63 episodes

Think. Thirsty. Over Thirty. Welcome to Afternoona Army, a safe place for grown-up Army to dish and discover BTS. We are four ladies who just wanted to know their names and now can explain the meaning of Lachimolala. New to ARMY? No problem, join us as we, and various correspondents, explore all the important businesseu that Bangtan throws our way.

Visit us on Instagram at @afternoonaarmy

Love K-dramas? Check out our sister pod at Afternoona Delight (Three American romance novelists exploring K-drama through a writer's lens).

Afternoona Army: Thinky and Thirsty BTS Takes StudioAfterGlo

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    • 4.9 • 62 Ratings

Think. Thirsty. Over Thirty. Welcome to Afternoona Army, a safe place for grown-up Army to dish and discover BTS. We are four ladies who just wanted to know their names and now can explain the meaning of Lachimolala. New to ARMY? No problem, join us as we, and various correspondents, explore all the important businesseu that Bangtan throws our way.

Visit us on Instagram at @afternoonaarmy

Love K-dramas? Check out our sister pod at Afternoona Delight (Three American romance novelists exploring K-drama through a writer's lens).

    It's Hope On The Street Time

    It's Hope On The Street Time

    J-Hopes six-part docuseries, 'Hope on the Street', premiered on Wednesday (March 27) on Amazon Prime. Saddle up with Afternoona Army to ride through what we can expect in this deep dive as well as hopes and dreams for the direction of the series. Whatever J-Hope has in store will be well-planned and amazingly executed...like everything he does. No we aren't biased ;)
    Show notes:
    Follow us on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/afternoonaarmy/

    Join our Patreon and Discord
    https://www.patreon.com/afternoonadelightpodcast/membership

    Fri(end)s by V MV
    https://youtu.be/62peQdQv4uo?si=_Gw-8kAfHXzU-LZD

    Streaming Info
    https://www.usbtsarmy.com/music-guides/streaming

    W Korea V
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFuh4glr8I

    HOTS - Hope on the Street
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo8RZibm4F0&pp=ygUaaG9wZSBvbiB0aGUgc3RyZWV0IHRyYWlsZXI%3D

    J-Hope Blogs (early days)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ycPXPxr5L4&pp=ygURamhvcGUgdmxvZ3MgZGVidXQ%3D

    V-Live J-hope dancing
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q88NmtpyL1E&pp=ygUZamhvcGUgdmxvZ3MgZGFuY2luZyB0dXBhYw%3D%3D

    BTS Curious Playlist on Spotify
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0u8kplOfuFJ0U09F8HH2mP?si=HdF_84C8RV2CVP2Rm9R9HQ&pi=u-31OHa1ZXS_WY

    Wings Live Wembly
    https://youtu.be/BaQXgXxTw18?si=mBntMMZ6V9Hn47nt

    J-Hope Cherry Blossom Karaoke
    https://youtu.be/R9jzDtX0XDY?si=R-vYwtxeiIxjsQe6

    Co-host Tonya’s newest endeavor:
    Bangtan Temple on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bangtantemple/

    • 51 min
    "Ask Me Anything" Afternoona Army

    "Ask Me Anything" Afternoona Army

    Afternoona Army gets into allllllll the nitty-gritty by doing an uncensored AMA (Ask Me Anything) on BTS, biases, and surviving (and thriving) within this wild ARMY life. 
    Show notes: Jk and V PTDLV
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8KS7PoB/

    Proof announced 
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8KSqSoS/

    Hobi palooza
    https://youtu.be/6ak5yOmj8W8?si=5wgbYbnnyyfjk7KN

    Dimple Outfits
    https://youtu.be/MjvtVbU4Hm0?si=83TlWFDuB4rBx3R2

    Pied Piper Outfits 
    https://youtu.be/DqysnygOdOY?si=Wd75FF6aK14PTEWU

    @hobisdotori on Instagram 
    https://www.instagram.com/hobisdotori/

    Jin’s February video message 
    https://youtu.be/p_zhC-MpRuY?si=dGiJoAqgknzTzxC6

