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The Hopeless Romantic

Amanda Jean delights in wrestling manuscripts for her day job, worships at the altar of tropes, and has never met a villain or sexy alien she doesn’t like. Austin Chant writes books about gay magic an... Read more

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Episode 40: Thanks for Coming to Our TED Talk

Episode 40: Thanks for Coming to Our TED Talk

Content warning: This episode contains spoilers for the movie Annihilation (as well as some spoilers for the book it's b... Read more

3 Jul 2018

1hr 12mins

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Episode 39: What's in a Pen Name?

Episode 39: What's in a Pen Name?

Content warning: This episode mentions the Killing Stalking manhwa, discusses problematic elements of dramas (such as no... Read more

12 Jun 2018

1hr 16mins

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Episode 38: Problematic Gay Stuff

Episode 38: Problematic Gay Stuff

Content warnings: This episode references potentially triggering topics, including abusive relationships, gaslighting, m... Read more

29 May 2018

1hr 17mins

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Episode 37: Meet Nasty

Episode 37: Meet Nasty

Content warning: This contains a trigger warning for a dead dog in Killing Eve and also mentions mild spoilers for the e... Read more

15 May 2018

1hr 9mins

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Episode 36: Chekhov's War

Episode 36: Chekhov's War

Content warning: We discuss (though not in any detail) Amanda's current ear infection and a staph ear infection Austin h... Read more

10 Apr 2018

1hr 14mins

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Episode 35: The State of Things

Episode 35: The State of Things

Content warning: This episode references sexual abuse and harassment, and generally a lot of toxic behavior and boundary... Read more

27 Mar 2018

1hr 3mins

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Episode 34: Manic Pixie Scottish Banana

Episode 34: Manic Pixie Scottish Banana

At the top of the episode, Austin and Amanda briefly address the ongoing revelations of misconduct and abuse within quee... Read more

13 Mar 2018

1hr 11mins

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Episode 33: If I'm Wrong, @ Me

Episode 33: If I'm Wrong, @ Me

This episode contains spoilers for God's Own Country. Celebrate Valentine’s Day two weeks late with the always-prepared ... Read more

27 Feb 2018

1hr 10mins

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Episode 32: Waiting for My Emotions to Run Out

Episode 32: Waiting for My Emotions to Run Out

Warning for very mild spoilers for The Adventure Zone podcast. We warn in-episode and it's nothing earth shattering. Aus... Read more

13 Feb 2018

1hr 12mins

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Episode 31: A Peach by Any Other Name

Episode 31: A Peach by Any Other Name

Content warning: part of this episode discusses a fictional relationship between a 17-year-old and a 24-year-old. THR re... Read more

30 Jan 2018

1hr 15mins

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