Besties Do Verticals
Besties Aleta and Lucy sit down for a cozy chat as we recap and discuss LGBTQIA Vertical Dramas and actors. So, grab your beverage of choice and join us!
Episodes
In Episode 22 we recap and discuss In His Cold Eyes from MyDrama. Join the Besties as they gush about the spice, and lament about the triggering parents! This steamy hockey BL has Heated Rivalry vibes and a happily ever after!
It's our 21st episode, Besties! Settle in and join us as we recap Craving My British Cowboy, a new boylove vertical on Reelshort and Inverted!
Created by Onset Octopus it stars Adam Santa Cruz and Elliott Eason. We really enjoyed this one, Lucy didn't even need the
soapbox much this week!
We are so lucky to have our sixth interview guest this week! The award-winning director of Waterboy, JP (Jen Parkhill) joined us for a chat! In addition to discussing what it was like working with Sky and Declan, we got into their impressive resume, and their hopes for the future of queer media especially in the realm of verticals. Besties, we loved chatting with JP, you don’t want to miss this one!
Watch it on YouTube for the...
Episode 19 is another recap, and this time it's another girl love! We discuss Say Yes to My Tomboy Roommate, which is available for free on Tiktok Shorts. In this sweet YA vertical, starring Nare Israelyan and Cailin Peluso, a cheerleader discovers that her feelings for her tomboy roommate go far beyond friendship.
***DISCLAIMER*** Even though this vertical is YA, the podcast episode itself is not. Lucy drops many F bombs!
We are so thrilled to have our 5th guest this week! Our bestie Greg Duffy joined us for a chat, and we got into his acting, music, and obsession with scents! You don’t want to miss this one! Watch it on YouTube for the full Duffy experience.
It’s our 17th Episode, besties! We are recapping the DramaWave vertical Seducing My Hockey Rival. This spicy hockey romcom stars Cayman Cardiff and Zachary Shadrin. Grab your favorite beverage and join us while we discuss the shenanigans and the Cayman Cardiff smolder!
Besties I cannot believe we already have our fourth guest on the podcast! Actor Tristan Green, star of Bound to My Hot Rival joins us for a chat. We discussed his approach to character development and his hilarious TikTok sketches as well as his upcoming projects! Tune in to watch Tristan charm the heck out of Lucy and Aleta!
Join us and watch on YouTube for the best experience!
Episode 15 is another super special one! Actor Declan Clifford joins the besties for our third interview episode.
We discuss how Declan's husband Riley encouraged him to start acting and dig into his vertical career a bit.
Then Lucy and Declan share their passion for The Vampire Diaries, and we learn some previously unknown behind the scenes stories! We hope you'll join us; we had a great time!
***Don't forget to WATCH...
It's our 14th episode and we're recapping the sequel to Waterboy - Second Down.
Besties, it's another long episode which is not surprising for an interactive vertical.
Lucy was very emotional about this one, but overall, another stellar vertical thanks to JP, Sky, and Declan.
Lots of serious conversation but in true Besties fashion it gets unhinged towards the end!
Besties we are so incredibly excited to present our second interview episode, and it's a long one but we don't think you will mind at all!
Actor Andrew Tong joins us and we discuss his experience in the vertical space, theatre, and singing..
And we discover a hitherto unknown passion of Andrew's... a certain Pirate movie franchise!
Andrew was just a joy to speak with, and we are so very grateful to him for taking so much t...
It's Episode 12 already, Besties! And this time we recap Waterboy, winner of the Vertical Drama Love Awards Vertical of the Year. Grab a fun beverage and settle in, this is an interactive vertical so it's another long episode!
In episode 11, Lucy and Aleta discuss the girl love drama "The Summer In Between".
This YA story is set in a summer camp for rich kids; poor orphan Emily is there to win a scholarship. But half siblings Kat and Kris have other plans for her.
Episode 10 is a long one, Besties! It gets spicy and serious as we recap the brand new Reelshort interactive BL, Stableboy! Lucy stayed up all night to watch and prepare so that we could get this out asap! This is such a fun show, and we were excited to see the special guest cameo! We hope you love it as much as we did.
In Episode 9 the Besties discuss A Shot At Love.
An elevated vertical experience from the brand new app Chera TV. This girl love drama has a unique look and feel compared to traditional verticals. Check out our recap.
In Episode 8 your besties have our first podcast guest!
Our good friend, writer Jeanette Kauffman, agreed to speak with us about her experience writing vertical scripts and breaking into the vertical market.
In Episode 7 we are feeling the pressure of so many new queer verticals releasing at once! We recap and discuss a new BL “The Stepbrother I Hate to Love”, and to no one’s surprise, Lucy has another soapbox moment.
In this episode of Besties Do Verticals we talk Tutoring My Rival Boy, a personal favorite of Lucy and Aleta, which is on ReelShort and stars Evan Gambardella and Sky Kawai. Directed by Emily Qiu, this sweet and spicy boylove drama is at 34.9 million views at time of publication!
On this episode we discuss The Prince’s First Love. This ReelShort BL vertical stars Andrew Tong and Greg Duffy. This Prince and Pauper / Enemies to Lovers boylove drama is based on a Korean manhwa of the same name. Spoiler alert, it gets spicy as we recite some of the notable lines!
On this episode we take a break from the spicy ones as we recap and discuss Next Door, the recently released BL vertical from Candyjar. Starring Nic Hermick and Justin Stanek, and directed by Caroline Playler.
This sweet story about two high school boys who find love together has Heartstopper vibes.
Buckle up, besties! This week is a little unhinged! We recap and discuss Drive Him Wild on DramaWave, starring Greg Duffy and Jeff Lawless. This laugh out loud hockey romcom is as spicy as it is funny!
***UPDATE*** We found out hours before this episode released that the title for "Drive Him Wild" is now "Tamed By My Hockey Doctor" on DramaWave and was changed on 5/4/26.
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