Romancing the Pod

Romancing the Pod

Each week Paige and Todd review a romantic movie and break down the good, the bad, and the funny. Give it a listen, we’ll have you at hello.

Episodes

December 11, 2025 109 mins

“Bitch, I am the Wizard”

This week’s most romantic movie is… Wicked. This film has everything: A flying squirrel playing drums, A master in chaos theory doing shitty slight of hand, And a Orgy when you least expect it. If you love erotically serious line readings, talking horses, and square-trouser roasts, this episode’s for you!

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“The sexiest thing a man can wear is a properly fitting apology.”

This week’s most romantic movie is… Die Hard. This film has everything: The world’s scariest airport, Graceful high kicks, And a man standing in front of his wife asking her to duck already. If you love film-school flexes, Krampus-level holiday pettiness, and Karate Kid chaos in a skyscraper, this episode’s for you!

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November 27, 2025 100 mins

“ We’re Americans and consumerism is our God. ”

This week’s most romantic movie is… A Merry Little Ex-Mas. This film has everything: Ungrateful little shits, A tearaway tux posing as heroic formalwear, And the longest commercial for energy efficient appliances...ever. If you love sultry Saint Nick vibes, Simpsons snowplow callbacks, and stripper-puppeteer chaos, this episode’s for you!

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November 20, 2025 93 mins

“This movie was written by child GPT.”

This week’s hottest movie is… Our Little Secret. This film has everything: Idiots building business plans, A long lost MacFarlane brother, And a Praise and Worship band that actually slaps. If you love alien screenwriting seminars, phantom cookie exchanges, and time-traveling church-lady couture, this episode’s for you!

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November 13, 2025 77 mins

“The swine intervention.”

This week’s hottest movie is… Penelope. This film has everything: intimate corkscrew logistics, Bacon ads at the worst time, And nailing the premise of Love is Blind a full 15 years before the Lachey's decided to ruin peoples lives with it. If you love fairytale chaos, snack-based outrage, and messy modern romance, this episode’s for you!

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November 6, 2025 111 mins

“Oh, look, it’s the trash-ass apple again.”

This week’s hottest movie is... The Wrong Paris. This film has everything: sexy shirtless land barons, a “Nashville” accent that’s as Nashville as Shania Twain, and proposals that sparkle with diamonds and, yes, actual gold bars. If you love city synonyms servicing skullduggery, a shirtless man "Washing" a horse, and a country girl realizing she needs more country in her life, th...

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October 30, 2025 89 mins

“My brain just went ribbit.”

This week’s hottest movie is... The Shape of Water. This film has everything: terrible pick up lines. a secret hatch to untold pleasures. And a women who loves getting wet. If you love movies with cursed flirting, forbidden hardware, and unapologetically aquatic thirst, this episode’s for you!

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October 23, 2025 89 mins

“Ma’am, you are not the devil, but you may be the devil’s daughter.”

This film has everything: a self-help guide for escaping incellery. religious recommendations from a stranger no one likes. And a cautionary tale about why you should avoid the super-hot stranger who’s a little too into you. If you love late nights with the devil and Brendan Fraser pining over his soulmates doppelgänger, this episode’s for you!

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October 16, 2025 110 mins

“He’s the worst ophthalmologist ever, he never saw any of this coming.”

This week’s hottest movie is... Crimson Peak.

This film has everything: a six foot baguette sadly loafing around, terrible real estate choices, And a mother doesn't love her daughter enough to properly warn her. If you love sad bread energy, cursed property vibes, and siblings that can't want to get one in, this episode’s for you!

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October 9, 2025 98 mins

“If he had brought a pig under his arm—it’s Hamlet.”

This week’s hottest movie is... Teen Witch. This film has everything: a bow-tyrant teaching civics, An agent of chaos that thinks he's in a different movie, And a hallway rap squad you wish would just lose themselves, and give you a moment with mom's spaghetti. If you love terrible teachers, gremlin energy, and haunted hallways, this episode’s for you!

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October 2, 2025 112 mins

“I hereby sentence you to theater.”

