Been waiting since forever for a podcast! Thanks girls! I definitely think Lee Soon Shin has been lacking in the plot development. Too much old people talking about the same things they've been talking about and not enough relationship development with the sisters and their lives. And yet I still watch....

Finally we are getting a podcast after a long time!!
Thanks.....

YESSS A PODCAST. T__T <33333 Thank you!

Downloading podcast.., I need fun while driving to work tmr.
Thanks girls ;)

YES! I legitimately squealed when I saw a new podcast was up. Haha.

Your podcasts are the best. If I had a wish, it'd be to have podcasts every week. :) Yes? I'll buy you the drinks to stay awake. Just saying.

Yeay, a podcast! :)
And I'll be honest, I skipped the podcast to Mandate of Heaven to hear about your impression (since it's the only one I'm watching now). And let me join you in squeeing over Lee Jung Hwan and Woo Young, javabeans... They are just the cutest couple ever! And the awkward, shy Jung Hwan just rocks my socks off :D

Will go back and start the podcast from the beginning... :)

Yeah, guys, you did not mention your meetup, I was so curious. thanks for all the comments.

Thanks for the Podcast, been waiting forever for this!

Aww I was really looking forward to you guys discussing Incarnation Of Money. Anyways, thank you for the podcast! (:

I've been waiting for this!!! Thx :D can't wait to listen to it ;)

WOO HOO!!! Something awesome to listen to on the plane this week... other than the usual voices in my head. :P Kamsahamnida!!!

Thanks for the podcast. I especially liked your discussion on Monstar (I love the quirky female lead) and how you have plans for another meetup. Hope to see you then.

Also loved your non-ost music selections!

YAY PODCAST YAY.

I was eyeing DB since i noticed you mentioned podcasts on your twitter yesterday. I don't think there's such a thing as too long of a podcast. I love hearing what you guys have to say, the more the better!
Do not watch/finish JOJ. Save your time.
Really enjoyed this podcast, it's always nice to hear what you guys have to say on currently airing shows that you're not recapping or shows that have wrapped.
It's amazing how i look at this list and realize that i literally am following (or finished) almost all that you guys have talked about. Crazy how much k-dramas you can watch..at once.

hey, you can't call it diverse, when WE dint show up. :P
i really wanted to!

I was eyeing DB since I noticed you mentioned podcasts on your twitter yesterday, JB. I don't think there's such a thing as too long of a podcast when were talkin about k-dramas here. I love what you guys have to say, the more, the better!
Really enjoyed this podcast, it's always nice to hear what you guys have to say on currently airing shows that you're not recapping or shows tht have wrapped.
It's amazing how I look at this list and realize that I literally am following(or finished) almost all that you guys have talked about. Crazy how much kdramas you can watch...at once.
Oh, and don't watch/finish JOJ. Save your time. Just not worth it.

Totally love what you pointed about Soon Shin.. too many annoying things for the few good things. I never thought about JH like that. I guess, it didn't bother me.. there's other worse things to worry about in that drama.

I Hear Your Voice.. I'm loving it. Granted that I went in hoping to like it, but I'm happy it delivers.

I wish more people watched Queen Of Office.

Thanks for the podcast!

Meet-up envy! Javabeans and girlfriday, if either or both of you come across the pond, I hope you'll have an afternoon to spend with beanies in the UK.

I offer up organising services! (as long as it doesn't involve alcohol) For the love of DB!

Ah, wishful thinking~

Out of all I love, That Winter The Wind Blows the best. brilliant acting and awesome chemistry between the leads. I'm following all the dramas you've mentioned except NINE and Cyrano Dating, those two i dropped after the first episode. I'm liking I hear your voice at the moment, lets see how it goes... Heartless City, Shark, JOKJ ,Gu family and Monsters are enjoyable to watch.

Squeee! An indication of a good Sunday :).

I wish I was 3 years older so I couldve made it to the meet up :(. It broke my DB-loving heart! I hope you guys have another one in NYC when I'm of age to attend!

I actually had time today to listen to your podcast - and enjoyed !\

I was thinking the Seyi (Monstar), is different, as you mentioned, and a bit hippie- ish. Definitely a hihg school Bohemian in the making. Is there a term (Korean or otherwise) that describes that unassuming hippie style
for the 21 century? Kind of the polar opposide of idol. (Loved when Idol walked away from her saying how can you understand what I mean when I don't uderstand myself right now?) Seyi bridges the different personalities, not only to herself, but with each other. It takes someone with her unaffected personality and non-agenda to do that.

i hope Barefoot Friends can get it together so that is can last - right now it's teetering on rapid distinction, but I do like the potential (or it's just the YSS and KHJ factor that keeps me returning).

Thanks for the fun today!

I have not even listened, but I am thrilled. Ha. Thanks for the podcast!

Yay!!! And all my favorite dramas too!

Awww, I am so sad that you don't love Heartless City, for me, I think the show is going to turn out to be one of the best kdramas I've ever seen. It's such a rare gem. I hope the show continues to do well.

Aww, the way you talked about Heartless City reminds me of how Roger Ebert rated Godfather Part II only 3 stars. Maybe it'll grow on you when more episode come out?

