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15.7 - Podcast Review of Episode 7 of Hospital Playlist

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 own medical history to show the discouraged officer that losing one dream does not mean his life is over.

  • Lee Ik Jun’s surprising revelation to his patient that his wife cheated on him and that his divorce left him hurt, embarrassed and unable to get out of bed some days.

  • Yang Seok Hyeong finally telling his mother that his father’s mistress is pregnant, and his mother’s decision to grant her husband a divorce—until the Chairman humiliates their son by checking into the VIP ward at Yulje with his mistress.

  • The ethical issues surrounding gifts to doctors.

  • Poor Do Jae Hak discovering that he appears to have lost his 200 million won apartment deposit—about $150,000—to a real estate scam.

  • Kim Hae-sook, the legendary actress who plays Ahn Jeong Won’s mother, Jung Rosa; her reputation as Korea’s “Nation’s Mother”; and her enormous film and television career.

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K Drama Chat is a weekly podcast where we take one Korean (K) Drama each season and and recap and analyze each episode. K Drama Chat is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pandora.
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