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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 202152min
15. Philosophizing About BTS (Section 4, Part 1)
This week, the 'BTS Bookworm' considers Section 4 of Cha Minju's book, Philosophizing About BTS. The section focuses on BTS + Art + Philosophy.
8 Sep 202144min
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 Sep 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 Aug 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 Aug 202154min
