Pop Culture with Jamie + Sofia

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Pop Culture with Jamie + Sofia

Hello! We are Jamie, a millennial yuppie, and Sofia, a gen zer college student, who befriended each other during the pandemic thanks to Instagram and the ever-passionate kpop community. Join us as we chat about the best of pop culture from the east and the west, including boy groups like BTS/Stray Kids/NCT, k-dramas like Nevertheless and Imitation, music titans like Bang Si Hyuk and Scooter Braun, the imperfect but irresistible Gossip Girl reboot, and everything in between. Thanks for listening, and we'd love to hear from you on IG/Twitter: Sofia @sofiaskpop / Jamie @jamiexkpop

Episodes

  1. 10/01/2021

    Episode 12: Big 3 Idols' Dating, Coldplay x BTS "My Universe"

    We are back with more ~tea~ as chosen by you lovelies! Time stamps below: BTS PTD concerts in LA - (00:14) Big 3 idols' dating: Blackpink - (02:25) Big 3 idols' dating: Stray Kids - (06:50) Big 3 idols' dating: NCT - (07:46) Difference between single/dating/hooking up vs. in a relationship - (09:02) Difference between blind tea submissions vs. info from sources - (10:50) Live vocals - (11:41) Thoughts on Coldplay x BTS "My Universe" - (14:01) Stray thoughts on Stray Kids - (24:28)

    33 min

  2. 09/13/2021

    Episode 11: Updates on BTS Enlistment/Dating and Other K-Pop Tea

    You asked, and we heard! Tune in as we discuss kpop topics as chosen by all of you, including BTS enlistment/dating updates, AOA Mina vs. Jimin, and plastic surgery. We also give our thoughts on Stray Kids' new album and kpop star features on the absolutely fire Shang-Chi OST!

    43 min
  3. Episode 10: Podcast Expansion in Honor of the Gossip Girl Reboot!

    08/16/2021

    Episode 10: Podcast Expansion in Honor of the Gossip Girl Reboot!

    As you can probably tell from our slightly tweaked podcast title, we are expanding our show! As much as we love digging into the world of kpop, we've realized there are so many other pop culture events worth covering that we actually discuss in our free time already and would love to share with you all! As per usual, here are some helpful time stamps to guide you along the episode: -(00:11): Why we're expanding our podcast, plus our anticipation of James Bond 25 aka "No Time to Die" coming out this October! -(03:09): Jamie and Sofia's differing opinions on Daniel Day-Lewis, Jake Gyllenhaal, MCU as a Hollywood rite of passage -(07:44): Gossip Girl reboot - Obie ain't it (so far), Luna's killer comedic timing, Julien's inconsistent acting, Aki our angel

    39 min
  4. Episode 9: Wooga Squad Love, Idol-Fan Dynamics, & Post-COVID Malaise

    07/26/2021

    Episode 9: Wooga Squad Love, Idol-Fan Dynamics, & Post-COVID Malaise

    Gyopo Hair live react: (00:30) Kim Seokjin & Jafia’s potential street casting chops: (06:50) Mental health interludes: (14:14), (39:30) Permission to Dance R&B Remix: (26:36) K-Pop content fatigue: (33:39)

    48 min
  5. Episode 8: Our Ship Name is Jafia

    07/21/2021

    Episode 8: Our Ship Name is Jafia

    This episode is even more random than usual because our brains are FRIED - here are time stamps to help y'all out: -(00:11), (11:36) Highlights from Jafia's first joint IG Live (come chat with us on Wednesdays!) -(04:25) Stray thoughts on Stray Kids  -(08:36) Our initial impressions of Giselle from Aespa  -(09:50) BTS's recent social media controversies  -(13:37) BTS x Louis Vuitton (PS: Jungkook's brow piercing is most likely real!) -(16:32) Jafia's Europe/Asia travel plans and Jamie's pitch to Sofia to watch futbol with her -(24:19) Our advice on how to keep your k-pop fan experience fresh ft. yet another Stray Kids rant (i.e. our differing opinions on idols' sexy sides) -(29:01) Our thoughts on tattoos (including BTS tattoos) and piercings

    36 min
  6. Episode 7: Artist-Fan Relationships and De-Villainizing Scooter Braun

    07/05/2021

    Episode 7: Artist-Fan Relationships and De-Villainizing Scooter Braun

    This week, we toggle between the light and dark sides - first of HYBE’s newest business partner, Scooter Braun (14:20) (we highly recommend Variety’s latest profile of the music titan, media skeptics be damned), and then of intense fan devotion (19:33)!

