Tag: South Korea

  • Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)

    Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)

    Spoiler alert and content warning! In this episode we review the third season of the smash hit Korean show on Netflix, Squid Game. As we debrief our experience watching the third season, we talk about the crazy ending, what surprised us the most about what the third season did and didn’t do, what we appreciated…

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  • Squid Game 2 (Podcast)

    Squid Game 2 (Podcast)

    In this episode we discuss the second season of the hit Netflix show, Squid Game. We chat about what we appreciated most about season 2 relative to season 1, how this season builds upon previous questions that the show raises about capitalism and makes the stakes more jarring as we think about its effects on…

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  • Squid Game Review (Podcast)

    Squid Game Review (Podcast)

    In this episode we discuss our appreciation of, and enduring fascination with, Netflix’s breakout South Korean horror-drama, Squid Game. We discuss the show’s critique of capitalism and connect this with the historical and theological insights of Albert Hirschman and Kathryn Tanner on capitalism. We also delve further into the ways that show portrays how the…

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