🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
The podcast episode opens with Tiffany and Jieun trading holiday stories from opposite sides of the Atlantic. From New York’s sidewalks stuffed with tourists to Portugal’s castle-turned-Christmas-village (also stuffed with tourists), the setup becomes a warm invitation into their seasonal headspace before diving into the movie.
Then they recap and review ‘Operation Christmas Trap’, a vertical holiday drama that positions itself as a modern merry riff on The Parent Trap. It promises cozy winter magic, sentimental reconnections, and a festive mission to fix a fractured family. What you actually get is a medical emergency, a baby heist, and a holiday switchback-a-roo powered by two clever twins who believe Christmas is the perfect time to pull off a reunion scheme.
Expect witty banter, dramatic recaps, and plenty of laughs as they pick apart the holiday hijinks, scheming twins, and over-the-top family drama. Listen now!
In this solo podcast episode of Talk Drama To Me, the host Jieun discusses the holiday season, parenting, and the latest vertical drama titled 'Fake Dating the Quarterback on Christmas.' The episode explores the themes of pen pals, emotional connections, and the dynamics between Dora and Chasel as they navigate their complicated relationship all with matching Christmas sweaters.
From Tiffany’s touring-life brain fog to Jieun emotionally self-soothing with Christmas scents, they’re already spiraling before the vertical even begins.
Enter The Christmas Switch, a vertical drama that claims it’s festive but delivers family secrets and vibes that feel more “holiday hostage situation” than Hallmark.
The story opens with the chaotic Christmas kinder swap orchestrated by Molly Cooper, who sends her own daughter Sarah into wealth and traps Dolores in the slums for revenge against the Grant family.
High school is an absolute nightmare for Dolores. Sarah bullies her relentlessly, attempting sewage humiliation, and leveraging elite club access for maximum cruelty. Highschool hunk Ryan King steps in repeatedly to protect Dolores, while mommy Molly and aunt Rachel scramble between parental authority and their own messy secrets. Dolores’ artistic talent emerges as she competes in a major art competition and discovers the truth: she is Rachel Grant’s biological daughter.
Dolores, overwhelmed by betrayal and hardship, considers jumping off a bridge. Everyone—Ryan, Aunt Rose, grandpa Aaron, both “moms” (Where’s dad??)—pleads with her, but she falls into a river and is hospitalized in a coma. Through bedside talks and forehead kisses, Dolores finally hints she might wake up. It’s melodrama to the extreme with just a glimmer of hope in the very last frame.
For the first time ever, Jieun and Tiffany live recap the ending together at 2x speed. Is it camp? Is it cursed? Is it secretly Christmas? Find out on this episode.
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica 🍳🤖✨
Jieun and Tiffany are back with Talk Drama To Me, juggling time zones (freaking daylight savings time) and sci-fi tangents before diving into our first Christmas vertical drama Food, Love, Robots.
Pregnant Lily loses her soulmate Elliot in a tragic accident… but seven years later, he’s back…kind of. Now a humanoid robot, Elliot returns as a globe-trotting chef-investor with perfect foodie skills, while Lily is stuck peeling potatoes in a hostile kitchen and raising her son Evan, who is rooting for mom to find love again.
Robot Elliot hides his high-tech identity, glitches, kisses her anyway, and accidentally kickstarts a restaurant feud. Their chemistry moves fast like microwave popcorn fast. We get a cooking montage, a cupcake crisis, and a whole subplot about corporate espionage that feels like it wandered in from another show.
Then things get wild: thugs kidnap Elliot, Lily and crew stage a cupcake-powered rescue, and he’s reset with zero memories. Meanwhile, the villain sabotages her own restaurant and an AI company investment for the vibes.
But hope is back on the menu: Lily gets a new investor, opens her dream restaurant, and a memory-wiped Elliot walks in, tastes her cooking… and remembers everything. The story ends with mistletoe in a mansion and a kiss that finally gives Lily and Elliot their happy ending.
If you want absurd sci-fi romance, kitchen drama, and all the festive feels in one vertical, Food, Love, Robots is your next binge. Listen to our recap now! This is one vertical drama you’ll want to stream and dissect with us.
