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Meet Cute Originals: your go-to, ever-growing library of romantic comedies, fantasies, and dramas. Discover a new serialized, addictive audio series every month, with episodes released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays. Want to binge the entire series at once? Get the full series in a convenient single-episode-feed on the last Friday of the series’ run: like an audiobook, but better. Only an earbud away, you can take Meet Cute Originals anywhere, anytime – for free. It’s no-payment entert ...
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Rom-com author Andra Loy and her husband Justin compare their perspectives on story tropes, romance, characters, the creative process, and life.
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An edgy scripted podcast that is equal part sit-com, rom-com, and hangout comedy.
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Meet Cute Romance Bookshop is a queer-owned, feminist bookshop focusing on genre romance, located in San Diego, CA. This is the Meet Cute BookPod! Our virtual and in-store events will be rebroadcast here, so if you don't live near us or you prefer to listen rather than watch via Zoom, we've got you covered! And, on top of that, we'll be doing some podcast exclusive deep dives into the world of romance writing, reading, and publishing!
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Meet-Cute and Mistletoe is a podcast dedicated to celebrating the most ridiculous aspects of today’s holiday romance movies with friends–like you! DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in each episode are those of the podcast's hosts and do not reflect those of any entertainment industry entity, company, or employee discussed within.
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Meet Cute Presents: Burn, Baby - Part 3, executive produced by Sara Shepard. When lights come back on at the Highgate, decades of data have been wiped from the Guest Services iPads – and any information about Kat's mom was wiped, too. Coincidence? Kat's not so sure. She ropes a grudging Gigi into her investigation when a hint in Alice's note points…
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Justin and I discuss what's so fun about banter, how to get better at it, and how it's not the same as flirting.由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: Cruise Ship - Part 3, by bestselling author Sara Shepard (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS). Crewmembers Harrison and Faye lead a special charter and hit it off. But Harrison gets overshadowed when Faye meets hot celebrity chef Gabriel. Story by Sara Shepard. Produced and Directed by Suha Araj. Casting Director and Line Producer: Jenn Nielse…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: Halloweenie Weekend, where Ava and Sam fit together like two hot dogs in a bun. Story by Sophie Santos. Produced, Directed, and Sound Designed by Vincent Cacchione. Starring: Samantha Cooper, Bronwyn Ariel Isaac, Carolyn Kang, Nehemiah Markos, Magali Charron, Frank Hoier, and Julie LaMendola. Follow @MeetCute on Instagram and @…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: A Night at Candlewood Manor, where reporter Harlow Starling sets out to meet famed, reclusive inventor Arthur Raines. Story by Flannery Spring-Robinson. Produced and Directed by Liz Fields. Sound Editing and Design by Teeny Lieberson. Starring: Jasper Lewis, Estes Tarver, Jason Hewett, Allen Enlow. Follow @MeetCute on Instagram…
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Meet Cute Presents: Burn, Baby - Part 2, executive produced by Sara Shepard. Kat's intimidating coworker Gigi gives her a tour of the Highgate, and sparks fly between Kat and Tyler, a charming Broadway actor staying at the hotel. Turns out Kat's living just below the penthouse with owner Renée's sexy but aloof son, Austin. Later, at her front desk …
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Meet Cute Presents: Burn, Baby - Part 1, executive produced by Sara Shepard. When Kat's mom – and mystery lover – Alice Tracy dies and leaves her a mysterious note with the address of Manhattan's Highgate Hotel, Kat leaves her tiny hometown behind to solve her mom's final puzzle. But New York is way more than she bargained for: the traffic's loud, …
