Archive - That Rom Com Pod

Episode 42: Bitter and Sweet (with Amal Awad)

We set out to talk about foodie fiction and ended up having a much bigger conversation

Aug 5 •

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July 2025

Episode 41: Rockstar Romance (with Laura Carter)

The love song between musician and muse

Jul 22 •

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Episode 40: Bucket Lists (with Holly Brunnbauer)

Souped up cars, life lists and pleasure quests...

Jul 8 •

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June 2025

Episode 39: Literary Love Stories (with Jessica Stanley)

What makes a love story literary? We discuss some new releases and old favourites

Jun 24 •

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Episode 38: Publishing Trends (with Chloe Berry)

Romantasy, dark romance, BookTok, oh my!

Jun 10 •

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May 2025

Episode 37: Marriage of Convenience (with Jodi McAlister)

“We ended up here in this kind of soup of tropes: academic, rivals to lovers, marriage of convenience.”

May 27 •

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Episode 36: Author special: Mhairi McFarlane

‘I only realised afterwards that I'd written Lizzie and Darcy at a newspaper.'

May 13 •

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April 2025

March 2025

Episode 32: Real Life Romance (with Emma Grey)

When truth is stranger than fiction, and fiction is the lie that tells the truth

Mar 18 •

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January 2025

Episode 31: 2024-25 Summer Reading Special

All the books we want to read this summer, plus a deep dive into That Island Feeling!

Jan 7 •

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