Hey pals! Today, we're swooning, swearing, and slamming BRIDGERTON Season 2! We loved. We hated. And basically we died at this wildly evocative second season to Netflix's biggest hit. Kate and Anthony were the stuff of romance lover dreams. The rest...well, you'll just have to listen to find out. And if you want a refresher on what happened in the book first, don't forget to check out our episodes on THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME: 14 & 15!

A correction from Alison: in the episode I say Johnathan Bailey is an Olivier Award nominee, but he's actually won the award for best actor!

S1E1; E2; E3; E4; E5; E6; E7; E8

S3: Part 1, Part 2

Brazen banter: Rabid dog energy! Anthony's speeches! A sponsorship suggestion! Incest porn?

Cat Scale: 1

Revolutionary Resources

Go Go Squeez

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Gilbert Blythe saving Anne Shirley

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Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry. Alex and Poppy met in a very Harry Met Sally-inspired moment and then proceeded to spend 12 years being best friends and not boning even once. Never fear, dear listener, while Emily Henry makes you earn this HEA, it is more than worth it. We love these two hot dummies and we are Emily Henry stans for life. Enjoy this absolutely flawless contemporary romance!

Brazen banter: Daylight Savings! Emily Henry is a senior cat! Your karaoke song! Separate bedrooms for couples!

Cat Scale: 6.5

Revolutionary Resources

The Wicked Witch of the East, Bro!

When Harry Met Sally (trailer)

'Careless Whisper' - George Michael

'Mad Word' - Gary Jules

'Africa' - Wheezer 

'Africa' - Toto

Tin House

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

Buckeye Cookies

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Hey pals! Today, we’re falling in love with MARRYING WINTERBORNE by Lisa Kleypas. We have ultimate nouveau riche department store owner and Welsh daddy, Rhys Winterborne, and possibly the nicest person on Earth and orchid lover, Lady Helen Ravenel. These two losers fall in love and get into scrapes all around Victorian London and the British countryside, while being incredibly soft for each other. Comrades, he builds a giant greenhouse in the middle of London for her. All aboard the Winterborne train!

Brazen banter: Hyena redemption arcs! Introducing Pa! Peppermint creams! Sexual tension in historical romance!

Cat Scale: 7

Revolutionary Resources

Matthew Goode (hot but wrong Rhys fancast)

Morgan Spector (hot and correct Rhys fancast)

Cat go pro videos

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (meat-packing industry)

Pizzly bear

Young Alec Baldwin (complimentary)

Young Alec Baldwin (derogatory)

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Hey pals! Today, we put our serotonin levels in the hands of contemporary queen Colleen Hoover with listener suggestion UGLY LOVE. Meet Miles, a broody airplane pilot who desperately needs therapy, and Tate, a nurse with a love of OJ and a refusal to take no for an answer. This book took us on a rollercoaster from angry to depressed to happy until we came out loving it. We think Colleen might be some sort of warlock, tbh.

Brazen banter: Seatbelt safety! Cosmic brownies! A conversation about whether Gatorade is a healthy drink!

Cat Scale: 1

Revolutionary Resources

George W. Bush's broken smallpox promise

National Highway Traffic Safety Association

Life with Derek

A Man Called Ove

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Hey pals! Today, Alison interviews Alison Cochrun, author of our first book of the year, THE CHARM OFFENSIVE! The Alisons talk about queer identity, neurodiversity, and mental health—and how the romance genre is a safe space to explore these identities. We also play a rousing game of Fuck, Marry, Kill and ask Alison to rate her next book on the cat scale.

Brazen banter: Taylor Swift fangirling! Queer holiday Hallmark movies! Trying to convince AC to write a queer paranormal romance!

Cat Scale: 6 (Alison C's rating for her upcoming book KISS HER ONCE FOR ME)

Revolutionary Resources

Romantically Inclined meme account

EW interview with Alison Cochrun

"I Don't Dance" - HSM 2

Queer Books We Discussed

Kiss Her Once for Me (preorder!)

The Charm Offensive

Red, White, & Royal Blue

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

I'll Give You the Sun

Count Your Lucky Stars

Boyfriend Material

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (listen to our episode now!)

