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
Em and Harley discuss the first four episodes of season one of Margo's Got Money Troubles, now streaming on Apple TV!
They discuss differences between the book and the show, the casting of Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Ford as a plot device, and all the wrestling tie-ins and connections.
(Originally aired January 28, 2025.)
Em and Harley talk to author Rufi Thorpe about her novel, Margo's Got Money Troubles, in which a struggling single mom turns to OnlyFans with the advice of her retired pro wrestler father.
Now an 8-episode TV series from Apple TV, A24, and showrunner David E. Kelley starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman.
Val Pancakes was live in Las Vega for Mania week and attended 14(!) different wrestling shows. She shares some of her favorite women's matches from the week with Em and Harley and they break down Effy's Big Gay Brunch 11, main evented by DARK Sheik vs. Nyla Rose.
In which Lindsay takes an 8-hour bus trip to Canada to join Harley for Greektown Pro Wrestling!
Featuring the Toronto debut of B3CCA, The Hex vs. Katie Arquette in a handicap match, Eddie Kingston meet & greets, frat boy fans, Lady Frost, Dani Mo, and begrudging respect to the pizza meme wrestler.
In the seventh installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Val Pancakes chooses three matches to get to know her and makes Em and Lindsay watch them.
Her watch list for this episode:
ODB vs. Awesome Kong vs. Tara for the TNA Knockouts Championship
TNA Bound For Glory (10/18/09)
Magnum Pro Anniversary Volume X (1/16/21)
Kris Statlander vs. Ashley Vox in last creature standing
Limitless Twiligh...
Get ready, cause this is one for the girlypops! Emmi, LBakes & VCakes are together for another episode of glitter! the weekly pod all about our favorite wrestle hunks and dreamy dreamboats!
Ohhh girlies, we got a good one for you this week as our trio chat about their current wrassle crushes, daydream about the perfect wrestling date and redo their rooms with a little helpful horoscopes.
Plus C.R.E.E.P.S. join us to answer your...
Living Legends is a series where Harley and Em deep dive into the careers of overlooked women in wrestling to explain why they deserve their flowers.
From Savage Garden stan to pot-smoking hippie, main eventing the first four Shimmer shows, running the ROH and Shimmer dojos, doing yoga on Wrestlicious, and being the first person to wrestle Manami Toyota in America, this is the life and career of Daizee Haze!
WATCH LIST
In the sixth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Laz chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Em, Lindsay, and Don watch them.
His watch list for this episode:
WWE WrestleMania 35 (4/7/19)
Ryse Of A Contender 2 (10/8/21)
Em talks to Sara Cannon (director of partnerships for Enjoy Wrestling) and Michael J. Gibson (Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania) about how the Enjoy/Planned Parenthood partnership came to be, the Enjoy cohort program, and why wrestling is for everyone!
(Note: the New Pledge A Picketer form doesn't have a message feature, but you can send messages of support to the PPWPA Instagram.)
Harley, Em, and Lindsay check in with an update on the future of Grit & Glitter.
In the fifth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Don chooses four matches to get to know them and makes Em, Lindsay, and Val Pancakes watch them.
Their watch list for this episode:
Trish Stratus vs. Lita for the WWE Women's Championship
WWE Raw (12/6/04)
Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim in a last knockout standing match
TNA Slammiversary XI (6/2/13)
Kasey Kirk vs. Danny Demanto
ICW No Holds Barred Volume 24 (4/1/22)
*...
Lindsay, Harley, Em, and Val Pancakes travel to a post-apocalyptic wasteland to witness monks, cyborgs, shamans, and Russian assassins battle for the richest prize around - nothing.
Kill City Cup (2023). It's sort of a movie, sort of campy, almost fun at points. Starring Natalia Markova, April Hunter, Brian Cage, Jimmy Jacobs, and more. Mortal Kombat meets WWE? Sure, I guess.
It's a new year and that means it's time for TNA to re-premiere once again on another new channel. This time - AMC!
Harley, Mayydayy, and Laz lock in and watch the entire show (not just the women) and discuss The Elegance Brand vs. The IInspiration, technical mishaps, "celebrity" guests, and so many former WWE superstars. It's an altar where sacrifice meets revelation and we're in our NXTNAMC era.
In the fourth installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Mayydayy chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Harley, Em, and Lindsay watch them.
His watch list for this episode:
Americana vs. Col. Ninotchka for the GLOW Crown
GLOW S1E26 (12/21/86)
AJW Doumu Super Woman Great War ~ Big Egg Wrestling Universe (11/20/94)
Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong in a no disqualification match for the ...
Harley and Em kick off 2026 with their annual wrestlutions!
They're joined by wrestling photographer Jess Skye to check in on last year's wrestling resolutions and see how they fared before making new resolutions for the year ahead including travel goals and podcast goals.
It's the seventh annual Glitter Bombs, honoring the best in women's wrestling in 2025! You voted and now your results are revealed in categories like Favorite Wrestler, Match Of The Year, and Musical Artist Of The Year.
The Runway host! Guest presenters including Anton Voorhees, author Rufi Thorpe, and comedian Melanie Dahling! Special acceptance speeches from winners. And Veda Scott inducted into the Grit & Glitter Hall Of...
(Originally aired February 2020.)
On the first G&G Valentine's Day special, Harley and his girlfriend, Monika, talked to Veda Scott and "Speedball" Mike Bailey about how they met, managing dating and long-distance in professional wrestling, deciding whether or not to go public with their relationship, and teaming together in the ring.
(Originally aired April 2022.)
Living Legends is a series where Harley and Em deep dive into the careers of active wrestlers to explain why they should be getting their flowers now.
From balancing law school with time in the ROH Dojo, training under Daizee Haze, winning the PWI award for Rookie Of The Year, work in ROH, Shimmer, Stardom, and TJPW, meeting Speedball, and transitioning into commentary, this is the life and career of ...
Don and Val Pancakes chat with Boston wrestler Zoey Cannon about working with MLW, missing five months due to an ACL tear, and teaming with Democracy Rocks!
It's a very creepy Christmas as Harley and Em are joined by Andey Ripley & Irving West of Glitter Bomb nominated tag team C.R.E.E.P.S.! They each choose a Christmas wrestling match from a different decade and a different promotion to watch and discuss including:
Lord Steven Regal vs. Dean Malenko for the WCW Television Championship
WCW Monday Nitro (12/23/96)
a 9-Knockout S...
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