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Emma Gray & Claire Fallon

Claire Fallon and Emma Gray obsessively analyze our cultural obsessions, from fashion trends to books to the buzziest scripted TV shows. claireandemma.substack.com

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13:41

'The Traitors' S3: Battle Of The Sexes

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2025/01/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOnce again, Alan Cumming and his collection of capes and tartans have assembled a band of merry C-list celebrities in a Highland castle, where they are participating in a lavishly produced parlor game of murder and betrayal: “The Traitors.” We became hooked in season 2, and season 3 brought in some of our dream cast members — Chrishell Stause, Gabby Windey, Dorinda Medley — alongside legendary contestants from

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14:38

'Selling The City' Is A Funhouse Mirror Of NYC Hustle...

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2025/01/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comGiven the success of “Selling Sunset” and “Selling The O.C.,” it was only a matter of time before the franchise spun off all the way to New York City. Enter “Selling The City.” The newest real estate mogul reality show centers on an all-women team of Douglas Elliman agents in New York City, lead by super-agent Eleanora Srugo.It’s hard to tell exactly where the show’s emotional core lies, and the plot is not as

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10:33

'The Ultimatum' S3 Was Chock Full Of Toxic Men

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2024/12/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“The Ultimatum: Marry Or Move On” is less of a reality dating show, and more of a cautionary tale for straight people. A messy, unhinged, gripping one. In this episode, we talk about the whole season of “The Ultimatum,” some of the gossip that has come out about the cast since, and the reunion.

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11:56

Why We're Obsessed With Domestic Divas

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2024/12/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThis week, we discuss two of the great homemaking influencers: Ballerina Farm (an unassuming tradwife Instagram icon), and Martha Stewart (a ruthless perfectionist and corporate mogul). In the midst of their recent moments in the cultural conversation — thanks to some high-profil…

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11:06

'Our Little Secret' Enters The Lindsay Lohan...

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2024/12/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLindsay Lohan isn’t just a zany rom-com leading lady! She’s a (semi) serious rom-com leading lady. After “Falling for Christmas” (extremely unhinged) and “Irish Wish” (extremely AI-generated), Lohan apparently wanted to work on a film that was slightly more grounded. Enter “Our Little Secret.”“Our Little Secret” follows exes Avery (…

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12:43

'Hot Frosty' Is A Horny, ACAB Romp

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2024/11/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWe imagine the pitch for “Hot Frosty” was simple: Olaf from “Frozen,” but he f***s. This Netflix holiday rom-com is here to remind us that Christmas may take place during the cold season, but it can still be *hot*. “Hot Frosty” follows widow-slash-diner owner Kathy (Lacey Chabert) as she accidentally brings a notably chisele…

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6:50

A Post-Election Processing Sesh

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2024/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWe don’t have any answers, but we do have a lot of feelings. We tried to express them in a cogent way, but full warning that we maybe were only partially successful. Claire would also like all of you to know that she’s angry and doing punditry. Please feel free to ignore her (or both of us!) if that’s not where you’re at right now. We love you all. We are so very grateful for this little community we’ve built

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13:47

The 'Love Is Blind' DC Reunion Dropped Every Ball

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2024/11/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWarning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 reunion!This “Love Is Blind” DC reunion had it all, if “it all” refers to every one of Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s well-documented inadequacies as hosts: corny dad jokes that Nick’s punch-up writer clearly prepared well in advance, missed lines of questioning and failures to follow up on important points, muddled back-and-forth

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12:34

'Love Is Blind' DC's Devastating Finale

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2024/10/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWarning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 finale!The first 15 minutes of the “Love Is Blind” season 7 finale was riveting and wrenching. The following hour was largely boring, with sides of sweetness and dramatic irony. This is one of those finales that should have jumped straight into a reunion. (Not that we think…

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13:14

'Love Is Blind' DC Is In Its Breakup Era

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2024/10/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe psychologist John Gottman has posited that there are four horsemen that portended doom in a relationship: contempt, criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling. If this theory didn’t already exist, it could have been developed simply by watching this season of “Love Is Blind,” in which contempt and criticism have infected several of the relationships root and branch.

