Talking 'Ship

If you’ve been listening to that Vitamin String Quartet cover of “Wildest Dreams” on repeat, inviting your Hinge dates to “promenade”, or convincing yourself that the guy who “doesn’t do commitment” will change for you…. this episode is for you. In this episode, we’re joined by returning contributor, Katie Buderwitz!

In this season finale episode instead of leaving you with a kidnapped child, shot husband, he’s-back-from-the-dead cliffhanger… we’re wrapping up loose ends. We’ll be answering your questions, covering all the topics we haven’t yet, and of course, we’re breaking down what it really says about your view on romance if you are Team Michael or if you are Team Rafael. We even reach across the aisle this episode to chat with a Team Rafael Diehard, actor, and comedian Bianca Roses.

It’s been years, but we’re still a little mad at The CW for putting us through the emotional turmoil we’ll be unpacking this episode. *SPOILERS AHEAD* This week on Talking Ship we’re dropping our phones, falling to our knees, and breaking out the wine to discuss Michael’s death… and Michael’s return. We’ll get into second chances and what it takes for them to work, because while exes usually don’t randomly come back from the dead… they do randomly come back into our lives. Do we owe them another shot when they do?

Maybe it takes accidental insemination, a kidnapped baby, and uncovering a crime lord in order to develop excellent communication with your partner… or maybe we can find another way. This episode is all about Jane and Michael’s INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATION skills as they navigate married life, co-parenting, and YES… HAVING SEX

Even if you’ve never felt like Jane Villanueva, juggling two men who not only want to take her to brunch, but want to raise a child with her… we guarantee you’ve been in a love triangle before. This episode we discuss the Michael-Jane-Rafael love triangle, why she falls for each of them, and what we can learn from how they handle it.

Calling all hopeless romantics and anyone who’s been accidentally artificially inseminated… this season is for you! Happy New Year, ‘shippers we are back with a brand new season of Talking ’Ship centered on Jane and Michael from Jane the Virgin. Jane and Michael are two-thirds of one of TV’s most notorious love triangles, and if you’re team Rafael we see you and we’ll be back for you, but in the meantime we have so much to say about Jane and Michael. This episode we focus on the start of their relationship and discuss how they handle partnership and change as Jane’s life is turned upside-down. Guest co-hosted by Ximena Medina!

Before you stomp dramatically across a lawn, make sure you’ve first said exactly how you feel! This episode we break down the latter half of Normal People and discuss the lessons learned from Marianne and Connell’s relationship as they navigate their friendship, their mental health, other relationships, and coupe glasses.

If you have sexual organs and a Hulu account, then you’re probably one of the many people who screamed at their screens earlier this year at the communication breakdown between Marianne and Connell of “Normal People." In this two-part season we work through their tumultuous, but heart-wrenching relationship and what we can all learn from it. This episode covers the first half of the series including their secret high school hook-ups and how we’ve all made Marianne-style compromises. We also dissect their extremely frustrating break-up, what went wrong, and how it could have been prevented. And of course, we’re talking about the sex. Guest co-hosted by Vika Stubblebine!

To me, you are perfect. But every relationship in Love Actually most certainly is NOT. Welcome back Katie Buderwtiz and Angela Giarratana as we take you door to door through the dodgy end of Wandsworth talking cue cards, devil horns, Wisconsin babes, male friendships, banoffee pie, Joni Mitchell, hot Karl, eels, crushes that are *SO* inconvenient, and if Christmas is a time where you actually tell the truth...

After Zoom tragically deleted our first attempt at recording this episode, we are BACK with comedian and nightly viewer of The Office, Riley Westling, rolling in like Will Ferrell for the SEASON FINALE! Join us as we discuss the acceptable ways of referencing this show in your dating profile (we’d like to stop you at “beets”). Plus we'll answering some listener questions as we round-out our discussion on Jim and Pam’s relationship.