those of you who haven’t seen it, we keep all spoilers (and there will be spoilers) to the very end. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Mar 20, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 229
Don’t you just love a good trope? Or don’t you just dislike a bad one? This episode, we’re talking about tropes, what they are, why they are, all in set up for a rousing game of Who Would You: The Trope Edition! To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 228
What are you watching? Nothing! You? Me neither! Just kidding! We’ve actually got a bunch under our belts this episode, Cherry continuing her revisit of Can You Hear My Heart and choosing her and Leila’s next duo watch. Stephanie’s feeling better about Why R You while recovering from a random Thai pop rabbit hole she and Alix stumbled down. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 227
In this episode, we both look back and forward at Kdrama! Checking in with exciting new and upcoming shows from the likes of Park Min Young, Ryu Deuk Hwan, Jang Hyuk, AND Kim Soo Hyun — which seems fitting, as we’re also looking back at popular dramas that turn 10 this year! Do they stand up to time? To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 226
What are you watching? We’re watching so much! Or it’s been so long, a lot has stacked up. We’ve heard it both ways. Cherry finally finishes The Untamed, Stephanie falls in love with Nu’est and then they actually watched some shows together. Not a bad haul. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 8 min
We’re back after a mini-break and have much to report Denver concert-wise! We talk about Denver’s first Kpop Concert with cuties, VANNER. Stories of awkwardly fan signing, wet handed high touches, proper idol/phone etiquette, and even more awkward photographs with the group. (Us of course, not them!) With special highlights of post-concert diner experience with VANNER! To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 124
Big news in the swell of the Hallyu wave here in the US. We’re discussing the possible success of Monsta X’s decision to visit almost every city in the US. Or, we talk about it while Stephanie fretts for them. Then we’re talking the excitement of all Parasites Oscar nominations and the idea of the incoming HBO adaptation. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Jan 17, 2020•47 min•Ep. 223
It’s a very exciting day here at the Kchat Jjigae podcast. We have some very special guests. They might be a bit distracted, distracting, attention seeking, and trouble making! Or the episode where we talk about all the shows we’re watching, while Cherry’s new kittens make fools out of Stephanie in the background. As it’s been a while since we’ve talked about what we’re watching, there are so many dramas, variety shows, YouTube videos, and movies to talk about! To read the complete show notes, p...
Jan 11, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 122
We’re back for our first episode of the new year, of the new decade! So we’re talking about....well, we meant to talk about the shows we’re watching but instead, we’re talking about anything that pops into our heads, top songs of 2019, Stephanie needing to speak to someone’s manager in order to get ATEEZ tickets, K-themed Christmas presents, and baby kittens. Yep, it’s a tanget-y episode! To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 22 min
As the holidays pick up speed, it’s time for another round of the bias vs bias in the Kpop Nerd Herd. Which means it’s time to choose our 2019 Top 20 Bias Lists. Possibly. Stephanie was drinking preeeetty heavily during the making of this episode, so Cherry could have pulled an old switcheroo on her, and she’d never have noticed. Probably. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Dec 20, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 220
Collectively. Come on, the holidays are hard, you know you want a nice cuddle as we chat about all the dramas we’re watching. It will be soothing and mildly inappropriate, exactly what you’re hectic schedule needs. We’re chatting dramas from all around Asia, an excellent Japanese series Erased, a not so excellent Japanese demon movie series, some Chinese dramas, including the adorable Put Your Head on My Shoulder, before hitting up Thailand and Taiwan for some good old fashioned BL. So relax, le...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 219
Multiple announcements from Netflix in the last few weeks proves that Netflix is making some long-term Kdrama commitments, and we couldn’t be happier about it… though we wonder if this is an *exclusive* relationship. Moving on, we talk about Rebel Wilson and our issues with her looming Kpop movie, and then round it off with the exciting Love By Chance 2 announcement! To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Dec 06, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 218
It’s a very exciting What We’re Watching as we’ve both managed to pick up more dramas! Find out what we’ve added and, in case of Stephanie, what she’s dumping because, as Cherry says “Life is too short for hate-watching.” To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 217
Since Stephanie continues to insist on watching all the dramas, it’s time to see what other dramas are coming up and if there is anything else out there she needs to make space for. We’re seeing fun things like Busted 2 , Chocolate , Bon Voyage 4 , Vacation in My Own Way (with Eric!), Love with Flaws , and more! We also take a moment to answer the age old question, who is your Kdrama actor bias? To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 216
