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
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 Aug 202130min
