That Rom Com Pod

By Clare Fletcher and Karina May

From meetcute to rock bottom to grand gesture, Karina and Clare ride the highs and lows of classic and contemporary romantic comedies; and share insights from behind the scenes as authors of rom-co

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That Rom Com Pod episodes:

May 27, 2025 Marriage of Convenience (with Jodi McAlister)
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Guest: @jodimccalister
An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister
Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane
Marry Me Juliet series, Jodi McAlister
The Love Contract, Steph Vizard
The Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas
The Hating Game, Sally Thorne
The Paradise Problem, Roomies, Christina Lauren
My Big Fat Fake Marriage, Charlotte Stein
Seven Brides for Beau McBride, Amy Barry
Tempest, Beverly Jenkins
The Convenient Marriage, Georgette Heyer
When a Scot Ties the Knot, Tessa Dare
First Comes Marriage, Mary Balogh
To Seduce a Sinner, Elizabeth Hoyt
The Geographer’s Map to Romance, India Holton
In The Long Run, Emma Mugglestone
Mother Tongue, Naima Brown
Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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1h
May 13, 2025 Author special: Mhairi McFarlane
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Guest: Mhairi McFarlane (Follow Mhairi on Instagram @mhairimcf)

Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane (2025, HarperCollins)
You Had Me At Hello, Mhairi McFarlane (2012, HarperCollins)
Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld (2023, Penguin)
I Never Met You, Mhairi McFarlane (2019, HarperCollins)
Slow Horses (2022-24, Apple TV+)
Lucy Prebble on Culture Amp podcast
How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003, Stan)
Spy (2015, Netflix)
Here’s Looking At You, Mhairi McFarlane (2013, HarperCollins)
Out Of Sight (1998, Binge)
The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (2016, Hachette)
Last Night, Mhairi McFarlane (2021, HarperCollins)
Mad About You, Mhairi McFarlane (2022, HarperCollins)
Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane (2016, HarperCollins)
You Belong With Me, Mhairi McFarlane (2024, HarperCollins)

