{"podcast":{"title":"Pop Syllabus","slug":"pop-syllabus-7649526","podcast_index_feed_id":7649526,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/popsyllabus","website_url":"https://popsyllabus.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2fa57a72-ea89-11f0-8488-63dcd1682c0f/image/fac8d1ff938c54bff640f53b3920f7ba.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Nkiruka Productions and Companion Arts","episode_count":29,"summary":"Pop Syllabus is a show where host Christiana Mbakwe Medina deconstructs the zeitgeist and answers the big cultural questions. How did we swing from body positivity to thin-being-in? Why do so many people trust wellness influencers over medical doctors? And how did tech oligarchs become the new celebrities? Think of Christiana as a cross between a messy news anchor and guerilla academic. Each week, she and an expert guest will unpack a buzzy topic, and help us understand the moment while going through it.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:20:16.937550+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-syllabus-7649526"},"episode":{"title":"How K-Beauty Took Over the World with Elise Hu | Pop Syllabus","slug":"how-k-beauty-took-over-the-world-with-elise-hu-pop-syllabus","published_at":"2026-01-23T01:09:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-syllabus-7649526/how-k-beauty-took-over-the-world-with-elise-hu-pop-syllabus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-syllabus-7649526","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/LLUOO1023723907.mp3?updated=1770089042","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/LLUOO1023723907.mp3?updated=1770089042","summary":"Glass skin, a 10-step-skincare routine and one of the fastest growing beauty categories in the world. Welcome to the church of K-Beauty! Today, Christiana speaks with Elise Hu, author of Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital, the definitive book on how K-Beauty took over the world. Follow Elise: Instagram | TikTok Follow Pop Syllabus: YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Substack Merch available now! Sponsor Pop Syllabus: advertise@companionarts.com If there’s a topic you’d like us to deconstruct, tell us in the comments. Email: hello@popsyllabus.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Glass skin, a 10-step-skincare routine and one of the fastest growing beauty categories in the world. Welcome to the church of K-Beauty! Today, Christiana…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3189,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pop-syllabus-7649526/episodes/how-k-beauty-took-over-the-world-with-elise-hu-pop-syllabus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-syllabus-7649526/how-k-beauty-took-over-the-world-with-elise-hu-pop-syllabus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}