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Meet Cute Presents: Cruise Ship - Part 2, by bestselling author Sara Shepard (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS). Cruise ship guest and maid of honor Frieda meets flirty Loren at her cousin’s wedding and ditches her bridesmaid’s duties to go way below deck. Story by Sara Shepard. Produced and Directed by Suha Araj. Casting Director and Line Producer: Jenn Nielse…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: The Paranormal - Part 2, Midnight Carnival, where podcast producer Priya winds up in the Tunnel of Love with video producer Jacob… just, not in the same boat. Story by Flannery Spring-Robinson. Produced and Directed by John Bowen. Casting by Rebecca Schankula. Starring: Arya Kashyap; Christopher Grant; Georgia Kate Haege; Jason…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: The Paranormal - Part 1, The Bluff, where paranormal investigator Fiona experiences two inexplicable phenomenon: phantoms and feelings. Story by Flannery Spring-Robinson. Produced and Directed by John Bowen. Original Music by John Angier. Casting by Rebecca Schankula. Starring: Georgia Kate Haege; Jason Yudoff; Arya Kashyap; Di…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: The Paranormal - Part 3, Bed & Breakfast & Ghosts, where paranormal podcast producer Amy finds herself haunted by history–and an urbane novelist–in a New England bed & breakfast. Story by Flannery Spring-Robinson. Produced and Directed by John Bowen. Casting by Rebecca Schankula. Starring: Di Quon; Dennis Kleinman; Michael Nico…
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Justin and I discuss what makes a rom-com wingman (and how to pluralize or feminize the word) and drop a big twist on the whole idea when we start looking at real movie examples.由Andra Loy
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Meet SPOOK Presents: The Screamies - Part 1, where new kid Freddie finally meets someone he can really connect with: a VHS-dwelling demon named Aynsley. Story by Magi Calcagne. Director and Producer: Suha Araj. Audio Producer: Sean Paulsen. Casting Director and Line Producer: AJ Nielsen. Starring: Elliott Ross, Monique Thomas, Heather Foster, Micha…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: The Screamies - Part 2, where normal high schoolers Mikey and Bobby realize they’ve both been hiding a very sharp-toothed secret. Story by Magi Calcagne. Director and Producer: Suha Araj. Audio Producer: Sean Paulsen. Casting Director and Line Producer: AJ Nielsen. Starring: Tom Carman, Craig First, Allen Winter, Monique Thomas…
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Meet SPOOK Presents: The Screamies - Part 3, where Jasmine and Sophia meet at a study abroad program and learn about majorly creepy cult-ure. Story by Magi Calcagne. Director and Producer: Suha Araj. Audio Producer: Sean Paulsen. Casting Director/Line Producer: AJ Nielsen. Starring: Kristen Sullivan, Alessandra Levy, Elliott Ross, Desiree Rodriguez…
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Meet Cute Presents: Cruise Ship - Part 1, by bestselling author Sara Shepard (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS). Cruise Director Corby meets the brand-new Captain Karl, and as the ship hits rough seas, so does their working relationship. Story by Sara Shepard. Produced and Directed by Suha Araj. Casting Director and Line Producer: Jenn Nielsen. Audio Producer: …
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Meet Cute Presents: Burn, Baby, a romantic-mystery executive produced by Sara Shepard. When Kat Tracy, a small town bookworm, inherits a postcard that reads “One last puzzle - if you’re up for it” from her late mother, she’s thrown into a mystery revolving around New York City’s finest hotel: The Highgate. As she uncovers old secrets, Kat drifts fu…
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Meet Cute Presents: Cruise Ship, by bestselling author Sara Shepard (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS). The majestic cruise ship, Queen Beatrice, is on her inaugural voyage, giving us a view straight through the porthole and into the lives of her eccentric passengers. From a celebrity-chef-love-triangle to a newly-widowed-woman rediscovering herself, a kaleidos…
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2002 - Part 6. Izzy decodes the mysterious hacker’s identity and Danny pops Val a different question. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Vincent Cacchione. Sound Design and Mixing by Vincent Cacchione. Featuring "Horrible" by Mela. Starring: Gretchen Calder, Hannah Church, Edie Salas-Miller, R…
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I had the immense privilege and pleasure of sitting down in September with award-winning contemporary and historical romance author Pepper Basham to pick her brain about writing romance and tricks to nailing the male POV.由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: The Girls’ Girls - Part 6, Callie and Maeve both find themselves lonely without their new friendship. James tries to cheer up Callie, as Mary takes Maeve out on a date. Little do Callie and Maeve know, but James and Mary have something up their sleeves to bring the two women back together. Story by Kyra Noonan. Produced and Dire…
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Meet Cute Presents: The Girls’ Girls - Part 5, Callie and Maeve investigate social media to discover that the fake James G is close to home. The group of four venture to the hospital and track him down, confronting him for his actions. Callie catches Mary and Maeve getting close. Callie decides that Maeve might not be the friend she needed after al…
