Calling Cards

WE’RE BACK! Hello! This episode is about the wedding that wasn’t, and Lydia and Tay are annoyed. We recap & discuss Bridgerton s2, e6, "The Choice."Lydia’s recs:Watching: How to Build a Sex Room, House of the Dragon, and Rings of PowerReading: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, a local MN author, Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood, sequel to The Love Hypothesis Tay’s recs: Ali Hazelwood’s Love on the Brain, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, Jeannie Lin’s Pingkang-li series (murder and forbi...

Lydia and Taylor are back, with a meandering and impassioned discussion of Season 2, Episode 5 of Bridgerton, An Unthinkable Fate.Lydia’s recs: I haven’t been reading much the last several weeks…but I have been watching Kenobi and Ms. Marvel on Disney+ Tay’s recs: I’ve been obsessed with the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells & I read some of Ellen O’Connell’s great western historical romanceWe’ll make the next episode as soon as we are able- thank you so much for listeni...

Lydia and Tay discuss s2, e4 of Bridgerton. Surprises, schemes, and double standards abound. We’ll be back in 2 weeks with episode 5.Our reccs:Lydia- EK Johnson’s Padme series, Moon KnightTay- Vita & VirginiaThanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word abou...

Grab the Mallet of Death, listeners, because Bridgerton Pall Mall is finally happening! Lydia and Tay recap and discuss season 2, episode 3 of Bridgerton. Rants ensue.Our reccs:Tay: Maggie Osborn’s A Stranger’s Wife and Crash Landing On You (Netflix)Lydia: Everything Everywhere All at Once Links mentioned:Cameron Diaz on Graham Norton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXhk8zE_Ac0**SPOILER ALERT** Article that mentions oiling hair– don’t read if, like Tay, you haven’t watched all of season...

Lydia and Tay recap and discuss season 2, episode 2 of Bridgerton. We go on at least three rants and detour into Austen, Newsies, Lord of the Rings, and My Fair Lady. Join us in celebrating poetry month this April by insulting Byron in true Bridgerton fashion! P&P film comparison tik tok:​​https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdHrVg29/ Prank interview with Elijah Wood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8jfzN5OkI&list=PLy-0fc3G7o83gWBEDyhk4G_b6cskoRF3O&index=1 My Fair Lady: Come on...

Lydia and Tay recap & discuss episode 1, season 2, of Bridgerton. The Pride & Prejudice vibes are real, folks!What we're reading/watching:Both: Starstruck, a rom com series in the vein of Notting Hill, Our Flag Means Death, an irreverent pirate romp with surprising amounts of romance, and Taskmaster (go check it out on Youtube!)Lydia: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma, Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas, and Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev.T...

...and so are we! Lydia and Taylor return from an extended hiatus to discuss the upcoming Bridgerton season 2.Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYNCws-a6CQNetflix video we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdIeuLTXKJ4Thanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spre...

Lydia and Tay jump into gender roles and the logic of dominance among changelings with our discussion of Nalini Singh’s Branded by Fire. Mercy worries she’ll never find a mate as a dominant female and Riley thinks he wants a submissive wolf mate, but don’t worry, we relate this all back to real life (it's actually... super relatable).We’re taking a short break, listeners! We’ll be back with our next episode, Blaze of Memory, on Feb. 1. EDIT (2/16/22): We'll be back by the end of Feb!In ...

Book 6 of the Psy-Changeling series starts with a bang, and Lydia is HERE FOR IT! Tay and Lydia recap Branded by Fire and add to our series playlist.We’re back again in 2 weeks with our deep-dive discussion of this book!Psy-Changeling Playlist:Tay:Boss Bitch, Doja CatIt’s Raining Men, The Weather GirlsShut Up, Kiss Me, Angel OlsonWildest Dreams, Taylor SwiftWhat I Like About You, The RomanticsLydia:Dive, Ed SheeranKing of Anything, Sara Bareilles Mr. Know It All, Kelly ClarksonSweet Crea...

Lydia and Tay dive into themes of Hostage to Pleasure, book 5 of Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. Is Dorian a Mary Sue, and do we care? We get into a somewhat heavy discussion around women’s bodily autonomy, because sci fi is RELEVANT.Next episode: Branded by Fire Reading Recs:Enemies to loversPeter Darling, Austin Chant, (queer romantic fantasy)Magpie Lord trilogy, KJ Charles (queer historical paranormal)Folk of the Air trilogy, Holly Black, (YA Fantasy, romance comes later in the ...