AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives

Better Late Than Single is back for a second season, and your noonas are back to see if producers heard our pleas after watching Season 1. Spoiler--they heard some, but not all. So hop on board as we sail back into the lives of this year's eternal singles to see if they find love or--at the very least--find the confidence needed to continue the search once the show comes to an end.
Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. And check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.
Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life. 

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It's only Lia in the studio tonight...and is it going to be debauchery, and fingers in mouths, and no "Amy Button" in sight? Ha! No! It's all melancholic reflections and enough confessionals to rival any 90's era album.
While K-Dramas started as an escape, Lia shares how they quickly became a mirror, reflecting self (good and uncomfortable). From My Mister and the stillness it asked for before she was ready to give it, to Her Private Life and the ache of wanting to be met in joy, to why does she return to one specific drama for comfort — she reflects on love, homesickness, family, and the parts of herself she'd rather not admit she recognizes
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Because that's the strange gift that can often happen with a good story: you think you are  watching them. Turns out, the whole time, you were watching yourself.
Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. And check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.

Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life.

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Some Kdramas have haunting melodies, some have upbeat vibes, and others... well... they have squelching. AfterNoona Megan introduces a new bombshell to the podcast: The Squelch Meter. Violent kdramas have lots of squelching, and Megan is here to give a rating system to all the knife fights, underground boxing matches, and tentacled monsters.
Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. And check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.

Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life.

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This episode might be the most uncensored to ever uncensored. We hope you enjoy us fangirling over Kelsey Pfendler's solo, record-breaking row from California to Hawaii, our anticipation of upcoming dramas, and  an unexpected discussion about...burial at sea? You never know what you're gonna get when the noonas just let 'er rip!
Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. And check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.

Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sometimes, our social media algorithm knows what it's doing, and delivers us classic Kdrama scenes. So these are the scenes we never skip when they show up on our feeds--ones that make us cry, get our blood pumping, or make us cringe with second-hand embarrassment.
CLOY Border Scene: https://youtu.be/qiHfMceiKg8?si=85rPJLWWs7SEPhfu

Scenes That Make Us Cry
Goblin Rooftop: https://youtu.be/5JteB30DAN4?si=BK65sIk5TZBt04Re
Eun Tak Remembering Kim Shin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI7dByRuw5k
Eun Tak Going Up the Stairs: https://youtube.com/shorts/mtgoQvhFQv8?si=PUyUT3_faCfHXCRm
I Am Not A Robot Reset Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSCT9tkpB14
My Dearest auction scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW5XKIq_P64

Scenes That Make Us Laugh
Condom Shower: https://youtube.com/shorts/V1eV67YPr4Y?si=Y9B4pyrduqExi8Ln
Dokkaebi Underwear Song: https://youtu.be/UZ72CNde3h4?si=X6O0093qx6rsspoP
Death of Sebastian and Elizabeth (fish) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8awuJTBNZAc
Samantha and Rachel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KpE_IhZ1aE

Action Scenes That Never Get Old
Lee Gon on Horse: https://youtu.be/yaZkYUUVZG4?si=lljxHs_MEEhuzSwN
Captain Ri Motorcycle Scene: https://vimeo.com/381918963
Flaming bookbag from Study Group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD3UINhqQFI
K2 shower scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HexDL4OinoY

Sexy Scenes that Make Our Hearts Race
Coffee Prince Door Kiss: https://youtu.be/O4YZ8NHu0uQ?si=h1u2ES2WWeg3reEg
Destined With You Cotton Candy: https://www.tiktok.com/@rowoon__tr/video/7290185127324421381
Bad and Crazy kiss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbJqz9kRBI

Scenes That Give Us Second-Hand Embarrassment
I Am Not A Robot Disguise
https://www.dramabeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Robot17-00005-copy.jpg
Fight for My Way aegyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFu3Hufti5E

Badass Scenes
Jang Uk emerging from the funeral pyre:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15LilRRk1xDZ4OdWqrN-U_un4Bu5h3oI0/view?usp=sharing
Ballerina action scene with a can of pineapples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32dnh6lF1M

Honorable Mention Scenes We Will Never Forget
End of Train to Busan: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYSBfIOsW27/
Gyeongseong Creature monster mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gUS_SU9L2k

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Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. And check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.

Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★