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2002 - Part 5. Izzy, Natalie, and Val finally reconnect like old times and start healing each other. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Vincent Cacchione. Sound Design and Mixing by Vincent Cacchione. Starring: Edie Salas-Miller, Hannah Church, Gretchen Calder, Robb Moreira, Magali Charron. Fo…
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Meet Cute Presents: The Girls’ Girls - Part 4, Callie and Maeve come face to face with… the wrong guy. But are surprised to find they like him. He joins the hunt in finding the fake “James G.” Maeve agrees to go on a date with Mary. Story by Kyra Noonan. Produced and Directed by Mia Walker. Sound Design and Editing by UptownWorks - Bailey Trierweil…
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Meet Cute Presents: The Girls’ Girls - Part 3, Callie and Maeve succeeded in getting "James G" to bite on their fake profile. But when he arrives on the date with "Taylor", their fictional character, the pay off isn't as great as they imagined. Callie is determined to learn why but discovers something totally unexpected. Story by Kyra Noonan. Produ…
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Justin and I finish telling our story of how we met and Justin's perspective on the proposal surprised me, even after 23 years of marriage.由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2002 - Part 4. Val and Natalie finally confront each other, while Izzy finds the courage to confess her feelings to Laura. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Vincent Cacchione. Sound Design and Mixing by Vincent Cacchione. Starring: Gretchen Calder, Sydney Bell, Samantha Cooper, Edie Salas-Mil…
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Meet Cute Presents: The Girls’ Girls - Part 2, Maeve and Callie team up to hunt down James G. They decide the best way to handle him is to give him a taste of his own medicine -- a ghosting. They create a fake profile and match with him. Phase 1. Story by Kyra Noonan. Produced and Directed by Mia Walker. Sound Design and Editing by UptownWorks - Ba…
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Meet Cute Presents: The Girls’ Girls - Part 1, when two twenty-somethings end up at the same Williamsburg brewery, bemoaning to the bartender that a guy just stood them up, two tables become one. They commiserate over bad dates and New York and no men, then both agree, Parent Trap style, to share their intended date. Surprise surprise, it’s the sam…
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2002 - Part 3. Val worries that Danny is planning to ask a question that she isn’t ready to answer. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Vincent Cacchione. Sound Design and Mixing by Vincent Cacchione. Starring: Edie Salas-Miller, Robb Moreira, Gretchen Calder, Hannah Church, Alan Kelly, Vincent…
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Meet Cute Presents: When two twenty-somethings end up at the same Williamsburg brewery, bemoaning to the bartender that some guy just stood them up, two tables become one. They commiserate over bad dates, New York and no men, then both agree, Parent Trap style, to share their date's profile. In a city of 8 million people: it’s the same guy! But the…
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Justin and I tell the story of our meet-cute and whirlwind romance in the Czech Republic while keeping a tally of all the romance tropes we hit along the way. Actually, Andra keeps a tally and Justin decides to be a referee. Books referenced: Loyally Luke by Pepper Basham由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2002 - Part 2. Nat’s erratic and irresponsible behavior ramps up as she escapes into Izzy’s virtual dating experiment. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Vincent Cacchione. Sound Design and Mixing by Vincent Cacchione. Starring: Hannah Church, Gretchen Calder, Edie Salas-Miller, Jacquelyn Land…
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2002 - Part 1. Valentina and Natalie, who aren’t speaking, separately surprise Izzy at Oberlin, and announce they’re staying for the summer. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Vincent Cacchione. Sound Design and Mixing by Vincent Cacchione. Starring: Gretchen Calder, Sydney Bell, Samantha Coop…
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer, 2002. Two years after their grand tour of Europe, the girls are back and decide to honor their pact to spend every summer together. Natalie and Val go to visit Izzy, still on campus in Ohio, and participate in a dating experiment. Only…Natalie and Val aren’t on speaking terms anymore. Things aren’t working out for t…
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era - Part 6, Finally back in the present, April is desperate to find Josh before walking down the aisle to Bobby—but it’s too late—the ceremony is starting! Story by Siena Streiber. Directed & Produced by Justin Casselle & Alanna Bennett. Editing and Sound Design by Sean Paulsen. SVP, Production: Lucie Ledbetter. …