It's really interesting how differently you guys view Kim Nam Gil's acting in comparison to how the Vault views it. Since the part of his acting you like is what the Vault abhors and the other way around.

Thanks for the podcast, it is informative and fun.
Any pics from NY Dramabeans Meetup?

Yay podcast! I love hearing you guys drama-talk. :)

I was nodding so much over YBLSS. It's not a bad show, yet. But the slow bits are so slow and the balance of cute to angst has gone completely off kilter. Also, there are too many foolish characters getting too much screen time, which can be a bit nails-on-the-chalkboard.

thanks for the podcast ladies!

i am not as annoyed as most with LSS. its a family drama so i am not so put off that the romance bits are doled out so stingily. my whole family is watching and we do feel the characters, while annoying and selfish are all believable. as for what you said about junho, i feel the same. you girls are absolutely right though that ojakgyo is better and balanced the humour, the cute and the heart and melo much better

i felt exactly the same as you do on nine. conceptually interesting and story intriqued me enough to complete it but zero emotional investment in any of the characters for me. only in the story and how they were going to wrap things up.

i am starting to like i hear your voice after epi 2. i initially didnt like the female lead character but am warming to her now. but the surprise for me is jung seok - i didnt enjoy school 2013. i couldnt relate to al their angst i suppose and didnt care too much about the characters - again another show i completed coz i wanted to know what happens in the end. in this drama, he is shining. i like him playing cute and swwoning than broody i suppose.

somehow i dont like lee bo young but i may be biased coz of her last drama - my daughter seo young - which i really disliked. she is sooo cold. like nicole kidman. but in this drama, i am starting to warm to her to.

i LOVE epi 1-4 of monstar. epi 5 dropped a little, i feel, the standard and the magic but am hoping the rest of the series will be as engaging. idol boy has screen presence even though his acting has a limit too (you mentioned that in suzy - but i cant see any good acting in suzy - i only see suzy when she is supposed to be acting!). its a simple coming of age story perhaps but the delivery of the story is what makes it special.

despite the lack of concept, i am loving barefoot friends. mainly coz it is making me laugh out loud. and in epi 8 - laugh till i cry. so, am really hoping it continues. i feel a sadness for dropping 1n2d - some misplaced sense of loyalty but its not good enough anymore :(

thanks for sharing about the DB meetup too. ahhh, feels good to be able to chat about the dramas.

Love these!

Thanks for the podcast but I wish you had also covered Cruel Palace, Ten 2, and Queens Classroom. *Sad face*

I haven't watched GFB since ep 14 I guess I'm not missed anything. I haven't watched YTBLSS because I was worn out from Madame Butterfly which was a similar 50ep family drama. All that plot dragging wore me out and I knew YTBLSS will also drag.

I haven't finished That Winter, I think I'm in ep7 but I may finish before the years end. I don't know what happened but I felt disconnected from it.

I watched JOJ until ep4 I don't know if I will finish it since I don't like the progression.

I haven't started Cruel City and Shark but they are at the top of the list.

I like Monster so sweet but I can't seem to like the male lead. His ego just rubs me the wrong way. But I really love the female lead.

All the bad comments on suzy's acting i dont get it. And its annoying cause it kills the viewing pleasure since i dont really notice the flaws. Shes actually an okay actress for an idol-actress. Not very good but not bad either.

I'd have to disagree with your comparison of Suzy to Park Min Young. I'm not saying Suzy's super, super awesome in Gu Family Book. But she is better and more compelling as an actress than PMY. Suzy's definitely doing more than just getting the job done, IMO.

So much fun!! Thank you ladies, you always rawk <3

Loved that you covered so many shows in this, and (selfishly, coz I haven't gotten around to so many of the new shows) I liked that it was very spoiler-light.

I also just wanted to take a moment to salute you ladies, for doing what you do for us, on top of living your probably very full lives. Thank you so much! *blows kisses & sends virtual hugs*

Thanks for the podcast it was really a fun listen.

Of particular interest to me was the fact that you lectured at Wesleyan University just before you had the get-together in New York.
I wish that you had announced it here on DB - Wesleyan University is only 10 minutes from my home. It's been a number of years since I've audited a class. You guys just missed having me as a stalker for the day!
:-)

Thanks for the Podcast, been waiting forever for this!

Thanks for the new podcast. It's always interesting to hear your thoughts on dramas I'm watching/not watching/just reading recaps of.

Love Monstar, Cyrano, I Hear Your Voice. I actually like Suzy better than PMY and I don't think she's as bad as HGI. I just think that it was too soon to cast her as lead, and in a fantasy-sageuk no less, but it doesn't take away that her character is kick-ass and awesome.

Not watching That Winter was a good choice for me for the same reasons that you mentioned. And KNG's pornstache is like another character of that show, hehe.

I like Seol-chan. His idol character may have been done countless times but the idol-actor does it in his own way that he totally owns it. The OST of Monstar is awesome! I liked School 2013 in its own heavy-handed way. ;)

Nine should've been shorter, but overall it was good. Heartless City started off slow, but it's getting more interesting now and I'm definitely one of those that will not look at Jung Kyung-ho the same way ever again. For the first time, I'm thanking God for the army and the mandatory shower scenes. Also, re-watched The Great Gye Choon-bin after marathoning HC and can't believe that's him!