    ARMY Project 529
    Instagram 
    https://www.instagram.com/armyproject529?igsh=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ==

    Website
    https://www.armyproject529.com/

    Ma City Map
    https://www.armyproject529.com/map

    Our Patreon and Discord
    https://www.patreon.com/afternoonadelightpodcast/membership
    NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups. Questions? Email afternoonaarmy@gmail.com for more information.
    Sign Up for Our Newsletter!Want our thoughts on Yunki's hair extensions in a 500-word essay? More book recs? This is the place to get it. Sign up HERE! 

    Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Check out our sister pod www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest members of our network: Build an appetite for juicy living with It's Bananas, a podcast where the fruit maven shares how tasting new and diverse fruits leads to self-discovery, joy, and connection; and Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.
    Want to find more great BTS content? Head over to Afternoona Army for "thinky, thirsty and over thirty" takes on Bangtan life and links to our social media.

    • 56 min
    Sounds Like A Cult: K:POP...Valid or Hmmm?

    Sounds Like A Cult: K:POP...Valid or Hmmm?

    Join Alison, Tonya, and Lexi as they deep dive an episode of Sounds Like A Cult: K-pop to discuss how it resonates with their experiences of BTS and ARMY life. Are we all drinking Kool-aid? 
    NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups. Questions? Email afternoonaarmy@gmail.com for more information.
    Sign Up for Our Newsletter!Want our thoughts on Yunki's hair extensions in a 500-word essay? More book recs? This is the place to get it. Sign up HERE! 

    Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Check out our sister pod www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest members of our network: Build an appetite for juicy living with It's Bananas, a podcast where the fruit maven shares how tasting new and diverse fruits leads to self-discovery, joy, and connection; and Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.
    Want to find more great BTS content? Head over to Afternoona Army for "thinky, thirsty and over thirty" takes on Bangtan life and links to our social media.

    • 37 min
    Love Wins All

    Love Wins All

    Join Megan, Tonya, Lia and Resident "V" bias Becky for a candid snack around IU's Love Wins All (featuring BTS Kim Taehyung). We explore some of the fan theories, some critique, and explore the director's stated intentions. 
    NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups. Questions? Email afternoonaarmy@gmail.com for more information.
    Sign Up for Our Newsletter!Want our thoughts on Yunki's hair extensions in a 500-word essay? More book recs? This is the place to get it. Sign up HERE! 

    Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Check out our sister pod www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest members of our network: Build an appetite for juicy living with It's Bananas, a podcast where the fruit maven shares how tasting new and diverse fruits leads to self-discovery, joy, and connection; and Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.
    Want to find more great BTS content? Head over to Afternoona Army for "thinky, thirsty and over thirty" takes on Bangtan life and links to our social media.

    • 36 min
    BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star (Episodes 1 and 2)

    BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star (Episodes 1 and 2)

    Happy 2024! Afternoona Army is here to dive into BTS Monuments/Beyond the Stars (Episodes 1-2). Journeying through Bangtan's ten-year career, highlighting their highs and lows in a series of never before seen footage and interviews.
    NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups. Questions? Email afternoonaarmy@gmail.com for more information.
    Sign Up for Our Newsletter!Want our thoughts on Yunki's hair extensions in a 500-word essay? More book recs? This is the place to get it. Sign up HERE! 

    Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Check out our sister pod www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest members of our network: Build an appetite for juicy living with It's Bananas, a podcast where the fruit maven shares how tasting new and diverse fruits leads to self-discovery, joy, and connection; and Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.
    Want to find more great BTS content? Head over to Afternoona Army for "thinky, thirsty and over thirty" takes on Bangtan life and links to our social media.