In this episode, Jieun and Tiffany dive into Paint Me Yours, Miss Bad Kisser, a vertical drama packed with all the classic tropes: a CEO / rich guy, a contract marriage, and family drama so tangled it could be its own modern art piece. The story follows Rosa, an aspiring artist, and Tristan Kane, a wealthy art mogul with a penchant for topless scenes and mysterious motives.
After Rosa’s fiancé cheats on her in the most public way possible, she impulsively kisses Tristan, sparking a whirlwind contract marriage that neither of them saw coming. From there, the plot thickens with scheming family members, a mysterious half-brother, and a series of questionable decisions (including a random dance-off that leaves more questions than answers).
Tiffany’s predictions about the romance and family conflicts are mostly on point, though she is disappointed the preview didn’t give her much to work with.
Tune in to hear their hilarious take on this vertical drama, complete with alternate title ideas and a deep dive into the characters’ astrology signs. Will Rosa and Tristan’s love story win you over or would you pass? Listen to find out!
Let's skate into A Deal with the Hockey Captain, a vertical drama blending college romance, hockey, and a classic "friends-to-lovers" trope. The story follows Dora, an awkward but endearing college freshman with a lifelong crush on hockey player Leo. After a humiliating viral love confession Dora strikes a deal with brooding hockey captain Troy: he’ll teach her how to win Leo’s heart if she helps him off the ice. Tiffany and Ji roast the drama’s absurdities, from Dora’s Edna Mode-esque glasses to Troy’s suspiciously small towel scenes.
Tiffany’s predictions (Dora’s glow-up, Troy’s heroics, and Leo’s villainy) hit surprisingly close to the mark.
This episode is a perfect mix of sweet YA romance and vertical drama absurdity!
🎻 Shakira strings. ☀️ Summer yearning. 😱😢🤮 Screaming, crying, throwing up.
Host Tiffany discusses her experiences in the music industry, including a recording session with global icon Shakira. Host Jieun delves into the impact of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' and explores the new vertical drama 'Loving My Brother's Best Friend.'
If you’ve ever had a lifelong childhood crush on your brother’s best friend, congratulations! With CandyJar you are seen! Henley comes home with a post-summer glow-up and she is suddenly on the radar of her brother’s best friend, a psycho playboy who knows she’s off-limits but can’t stay away. First kisses ignite into messy secrets, betrayal, and enough sexual tension to start a bonfire.
Werewolves, Wrinkles, Witches...oh my!
We continue our Halloween theme in the werewolf genre. When animal rescuer Renee Jones accidentally stumbles into a witch’s ritual, she ends up life-bonded to cursed alpha Nathan Veilhart who is a brooding, emotionally constipated werewolf with six months to live and abs to live for. Between fated mates, brother betrayal, and some suss CGI wolves, To Love or To Die, Mr. Alpha delivers Twilight adjacent werewolf melodrama. Oh, and there’s a dog too.
In this Halloween-themed episode of Talk Drama To Me, Jieun and Tiffany recap the witchy vertical drama Sleep With Me, Mortal!
Our witch Astrid Hall needs one thing to rebalance her powers, masculine energy. After a fire mishap, she transfers to an elite boarding school filled with sweaty mortal males, meets a blind boy named Nathan Woodford, and offers him the deal of the century: if she restores his sight, he has to sleep with her. Classic academic exchange program vibes, but make it witchy.
It is a perfect mix of humor and Halloween fun!
Jieun / Ji and Tiffany launch their new podcast, Talk Drama To Me, dedicated to recapping and roasting vertical dramas. (Yes, the short, mobile-friendly soap operas popular on apps like Reelshort.)
Tiffany watches only the free preview while Ji watches the whole dang drama.
This episode focuses on The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband, an OG vertical drama packed with tropes: a contract marriage, secret billionaire CEO, evil stepmother, and Russian mob ties. Natalie Quinn, desperate to pay her mother’s medical bills, marries Sebastian Klein, the "loser" son of a wealthy family, unaware he’s actually a billionaire CEO with a hidden agenda. The plot unfolds with misunderstandings, slaps, and dramatic reveals, culminating in a happy ending as Natalie and Sebastian fall in love.