18. BTS: Icons of K-Pop (Chapters 7 & 9)
In this episode, we consider two smaller chapters from Adrian Besley's 'Fully Revised & Updated' book from 2020. We pick up (more or less) where we left off in episode 6, looking at the next ‘chapters...
22 Syys 202154min
17. BTS and ARMY Culture (Chapter 2)
This episode features another chapter from the 2019 book by Jeeheng Lee (BTS & ARMY Culture). Dr. Lee's chapter on ‘Voting Culture’ provides a behind-the-scenes look at ARMY’s involvement with votes-b...
16 Syys 20211h 2min
16. The Soft Power of the Korean Wave (BTS Chapter 10)
The episode focuses on one of the 5 chapters/essays devoted to BTS in this brand new book from Routledge. The three pop culture aspects explored in the edited work are: the 2019 movie Parasite, K-Dram...
14 Syys 202152min
14. BTS: One (Chapters 6 & 7)
The chapter-length focus of this episode is from Katy Sprinkel's 2021 book, BTS: One. The two back-to-back chapters highlight the group's success in business terms & their use of that success to suppo...
1 Syys 202139min
13. Blood, Sweat & Tears (Chapter 14)
The focus of this episode is chapter 14 from Tamar Herman's 2020 book, BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears. It's a chapter that explores BTS's social media efforts (e.g., Twitter, YouTube, V Live) & how those ...
28 Elo 202139min
12. The Unofficial BTS Bible (Chapters 5 & 6)
In this episode, we look at two back-to-back chapters from Dianne Pineda-Kim's 2020 'BTS Bible.' The chapters provide a wonderful look at the pop/cultural context out of which BTS was born & gives cre...
26 Elo 202154min
11. Burn the Stage (Chapters 3 & 4)
The focus of the episode is on Marc Shapiro's 2018 book, Burn the Stage: BTS and the Rise of Korean Boy Bands. Since the chapters are short, we're looking at two...both of which focus on BTS before th...
24 Elo 202130min
