{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk-drama-chat.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F41-episode-1-of-25-21-_tfwa5_A","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"4.1 - Episode 1 of 25, 21","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/50ac61e5-2e79-40f5-8520-cfaaf8a44a5d/c1ab7e72-7efe-4447-8dbd-b8c6640bdedf/kdc-s4-cover-e01.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Today, we’ll be kicking off Season 4 of K Drama Chat by discussing Episode 1 of 25, 21, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Kim Tae-ri as Na Hee-do and Nam Joo Hyuk as Baek Yi-jin. We discuss:\n* The song Starlight by Taeil\n* The main actors of the show:\n-- Kim Tae-ri\n-- Nam Joo Hyuk\n-- Kim Ji-yeon, better known by her stage name Bona\n* How age is calculated in Korea vs. internationally, which is why there’s confusion over how old the actors in this show are\n* The origins of the 1990s Asian financial crisis and how it affected South and East Asia\n* The impact of an IMF bailout and austerity measures on countries\n* The South Korea gold campaign\n* The surprising dominance of South Korea in the world of fencing\n* Polite language between Na Hee-do and Baek Yi-jin\n* The large number of K Drama elements we see in this episode:\n-- Beautiful actors\n-- Crying\n-- Flowers\n-- Food\n-- Alcohol\n-- Wrist grabs\n-- Clothing and fashion\n-- Umbrella scene\n* The challenging mother-daughter relationship between Hee-do and her mom\n* Our favorite lines\n* How much we loved this K Drama from the very first episode\n"}