133: Juhea Kim (A Love Story From The End Of The World)

Charlie and Juhea Kim (A Love Story From The End Of The World) discuss Juhea's fantastic largely environmental and philosophical short story collection. This is a book that looks at the problems with our present as well as the possible futures that may result from them. General references: Rocky Groundhog Day In The Mood For Love Kpop Demon Hunters Books mentioned by name or extensively: Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy Juhea Kim: A Love Story From The End Of The World Juhea Kim: the Divine Comedy Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master And The Margarita Release details: recorded 29th August 2025; published 24th November 2025 Where to find Juhea online: Website || Instagram Where to find Charlie online: Website || Instagram || TikTok Discussions 01:25 The ordering of the stories in A Love Story From The End Of The World. We then go on to discuss the last story in the book and environmentalism 05:56 Looking at the theme of time and using metaphors 12:59 The ending of the first story, Biodome, the film adaptations, and the way Juhea ends her stories on a more general scale 19:45 Notting Hill (the story in the second person) and Juhea's writing of that point of view 24:07 The story Mountain Island and its themes of consumerism and pop idols 29:05 The philosophy, the question of god, in the stories as per two quotes from Juhea's book 37:14 What Juhea is writing now, a novel called The Divine Comedy Photo credit: Nola Logan