    Show Notes:
    Participating in the Boycott of Disney and all Disney related products? We’ve got you. Follow the links here for more info on BTS: Beyond the Star
    https://x.com/rubberdeokies?s=21&t=vE5ClPGeB5hw1KlDQMy5Pw
    The Book, Beyond The Story: 
    Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
    Amazon.com
    https://www.amazon.com › Beyond-Story-10-Year-Reco...

    On Kinetic Manifesto:
    https://youtu.be/gwMa6gpoE9I?si=rwu85ibYG8fE26PF

    Carpool Karoake
    https://youtu.be/T4x7sDevVTY?si=j2n21BZkM2C285do

    Yoongi sleeping between his parents:
    https://youtube.com/shorts/y3HWtS7eWYM?si=ko0w5C7-zG_ew7Hn
    JK highschool entrance ceremony:
    https://youtu.be/5f6v9kkbcIk?si=5ytsGB-8fBGRdCd0

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Jungkook, BTS, and Popcast Cashing In On Lazy K-Pop Takes

    Jungkook, BTS, and Popcast Cashing In On Lazy K-Pop Takes

    At the beginning of December, Popcast, a NYT music podcast featuring host Jon Caramanica (NYT music critic) and special guest Kara, positioned themselves as the "grown ups" in the room up against gremlin Stans to discuss how uh... (checks notes) Butter and Golden are a sign of a great decline.
    This was a click bait power grab...so right back at ya! Alison, Lia and Megan are here to say "if you're going to go for clicks don't be lazy, don't be boring, don't be smug, and don't cherry pick your hot take data." 
    And don't listen to the Popcast episode unless you used to LOVE dating wannabe gatekeepers that would show you their extensive bootleg cassette collections and talk about how they loved a band back when...(sorry this triggered Lia's PTSD of hooking up with dudes that wanted to lecture her on Phish when she DID NOT CARE). Or unless you want to hear people dunk on Trolls 3 or Steve Aoki because that makes them super edgy. Or want to hear how TXT are the uh (checks notes) disappointing Big Hit baby brothers.
    Do listen to us though. Because we aren't any of those things.
    NEW! Afternoona Army is now on PATREON!Join The BTS Buzz and get access to Afternoona Army's exclusive DISCORD channel, get shout outs on-air in podcast, and receive invitations to quarterly live support groups. Questions? Email afternoonaarmy@gmail.com for more information.
    Sign Up for Our Newsletter!Want our thoughts on Yunki's hair extensions in a 500-word essay? More book recs? This is the place to get it. Sign up HERE! 

    Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Check out our sister pod www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest members of our network: Build an appetite for juicy living with It's Bananas, a podcast where the fruit maven shares how tasting new and diverse fruits leads to self-discovery, joy, and connection; and Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas.
    Want to find more great BTS content? Head over to Afternoona Army for "thinky, thirsty and over thirty" takes on Bangtan life and links to our social media.

    • 1 hr 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
62 Ratings

62 Ratings

StarLyte7 ,

AfterNoona ARMY Podcast Excels!

I’m a comparatively new ARMY, less than 1 year. I’ve been listening the various BTS-centered podcasts including AfterNoona Army. This pod is fun, funny, thoughtful, but the last 2: Episodes: Aug. 28 & Sept. 6, 2023, have sealed the deal for me.
Hosts Becky & Lia speak out about decisions V & RM have made which seem in dissonance with the parasocial relationship with ARMY they have worked so hard to build.
I’m Grandma ARMY. I LOVE my Boys, All SEVEN. (JK & V bias), but they are each Human, and make mistakes, are imperfect. As are we all.
That this pod is honest enough to raise these concerns, (which I agree with), openly, well, my respect is won. Well done.

MrsPantsakl ,

Great for fans!

Such a great pod for fans young and old. Really enjoy listening, especially during this hiatus time!

AMM MN ,

Brings me so much joy!

Thank you for this podcast! I’m a fairly new BTS, k-pop, and k-drama fan, and absolutely enjoy your deeply appreciative conversations about BTS, their music, and their other activities like art and fashion.

Thanks, too, for the tips on where to find them beyond Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube.

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