K-Drama School
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K-Drama School
K-Drama School is hosted by comedian, writer and media scholar Grace Jung who analyzes a new Korean TV drama every week and contextualizes it according to its social, cultural and historical significance. Let Grace school you in K-Dramas! Visit kdramaschool.com to learn more. Follow @kdramaschool on...
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K-Drama School – Ep 197: Heavenly Ever After and Orange Mini Cooper with DJ BP Lar
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Heavenly Ever After (2025, JTBC) starring Kim Hye-Ja and Son Suk-ku, written by Lee Nam-kyu and Kim Su-jin an...
K-Drama School – Ep 196: When the Stars Gossip and an Ode to Eve with Oscar Fuentes
[Spoiler Alert] Happy Pride Month! Grace discusses the show When the Stars Gossip (2025, tvN) starring Gong Hyo-jin and Lee Min-ho, written by Seo Soo...
K-Drama School – Ep 195: Tastefully Yours and Karaoke King with Josh Glen
[Spoiler Alert] Happy Pride Month! Grace discusses the show Tastefully Yours (2025, ENA) written by Jung Soo-yoon starring Kang Ha-neul, Go Min-si, Ki...
K-Drama School – Ep 194: When Life Gives You Tangerines and Letting Love Win with Will Franken
[Spoiler Alert] Happy Pride Month! Grace discusses the show When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025, Netflix) written by Lim Sang-choon starring IU, Par...
K-Drama School - Ep 193: No K-Drama and Night Hike
Grace will be performing stand-up in Milwaukee at Pomona Cider Company on September 13th! No K-drama coverage today. Grace is super tired after her fi...
K-Drama School – Ep 192: The Frog (Part 2) and Demented Cruelty
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show The Frog (2024, Netflix) starring Kim Yoon-seok, Yoon Kye-sang, Go Min-si and Lee Jung-eun, directed by Mo Wa...
K-Drama School – Ep 191: The Frog (Part 1) and a Visceral Thriller
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show The Frog (2024, Netflix) starring Kim Yoon-seok, Yoon Kye-sang, Go Min-si and Lee Jung-eun, directed by Mo Wa...
K-Drama School - Ep 190: Born again and Beautiful People as Furniture
Grace has three shows coming up this weekend. August 23rd at the Den Theater in Chicago, August 24th at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago and August 25th...
K-Drama School – Ep 189: Miss Night and Day with Shirah Roth and the Magical Cat
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Miss Night and Day (2024) starring Lee Jung-eun and Jung Eun-ji, and K-drama productions’ laudable choice to...
K-Drama School – Ep 188: No K-Drama and Dance
No K-drama today. Grace talks about going out dancing, learning about contemporary pop artists from a Gen-Zer and finding alignment, peace and calm. G...
K-Drama School - Ep 187: Tell Me That You Love Me and Clown Face
[Spoiler Alert] Grace is in clown make-up today as she discusses the show Tell Me That You Love Me (2023, Disney+) based on a Japanese TV show from 19...
K-Drama School - Ep 186: Connect and God Bless Saint Paul’s Fish Company
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Connect (2022, Disney+) based on a webtoon by Shin Dae-jung and directed by Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike...
K-Drama School - Ep 185: Maestra and the Gold Miss Era
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses an old-school show entitled Maestra (2024, tvN) starring Lee Young-ae. She compares it to Tár, Youth, and Mozart in th...
K-Drama School - Ep 184: Summer Scent and Authentic Heartbeats
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses an old-school show entitled Summer Scent (2003, KBS) starring Song Seung-hun and Son Ye-jin directed by hallyu K-drama...
K-Drama School - Ep 183: The Midnight Romance in Hagwon and Chemical Romance
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show The Midnight Romance in Hagwon (2024, tvN) starring Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon directed by Ahn Pan-seok who...
K-Drama School - Ep 182: Shoot for the Stars and Location Identification
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Shoot for the Stars (2002, SBS) starring a young Jo In-sung, Jeon Do-yeon, and comedic actor Park Sang-myun....
K-Drama School - Ep 181: Queer K-Dramas
[Spoiler Alert] Grace lists some queer K-dramas to celebrate pride month, and some Korean actors who are queerly iconic in her book. Grace’s new book...
K-Drama School - Ep 180: Sweet Proposal and the Y2K Aesthetic
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Sweet Proposal (AKA Delicious Proposal) starring Jung Joon, Son Ye-jin, So Ji-sub and So Yujin. Grace is at t...
K-Drama School - Ep 179: Hi, Bye Mama! And Glenwood Springs
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Hi, Bye Mama! starring Kim Tae-hee. Grace also gives an update on her road trip cross country back to New Yor...
