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Beyond The Romance Drama Podcast

Beyond The Romance of 'Goblin: The Great and Lonely God'

In my new episode of Beyond The Romance I chat with my friend Ray Liu about one our favorite Korean Dramas GOBLIN, starring #GongYoo #KimGoEun #LeeDongWook #YooInNa and #YookSungJae. Yes, Goblin is problematic when you look at the age differences between Eun-tak and Kim-shin when they first meet...it's a very wide gap. Ray and I do get into that, and why with that in consideration GOBLIN is one of my favorite dramas mostly for the overall story, the actors, fashion gorgeous cinematography and OST.


My sincere apologies for this very late upload. This episode of Beyond The Romance was originally uploaded in September of 2021, and uploaded onto my YouTube channel, but I forgot to also post it in podcast format (due to health issues, I fell behind in uploading content in 2021, and recording in 2022).


Thank you so much to everyone who's taken the time to listen to the podcast, I sincerely appreciate you.

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