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Lola Pops Off about Kdramas is a podcast with ramblings on and musings about Korean dramas! Join me for episodes on the latest Kdramas airing, and fun throwbacks to the classics! Listen in if you don’t mind hearing me ramble about my love of well-crafted characters, the art of storytelling, and the beauty of a scene! Join me as I use this podcast to document my love of and appreciation for Kdramas!
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Let’s See What’s Up: The Good Bad Mother Initial Thoughts
Today’s episode is a Let’s See What’s Up one where I give my initial thoughts on The Good Bad Mother. After watching four episodes, I think I’ve decided what’s good and what might be bad for me with this drama! Listen now to find out!
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Kdramas I Love But No One Else Seems to…
It’s back! The fifth and final installment of my first round of “Kdramas I Love But No One Else Seems to…” I plan to keep this up as I continue looking back over the dramas I’ve watched over the years and feel like I still don’t hear enough about them. It’s been so much fun…
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Throwing it Back w/Lola: Dong Yi Part 2 (feat. a special guest)
Today’s episode is the return of Throwing it Back to Dong Yi! But now, it’s part deux! This episode is also super special because I am joined again by a friend of mine, Squash, who isn’t a fan of historical Kdramas but graciously signed on to watch Dong Yi with me. Listen now to hear…
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The Eighth Sense and Lola!
The Eighth Sense, the latest hit Korean BL drama, has come to an end, and I thought I would share a few thoughts on it. I haven’t been keeping up with my BL dramas this year, so it surprised me that as soon as I found out about this BL, I jumped to start it.…
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What Went Down: Duty After School Final Thoughts
Today’s episode is a What Went Down in Duty After School final thoughts one and don’t ask me why it’s over an hour long. But let’s just say I have some things to say about this 10-episode webtoon adaptation about an alien invasion. Most of what I have to say is shrouded in tears, so…
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A Quick Pop-Off – Kill Boksoon
Today’s episode is a Quick Pop-Off! It’s been a while since I’ve done one and I’ve never done one for a film before, but today I bring you Kill Boksoon! I don’t know if you’ve gotten a chance to check it out yet, but I was really excited the minute the news about this movie…
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Let’s See What’s Up: Bora! Deborah Initial Thoughts
Today’s episode is a new Let’s See What’s Up episode with my initial thoughts on True to Love/Bora! Deborah! I was quick to watch this the minute it dropped because as a verified Yoo In Na fangirl, I knew I had to support! But after watching the first two episodes, can I say I’ll be…
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Lola’s Ramblings & Musings – The Secret Romantic Guesthouse, Oasis, Our Blooming Youth, Call It Love, Duty After School, Eighth Sense, and more!
Today’s episode is long overdue, so forgive me, but it is packed with goodies! In this Ramblings & Musings episode, I catch you up on how I’m feeling about some recently finished dramas and some new currently airing ones. I finally address what my issues are Our Blooming Youth and Oasis. I also rant and…
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Throwing It Back w/Lola: Dong Yi (feat. a special guest)
This week’s episode is a Throwing It Back one! I’ve only done one other Throwing It Back episode and it was for one of my favorite dramas, Marriage Not Dating (check out EP#25 from S2)! But this episode is for another favorite of mine, Dong Yi, a sageuk from 2010 with 60 episodes! Also, this…
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What Went Down: The Glory & Island Final Thoughts
This week’s episode is another What Went Down one where I give you my final thoughts (the good, the bad & the ugly) on The Glory & Island. I spend most of the episode on The Glory since I’ve talked about Island in a Midpoint Thoughts episode (go check that one out if you haven’t…
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What Went Down: Crash Course in Romance & Strangers Again Final Thoughts
Today’s episode is my final thoughts on Crash Course in Romance and Strangers Again! I let you know what went down in these two dramas and how that all made me feel! This episode is mostly Crash Course in Romance thoughts, with a side of Strangers Again, so listen now to find out how I…
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6 Degrees of Kdrama Separation
One of my favorite games to play as someone who loved films growing up was Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and Six Degrees of Separation. I also find myself playing with Kdrama actors all the time but never officially. So, I created a way to do so using social media. I’ve provided a template to…
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Let’s See What’s Up: Call It Love Initial Thoughts
Today’s episode is a new Let’s See What’s Up one where I give my initial thoughts on ‘Call it Love!’ In this episode, I give a nice overview of the first two episodes and then detail how I may be in love with this drama already but also how I can see where it may…
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Lola’s Ramblings & Musings – Payback, Our Blooming Youth, Heavenly Idol, Love to Hate You & More!
Today’s episode is a new Ramblings & Musings one with discussions on Payback and its problem for me, Our Blooming Youth and its problem for me, The Heavenly Idol and the joy it brings me, and lastly but not least, Love to Hate You and its problems that aren’t problems at all for me. Check…
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What Went Down: The Interest of Love Final Thoughts
I know, I know…before you say anything, I know. No one asked for this. I know. But I did this one for me…I needed closure. So, forgive me for this very selfish episode where I go over what went down in “The Interest of Love” and say goodbye to my relationship with it. If you’re…
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Check out some of my favorite Kdrama couples from the last 10 years!
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I Pop Off About Dramas, How About You? An Interview with Tea&Soju
Today, I have a special podcast episode for you all about the fascinating world of Chinese dramas. From romance to fantasy dramas, we’re diving deep into the cultural and storytelling aspects that make these dramas so captivating. And to make it even better, I have a special guest—the one and only Tea&Soju’s Liliana joining us…
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Let’s See What’s Up: Kokdu: Season of Deity Initial Thoughts
Today’s episode is another “Let’s See What’s Up,” but this time I check out Kokdu: Season of Deity. Now, brace yourself for a pretty quick episode because I was able to sum up my initial thoughts of Kokdu in a few words. I won’t share them here, but listen now to found out! Let’s just…
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Let’s See What’s Up: Crash Course in Romance & Strangers Again Initial Thoughts!
Today’s episode is the introduction to my ‘Let’s See What’s Up! Initial Thoughts’ episodes, formerly affectionately known as my First Impressions. In this episode, I let you in on my initial thoughts after watching the first 4 episodes of Crash Course in Romance and the first 2 episodes of Strangers Again. So, if you haven’t…
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