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era - Part 5, In the seventies, April—desperate to forget her kiss with Josh and get back to the present for good—admits to Josh that her hatred for weddings stems from her parents' failed marriage. April finds it hard to speak from the heart in her vows to Bobby...until she starts thinking about someone else. Stor…
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Justin and I have differing perspectives on Sunshine characters. See who you agree with (and vote by emailing me). Mentioned in the podcast: Cole and Laila are Just Friends by Bethany Turner, Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer, Lost, Charlie Brown由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era - Part 4, April finds herself at her Gatsby Era wedding reception. It may be Prohibition, but she finally decides to let loose and try the champagne, only to wind up making a huge mistake...or so she claims. Story by Siena Streiber. Directed & Produced by Justin Casselle & Alanna Bennett. Editing and Sound Desi…
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era - Part 3, April is stuck in a time loop, at a wedding that looks suspiciously like Bridgerton. And she’s the bride. Story by Siena Streiber. Directed & Produced by Justin Casselle & Alanna Bennett. Editing and Sound Design by Sean Paulsen. SVP, Production: Lucie Ledbetter. Head of Development: Savannah Hankinso…
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era - Part 2, April is stuck in Ancient Rome, and it turns out her only hope of getting back to her wedding day is by trusting best friend Josh, who has been lying to her their entire friendship. Story by Siena Streiber. Directed & Produced by Justin Casselle & Alanna Bennett. Editing and Sound Design by Sean Pauls…
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era - Part 1, April is getting married today and is determined to avoid every wedding cliché. But that may become difficult when she finds herself transported back in time and forced to face traditions of weddings past. Story by Siena Streiber. Directed & Produced by Justin Casselle & Alanna Bennett. Editing and So…
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Justin and I unpack the grumpy-character side of this popular trope - why readers love reading about cynical or reticent leads, when it works, and even some made-up rules for Grumps. Mentioned in the episode: Romance Storyline Tropes by Tara Ericson and Jessica Barber由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2000 - Part 6. At the Romance Convention, the girls have one last chance to prove that Paris really is the City of Love. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Julia Thompson. Sound Mixing and Editing by Zubin Hensler. Starring: Edie Salas-Miller, Hannah Church, Gretchen Calder, Robb Moreira, Tara…
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Meet Cute Presents: In My Wedding Era. To April, weddings are archaic, misogynistic, a waste of time and money—yet, she’s moments away from tying the knot with her perfect-on-paper fiancé, Bobby. But when April and Josh—her and Bobby’s longtime best friend—suddenly find themselves magically transported to weddings across the ages, April’s thoughts …
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2000 - Part 5. When Val and Danny reunite in Rome, Val realizes it might be too late for a big romantic gesture. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Julia Thompson. Sound Mixing and Editing by Zubin Hensler. Starring: Edie Salas-Miller, Hannah Church, Gretchen Calder, Robb Moreira, Tom Donoghue…
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Meet Cute Presents: That Summer: 2000 - Part 4. With Val desperate to find Danny in Rome but no way of getting there, Izzy lands the girls seats on a Lesbian tour bus. Story by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Produced and Directed by Julia Thompson . Sound Mix and Editing by Zubin Hensler. Starring: Edie Salas-Miller, Hannah Church, Gretchen Calder, Savann…
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Andra and Justin discuss what settings they think promote romance and why...except they don't exactly agree.由Andra Loy
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Meet Cute Presents: Most Unlikely - Part 6, Jasmine has been humiliated but Ryan doesn’t care… he’s ready to whisk her away to his fabulous life. But Jasmine thinks she might be in love with Andrew. Story by Ali Lu. Produced and Directed by Mia Walker. Sound Design and Editing by UptownWorks - Bailey Trierweiler, Daniela Hart, Noel Nichols. Additio…
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Meet Cute Presents: Most Unlikely - Part 5, Ryan is in town, but Jasmine can’t stop thinking about what happened—or might have happened—last night with Andrew. Story by Ali Lu. Produced and Directed by Mia Walker. Sound Design and Editing by UptownWorks - Bailey Trierweiler, Daniela Hart, Noel Nichols. Story Editor: Amarlie Foster. SVP, Production:…
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