Heart to Hearties

Heart to Hearties

The Official Hearties Aftershow brings the fans’ questions directly to our cast and crew of the Hallmark Channel hit series WHEN CALLS THE HEART. More than 500k views. Produced by the volunteer admins of the Official Hearties social media channels and the Hearties Family Reunion. Forbes Magazine has hailed the Hearties not once but twice, calling us “one of the most vibrant grassroots ‘fandoms’ in media today.” Together, the official Hearties social media channels have more than 347k followers. We love giving you a voice and bringing your questions and comments to our artists and storytellers. We solicit questions from Hearties each week during the season via our Official Facebook group and via email at officialhearties@gmail.com. One question per Heartie and include your hometown. Enjoy!

Episodes

May 9, 2026 6 mins

Actor Lachlan Quarmby joins Heart to Hearties to share Mountie & spoiler scoop from the Season 1 finale of Hope Valley: 1874. Be it waltz signs, arrests, or mineral hunts, Alexander Vaughn is at the center of the drama!

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With the season finale upon us, Lachlan Quarmby joins Heart to Hearties to hype an action-filled episode with his character front and center! He shares his acting journey, his love of riding horses Robin and R2, and ponders his compatibility with Olivia. Enjoy this talk with the actor playing a grad from the first RCMP class!   

 

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Roan Curtis talks about her Hallmark debut on the Hope Valley prequel—and Olivia’s relatable indecision about her future and the two attractive bachelors in town. She talks about her friends on and off set and what’s coming up in the season finale of Hope Valley: 1874.

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Actors Neil Crone and Jon McLaren tell us all about Ronnie Stewart and Sam Tremblay—the dynamic duo we didn’t know we needed! In this episode of Heart to Hearties, we chat about the delightful comedy that makes the Ronnie-Sam partnership so fun to watch, consider Ronnie’s and Sam’s back stories, and tease what they’ll be up to the rest of season 3. So much laughter in this episode! You can catch When Hope Calls: Brookfield Thursday...

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Baker of sour dough, frontier prospector family, and Ned Yost’s bloodline, the actress who portrays Rachel on Hope Valley: 1874 joins us to dish her first season story arc. Matreya Scarrwener shares her existing and emerging friendships with cast mates and her respect for her scene partner and onscreen husband Grayson Gurnsey. And the privilege of bringing a postpartum mama storyline to the screen.  

 

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Actor Grayson Gurnsey talks about giving life to Lars Yost & establishing a permanent lore on Hope Valley: 1874 that crosses over to When Calls the Heart. Grayson takes us behind the scenes including weather and baby for the young Yost family (Lars, Rachel and baby Ned) as they are figuring out their next move.

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Actors Sarah Fisher and Nick Bateman are bringing us more of Hannah Lawrence and Wyatt Parker’s story in season 3 of When Hope Calls: Brookfield. In this episode of Heart to Hearties, they share some behind the scenes tidbits, talk about their characters’ journeys so far, and tease Hannah and Wyatt’s adventures this season — will there be a triangle?! When Hope Calls new episodes drop on Thursdays on Great American Pureflix and the...

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Playing Clayton on Hallmark+'s series Hope Valley:1874, actor Jedidiah Goodacre shares his take on life as a smitten blacksmith. He suggests Clayton's back story, loyalties, and the reasons he's fallen so hard for Olivia, the artist he continually seeks out at the trading post. Hear where the season is headed and what might lie in store in the finale for Clayton!

 

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Production Manager Mike Magnusson walks us through some of our filled-with-wonder moments from Season 13 of When Calls the Heart — and makes our jaws drop revealing the challenges they overcame to film Hope Valley: 1874. He gives us updates on some of our treasured Hope Valley animals and lends us insights on the scenes and the stars we adore.

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Actress Chelsea Hobbs, whose Hallmark Christmas movies have graced our screens for years, makes her debut on Hope Valley: 1874 as Peggy McCabe. Enjoy Chelsea taking the Hearties behind the scenes to the barnyard fun of their rustic shoots, the rapport she built with costars playing her husband and children, and the friendships and fulfillment Peggy is forging on the frontier.

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Actor Brad Abramenko, who has been riding since childhood, shares why the role of Nash McCabe is a dream come true—and what unfolds as Nash gets hurt this season on Hallmark+'s new show, Hope Valley: 1874. Brad gives us the scoop on his home in what Hearties will recongize is a row house, the horses he rides, and the tone he sets as the ranch foreman, husband, and father of two. 
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Longtime WCTH writer Elizabeth Stewart returns to Heart to Hearties, sharing what attracted her to the Hallmark+ prequel. She details the mother-daughters dynamics Jill Hennerssy and Roan Curtis are depicting—and the story of Rebecca’s best we can expect to uncover. She shares more Easter eggs to look for & the history on the frontier that drives the dilemmas the ranchers, prospectors, and businesswomen will face.

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Co-Creator & Executive Producer waxes poetic about the Season 13 finale—and the fan community that he helped foster. He answers tough fan questions and welcomes Hope Valley: 1874 to the world on its Hallmark+ premiere week. He talks about upcoming projects and the Hearties Family Reunion to come! 
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Veteran Hallmark movie actor Benjamin Ayres joins Heart to Hearties to dish about his time working at the Jamestown Movie Set and with the production team from When Calls the Heart. He reveals the casting process, the cowboy schooling, the weather perils, the headtrip of a lawless frontier, working with Bethany Joy Lenz, and Tom's "medium rare steak" persona. 

 

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Former When Calls the Heart Showrunner reveals the inspiration behind the prequel that launched this week on Hallmark+. He talks Easter eggs, shared locations and so much new ground to cover as we travel back in time to the years before Coal Valley—-and the town we would come to love as Hope Valley—was settled. Hear the back story and anticipate the unfolding mystery with episodes dropping every Thursday.   

 

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Heart to Hearties welcomes three of our storytellers as we celebrate the triumph of Season 13 and look forward to Season 14. Co-creator Brian Bird, Showrunner Joy Gregory, and #2 Writer David Grae answer your questions, address dangling threads, and reveal the discussions and thought that went into the epic water tower proposal, the ring, LJ's climb, Lucas' stepping down as governor, the brail plaque, Edie and Lucas' first kiss, an...
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Actresses Andrea Brooks and Johannah Newmarch anticipate the series finale of When Calls the Heart’s Season 13 with their stories and romantic hints. They answer Hearties’ questions and talk about their “work wife” relationship as well as 20s glam they dove into this season. The Hallmark series ends its Season 13 run this week.

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Showrunner Joy Gregory talks about her time on set—and reflects on the conception of Episode 11, as we near the end of Season 13 of When Calls the Heart. She answers Hearties’ questions about Henry and Christopher; Bill and Georgie; Joseph’s spurning of the handshake; Lucas’ career considerations; LJ’s untimely tree climbing and thwarted proposal attempts. Enjoy delving into the back stories and turning to the balm of community as ...

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Actor James Drew Dean joins Heart to Hearties, answering fan questions and reveals his experiences working with Martin Cummins, who plays his father on the Hallmark show When Calls the Heart. He talks stunts, troubled lives, duplicity, redemption, and silent scenes. Enjoy this big talent — and hold your breath that Christopher emerges as the fire investigation trial wraps up. 

 

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Reprising their role on Hallmark’s Nelly Loves Mysteries, actors Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith star in Saturday night’s All Manners of Murder. They investigate a murder that takes place at a bougie dinner party at a stunning manor estate, featuring a host of suspicious estranged family members competing for an inheritance. Hear Pascale & Kavan banter about filming—and about the remaining episodes of Season 13 of When Calls the...

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