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Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves

Isabeau and Morgan

Whoa!mance is a weekly podcast interrogating the Romance genre; we do deep dives on Romance"s heroines and heroes, it"s sexiest bits, and the weirdest parts--we cover it all from meet cute to HEA.

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60:56

Episode 88: Baby On Board (Entrop[e]y #5) - Nobody’s...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/07/22

We did it y'all. Yr girls have arrived at the final stop on this Entrop[e]y tour with one last trope: the secret baby. This week, Morgan and Isabeau tackle the culture wars relic, Nobody’s Baby But Mine, Book 3 in the Chicago Fires series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Jane Darlington, a 34 year old physics professor, wants a baby. But she doesn’t want that baby to be a smarty pants weirdo like her mom. The solution: fuck a dumb guy. Who better than star quarterback and potential neanderthal Cal

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32:56

Whoa!nus: The Vivians

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/07/15

Back in December, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) tried to pull a yuletide fast one hoping twitter’s watchful eye was fixed on other cravings. This week, Morgan and Isabeau reflect on that fateful reckoning, the Ritas becoming the Vivians, and other reasons to be cautiously hopeful about the future of Romance.Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

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77:34

Episode 87: In Uniform (Entrop[e]y #4) - Beyond What...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/07/08

With SPORTS shut down due to Entrop[e]y, yr girls are graduating to a more sinister set of games. This week, Morgan and Isabeau explore love in the military-industrial complex with Book Three in Rebecca Yarros’ Flight and Glory series, Beyond What Is Given. Lt. Greyson Masters is on track to become an Apache helicopter pilot when he gets a blip on his radar. Sam Fitzgerald, a civilian and as it turns out, also a girl, is suddenly his new roommate. Upon further reconnaissance, affections are

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20:06

Whoa!nus: SPORTS Redux

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/07/01

After exploring romance through the lenses of hockey and American football, yr girls are calling a timeout to process all this masculine energy. This week, a few final thoughts on SPORTS romance, the normalization of male violence, and the toxicity of body image standards. Tune in since you can’t watch real SPORTS anyway.Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

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54:36

Episode 86: Laces Out - (Entrop[e]y #3) - Fumbled by...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/06/24

We raised a barn. We perfected our slapshots. This week, Morgan and Isabeau are back on the O-line discussing one of their favorite sources of bad feeling, the NFL, with Fumbled by Alexa Martin. Poppy Patterson has built a life for herself independent of her high school sweetheart TK Moore, and she couldn’t be happier. But when TK, now a starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, re-enters her life, Poppy calls an audible. Can Poppy reconcile a life of independence with the added aggression of

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65:32

Episode 85: Puck Bunnies (Entrop[e]y #2) - Pucked by...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/06/17

Last time, yr girls explored the subversive quaintness of Amish romance in our inaugural Entrop[e]y episode. This week, Morgan and Isabeau are back in the game for our first installment on SPORTS romance with Pucked, by Helena Hunting. Here we find Violet, the step-sister of a successful hockey player, linking up with the impossibly hung team captain, Alex, for a night of passionate goal making. But when Alex starts to pursue Violet, her status among the other players, including her sexually

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3:06

Whoa!nus: Decolonize Your Bookshelf

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/06/10

If it isn’t readily apparent (full disclosure, it is) Whoa!mance is made by white people. This week, in lieu of an episode and in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Morgan and Isabeau share some of their favorite black authors, critics, and thinkers in the romance community and beyond.Black Chick Lit - https://blackchicklit.comMy Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope - https://lpenelope.com/podcastDiverse Romance - http://diverseromance.comDeadline City - https://deadlinecity.com/episodesRebekah

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33:51

Whoa!nus: Gossip

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/05/27

We’ve all been talked about. And we’ve sure as shit all talked about. Then why, despite its ubiquity, does gossip still feel like a dirty word? This week, Morgan and Isabeau take a closer look at how gossip functions as a literary device, and how we benefit from its use as a complex social and pedagogical tool.Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

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Episode 84: Amish Romance (Entrop[e]y #1) - The Wish...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/05/20

We’re coming out the gate at a wagon’s pace for this series y’all, beginning in the bucolic pastures of the middle west. This week, Morgan and Isabeau embark on a reverse rumspringa with a plunge into Amish romance, led by the deft hand of Patricia Davids in the first installment of her Amish of Cedar Grove series, The Wish. This slow burn sweet romance meanders through the agrarian and folksy close quarters courtship of our heroine, widow Laura Beth Yoder, and the formerly Amish and formerly

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16:14

Whoa!nus: Introducing Entrop[e]y

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/05/13

That’s right y’all. We asked for fan favorites that center on yr girls' least favorite tropes, and y’all came through like you always do. This week, Morgan and Isabeau reveal the selections and get ready to dip their toes in the water.This week's episode of Whoa!mance is brought to by "In To Her" by JA Huss. Available now at audible.com.Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