K-Drama School – Ep 178: No K-Drama and Grace’s Last Week in LA
No K-drama today. Grace had a very hectic week. Her car got broken into and got her equipment stolen. She also wrote, directed, produced and starred i...
K-Drama School – Ep 177: The 8 Show and the Gwangdae AKA Korean Clown
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the latest Netflix series The 8 Show starring Korean Ryu Jun-yeol, Chun Woo-hee and Bae Seong-woo as the clown. Grace...
K-Drama School – Ep 176: Lovestruck in the City and the LA Blues
[Spoiler Alert] Grace is leaving Los Angeles and feels a little blue but she is excited for the next chapter ahead. She discusses the show Lovestruck...
K-Drama School - Ep 175: Live at the Hollywood Improv with Ruby Bockmeier, Zack Chapaloni and Josh Edelman
[Spoiler Alert] Grace hosts a live recording of the K-Drama School podcast at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Club in Los Angeles to celebrate her new boo...
K-Drama School – Ep 174: Queen of Tears and Visible Class Discomforts
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Queen of Tears (Netflix, 2024) starring Kim Ji-won and Kim Soo-hyun. Grace applauds Kim Soo-hyun’s...
K-Drama School – Ep 173: The Sound of Magic and Magical Thinking
[Spoiler Alert] Grace has a show at the Hollywood Improv on April 29th to celebrate her book launch and record K-Drama School podcast live with very s...
K-Drama School – Ep 172: Welcome to Samdal-ri and Redefining Failure
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Welcome to Samdal-ri (JTBC, 2023-2024) and what failure means in the context of this current econom...
K-Drama School – Ep 171: Be Melodramatic and Spiraling Up
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Be Melodramatic (JTBC, 2019) co-written and co-directed by filmmaker Lee Byeong-heon. The show is c...
K-Drama School – Ep 170: Chicken Nugget and Dogs Getting to the Bottom
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Chicken Nugget (2024, Netflix) starring Ryu Seong-ryong, Ahn Jae-hong and Kim Yoo-jung with cameo a...
K-Drama School – Ep 169: You Raise Me Up and Korean Broadcasters Unite
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series You Raise Me Up (2021, Wavve) starring Yoon Shi-yoon and Hani of the K-pop girl group EXID. You Rai...
K-Drama School – Ep 168: Doctor Slump and South Korean Disillusionment
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Doctor Slump (2024, JTBC) starring Park Shin-hye and Park Hyung-sik, written by Baek Sun-woo. Grace...
K-Drama School – Ep 167: She Would Never Know and Grace’s Type
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series She Would Never Know (2021, JTBC) starring Won Jin-ah and Rowoon, observing similarities between th...
K-Drama School – Ep 166: Captivating the King and a Tom Cruise Sexuality
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Captivating the King (2024, tvN) starring Jo Jung-seok and Shin Se-kyung. Grace asks the question w...
K-Drama School – Ep 165: Mental Coach Jegal and Grace’s Clown Flopped Birthday Flyer
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the K-drama series Mental Coach Jegal (2022, tvN) starring Jung Woo and Lee Yoo-mi. Grace talks about how she became h...
K-Drama School - Ep 164: The Bequeathed and ESL for Grace
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the Netflix K-drama series The Bequeathed (2024, Netflix) starring Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo, Park Hee-soon and Park...
K-Drama School - Ep 163: A Killer Paradox and Crime and Punishment
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the latest Netflix K-drama series A Killer Paradox (2024, Netflix) starring Choi Woo-shik, Son Suk-ku, Lee Hee-joon an...
K-Drama School – Ep 162: Like Flowers in Sand and Discount Code for K-Drama School the Book!
K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television is available for pre-order and a 20% discount until April 23, 2024! Use code...
K-Drama School – Ep 162: Like Flowers in Sand and Discount Code for K-Drama School the Book!
K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television is available for pre-order and a 20% discount until April 23, 2024! Use code...
K-Drama School – Ep 161: My Demon and Ally McBeal with Tobias Hauser
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show My Demon (SBS, 2023-2024) which stars Kim Yoo-jung and Song Kang. Grace takes issue with director Kim Jang-ha...
K-Drama School - Ep 160: Gyeongseong Creature, Mr Sunshine and Snowdrop and Grace's Powerwalk with Jojoba the Squirrel
[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses three shows at once to review Korea’s colonial history during Japanese occupation including Gyeongseong Creature, Mr....
K-Drama School - Ep 159: Grace Juggles Three K-Dramas in a Row
No singular K-drama coverage today. Grace is watching three in a row and hasn't finished any of them yet as they are still releasing throughout the re...