K-Drama Feuilleton
Two friends casually discuss and review K-Dramas from a leftie politics and historical-societal perspective. Max is a current PhDer in Korean Studies, while Celi holds a Master's in Modern Middle Eastern Studies. They met during a field trip to St Petersburg during their history undergrad and immediately bonded over their shared interest in all things Korean and all things history. There will be much laughter and banter, some legit stanning and swooning over all the gorgeous actors and of course some serious historical, political, societal, and fashion analysis by both of them. Some episodes will feature special guests ranging from music experts giving some analysis on OST and fashion specialists to Marxist economists penetrating through the swoony superstructure. Everything will be addressed and everything will be rooted in a shared and steadfast love for K-Dramas.
Episodes
31 episodes
THE K2/Of Fairy Tales, AI's, And The Privatisation Of War
In this episode Celi and Maksu are discussing the action drama "The K2" and bitch about the privatisation of war under capitalism, private military contractors and why their use is very problematic, fairy tales, AI's, and of course the catholic...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:05:55
THE GLORY 1/On Reverse Confucian Rebels And Violent Women
Celi and Maksu are back from the deep and dark pit of wage-slavery induced k-drama podcast exile with a fresh out of the oven episode on The Glory!Join us for a recap of the drama, a rant on Netflix profit-greedy obsession with having t...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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48:34
EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO/Of Kang Tae-Oh, Killer-Whales, and Kimbap
K-Drama Feuilleton Podcast is BACK!Strap yourselves in for season 2 with Maksu and Celi - carrying on with their banter on all things K-Drama and leftie politics.In this episode we're discussing THE drama of the summer is discus...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:19:01
FIRST SEASON FINALEEEEE/So Long And Thanks For All The Drama
In this final episode of season 1 Celi and Maksu reminisce about the past year and all the dramas they've watched. Also in this episode: WWCW and a sneak preview of what you can expect in season two, which will start airing in October!
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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42:45
PART 2 SKYCASTLE / Indeed We All Lie
PART 2In this episode we are discussing the 2018/19 K-Drama classic Skycastle. Interestingly enough, recent discussions in Korean politics and media focus on the education sector once again, as one politician bribed professors to help h...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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53:37
PART 1 SKYCASTLE / Indeed We All Lie
PART 1 In this episode we are discussing the 2018/19 K-Drama classic Skycastle. Interestingly enough, recent discussions in Korean politics and media focus on the education sector once again, as one politician bribed professo...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:14:07
TOMORROW/On Love Triangles With Ghosts And The Chaebol After Life
CW/TW: Suicide/Death/DepressionIn this episode Celi and Maksu are back discussing the representation of after life and supernatural beings in Korean dramas, such as Hotel del Luna, Tomorrow, Uncanny Counter, and Goblin/The Guardian Grea...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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57:07
BUSINESS PROPOSAL/Our Good Capitalist Chaebol
In this episode Céli and Maksu share their thoughts on the recent drama 'Business Proposal' with some discussion on Chaebol and capitalist life style, as well as a possible alternative story lines. Enjoy everyone!Note: This episode was ...
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Episode 22
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39:22
PART 2 GWINONG/On Representation Of Women In The Korean Countryside
PART 2In this episode our fabulous guest Snigdha shares parts of her recent research on representation of gwinong / gwichon women and marriage migrant women in the countryside. While many recent shows feature the gwinong women’s return ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:04:18
PART 1 GWINONG/On Representation Of Women In The Korean Countryside
PART 1 In this episode our fabulous guest Snigdha shares parts of her recent research on representation of gwinong / gwichon women and marriage migrant women in the countryside. While many recent shows feature the gwinong women’s r...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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59:01
LOVE AND LEASHES/Let's Talk About Sex Baby (Aaaand Politics...)!
