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AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Annyeonghaseyo! We’re three best selling American novelists who explore the wonderfully wacky world of K-Romance through a writer’s lens. We fangirl over our favorite characters, debate our favorite tropes, and nerd out through K-drama deep dives. Expect a few K-pop and K-skincare recs for good measure, because why not ride the Hallyu wave all the way to shore? So grab some Tteokbokki and listen to your new favorite unnis. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AfterNoonaDelightPodcast Love BTS?…
Episodes
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
The Art of Yearning
Join Lia, Amy, and Megan for a discussion of yearning...how it keeps desire suspended at its most intense point letting the viewer (or reader) live inside the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Make Me Tingle - Episode 1
Amy and Megan dive in to Make Me Tingle this week for a first episode "love it or leave it" discussion. At this very moment, Amy is already caught up through…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Our Kdrama Graveyard
It's spooky season! And we want to chat about our Kdrama graveyard. What is a scene that haunts us? What characters do we want to resurrect from the grave?…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Weighing In On Appearances in K-Dramas
Join Megan and Lia for a candid conversation about weight, appearance, and how K-dramas have shaped the way they think about both. They come at it with…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
October 2026 Uncensored
It's that Uncensored time of the month, friends. While Lia is sadly off dealing with her MBPS--or MIPS, as we like to say--Amy and Megan are holding down the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Movie Review: No Other Choice
Today we review No Other Choice, a Park Chan-Wook (Old Boy) directed dark comedy movie about a fired paper company employee played by Lee Byung Hun. It's…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Smash or Pass: Upcoming K-Dramas
Your noonas will be continuing to watch the C-Drama, Pursuit of Jade, for the next several days/weeks/months, but we are VERY much looking forward to K-Dramas…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
My Royal Nemesis
405 years ago Lia, Megan and Amy decided to watch My Royal Nemesis. Only one of us completed the homework. Was it Amy? Nope. Was it Megan? Nah. And it was so…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Episode One Reaction: Pursuit of Jade
We heard you! We have received so many DMs and messages asking us to watch Pursuit of Jade, and we finally did it! Your noonas watched episode one of the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Afternoonas Unwrapped
For the first time since 2023, all three noonas were in the same place at the same time! We converged on Chicago for BTS and made the most of our short time…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Dr. Noona's Prescription Service Part 2
IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE...YET? Still, no, but if it's K-Drama woes that ail you, we have the remedy with Dr. Noonas Prescription Service. This is the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
August Uncensored: Do Kdramas Still Make Us Swoon?
In this week's Uncensored, we chat about Megan's first BTS concert experience, check in with how our top 25 dramas are looking, and discuss if Kdramas are…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Better Late Than Single: After Service
We're back with more Better Late Than Single! This week, we're discussing season 2's reunion show, Better Late Than Single: After Service. There's a lot we…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Better Late Than Single: Season 2
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…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Mirror Mirror: What Do K-Dramas Reflect Back To Me?
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…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Introducing: The AfterNoona Squelch Meter
Some Kdramas have haunting melodies, some have upbeat vibes, and others... well... they have squelching. AfterNoona Megan introduces a new bombshell to the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
July 2026 Uncensored
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…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
K-Drama Scenes We Never Skip
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…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Dr. Noonas Prescription Service
IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? Technically, no, but if it's K-Drama woes that ail you, we have the remedy with Dr. Noonas Prescription Service. We asked…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Fan Fic That Kiss
Just in case you were ever to forget: Megan, Lia and Amy all do write romance novels. Today we take on the second part of our kissing challenge by writing fan…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
How Have K-Dramas Changed Our Lives?
After 51/2 years on our K-Drama journey, we reflect on how K-Dramas have changed our lives. From how we participate in fandoms, to what has changed in our…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
What Makes a Great Kiss Scene?
We never get tired of talking about kissing, whether it's writing it in our novels, reading it in romance books, or watching it on screen in a Kdrama. Today…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Rub-a-Dub-Scrub: Showers in K-Dramas
K-Dramas don't often do us dirty. But look, we here at Afternoona Delight Inc. love a good shower scene. Lots of F words can happen in a shower. Fighting…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
May 2026 Uncensored!
The technology gods and goddesses were not on our side today, but we persevered! Join us for this month's Uncensored where we discuss the dramas we've just…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Ick IRL, But Love it in a Kdrama
In today's episode, we're talking about all the things in Kdramas that we love, but would give us the ick in real life. Kissing without permission? Public…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
K-Dramas + The Cocodona 250 = Inspiration
Did your noonas know anything about ultra marathons before today's episode? Nope! But now, not only are they K-drama fangirls. They're fans of the Cocodona 250…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Dex Made Us Do It
In this episode, we're doing a deep dive on Dex, aka Kim Jin-Young, the man who walked onto the beach in Singles Inferno 2 and immediately dominated. We trace…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
BTS Made Us Do It: Oldboy Deep Dive
Inspired by BTS's music video for 2.0, we finally scratched a task off our Kdrama bucket list: Watch Oldboy. Did we enjoy it? Debatable. Do we have a lot to…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Perfect Crown: Episode 1
It's time for another episode 1 recap! Today, Amy and Megan take on the highly anticipated Byeon Woo-Seok and IU drama, Perfect Crown. We love seeing so many…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
April Uncensored: What Makes Us Mad?
