Chasing K-Dramas

Welcome to YOUR Korean podcast drama! 
Hello Sarangees! We’re back with Episode 8 of Dynamite Kiss, and things again spiral in every direction. Before we jump into the chaos, we kick things off with some free-flowing banter with our very special guest, Rek Lee (Rekstizzy), including K-drama preferences, hot takes, and hilarious cultural observations.
From there, the drama hits hard as Ji-hyuk’s forced engagement to poor Ha-yeong changes everything and forces some very messy decisions. We break down Ji-hyuk’s noble idiot behavior, complicated love triangles, family pressure, and why this episode feels like a major turning point.
Things only escalate on the island, where forced proximity, unresolved feelings, and an unforgettable spider POV scene push tensions to the edge. And when kids start spilling secrets, all hell breaks loose.
We wrap by calling out who’s winning, who’s losing, our beloved DK Trope Tracker, and why Episode 8 might be one of the wildest yet. Timestamps are in the show notes if you want to jump straight to the recap — but if you’re here for the banter, the unnies got you!
Announcements:
We’re on our “Road to 10,000 Sarangees” campaign! Our goal is to hit 10k subscribers on YouTube. Please help us by subscribing on YouTube, and following us on your favorite podcast platform! 
Join our official fan club - Club Sarangees - on Substack! For $6/mth, you’ll receive exclusive content, including a bi-weekly newsletter penned by yours truly, AND all the extended cuts and BTS content! Join at chasingkdramas.substack.com! 
Live Shows:
Saturday, March 7 at BlerdCon in Washington, DC (Hyatt Regency Crystal City)  
Check out blerdcon.org for more information! 
 
Saturday, March 21 7:30pm at The Improv Lab in Los Angeles
Tickets
Recorded on 2/3/26
0:00 - Intro
1:18 - Our guest, Rek Lee!
4:17 - Rek’s favorite K-drama
10:56 - Are K-dramas realistic?
14:53 - Rek’s first impressions on Dynamite Kiss
16:18 - Episode 8 recap begins
24:25 - Ji-hyuk forces engagement to Ha-yeong
32:05 - Everyone reacts to engagement news
38:07 - Da-rim acts weird around Ji-hyuk
43:43 - Ji-hye and Mr. Ma’s island plot
45:22 - Banter Break: NYC vs LA
50:00 - Da-rim and Ji-hyuk watch babies
52:57 - Da-rim and Ji-hyuk stuck on island
57:00 - Girl What Moment: Unhinged spider scene
1:03:01 - Ha-yeong tries on engagement party dress
1:06:57 - Ji-hyuk confronts Seon-woo and Ha-yeong
1:10:06 - Seon-woo tries to confess to Da-rim
1:12:32 - Ji-hyuk mopes at karaoke
1:14:24 - Engagement Party 
1:15:37 - Final Thoughts & Winners & Losers
1:20:57 - DK Trope Tracker
1:23:14 - Closing 

For video episodes, watch us on YouTube!
For bonus content, newsletter, and other goodies, join our CLUB SARANGEES fan club for $6/month! chasingkdramas.substack.com
Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and all of our socials.
For live events, merch, and updates go to chasingkdramas.com.
Got comments, suggestions, or just want to say hi? Want to sponsor our chases? Email us at [email protected].

Hosted and executive produced by Dulcé Sloan and Chrissy Choi
Editor: Chrissy Choi
Production: Thomas Yuan (TY Media) & Go Get Em Productions
Artwork: yaicecream

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Welcome to YOUR Korean podcast drama! 
Hello, Sarangees! We’re back with another Dynamite Kiss episode that takes a hard left from fun and flirty to fully unhinged. We kick things off with side chats about doctor visits, Bridgerton, Can This Love Be Translated?, and Jang Ok Jung before diving straight into the drama.
The episode opens at the hospital with Ji-hyuk taking care of Da-rim, while Seon-woo pays a visit to Da-rim’s mom. We’re also introduced to Ha-yeong’s brother, Tae-young — our newest trash-ass character — and get the messy backstory of his past with Ji-hye.
Next, it’s off to Natural Bebe’s tree-planting celebration… which quickly spirals when the party turns into a full-on search mission after Da-rim and Ji-hyuk go missing (while searching for a missing boy) in a rainy forest. Alone together, they share a charged moment where Ji-hyuk admits he’s been “swayed” by Da-rim — only to be interrupted by a very shocked Seon-woo.
From there, Ji-hyuk spirals hard: he heads home sick and dejected, suffers a wild nightmare, and makes a painful decision to push Da-rim away — one that could change his life forever. We wrap things up with a lightning round of the Dynamite Kiss Trope Tracker.
It’s chaotic, dramatic, and completely unhinged — just how we like it. 
Announcements:
We’re on our “Road to 10,000 Sarangees” campaign! Our goal is to hit 10k subscribers on YouTube. Please help us by subscribing on YouTube, and following us on your favorite podcast platform! 
Join our official fan club - Club Sarangees - on Substack! For $6/mth, you’ll receive exclusive content, including a bi-weekly newsletter penned by yours truly, AND all the extended cuts and BTS content! Join at chasingkdramas.substack.com! 
Live Shows:
Saturday, March 7 at BlerdCon in Washington, DC (Hyatt Regency Crystal City)  Check out blerdcon.org for more information! 