    32 min
  7. Episode 6: Artist Spotlight - WayV

    06/28/2021

    Episode 6: Artist Spotlight - WayV

    We are kicking off our Artist Spotlight series with the criminally underrated boy group, WayV! We’ll continue to sprinkle in the latest in kpop, but this Spotlight series will help introduce us to lesser known groups and/or do a deeper dive into artists we already know and love.

    54 min
  8. Episode 5: Jamie Really Loves Eric from The Boyz

    06/14/2021

    Episode 5: Jamie Really Loves Eric from The Boyz

    Happy Festa Week to our fellow Armys!! We are both back from vacation, and back on our chaotic podcast bullshit 😎 Enjoy our BTS Festa discussion, songs/idol groups of the week (10:00) (there are a LOT this blessed comeback season), Kingdom final thoughts (55:02), and Imitation recap for Ep. 3-5 (1:20:25)!

    1h 31m
  9. Episode 4: All Buttered Up

    05/29/2021

    Episode 4: All Buttered Up

    We are in full on Hot Girl Summer mode thanks to BTS Butter! Join us as we dig in to the group’s second all-English single and first series of Butter performances. We also sprinkle in the latest k-pop news (see: the beautiful, burgeoning friendship between SKZ, Deadpool, and even Wolverine!), our music picks of the week, and end with our live reaction to the Butter (Hotter Remix)! Thanks for tuning in, and we'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaskpop and @jamiexkpop

    1h 17m
  10. Episode 3: Random Recommendations, Summer Bops, & Imitation Ep. 2

    05/20/2021

    Episode 3: Random Recommendations, Summer Bops, & Imitation Ep. 2

    In our third episode (and favorite one yet!), we discuss the latest in K-pop news, music releases, and a spontaneous sneak peek into who our favorite idols are. In celebration of the world starting to open up again just in time for summer, we also share some of our summer bops, both old and new. Spoiler warning for our last segment on Imitation Episode 2! Thanks for tuning in, and we'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaskpop and @jamiexkpop

    40 min

  11. 05/14/2021

    Episode 1: Welcome to Our Podcast!

    Welcome to our podcast, K-pop Culture with Jamie + Sofia! Join us as we discuss Kingdom Ep. 2 & 3, Blackpink Rosé’s debut, and BTS's possible enlistment in 2022. Thanks for tuning in, and we'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaskpop and @jamiexkpop

    44 min
  12. Episode 2: Comebacks, Kingdom, and K-Dramas

    05/14/2021

    Episode 2: Comebacks, Kingdom, and K-Dramas

    In our second episode, we share our music picks of the week (including a lot of Hybe artists)! We also cover Kingdom Ep. 4 & 5, Imitation (the new K-drama starring some of our favorite idols), and NCT Hollywood (lol). Thanks for tuning in, and we'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaskpop and @jamiexkpop

    56 min
  • 12 Episodes

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Hello! We are Jamie, a millennial yuppie, and Sofia, a gen zer college student, who befriended each other during the pandemic thanks to Instagram and the ever-passionate kpop community. Join us as we chat about the best of pop culture from the east and the west, including boy groups like BTS/Stray Kids/NCT, k-dramas like Nevertheless and Imitation, music titans like Bang Si Hyuk and Scooter Braun, the imperfect but irresistible Gossip Girl reboot, and everything in between. Thanks for listening, and we'd love to hear from you on IG/Twitter: Sofia @sofiaskpop / Jamie @jamiexkpop

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