Episodes
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Heated Rivalry vs. Off Campus: The Season 2 Showdown
We don't want to pit Heated Rivalry up against Off Campus...so why are the season 2 release schedules giving us no choice?! Becca and Anne kick off the episode with some much-needed libbing out about the blue wave and its implications for the romance genre, specifically queer romance! Then we're...
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Summer Camp for Romance Readers?! Bummer Camp 2026 recap
We're here! We're queer! We're reading sapphic smut by the campfire in front of 80 campers in rural Wisconsin! Bummer Camp, an annual bookish summer camp for adults hosted by author Ann Garvin in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, had its first romance only weekend this year...and Becca had the privilege…
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Sapphic Romance Summer feat. For the Bride
Can we interest you in a book that will have you absolutely cackling one minute and full body sobbing the next? It's the USA Today bestselling sapphic romance, For the Bride! And ultimately? It was written by one of our hosts! This episode contains MANY spoilers for For the Bride by Becca…
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Every Year After vs. Every Summer After
If you loved Every Summer After by Carley Fortune...you honestly might not love Every Year After, the new series on Amazon Prime that may contain light traces of the book. Becca is a Carley Fortune fiend. Anne watched the show but has never read the books. Together, they unpack season one: what...
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Off Campus: the show vs. the book series
Season one of Off Campus brings Elle Kennedy's The Deal to the screen...but only after shaving off a lot of the sexism! Thank GOD! Romance author Becca Grischow and voracious romance reader Anne Olson are talking soundtrack, casting, and the changes made when bringing Hannah and Garrett's story…
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Stoney Little Podcast
Romance novels + marijuana? Our two favorite things! Welcome to ~stoney~ little podcast. Queer romance author Becca Grischow and voracious romance reader Anne Olson are here to talk about romance novels while under the influence. Expect chaos and giggles while Anne and Becca try to map their...
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Onley James writes unhinged MM romance (and we're into it)
Necessary Evils? More like Necessary Reading! Voracious romance reader Anne Olson introduces queer romance author Becca Grischow to the world of Onley James with MOONSTRUCK, the third book in Onley James' Necessary Evils series. This is an "Anne-isode." We're diving into Anne's current romance...
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Bachelor Nation and The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
It's a miracle, Bachelor nation: Taylor Frankie Paul has blown up the franchise at the same time we were reading The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun! Queer romance author Becca Grischow introduces voracious romance reader Anne Olson to the world of Alison Cochrun. Consider this a "Becca-sode"...
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People We Meet on Vacation vs. Heated Rivalry: Battle of the Book Adaptations
What happens when the romance world gets two back-to-back adaptations from the page to the screen? A lot of opinions, that's what. Queer romance author Becca Grischow and voracious romance consumer Anne Olson dive into the changes in the adaptation of PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION and discuss our...
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Heated Rivalry: the books, the boys, and the little Canadian show that could
Can't get enough of Heated Rivalry? Neither can we. Romance author Becca Grischow and voracious romance reader Anne Olson embrace their theater kid energy and dig into the changes between Rachel Reid's books and the tv adaptation of Heated Rivalry.