Saturday, March 21 7:30pm at The Improv Lab in Los AngelesTickets

Recorded on 2/3/26
0:00 - Intro
10:26 - Recap begins
12:25 - Opening Scene: Ji-hyuk takes care of Da-rim at hospital
18:34 - New villain: Tae-young
24:44 - Natural Bebe tree planting
30:29 - Ji-hye and Tae-young’s past
36:03 - Da-rim and Ji-hyuk in cave
47:31 - Ji-hyuk’s nightmare
52:38 - Ji-hyuk pushes Da-rim away
54:29 - Final Thoughts
55:47 - DK Trope Tracker
56:19 - Closing

For video episodes, watch us on YouTube!
For bonus content, newsletter, and other goodies, join our CLUB SARANGEES fan club for $6/month! chasingkdramas.substack.com
Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and all of our socials.
For live events, merch, and updates go to chasingkdramas.com.
Got comments, suggestions, or just want to say hi? Want to sponsor our chases? Email us at [email protected].

Hosted and executive produced by Dulcé Sloan and Chrissy Choi
Editor: Chrissy Choi
Production: Thomas Yuan (TY Media) & Go Get Em Productions
Artwork: yaicecream

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🎉Our podcast turns ONE today! 🎂 To celebrate, we dropped a special minisode with bonus content from the sixth episode of Dynamite Kiss. Enjoy! If you want more bonus content like this (including our newsletter), be sure to join our fan club, Club Sarangees for $6/mth at chasingkdramas.substack.com! 

For video episodes, watch us on YouTube!
For bonus content, newsletter, and other goodies, join our CLUB SARANGEES fan club for $6/month! chasingkdramas.substack.com
Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and all of our socials.
For live events, merch, and updates go to chasingkdramas.com.
Got comments, suggestions, or just want to say hi? Want to sponsor our chases? Email us at [email protected].

Hosted and executive produced by Dulcé Sloan and Chrissy Choi
Editor: Chrissy Choi
Production: Thomas Yuan (TY Media) & Go Get Em Productions
Artwork: yaicecream

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Welcome to YOUR Korean podcast drama! 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARANGEES! 🎉 We’re officially ONE YEAR OLD on February 5, and what better way to celebrate than breaking down Episode 6 of Dynamite Kiss together? We kick things off with some reflections on turning one, then dive straight into an episode that sends everyone into a full spiral. Ji-hyuk witnesses that kiss between Seon-woo and Ha-yeong and immediately starts questioning everything…including whether he should finally tell Da-rim the “truth.” Meanwhile, Ji-hyuk and Da-rim’s moms have an ultra-awkward run-in at the hospital (K-drama fate strikes again). Back at work, the MotherTF team defeats the marketing team to launch their tree-planting campaign, which naturally calls for a celebratory team dinner — where Da-rim almost makes a move on Ji-hyuk. Elsewhere, Ha-yeong invites Seon-woo to celebrate her first birthday together, Da-rim collapses at work, and Ji-hyuk enters full hero mode, rushing her to the hospital and making a truly fateful decision.
For our segment, we deep-dive into Woo Da-vi, who plays our beloved chaebol queen Ha-yeong, and of course, we wrap things up with the Dynamite Kiss Trope Tracker!
Announcements:
We just launched our “Road to 10,000 Sarangees” campaign! Our goal is to hit 10k subscribers on YouTube by our one-year anniversary on February 5, 2026! Please help us by subscribing on YouTube, and following us on your favorite podcast platform! 
Join our official fan club - Club Sarangees - on Substack! For $6/mth, you’ll receive exclusive content, including a bi-weekly newsletter penned by yours truly, AND all the extended cuts and BTS content! Join at chasingkdramas.substack.com! 
Live Shows:
Saturday, March 7 at BlerdCon in Washington, DC (Hyatt Regency Crystal City)  
Check out blerdcon.org for more information! 
Saturday, March 21, 7:30pm at The Improv Lab in Los Angeles
Get your tickets here. 
Recorded on 1/19/26
0:00 - Intro
04:10 - Reflections on turning one year old
15:31 - Recap begins
21:39 - Ji-hyuk saves Da-rim
32:05 - Seon-woo almost confesses to Da-rim
37:11 - Moms meet at hospital
39:09 - Segment: Woo Da-vi Deep Dive
42:59 - Seon-woo tries to doll up for Da-rim
48:13 - Ji-hyuk takes care of Da-rim
52:48 - MotherTF team wins project
56:08 - Da-rim confesses to Ji-hyuk
59:35 - Ha-yeong has her first birthday
1:03:10 - Da-rim faints and Ji-hyuk takes her to hospital
1:05:40 - Final Thoughts
1:10:01 - DK Trope Tracker
1:11:34 - Closing

