Miss Happy Mess

This is Producer Jill's favorite Happy Hour because it's K-Drama week! We talk about a form that is changing how we think about men, love, fantasy, and what great TV is. Kim is along for the ride and feeling the K-Drama fever. Has Jill successfully got Kim hooked?

Are you like Producer Jill and love, love, love K-Dramas? Or like Kim and wonder why everyone is obsessed with them? Joined by the co-hosts of the hit podcast Chasing K-Dramas, Chrissy Choi and Dulcé Sloan, we explore all things K-Drama: their history, popular tropes, genres, and why they're crossing demographics so successfully.  And, of course, a solid list of recommended shows from the Chasing K-Drama duo.

Kim is convinced Pam's birth mother was a spy and creates a new show based on that theory. Jill tracks a shark in Busan. If you have an idea for an episode, let us know, cause that's how we met Pam and Linnea.

After a lifetime of looking for her birth mother, Pam Hasegawa doesn't find all the answers, but she finds a family she had only dreamed of.  

After this week's chat with Luka Lyman, Jill and Kim discuss the beauty in collective care and being in the sandwich generation: caring for our children while also caring for our parents. Preparing for death is overwhelming, so after a brief grapple with it, in true Happy Mess style, we talk about Korea and Jill's latest Pokémon adventure. We are true to the brand, LOL!

Luka Lyman has lived experience on a topic most people don't want to discuss: caregiving and end-of-life care. Luka and Kim chat about the realities of caring for our elderly and how to slow down and meet them where they're at while balancing our own lives. 

Samantha Quan, producer of Anora, was on the show this week! Jill and Kim discuss the struggle of staying true to oneself in the creative process, whether Kim will be comfortable if things really do go well, and Jill catching Pokémon in Korea. Tune in for a whole lotta happy mess!

People often talk about needing family and support when things go wrong, but what about when things go right? Samantha Quan, producer of the 2024 Oscar-winning film Anora, joins the show to discuss the power of family support, the joy of creating projects you believe in, and how to allow things to happen. 

It's Aloha Friday! On this Happy Hour, Jill and Kim discuss this week's episode with Kim's mom, Lani. How lived experiences can be the same, but the point of view can alter the memory and what it's like to look at our moms as fully formed people and not just mom.

As a new single mother, Kim chats with the woman who taught her how to single-parent: her mother, Lani Johnson. They discuss dating, working, and how being an introvert with a very social child can be really hard and sometimes embarrassing.