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Preview - In To Her by JA Huss

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/05/08

Ever have a steamy threesome with a coworker and the mark yr boss sent y’all to murder? Of course you have. Whoa!mance is excited to offer a sneak peak at In To Her, a harrowing new tale of crime and passion by JA Huss. Available now at audible.com.Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

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60:17

Episode 83: Whack-A-Mole - Nothing To Fear (Final...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/05/06

Why do bad things sometimes make us warm? And we’re not talking about some slicked back James Dean or the guy in Misfits PPE. We’re talking about straight up military industrial complex, black site torture, for-profit CIA hijinx, the full front and back nine of bad feeling. Because that’s exactly the kind of bad this week’s book, Nothing To Fear by Juno Rushdan, manages to dress up for a night on the town. Our hero, Gideon Stone, is tasked with uncovering a mole in his deep state, Tom Clancy-esque,

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46:07

Whoa!nus: Whoa!mancing The Stone

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/04/29

While we’re still not leaving the house, yr girls are giving the books a rest in favor of Romance on the silver screen. For this Whoa!nus, Morgan and Isabeau are revisiting their mutual childhood favorite and sleepover film par excellence, Romancing The Stone, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Joan Wilder (post-Body Heat Kathleen Turner) is a successful but cloistered Romance novelist, who embarks on a journey of treasure hunting and self-becoming set in motion by the murder of her brother-in-law

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51:40

Episode 82: Having Fun With Misogyny - Not The Girl...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/04/22

As yr girls Morgan and Isabeau continue to shelter in place, stories of normal life - drinks in a cozy bar, dinner with a friend - are becoming just as titillating as the triumphs of our heroines. So imagine the excitement when Not The Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher was set in Chicago, with real life landmarks transported to the page like distant comforts. But the novel, which turns How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days on its head, is a not-so-friendly reminder that the “normal” we remember is

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36:54

Boner-On-Us: Whoa!nus

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/04/15

This is an historic week y’all, for this is our final Boner. The ultimate rod. The closing chubby. That’s right, we’re going beyond the bone where no romance podcast has gone before, careening into the wild blue yonder to bring you: The Whoa!nus. Where it took plagues to discover gravity and write King Lear, our modern twist on the Black Death has generated untold megatons of creativity that bring you, dear listeners, the humble rebranding of our bonus episodes. And it is in this spirit of revision

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Episode 81: Stay Home - Ayesha At Last by Uzma...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/04/08

As you know, we at Whoa!mance possess an undying reverence for yr grrl Jane (see JANEuary if you don’t), and we’re smitten with this own voices retelling of P&P. This week, Morgan and Isabeau escape to Toronto in Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin, a modern Muslim twist on the Austen classic. Ayesha is an aspiring poet struggling to repay loans to her wealthy uncle, when her life collides with Khalid. While their styles and worldviews clash, there’s an unavoidable tug each feels toward the other. Can

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34:05

Boner-On-Us: AMA

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/04/01

Ever wonder what yr girls Morgan and Isabeau are like when they’re not behind the mic? Or what their high school experiences were like? Or the ins and outs of how they feel about this or that aspect of romancelandia? We asked you, our beloved listeners, to submit questions via our various social platforms, and thankfully, you asked back. This week, Morgan and Isabeau answer your questions in an exclusive, no holds bar, tell-all, exposé. For this Boner, we’re letting it all hang out.This week’s

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Episode 80: Common People - Get A Life, Chloe Brown...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/03/25

If you caught a whiff of death, how would you restructure your life to make the most of its remainder? Chloe Brown’s penchant for computers, coupled with the chronic pain of fibromyalgia, has left her with a formidable bucket list. But it took a near-miss with a speeding car to get her busy living. This week, Morgan and Isabeau check off some to-do’s with Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert. Our heroine, Chloe, grabs life by the horn in the shape of Redford ‘Red’ Morgan, the tattooed painter

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14:25

Boner-On-Us: Entropy

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/03/18

This unprecedented time of crisis and distancing has us thinking a lot about bad feelings. For yr girls, this means topics in Romance that are typically a no go on the show: secret babies, sports, and the armed forces. This week, Morgan and Isabeau raise this lil Boner to ask you, our beloved listeners, to share your favorite novels that feature one of these topics. What’s the cutoff age for a secret baby? Can for-profit military action be sexy? What’s your favorite ball in the bedroom? Send us your

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Episode 79: Bedtime Stories - The Wrath And The Dawn...

Whoa!mance: Romance and Ourselves ·

2020/03/11

What’s a dealbreaker for you? What’s something that, no matter how many luxurious nights and sumptuous meals, would continue to nag at the corners of your mind? Write it down. This week, Morgan and Isabeau get in touch with their teen angst for this YA retelling of One Thousand and One Nights, The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh. For this rendition, the Caliph of Khorasan has taken to marrying virgins, and killing them off the morning after consummation. Enter our heroine, Shahrzad, who

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