We’ve been motivated to watch some dramas and now we’re motivated to tell you about them! Thanks to BL and Bubbles: The Birthday Edition, Stephanie continues on her new trend of watching all the dramas in all the world simulcasting not one, two, three, but FOUR shows while Ms. Cherry continues her own journey through The Untamed. Which, turns out, you can watch on Netflix! To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 17 min
It’s one of our favorite holidays! Ever wonder what Kstar you would go trick-or-treating with? Ponder what SM artist you’d tag along with to the SM halloween bash? Contemplate who would be the very best partner to run a haunted house with? Did you look at that rapidly dwindling candy bowl and wonder, just what idol reminds you of candy corn? We do, so we did! Join us To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Nov 03, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 214
Who’s ready to watch some dramas? Stephanie and Cherry! Who’s ready to chat some dramas? Well, hopefully, Stephanie and Cherry! Sooooo many dramas including Lee Min Ki’s The Lies Within, the terrible Love Sick sequel, the potentially awesome Love By Chance prequel, and the most delightful Korean vampire movie. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 214
Continuing KChat’s trend of checking in with upcoming dramas, this b-side we’re talking casting news that excites us, really excites us, news that bums us out, Cherry tries to make a date with Leverage , and then we see if a quiz can really tell us how old we are by our Kpop choices. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 212
Class is in session! In honor of ATEEZ’s comeback, the ultimate Kpop Teacher, Ms. SaraG is back! In this lesson we learn all about the history of ATEEZ from KQ Fellas to today, about each of the members, and answers a very important question, just how many main dancers can one group have? To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 211
Cherry’s back from her adventures in the post apocalypse, which means we’re back! It took us a minute to figure out where we left off, but turns out, A-Side, a little bit of what we’re watching, and some very exciting Kpop news! To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 110
Stephanie loves Molly. Molly loves Stephanie. Both Stephanie and Molly love The Rose and would really like to tell you all about their experience at the LA concert. Featuring military-like aggression, random squeeing, kpop concert lectures and Idol moments. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Sep 20, 2019•43 min•Ep. 209
Stephanie and Cherry are super excited to meetup in person this weekend! Stephanie is excited to stand in line to wait for The Rose and, turns out, so is Trooper Molly! Stephanie and Cherry are also excited to talk about what they’re watching, both good and bad, old and new. Lesson learned? When you put your mind to it, you too can sit on a couch and binge-watch hours and hours of TV in one weekend. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 208
This episode is brought to you from Stephanie’s closet, ie, the recording studio, the office, the home new of all her kpop regalia. This episode we’re talking about the weirdest things found in a Kpop CD, we wonder where all the flower boys have gone, discuss the best and worst way to divorce, read some listener emails and finish of finding out just which member of Monsta X is our dream date. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 207
And Cherry for the win! Or, should we say, Cherry’s new viewing set up for the win, as she’s watching dramas like gangbusters! Stealing the drama-watching crown like a villain. Let’s talk about what she’s watching and check in with Stephanie as she currently is binge-watching No Mercy, like she doesn’t know it ends all before breaking in with some last-minute BTS news. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 206
Special trip, special episode! LizC, Cherry Cordial and I hang out in LA for a packed K-overnight! We are wowed at the Monsta X concert despite Kihyun’s broken rib and LizC’s desire to rally a fan chant. We’re then both wowed and not so wowed by the BTS exhibit. You know, before LizC almost gets herself kicked out. (Though we’d put our money on LizC anyday.) As with all live videos, this is unedited and unapologetic. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website ....
Aug 16, 2019•49 min•Ep. 204
As it’s been a not so hot minute, we’re revisiting some newsy topics: stuff that makes Stephanie go oooohhh, the SM Supergroup, surprising Lee Seung Gyun news, talk about how Four Wheeled Restaurant can’t seem to catch a break, OMG AMOG, and then delve into just how deep we’ve sunk into Kpop. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Aug 10, 2019•57 min•Ep. 204
What are we watching? Guess you’ll just have to listen and find out! Spoiler alert: Cherry finishes the drama she was watching, picks up one she promised us she’d watch and Stephanie continues simulcasting her currently airing dramas while drinking mini bubble boba To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Aug 02, 2019•56 min•Ep. 203
Our Monsta X show is almost here, which means we have Teacher SaraG on the scene to teach us all about the history of the group and the individual members, all while Stephanie bemoans the official change to Joohoney. To read the complete show notes, please visit the official website .
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 202