For video episodes, watch us on YouTube!
For bonus content, newsletter, and other goodies, join our CLUB SARANGEES fan club for $6/month! chasingkdramas.substack.com
Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and all of our socials.
For live events, merch, and updates go to chasingkdramas.com.
Got comments, suggestions, or just want to say hi? Want to sponsor our chases? Email us at [email protected].

Hosted and executive produced by Dulcé Sloan and Chrissy Choi
Editor: Chrissy Choi
Production: Thomas Yuan (TY Media) & Go Get Em Productions
Artwork: yaicecream

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Welcome to YOUR Korean podcast drama! 
We’re back with Episode 5 of Dynamite Kiss, and the stakes are even higher as the full love square converges at Natural Bebe. After Ji-hyuk heroically saves Da-rim from the loan sharks, he’s left spiraling over his growing feelings for the very “married” Da-rim, while Seon-woo’s jealousy starts to bubble over. Back at Natural Bebe, Ji-hyuk rescues his team from the disastrous livestream, and the MotherTF crew launches a new project: planting trees at the company park. Ji-hyuk ropes Ha-yeong into finding a photographer, and naturally, she recruits Seon-woo. He joins without hesitation, eager to get closer to Da-rim and keep a close eye on Ji-hyuk. The team heads off on a retreat, chaos ensues, and the episode ends with a surprise kiss and Ji-hyuk once again swooping in to save Da-rim. We also deep-dive into Kim Mu-jun, who plays our bestie, Seon-woo.
Announcements:
We just launched our “Road to 10,000 Sarangees” campaign! Our goal is to hit 10k subscribers on YouTube by our one-year anniversary on February 5, 2026! Please help us by subscribing on YouTube, and following us on your favorite podcast platform! 
Join our official fan club - Club Sarangees - on Substack! For $6/mth, you’ll receive exclusive content, including a bi-weekly newsletter penned by yours truly, AND all the extended cuts and BTS content! Join at chasingkdramas.substack.com! 
Live Shows:
Saturday, March 7 at BlerdCon in Washington, DC (Hyatt Regency Crystal City)  
Check out blerdcon.org for more information! 
Recorded on 1/19/26
0:00 - Intro
5:12 - Recap begins
10:28 - Opening Scene: Ji-hyuk saves Da-rim
17:05 - Seon-woo sees Ji-hyuk dropping Da-rim off 
21:42 - Ji-hyuk saves MotherTF team from livestream
26:37 - Da-rim offers contract to Ji-hyuk
30:33 - Girl What: Ji-hyuk “owns” Da-rim
35:39 - Segment: Kim Mu-jun Deep Dive
40:32 - MotherTF team field trip
46:49 - MotherTF new project launches
52:07 - Seon-woo comes to Natural Bebe
59:13 - MotherTF team retreat
1:01:44 - Ha-yeong kisses Seon-woo
1:03:36 - Final Thoughts
1:10:24 - DK Trope Tracker
1:12:39 - Closing 

For video episodes, watch us on YouTube!
For bonus content, newsletter, and other goodies, join our CLUB SARANGEES fan club for $6/month! chasingkdramas.substack.com
Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and all of our socials.
For live events, merch, and updates go to chasingkdramas.com.
Got comments, suggestions, or just want to say hi? Want to sponsor our chases? Email us at [email protected].

Hosted and executive produced by Dulcé Sloan and Chrissy Choi
Editor: Chrissy Choi
Production: Thomas Yuan (TY Media) & Go Get Em Productions
Artwork: yaicecream

사랑해!! 🫰🫰🏾