K Drama Chat Weekly

Today, we’ll be ing Episode 9 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss: The songs we featured during the recap: “Met You By Chance,” performed by Mido and Falasol and originally recorded by Songolmae, and “Affect” by Song Ha-min. The Korean concept of jeong : a deep emotional connection that develops over time, and why Yang Seok Hyeong can still feel it toward his ex-wife. The father determined to donate part of his liver to his daughter, and how his unexpected return forces Lee Ik Jun to question his judgment of other people. Yang Seok Hyeong’s mother’s recovery, the friends taking turns keeping her company, and her decision to finally divorce her husband. Jang Gyeo Ul learning to explain a baby’s bile duct surgery in plain language, and why helping patients understand is an essential part of their care. Chae Song Hwa’...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 8 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss: The songs we featured during the recap: “With My Tears” by Whee In “Sorrowful, Piano Version” by Kim Jin Hak The heartbreaking case of the baby whose failing heart valves cannot be repaired. The patient with liver cancer, the importance of determining whether his cancer has metastasized, and how moving him into a shared hospital room gives him. Chu Min Ha’s terrifying discovery that her difficult pregnant patient is suffering from placental abruption, and how she has to act on her own to save the mother and her premature baby. How Jang Gyeo Ul and Do Jae Hak both get into trouble after interactions with patients, including the challenges of managing postoperative pain in patients with opioid use disorder. Kim Jun Wan’s quiet support of Do Ja...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 7 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss: The music we discuss and feature during the recap: IU’s new song Dear My Crazy Soulmate I Wash, the viral K-pop song created by LG to promote a washing machine You Always by J Rabbit While Living Life by Oohyo The theme of finding strength and compassion through difficult experiences.  The extraordinary liver transplant performed on baby Ji-a, including the challenge of reducing the donated liver to the right size, and Ahn Jeong Won’s moving request that Ji-a’s parents remember and thank the young woman whose donated liver saved their daughter. Ahn Chi Hong performing an External Ventricular Drainage procedure for the first time. The young police officer undergoing awake brain surgery for an astrocytoma, and how Ahn Chi Hong reveals his ...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 6 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong-won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun-wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok-hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa. We discuss: Two songs from this episode: “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station” by Kwak Jin-eon, a remake of the 1990 song by Zoo “Beyond the Rainbow Forest” by DANI How “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station,” a melancholy song about unexpectedly encountering an old love years later, beautifully mirrors this episode’s themes of old relationships, roads not taken, and looking back at the person you were 20 years ago. The medical cases in this episode, including a baby in liver failure who desperately needs a transplant, a pregnant woman with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome who has suffered two miscarriages, and Jang Gyeo-ul’s dangerous anaphylactic reaction to pain medication. Kim Jun-wan’s complete transformation after Lee Ik-sun says y...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 5 of Hospital Playlist , starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss: Two songs from the episode: “Oh? What a Shiny Night” by Mido and Falasol “Beautiful My Love” by Urban Zakapa The meaning behind the name Mido and Falasol, the group credited with the Hospital Playlist OST songs, and why so many of their songs became huge hits in Korea. How this episode shows that medicine can’t be separated from people and emotions—the patients, their families, and the doctors and nurses caring for them. The heartbreaking child abuse case, how Ahn Jeong Won recognizes the warning signs, and why doctors are responsible for reporting suspected abuse rather than proving it. The congressman’s elaborate scheme to disguise the identity of his liver donor, and why modern hospital identification and transplant procedures would mak...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 4 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We also discuss Jo Jung Suk, the actor who plays the general surgeon Lee Ik Jun. We discuss: The songs featured during the recap: Pachelbel’s Canon in D, played in rock fashion by our five doctors, and Confession Is Not Flashy by Kyuhyun, a remake of Lee Seung-hwan’s 1993 ballad. The demands being placed on K-pop performers, inspired by Joanna’s experience at the BTS concert, and why the physical and mental health of performers needs to come before tours, albums, and fans’ expectations. Our change in how we feature music on the podcast because of licensing concerns, and our new playlist of Hospital Playlist songs that listeners can play along with during the recap. The episode’s many stories about parents and children—and how those relationships can be...