Grit & Glitter
A weekly podcast dedicated to the power of women’s wrestling. Hosted by Harley Pageot, Em Fear, and their team of correspondents known as The Glitterati.
Episodes
Harley, Mayydayy, and Val Pancakes take a look at new Philadelphia promotion Power Pro Lucha as they've concluded their first season and look ahead to the season two premiere in January!
With six shows available on IWTV, they watch a handful of matches from women like Shea McCoy, Harleen Lopez, and Erica Leigh and discuss the ongoing stories of PPL, the live experience, and the future plans of the latest home for former Chikara tal...
It's December again and that means two things:
1) Voting is now open for the 2025 Glitter Bombs!
2) It's time for our fifth annual Match Of The Year special! The Glitterati are joined by a slew of guests including Rosie Fingers, Kayla Lopez, Brianna Bandz, and Rozie The Ref to gush about their favorite women's+ matches from 2025.
Em, Harley, and BFF Brian Bell celebrate Friendsgiving by taking at look at the phenomenon that is Wrestle Yr Friends!
What is it? Where did it come from? How does one actually wrestle their friends? And is it just a silly goof or a radical political statement for a community in desperate need of brave spaces to exist in? (Spoiler alert: it's the latter.)
While the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving week, the Canadians gift a special bonus episode to their friends south of the border.
Harley asks 20 Questions to Toronto indie wrestler Wanda Delrey! They discuss life in Toronto, OperaMania, Amelia Earhart, childhood sweaters, and which dreamy WWE star first made her a wrestling fan.
It's list season and Em & Harley are looking at 40 years of People's Sexiest Man Alive!
Oh, and also the 2025 PWI Women's 250.
They discuss Mercedes Moné landing at #1 for the first time after not even ranking the last two years. Plus: Who were this year's biggest debuts and biggest tumbles? Who's ranked the most times over 18 years of lists? Who's had the most top 10 appearances? And which TV show has the highest percentag...
It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley is joined by "The Iconic Diva" Brianna Bandz to discuss training under Logan Black at T2T Wrestling Academy, wrestling Sonny Kiss, how she spoils herself, what her family thinks of her being a wrestler, and Monster High.
In the third installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Lindsay chooses four matches to get to know her and makes Harley, Em, and Mayydayy watch them.
Her watch list for this episode:
WWF No Mercy (10/17/99)
Mercedes Martinez vs. Eddie Kingston
Rise Gain 1: Stand With Knights (3/25/17)
GCW Bloodspo...
Spooky szn activated on another Halloween edition of G&G!
Lindsay talks being live in Shotzi Blackheart's House Of Horrors. Harley talks watching Wario fight Scooby-Doo at the Toronto Wrestling Club. Mayydayy talks meeting GLOW legend Hollywood.
Plus: the mf-ing' Toronto Blue Jays are in the World Series for the first time in 32 years. #WANTITALL
Harley and Em are joined by returning guests Moni Garcia and Zach Funk for the AEW draft!
6 years of elite women are up for grabs as they take turns drafting wrestlers in categories like Gold Standard, Dynamic Duos, and Women Of Honor. Who were the #1 draft picks? Whose roster is the strongest? And which show are you watching?
On September 5, 2025, beloved Oakland promotion Hoodslam disappeared from the face of the Earth. The few who lived to walk away that night are reticent to talk about what happened. But Harley managed to find one survivor to speak on the record.
Over its 15-year history, the ragtag crew of Hoodslammers were preyed on by countless outside forces from aliens and transdimensional demons to evil doppelgangers and fallen angels. How d...
This episode originally aired January 24, 2023.
On the fifth edition of Living Legends, Harley and Em chronicled the career of new TNA Hall of Famer Mickie James.
From childhoods in Virginia on her grandfather's horse farm to debuting as Alexis Laree at age 20 in 1999, Trish Stratus stalker, Piggy James, Knockouts Champion, country music singer, mother, NWA producer, and The Last Rodeo, this is what it means to be hardcore country.
...In the second installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Em chooses four matches to get to know her and makes Harley, Lindsay, and long-lost guest Bridget Clark watch them.
Her watch list for this episode:
WWF Survivor Series (11/26/8...
Em, Don, & Val Pancakes chat with Pro Wrestling Illustrated editor Kevin McElvaney about all the women who ranked on the 2025 installment of the PWI 500!
Plus: speculation on who could be the first duo to hold the new AEW women's tag team championship.
Harley was live at AEW All Out in Toronto and Meg was watching at home!
They discuss merch opportunities, not knowing how they're supposed to feel about Kris Statlander, who could possibly end Mercedes Moné's title run, and whether Beth Phoenix is here to stay. Plus: Harley explains what tailgating is to our Welsh correspondent.
It's the sixth anniversary of G&G and the debut of a new segment we're calling "Glitterati primers"! On this edition, Harley chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Em, Lindsay, and returning guest Brie Montoya watch them.
His watch list for this episode:
Marlena vs. Sunny in an arm-wrestling match
WWF Monday Night Raw (2/24/97)
Momo Watanabe vs. Jungle Kyona for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship
Stardom Stardom...
It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley chats with comedian, actress, and wrestling ring announcer Melanie Dahling!
She discusses becoming a wrestling fan as an adult, her love of Jody Threat, Can't Hardly Wait, career highlights, and working with the Toronto Wrestling Club.
Harley is joined by Meg and her partner Jim to discuss AEW Forbidden Door 2025!
Meg & Jim talk being live in attendance in the O2 Arena in London, Toni Storm vs. Athena, the TBS Championship four-way, whether Athena will disappear back to ROH now, and early indicators that the first women's Blood & Guts match may be coming.
Em and Harley welcome back Kate Meizner, singer and principal songwriter of Brooklyn power pop band Jobber, ahead of the release of their debut album To The Stars!
They discuss wrestling as a metaphor for slave-wage capitalism, wrestling music videos, wrestling as catharsis, and manifest a collab with B3CCA.
Originally conducted August 17, 2021 for the website Bell To Belles. Never before heard. Harley spoke with British wrestler Chakara on the theme of "momentum."
"What does a goddess do on her time off? 21-year-old Chakara was taking England by storm in the tail end of 2019 after two standout matches against Big Swole for Riptide Wrestling. Then a pandemic hit. For 16 months she was forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the...
On the season 15 premiere, Em throws a summer picnic with Laz and Don joining her to dig into a potluck of summer wrasslin' matches!
They discuss a graduation (of sorts), a trip to the beach, and, of course, when Ants invade the picnic. Plus: Is borscht an appropriate beach treat? What food would you bring to a summer wrestling show? And the enduring impact of Sara Del Rey.
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