This week’s hottest movie is... A Walk to Remember (With Guest Chris Demarais! From good Morning from Hell and Tales from the Stinky Dragon). This film has everything: court-ordered community service. a cardigan-based invisibility cloak. The town that is badly in need of Erin Brockovich. If you love gentle bad boys, Christian smugness, and the kind of confidence that you could only get fr...

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September 25, 2025 109 mins

“For kids not allowed to watch Game of Thrones but craving incest-adjacent pop culture.”

This week’s hottest movie is... High School Musical.

This film has everything: a faux-flamenco fever dream, A locker-room intervention , and a Phantom of Albuquerque stalking local MILFs. If you love high school melodrama, motivational locker talks, and people that don't understand object permanence, this episode’s for you!

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September 18, 2025 114 mins

“The brown barrel is loaded, Paige.”

This week’s hottest movie is... Mean Girls. This film has everything: a talent-show plea of “don’t look at me” that stuns, a pastry-dynasty slapdown, and a casual confession that is utterly pitch-black. If you love stage-fright spirals, mean-girl pastry wars, and hush-tone bombshells, this episode’s truly for you!

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September 11, 2025 100 mins

"He both did and didn’t have sex with his mom and sister.”

This week’s hottest movie is… Not Another Teen Movie. This film has everything: a jock with an alarmingly “supportive” sister, A TED talk on how to give a proper 'Slow Clap', and an entrance so dramatic the whole school freezes until Amanda Becker moves. If you love parody deep-cuts, chaotic prom energy, and Captain America before the serum, this episode’s for you!

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September 4, 2025 115 mins

“Ducky, you’re a great friend. I’ll see you after the first divorce.”

This week’s hottest movie is... Pretty in Pink. This film has everything: Duckie serving glam-goth like he’s the spare heir in a vampire dynasty, more blazers and perms than you’d ever expect to see on literally everyone, and a prom dress so underwhelming you’ll never be able to brush your teeth without thinking about it again. If you love goth flair, adu...

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August 28, 2025 97 mins

“It's a little bit like if Sulley from Monsters, Inc. was sexy.”

This week’s hottest movie is… Your Monster. This movie has everything: a wellness look that screams “post-punk spa day.” An ex so bad he’s begging to be put in a bear suit. and an open bowl of Covid-flavored beans. If you love monster-meets-messy romance, petty ex-revenge, and chaotic health-hazard snack discourse, this episode’s for you!

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August 21, 2025 105 mins

“Not since Hook has more intention been placed into someone’s eyebrows.”

This week’s hottest movie is… Beastly. This film has everything: a hexed hall monitor in winged eyeliner, a drug-deal gone wrong turned Shakespearean IOU, and stump speeches for the Green Committee so honest it will break your heart. If you love cursed meet-cutes, campaign-level pettiness, and a script written like a horoscope, this episode’s for you!

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August 14, 2025 106 mins

"Maybe mayonnaise can save democracy."

This week’s thirstiest movie is... Beautician and the Beast. This film has everything: a bigger, moodier version of Massimo, but with his own country; the literal nanny turning into a union organizer; and a dictator’s entire political ideology crumbling under the seductive, life-changing power of a mayonnaise-heavy sandwich. If you love fascist makeovers, hostile breakfast seating arra...

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August 7, 2025 97 mins

“He only knows doggy style, Paige.”

This week’s hottest movie is... Beauty and the Beast. This film has everything: A cursed himbo with fangs, A toddler named after his visible head trauma. The full BEAST System™: bombardment via dinner theater, aggressive emotional bonding, a shift to “respectable boyfriend mode,” a library bribe, and a farewell gift that’s basically romantic spyware with a live feed. If you love gothic ca...

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July 31, 2025 102 mins

“It takes three minutes to become an astronaut, according to this movie.”

This week’s hottest space mess is... Armageddon. This film has everything: Instant Astronauts, Thirst traps for middle America, A rogue Glock bouncing around in a spaceship. If you love seatbelt montages, flag-based character development, and gun safety violations in orbit, this episode’s for you!

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