It's another Uncensored, and today we're talking about two topics that make us mad: What Kdramas we think other people have to watch, and what Kdramas we know…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Bromance in K-Drama
We were shocked--actually shocked--to self-identify that we've never done a podcast on bromances in K-dramas. Reaper! Goblin! We've failed you. It's time to…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
K-Dramas For Beginners
Are you just getting started on your K-Drama journey? Or maybe you've been here for a while, but you're ready to step out of your comfort zone to try a new…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Our Favorite Kdrama Couples with Chemistry
Piggybacking on last week's episode, this week we're talking about our favorite couples with goosebump-inducing chemistry. Who did we choose? You'll have to…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Chemistry: Formula or Vibes?
What is chemistry? A formula? A feeling? Something you can't fake? Lia, Megan, and Amy dig into the spark that makes or breaks connection — this is Part 1, and…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
First Episodes: Love It or Leave It?
We're booting ourselves out of the drama slump and diving into three new dramas! Will we stick with them? We'll check back in a couple of weeks to let you…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
February Uncensored
Okay, so we're a few days late for February's Uncensored, but better late than never! In this episode, we talk about aphantasia, revisit our writing process…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
We Need To Talk About Singles Inferno 5
Singles Inferno 5 uncensored. The audacity. The hat fights. The pageant queens. The tug-of-war. We're talking about it. Ready to download your first audiobook?…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Afternoona Lore
Your noonas have been at this podcasting thing for over five years now, and that means we have a lot of anecdotes, jokes, and even patron-created puns that we…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
You Like That, Then Watch This
Like a TV show and wish there was a Kdrama like it? (Because you know, Kdramas do it better.) Well today, we hope we help you out with that, as we discuss…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Microtropes
This week we're diving into the delicious details—our favorite microtropes in K-drama! We've covered the big ones (enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Singles Inferno Season 5: Episode 1 Recap
It's back! It's back! SINGLES INFERNO IS BACK, and your noonas are all in on season 5 so far. We are turning up the heat and sharing our sizzling takes on this…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Trope Talk: But Daddy, I Can Fix Him
We're back with another Trope Talk and this time we're talking about the toxic bad boys (and girls) who shaped our childhoods and why we're still into it…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
SOS Endings
2026 might be just beginning, but your Afternoona's are looking at endings. In particular endings that didn't quite land for us so we took a stab at rewriting…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
2025: A Year in Review
Happy New Year, everyone! Today, we're taking a look back at 2025 to see (for us) which K-Dramas were hits, which were misses, and what scenes from our…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Heated Rivalry: Get in, Babes. We're Going to the Cottage.
Get in Babes, We're Going to the Cottage. Amy, Lia, and Megan take a departure from Seoul and dive headfirst in Canada to talk about our new obsession, the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Save The Cat in K-Dramas
What makes us fall in love with a character in the first five minutes? Amy, Megan, and Lia explain "Save the Cat" moments—the scenes that instantly make us…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Black Out: A Twisty Whodunit Thriller
In today's episode, Megan and Sarah (from AfterNoona Asks) discuss Black Out, an unforgettable 2024 drama with more twists than a pretzel. Just a note, we…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Hear Us Out, Netflix
There's an unspoken hierarchy in TV here where romance is tolerated as a subplot but rarely trusted to carry a series. Why do you think American platforms are…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
December Uncensored
For this month's uncensored, Lia put together a few winter themed K-drama games for the group to play. Join us for some "Hear me out..." snowball, some naughty…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Monsters We Make: Comparing Mask Girl and Frankenstein
Lia and Megan go full English class today as we discuss the parallels between Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein and the 2023 Kdrama Mask Girl. Sound wild?…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
The Bechdel Test in Korean Dramas
This week Lia, Megan and Amy get into The Bechdel Test in Korean dramas. How does a piece of media pass The Bechdel Test? It has to meet three criteria: it…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
My Youth and the Comfort of Quiet Dramas
This week Amy and Megan unpack why quiet, low stakes dramas are just what they need right now. We discuss the comfort of predictability, the joy of getting to…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Trying to Watch Kdramas (Or Anything) in 2025
In today's episode, we chat about what we're currently watching, and how we grapple with navigating fandom spaces when faced with moral dilemmas. We get deep…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
An Afternoona Halloween Special
It's almost October 31st so join your Afternoonas Megan, Amy and Lia for a conversation on all that frights and delights with Korean Dramas. What hair gave you…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
October Uncensored: Escape vs. Comfort
This week we're framing our Uncensored episode around the ideas of escape and comfort. What dramas help us escape? What dramas bring us comfort? And how do the…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Time Travel in Kdramas
In this week's episode, we discuss time travel in all its forms, from our experiences writing it, to our enjoyment of watching it in Kdramas. Books mentioned…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
Memories of Murder
Before Parasite made him a household name, Bong Joon-ho crafted a haunting masterpiece. Memories of Murder (released in 2003) tells the story of two detectives…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
If Taylor Swift Songs Were K-Dramas
To celebrate this week's release of a NEW Taylor Swift album, Lia and Megan indulged their Swiftie, Amy, in a fun little exercise. The game? Assigning TS song…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
The Third Act Breakup in Kdramas: Love it or Hate it?
This week, we discuss a hotly debated topic in both romance novels and Kdramas: The Third Act Breakup. We get into what we love about it, what we don't, when…
- AfterNoona Delight: KDrama Dishing and Deep Dives
September 2025 Uncensored
This uncensored was a doozie! Today we reflect on our K-Drama watching tastes and how they've changed in the almost FOUR YEARS of the Afternoona Delight…