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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56min
April 29, 2025 Category romance (with Ally Blake)
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Guest: @allyblakebooks
Dating Deal with the Italian, Ally Blake
Adaptable
@five_bush_weddings movie updates
Lick (2024, Passionflix) / Blussh Romance Festival / Kylie Scott’s novel
Addition (2024) / Addition, Toni Jordan (2008)
The Family Next Door / Sally Hepworth’s 2018 novel
McBrides of Montana series, Amy Barry
The Winning Formula, Cara Veloce (Audible Original)
Not Here To Make Friends, Jodi McAlister
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin, Alison Goodman
What Did I Miss?, Holly Brunnbauer
Love Overdue, Ally Berg & Michelle Kalus
How to Write Academy / How to Watch Movies Like a Writer podcast
Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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1h 7min
April 15, 2025 Bookish rom coms (with Nina Kenwood)
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Guest: @NinaKenwood
Love From Scratch, Amy Hutton
The Wedding People, Alison Espach
Yellowface, Rebecca F Kuang
Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld
The Book Ninja, Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus
The Other Bridget, Rachael Johns
Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
Seven Days in June, Tia Williams
How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days
Consider Yourself Kissed, Jessica Stanley
Writers and Lovers, Lily King
The Close Up, Pip Drysdale
The Good Sister, Sally Hepworth
An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister
An Onslaught Of Light, Natasha Rai
The Woman In The Waves, Camille Booker
Three Days in June, Anne Tyler
Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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57min
April 01, 2025 Single parents (with Steph Vizard)
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Guest: @StephEVizard or her website
The Love Contract, Steph Vizard
The Banjo Prize
An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister
Special Delivery, Leesa Ronald
Maggie Alderson
How to be Second Best, Without Further Ado, Jessica Dettmann
The Idea Of You, Robinne Lee / Prime
The Last Love Note, Emma Grey
Things Will Calm Down Soon, Zoe Foster Blake
Grace Under Pressure, Tori Haschka
Inconceivable by Alexandra Collier
Talking At Night, Claire Daverley
Prep, Show Don’t Tell, Curtis Sittenfeld
The Private Island, Ali Lowe
Recorded on Gadigal land | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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53min
March 18, 2025 Real Life Romance (with Emma Grey)
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@emmagreyauthor
The Woman in The Waves, Camille Booker
August Blue, Deborah Levy
The Last Illusion of Paige White, Vanessa McCauseland
That Island Feeling & Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast Karina May
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy The Official Podcast
Riverina Readers Festival
The Last Love Note, Emma Grey
Pictures of You, Emma Grey
Everything I Know About Love, Dolly Alderton
Left On Tenth, Delia Ephron https://leftontenthbroadway.com/
Nobody Wants This
The Notebook
No Hard Feelings, Genevieve Novak
The Big Sick
More or Less Maddy, Lisa Genova
Out On A Limb, Hannah Bonam-Young
An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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57min
January 07, 2025 2024-25 Summer Reading Special
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That Island Feeling, Karina May
Karina’s upcoming events: https://linktr.ee/karinamaywrite
Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun
The Pairing, Casey McQuiston
The Last Illusion of Paige White, Vanessa McCauseland
The Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Woman in The Waves, Camille Booker
Summer in the City, Alex Aster
All Fours, Miranda July
Consider Yourself Kissed, Jessica Stanley
You Are Here, David Nicholls
Special Delivery, Leesa Ronald
Pictures of You, Emma Grey
Table For One, Emma Gannon
Best, First and Last, Amy Matthews
Haunted Hearts, Amy Hutton
Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane
Lights, Camera, Love, Natalie Murray
My Hot Housemate, Susannah Hardy
Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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1h 1min
December 17, 2024 2024 Christmas Special
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The Merry Gentlemen (2024, Netflix)
Georgia Moore posts about xmas movies @georgiamoorewriter (here’s her xmas movies highlight)
Our Little Secret (2024, Netflix)
Hot Frosty (2024, Netflix)
‘Netflix and Lifetime Ask: What if Christmas Movies Were Sexy?’ (New York Times piece includes the interview with Dustin Milligan recommended via friend of the pod, Amy Hutton)
Meet Me Next Christmas (2024, Netflix)

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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1h 10min
December 03, 2024 Age Gap Romance (with Amy Andrews)
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Guest: Amy Andrews @AmyAndrewsBooks, Facebook, website or Substack.
Warnings: Spicy language + Rivals spoilers ~15 min in

Rivals (Disney+)
‘Horniness, hedonism and hope: why Rivals makes me surprisingly nostalgic’ (Guardian)
Breaking the Ice, Amy Andrews
Breaking All the Rules, Amy Andrews
How To Write Academy
Look What You Made Me Do, Amy Andrews
A Family Affair (Netflix)
Lonely Planet (Netflix)
The Idea of You (Prime)
Natasha Lester’s substack
The Younger Man, Zoe Foster Blake
Green Dot, Madeleine Gray
Mistakes Were Made, Meryl Wilsner
Girl Falling, Hayley Scrivener
Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine
Things Will Calm Down Soon, Zoe Foster Blake
Bananapants, Penny Reid

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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1h 11min
November 19, 2024 So High School (with Gabrielle Tozer)
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Guest: Gabrielle Tozer (@gabrielletozer)
Riverina Readers Festival
Before We Met, Gabrielle Tozer
To Stir With Love, Kate Mildenhall
Chicken Shop Date - Amelia Dimoldenberg & Andrew Garfield
Nobody Wants This
The Unexpected Mess Of It All, Gabrielle Tozer
One Day, David Nicholls
Can’t Say It Went To Plan, Gabrielle Tozer
Heartstopper, Alice Oseman / Netflix
The Text Prize
Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta
Press Gang
The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt, Mark Mupotsa-Russell
The Wedding People, Alison Espach
Rapture, Emily Maguire
Things Will Calm Down Soon, Zoe Foster Blake
The Sitter, Angela O’Keefe

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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1h 21min

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