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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

A Look at the K-Pop Industry and Its Global Fandom | Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

K-Pop has had loyal Korean fanbases for decades and has made a global impact over time. The intimate relationships cultivated between K-Pop idols and their fans speak to the power of this method of entertainment. Daily Show segment producer Sabrina Lee and postdoctoral associate at the University at Buffalo, Stephanie Choi, join host Roy Wood Jr. to analyze the K-Pop industry and the positive light it shines on South Korea.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's Amesand Devon here and we've got some news for you.

0:03.8

Get ready because MTV's official challenge podcast is heading back in time.

0:08.1

For the first time ever, we're diving into an iconic season from the past.

0:12.6

Free agents.

0:13.6

We'll go behind the scenes with legendary cast members from the season, plus here what

0:17.4

they've been up to since it ended.

0:19.1

Just because there's no challenge on TV right now, doesn't mean we're going to leave

0:22.2

our podcast listeners hanging.

0:24.0

Listen to MTV's official challenge podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or

0:28.9

wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.2

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:35.9

Hey, welcome to Beyond the Scenes.

0:45.4

The podcast goes different to topics and segments that originally aired on the Daily Show.

0:50.1

This is what you got to think of this podcast as, right?

0:52.7

Like if the Daily Show is the reality show, where the reunion show, where we all get

0:56.9

to come together and talk about never before seen action, you know that of course sets

1:02.5

the record straight dramatic cuts.

1:06.8

Today, we're talking about K-pop and how this isn't an industry that just started booming.

1:12.2

This has been a profitable market for decades with bands like BTS and Blackpink and Global

1:17.4

fandom that helped South Korea in both the entertainment and economic sectors.

1:23.0

Give it a clip.

1:24.0

The next big step towards today's K-pop was in the 1990s, where major music studios started

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