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13:33

The FBoys Of 'Love Is Blind' DC, Revealed

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2024/10/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAt this point, it feels like it happens every season. You think you know who the villains are… and then more episodes come out and the TikToks start rolling in. Move on over, Leo. Stephen and Tyler (sob!) are ready to take your place. In this week’s batch of “Love Is Blind” episodes, our couples finish out their time in Cabo…

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14:13

'Love Is Blind' DC Gets Messy

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2024/10/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOur nation’s preeminent insta-marriage reality show has taken its talents to the capital for season seven! It’s “Love Is Blind,” DC edition, and this mammoth first drop (six episodes, some close to 75 minutes long) showcases that special DMV flavor. Cast members work at think tanks and ponder whether they would have spoken to each other if they’d met “on the Hill.” In this episode, we recap drop one -- episodes

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15:19

'Nobody Wants This' Portrayal Of Jewish Women

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2024/09/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThere are a lot of things to love about the new Netflix show “Nobody Wants This,” Netflix's new rom-com TV show starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell. Unfortunately, its depiction of Jewish women isn’t one of them. In this episode, we get into the joys and failures of “Nobody Wants This,” our eternal crushes on Adam Brody, the show’s shared cultural DNA with “Keeping The Faith,” and more. Hope you enjoy! Xo

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13:36

'Emily in Paris' Is Still Our Perky American Paper Doll

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2024/09/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAfter four years and four seasons of television, Emily Cooper has finally been in Paris for an entire year. That’s right: despite seasonal hopscotch, some misleading pregnancy timelines, and a general sense among the show’s audience, characters, and seemingly even writers that our plucky young marketing phenom has been in Paris forever, t’s really only been about 12 months in “Emily in Paris” time.

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'The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives' Is Our Latest...

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2024/09/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe minute the beat drops on Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” during the opening scenes for Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” you know you’re gonna be in for a god damn ride. The camera is trained on social media star Taylor Frankie Paul, a mother of two in her late 20s who is all hair extensions and highlights. She’s also the closest thing this series has to a protagonist. A producer asks a question

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14:02

'Selling Sunset' S8 Is Meta AF

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2024/09/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLast season of “Selling Sunset” saw Chrishell Stause victorious, the undisputed queen of the Oppenheim Group and, more importantly, of the reality show about it. In season 8, her power can go unstated, but it’s felt; she and her clique run the school (complimentary). But as their stars are rising, and other agents jockey for similar clout, the narratives on the show seem to be driven less and less by real estate

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15:34

The 'LIB: UK' Reunion Crushed Our Golden Dreams

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2024/08/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comSpoiler Alert: This podcast and post contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind UK” reunion.The “Love Is Blind UK” reunion show dropped Monday, and we were ready. While we were eager for updates on all of our troubled but mostly lovable duos, there was one from whom we expected to hear nothing noteworthy: Sabrina and Steven Smith, the standard-issue golden…

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17:06

'Love Is Blind UK' Finale: Stags And Hens Head To The...

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2024/08/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comSpoiler Alert: This podcast and post contain spoilers for the final drop of “Love Is Blind UK” episodes.In this episode, we discuss the stag and hen dos, the most beautiful wedding venue we’ve ever seen on a “Love Is Blind” show, and, of course, who got married and who got jilted at the altar.

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13:51

'Love Is Blind UK' Cracks On In London

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2024/08/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comSpoiler Alert: This podcast and post contain spoilers for the second batch of “Love Is Blind UK” episodes, 5-9.The certified hotties of the inaugural season of “Love Is Blind UK” are officially out of the honeymoon phase. Literally. Our six (!!!) couples leave Corfu and head back to London in this batch of episodes, where they move into some immaculately-designed riverfront apartments (seriously, we would like to

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17:00

'Love Is Blind' UK Has Us Locked In

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2024/08/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThey’ve got the pods. They’ve got the golden goblets. They’ve got a Nick-and-Vanessa-Lachey-esque married couple with English accents (Emma and Matt Willis, to be specific). And they’ve got a host of singles from across the U.K., mostly in their late twenties to thirties, who are ready to bare their hearts through a luminous opaque glass wall in hopes of finding a spouse. “Love Is Blind UK” is here, and it’s got

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