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows

The Hellion's Waltz

Green Creek series

In the Event of Love (preorder!)

Season of Love (preorder!)

You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince (preorder!)

A Short Taylor Swift Playlist

Call It What You Want

Love Story

Enchanted

Back to December

cowboy like me

'tis the damn season

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Website

Instagram

Twitter

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Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over a 90s classic that is definitely a romance and not an action movie: THE MUMMY (1999), starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, playing Rick and Evie, respectively. Rick is a dashing rogue of a soldier/treasure hunter/general hot man and Evie is the super competent, super sexy archaeologist who steals his heart. Together, they'll find the ancient lost treasure of Hamunaptra, accidentally awaken its all-powerful mummy, and fight/kiss like hell to send him back to the Underworld. Though Rachel and Alison definitely were more than a little pro a Mummy/Rick/Evie threesome.

Brazen banter: Unnecessary sacrifices! The Brenaissance! Your bisexual awakening! A revelation about our fav animated film, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT!

Cat Scale: 8.5

Revolutionary Resources

George of the Jungle (1997)

Rachel Maksy: Watching "The Mummy" With an Actual Egyptologist

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

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Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over SAVANNAH'S SECRETS by Reese Ryan, a sexy workplace romance. Alison is joined by a special guest host as Rachel is off writing her dissertation. Our stomachs hurt after chatting about this book because we were laughing so hard and had so much fun. This one is a true delight about our gal Savannah, who is very good at her job but very bad at being a sleuth, and literal golden retriever/Black Thor, Blake, who is head over heels for her. Hope you enjoy as much as we did!

Brazen banter: The mile high club vs. the Greyhound bathroom club! Pant suits! ASMR!

Cat Scale: 2

Revolutionary Resources: Whatever romance novel you're reading this week!

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Hey pals! Today, we’re diving back into THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME by Julia Quinn. We left Kate and Anthony just before they're about to engage in their famed pall mall game, where they once again practice violence as foreplay. Kate takes control of Anthony's balls (pun intended) and Anthony finally decides that telling a girl you like her does not make you look like a fool. Enjoy the conclusion of the love story of these two dweebs!

Part 1: Ep. 14

Season 2

Brazen banter: How many tampons does a woman need in space? Anthony's foot fetish! Mrs. Featherington is actually Fran from The Nanny! Jerry Seinfeld to guest star in season 2 of Bridgerton!

Cat Scale: 5.5

Revolutionary Resources

The history of gendered colors

Etymology of the name Alison

The goat article

Jane Austen's ugly cap

100 Tampons

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Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME by Julia Quinn, the book that reeled us back into the romance genre and saved our souls at the beginning of the pandemic and second book/fan favorite of the massively popular BRIDGERTON series. This one stars Kate Sheffield (soon to be Sharma in the show) and Lord Anthony Bridgerton, fiery enemies to lovers who love to bicker almost as much as they love their families. We had so much fun talking about this one that the recording time ran away from us, so this will be a two-parter. Enjoy part 1!

Part 2: Ep. 15

Season 2

Brazen banter: A brief history of corgis! Justice for middle children! The new Spider-Man movie! Violence as foreplay!

Cat Scale: TBA

Revolutionary Resources

"Surface Pressure" (Encanto)

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Hey pals! Welcome to the finale of our recap of TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer! We touch on all the most iconic parts of this book: the meadow scene, the vampire baseball scene (plus incredible soundtrack), the secret car chase in MIDNIGHT SUN. Most importantly, we believe that the majority of the problems in the Twilight saga would be solved if Edward and Bella just did the dirty. Enjoy, and start revving your engines for NEW MOON!

Part 1: Ep. 11; Part 2: Ep. 12

New Moon: Ep. 27, 28

Eclipse: Ep. 43, 44, 45

Breaking Dawn: Ep. 56, 57

Interview with Ilyana Kadushin: Ep. 102

Brazen banter: Alison's accidental run in with a fundamentalist cult! The Cullens: the next stars of a Fast and the Furious movie? Rachel's musings about European teenagers

Cat Scale: 9

Revolutionary Resources

Quileute Move to Higher Ground (DONATE HERE)

The Twilight rip off

Twilight short films

The River Flows in You by Yiruma

Hello, My Name is Loca

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