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.

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June 11, 2026 107 mins

“What is the outside of a cheese stick if not a cheese condom?”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Kissing Jessica Stein. This film has everything: equine flatulence, attendee hecklers, And knowing when to walk away from Hot Cross Buns-level art. If you love lavender marriage math, twin-bed logistics, and Jon Hamm as a sexual-orientation litmus test, this episode’s for you!

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“I think Ang Lee has some sort of tear fetish."

This week’s most romantic movie is... Brokeback Mountain. This film has everything: Alma the Elder, rodeo-clown rejection, And Thanksgiving turkey chainsaws. If you love crying through cowboy hats, sheep-based emotional support, and store-wrapped fishing evidence, this episode’s for you!

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May 28, 2026 103 mins

“It was wild to me that when they get there, they didn’t try the 'Helen Who' defense.”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Troy. This film has everything: Cutting edge fighting techniques, Roasting neighborhood children, And using a papyrus scroll to call in sick to war. If you wish you could copy-and-paste Jason Mantzoukas, see the world’s dopest trick horse, and Pentatonix pantheons, this episode&rs...

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May 21, 2026 105 mins

“Please, sir, can I have some less?”

This week's most romantic movie is... Lady Chatterley's Lover. This film has everything: Gushed-up getaways, God-approved marriage counseling, And historically accurate parachute panties. If you love 50 Shades of Hay, horny gamekeepers, and class-war cunnilingus, this episode's for you!

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May 14, 2026 92 mins

“Satan has a summer home in his voice box.”

This week's most romantic movie is... The Count of Monte Cristo. This film has everything: Terrible sense of directions, Montel-style paternity reveals, And landlocked sea-leg maintenance. If you love Spirit Halloween, goatee-level disguises, and the count of sandwiches, this episode's for you!

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May 7, 2026 113 mins

“Foiled again by our own made up rules.”

This week's most romantic movie is... Pride and Prejudice. This film has everything: Darcy’s opinion kink, historically accurate boredom, And more compliments that a potato is due. If you love only-hands thirst traps, laundry zip lines, and pig-testicle cinematography, this episode's for you!

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April 30, 2026 138 mins

“Is it like a hubris Bermuda Triangle over there?”

This week's most romantic movie is... Titanic. This film has everything: Nudes leaked by the news, Ghost Math, And makeout-based maritime disasters. If you love synthesizer church, God’s cocktail, and walking-pasta immigration stories, this episode's for you!

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April 23, 2026 112 mins

“Everyone went to Berkeley.”

This week's most romantic movie is... Basic Instinct. This film has everything: way too much DNA, murder-for-profit royalties, And the interrogation full-frontal we deserved. If you love coked-out dance floor jealousy, wildly unethical psychiatrist hookups, and ice-pick happy endings, this episode's for you!

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April 16, 2026 116 mins

“Every cafe he walks into looks like it’s about to have a poetry slam.”

This week's most romantic movie is... Eyes Wide Shut. This film has everything: wallet-sized stethoscopes, human furniture sex logistics, And an appropriately sized dance partner. If you love fake New York poetry-slam cafes, secret-society dweebs, and Tom Cruise turning lights on for 95 takes, this episode's for you!

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April 9, 2026 111 mins

“You better keep that pulp away.”

This week’s most romantic movie is... The Housemaid. This film has everything: Plate guys, Dalmatian coats, And the most evil “I know” in movie history. If you love John Wick housemaid franchises, juice-is-a-privilege children, and sandwich breaks in the middle of revenge arcs, this episode’s for you!

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April 2, 2026 94 mins

“I felt like I was sitting in a lecture that was being given by Elon Musk.”

This week's most romantic movie is... Indecent Proposal. This film has everything: gumball machines filled with caviar, shoes being kicked across the room, And a plot Natalie Wood would not be ok with. If you love unemployed-architect confidence, best-two-out-of-three roulette logic, and movie's that should not exist as a concept, this episode's ...

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March 26, 2026 119 mins

“I’m like, 100% sure that’s the exact same excuse R. Kelly used. It didn’t work for him either.”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Crossroads. This film has everything: Se7en-coded time capsules, menswear-coded lingerie, And aggressively notarized virgin consent. If you love Waffle House band diagnostics, Ghostbuster dad fanfic, and kissing in front of a giant Spy Kids poster, this episode&rsq...

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March 19, 2026 111 mins

“Hey, will you stop reading the stage directions and start reading your lines, please?”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Drive Me Crazy. This film has everything: collision-based sexual awakenings, a WB-grade Entourage origin story, And hot-air-balloon deadbeat dads. If you love whiteboard screenplay conspiracies, brass-tiger riding, and a confusing centennial dance, this episode’s for you!

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March 12, 2026 107 mins

“Is this what it was like to be Matt Dillon in the 90s"

This week’s most romantic movie is... Wild Things. This film has everything: Versailles beach heels, an IQ score that makes Einstein look stupid, and bush-cam detective work. If you love rich-kid swamp noir, courtroom rug-pulls, and Kevin Bacon being weird in ways that feel legally actionable, this episode’s for you!

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March 5, 2026 107 mins

“He just is at hardware store like Christian Gray buying all the zip ties.”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Romeo Must Die. This film has everything: a heroine with factory-installed GPS, an hero stealing every car he can, And Bay Area Troubles cosplay. If you love deeds-nuts real estate logic, low-res X-ray bone breaks, and Vancouver pretending real hard to be Oakland, this episode’s for you!

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February 26, 2026 117 mins

“I can't incorporate the word pop into this press release.”

This week's most romantic movie is... Love Jones. This film has everything: unexpected Philly Fanatic thirst, Chuck E. Cheese token-wealth flexes, And weaponized Toasted Oat drama. If you love record-store “just give me her info” behavior, taking poetry way too literally, and ruthless editing/pacing nitpicks, this episode’s for you!

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February 19, 2026 123 mins

“They can't have sex until they get married. God said so.”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Jumping the Broom. This film has everything: inappropriate touching, Saxophone mishaps, And a chef that is cookin up some magic. If you love Martha’s Vineyard class warfare, family secrets dropping right before the vows, and a cities in china that don't even exist, this episode’s for you!

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February 12, 2026 101 mins

“It would be like standing right next to Gallagher as he smashes a watermelon”

This week’s most romantic movie is... Poetic Justice. This film has everything: a possible Italian sandwich, passing out in Waffle Houses, And a risky Yelp review reviews. If you love road trip poetry, Maya Angelou cameos, and Tupac delivering mail like it’s foreplay, this episode’s for you!

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February 5, 2026 103 mins

"Any way you slice that, that's the most interesting funeral you've ever been to."

This week’s most romantic movie is... Deliver Us From Eva. This film has everything: A Mayor involved in a pending sex scandal, a $5,000 house, And a plan that would straight up get you thrown in federal prison. If you love mayoral wingmen, salty sisters, and felonies as foreplay, this episode’s for you!

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January 29, 2026 93 mins

"Paige made us look at duck titties"

This week’s most romantic movie is... Howard the Duck. This film has everything: Tiny used condoms, illegal jacuzzis you can rent by the hour, And a horrific truth about ducks that are "Tops". If you love Cajun sushi diners, Quack Fu mugging lessons, and a Stargate that’s somehow being used to test space gases, this episode’s for you!

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