TW/CW: Abuse, Rape, Sexual ViolenceIn this episode it's aaaalll about sex and power and politics and BDSM and Michel Foucault and Silvia Federici and witches and capitalism and soooo many other things! Celi and Maksu are discus...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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49:52
DREAM HIGH/On Giraffes and Kim Soo Hyun's 3-Step-Evolution
TW: Abuse and Rape Firstly let me apologise for being a day late but yesterday, just as I was about to upload this episode, any podcasters worst nightmare happened and everything suddenly got deleted and hours of editing work just d...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:02:29
✨HallyuReviewsSpecial✨/The Having-Met-Your-Love-As-A-Child-Already-Possibly-In-A-Traumatic-Context-Trope
K-DRAMA FEUILLETON PODCAST X HALLYUREVIEWSSPECIAL COLLABORATIONWe are so psyched about this episode because it’s a special collaboration with Lina from (you guessed it right!!) HallyuReviews, the coolest blog around, bringing you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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54:57
OUR BELOVED SUMMER/Our Traumatic Twenties...
In this episode Maksu and Celi review the newest K-Drama "Our Beloved Summer". You can look forward to discussions about what it means to go and grow through your twenties, evolving relationships, and yet again maany many coats (and sweaters th...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:13:57
WAEGUKIN/Tales Of A Foreign Actor In Korea
First things first: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! We’re so happy to be back with our very first episode of 2022 and boooy it’s a good one! Have you ever wondered how it would feel like to be an act...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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50:41
HELLBOUND/If You Thought Covid Was Bad...
In this episode Maksu and Celi discuss the very controversial Netflix production HELLBOUND. You can look foward to lots of philosophical banter about free will, fear and cults. But of course not without swooning over Yoo Ah-In...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:14:56
KINGS AFFECTION/Gender Banter With Judith
In this episode Celi and Maksu are discussing the current hit drama "Kings Affection".In addition to reviewing the drama as per usual (yes including the category in which Maksu is ranting about what anachronisms you can find in this histori...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:12:03
SQUID GAME/James On Why You Should Never P*** Off A Capitalist
WE'RE BACK!We apologise for the longer break but we're back with our long-awaited first ever GUEST EPISODE. And we're talking about Squid Game! If you were wondering what Marx and Lancan have to do with Squid Game then you're in the right p...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:40:55
HALLOWEEEEEN SPECIAL TRAILER/It's worth the wait!
We don't have an episode for you this week, as we are gearing up for our extraordinary HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, which you can expect next Thursday, 28 October 2021. It's definitely worth the wait, we promise. Until then we'll be carving some pumpkins...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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2:42
HOMETOWN CHACHACHA/Who Stole Them Slippers?!
Today's episode is about Celi's current obsession namely the very popular and very current drama “Hometown Chachacha”!In the first part Maksu and Celi talk a bit about their week (until 16:00 min).In the second half Maksu is int...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:14:49
REPLY1997/Where is that sheep hiding?!
Helloo lovely listeners, we're back! We hope you didn't miss us last week, but out of scheduling and quality concerns we decided to release our episodes every two weeks instead of every week.Now in this episode we are reviewing the clas...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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58:33
ON THE SOFT POWER OF HALLYU/Ahjussi Gramsci And BTS Walk Into A Bar...
In this episode Maksu and Celi are talking about the effect of Hallyu on international politics. They will be discussing this mainly through the theoretical lense of Joseph Nye's concept of soft power in International Relations. And also their ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:07
THE HEIRS/On Classism, Privilege and Almonds
In this episode Maksu and Celi are reviewing the classic Kdrama "The Heirs" or "Inheritors". They discuss the asymmetric power dynamics between the lead couple and the impact and importance of classism and privilege on the the working class her...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:12:09
VAGABOND/The Sexy Arms Lobby and ROK vs. Lee Seung-Gi and Suzy
In this episode Celi and Maksu review the political thriller drama "VAGABOND". After a brief summary and introduction to the plot, they discuss the drama in light of the global arms trade, actual corruption cases linked to the Sewol Fe...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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56:59
HWARANG/Park Seo-Joon the Revolutionary?!
In this episode Maksu and Celi are reviewing the very well-known historical Kdrama "Hwarang".After giving a brief summary of the plot (first 10 min), they delve deeper in the historical background of "Hwarang" and discuss a few anachronisms...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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48:09