Comfort Watches and Palette Cleansers with Shannon from Banchan: Bite-Size K-Drama Podcast

S2 E 23 / Shannon Bloom, children’s librarian, knitter, cat lover, and host of Banchan: Bite-size Kdrama Reviews podcast, joins me to talk about manga Kdrama adaptations, unforgettable friend groups, and watching challenges.

🪭 Shannon shares her Kdrama origin story (including a roommate’s historical drama obsession) and how her love of fantasy and romance books interplays with her for Kdrama addiction.

🫖 Then we list comfort watches and share under-the-radar favorites that deserve more love—plus, what Kdrama made us do in real life!

⏱️Timestamps:

[00:00:34] Meet Shannon

[00:01:35] Currently Watching

[00:06:36] Shannon's First Kdrama 

[00:12:21] Drama Recommendations

💚 Mild spoiler for some dramas, be we give you a warning within the episode

• Tastefully Yours
• Haunted Palace
• Good Boy
• Flex X Cop
• Boys over Flowers 
• Jewel in the Palace
• The Hiers
• W: 2 Worlds 
• Descendants of the Sun
• Parasite
• Squid Game
• Lovely Runner
• Reply 1988
• Hometown Cha Cha Cha
• Business Proposal
• Red Sleeve
• Hospital Playlist
• Twenty Five Twenty One
• Our Blues
• Empress Ki
• When the Stars Gossip
• Wok of Love
• Yumi’s Cells
• Just Between Lovers
• I’m Not a Robot
• A Time Called You
• Mellow Movie
• Shopaholic Louie
• It’s Okay That’s Love

Links: 

Shannon’s Podcast: https://pod.link/1839465628

Shannon’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banchankdramapod/?g=5

Kdrama subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/1hqdoix/rkdrama_challenge_2025_introduction_post/

Chapters

• 0:34 Meet Shannon
• 1:35 Currently Watching
• 6:36 Shannon's First Kdrama
• 12:21 Drama Recommendations