Chasing Dramas Podcast
1) In The Know - Chinese Pop Culture News: 2026 New Year Bombshells
3 days into 2026, the Chinese entertainment industry was abuzz with the latest bombshells from an influencer "iamroosie". She claims that she has had dalliances with many popular Chinese actors and id...Show More
2) In The Know - Chinese Pop Culture News: 2025 C-ent Male Winners, Losers and Everything in Between
In our last podcast episode for 2025, Karen and Cathy go over their subjective list of the Chinese actors that were the winners, losers and everything in between in 2025.
3) In The Know - Chinese Pop Culture News: 2025 C-ent Women's Winners, Losers and Everything in Between
Karen and Cathy go over their subjective list of the Chinese actresses that were the winners, losers and everything in between in 2025.
4) Joy of Life S2 - Ep 23+24 pt 1: The Road to Retirement
In episodes 23 and part 1 of episode 24 of S2 of Joy of Life, the Chancellor resigns from his post and leaves the capital towards retirement. However, this journey is not a simple as it seems. Fan Xia...Show More
5) In the Know - 2025 CDrama Recap
Zhao Lu Si's Love's Ambition was 2025's top Cdrama both in terms of popularity on Tencent and overall views per episode. We recap what were the other top Chinese dramas this year though we note that t...Show More
6) Joy of Life S2 - Ep 21+22: The Emperor's Master Plan
In episodes 21 + 22 of Joy of Life S2, Fan Xian ensures some fairness for this years Spring Exam results. However, just as he thought all was clear, the conniving He Zong Wei appears with a mysterious...Show More
7) Dec 2025 - Chinese Drama Update - Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 3, Love in the Turquoise Land, Love and Crown and more!
Nov/Dec 2025 Chinese dramas currently airing include season 3 of the gruesome but thrilling Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty: To Chang An which has dominated the streaming charts in November. Dilraba bri...Show More
8) Joy of Life S2 - Ep 20: Stopping Systematic Cheating
Fan Xian swaps out candles, water and even builds new latrines to ensure the safety of the students for the Spring exam. He also inspects the officials who are evaluating the exam papers to prevent th...Show More
9) In the Know - Unique features in Chinese social media apps
X / Twitter caused quite an uproar recently with enabling the feature to disclose the location of the where the post originated. Interestingly, that feature has been a staple of all Chinese social med...Show More
10) Joy of Life S2 ep 19: Let the Exams Begin
The spring exams start under Fan Xian's watch and there are plenty of traps he has to watch out for.