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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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13:34

Unpacking The Meghan Markle Discourse

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2025/03/14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWhen Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s new lifestyle show, “With Love, Meghan,” premiered on Netflix last week, the reactions were swift… and negative.We had to dig through the discourse and sort out what it is about Meghan Markle Sussex that makes everyone lose their minds. Hope you enjoy! Xo

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15:33

'The Traitors' S3 Finale Was Honestly Pretty Perfect

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2025/03/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comClaire is out sick, so the wonderful Kelsey McKinney joined me to recap the “Traitors” finale! Go order her book! Also: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS!During this season of “The Traitors,” a 10+ year dedication to Bachelor Nation finally payed off. The people have discovered Gabby Windey — but us real ones (a.k.a. “Bachelor(ette)” fans — knew all along.

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12:26

Emma Got Married!

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2025/02/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comEmma is officially a married woman! (Or, as she likes to think of herself, an appendage.) She and Adam tied the knot this weekend at Shun Lee West, a Chinese restaurant on the Upper West Side, in a Jewish ceremony that artfully mingled tradition with their own unique personalities and values. Emma looked like …

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14:14

'The Traitors' E7-8: Tom Sandoval's Star Turn

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2025/02/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThere are few reality TV moments that truly break through amidst all the pop culture noise. But I think we can agree that Tom Sandoval holding one ear closed so he can sing backwards nursery rhymes — with vibrato — into a phone booth is one of them.We get into Sandoval’s triumphs as well as Boston Rob’s downfall and some sad murders in this episode. (Plus — our girl Gabby Windey continues to T-H-R-I-V-E!!!)

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10:57

'The Traitors' E4-6: Chaos Reigns

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2025/02/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comHalfway through the third season of “The Traitors” US, one thing has become clear: This game is in a shambles. The Traitors are demoralized and divided, unable to pursue any real strategy because they hate each other more than anyone else in the house. It’s unclear that many of the Faithfuls even really care that much about …

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12:23

Rachael Kirkconnell Gets The 'Call Her Daddy' Treatment

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2025/01/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLast night, we were on the YouTube front lines — alongside 250k other people — to see what former “Bachelor” winner Rachael Kirkconnell had to say about her very fresh breakup. Because if there’s a woman who’s in need of a comfy couch, a matching sweat set, and some tea spilling, Alex Cooper is gonna rise to the occasion and offer all three.

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14:18

How We're Going To Stay Sane Under Trump

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2025/01/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWith Donald Trump officially back in office, and a flood of abhorrent executive orders and public displays of fascism already grabbing our attention, we couldn’t focus on anything else this week. We decided to check back in — with each other and with Sami Sage (co-founder of Betches, host of The Morning Announcements and American Fever Dream, and author of Democracy in Retrograde) — to discuss how we’re filtering

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11:26

'XOKitty' S2 Is Norm-Girl Wish Fulfillment

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2025/01/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAh to be young… and quirky… and have every boy and girl in your vicinity find themselves falling, a little or a lot, in love with you. This is the world of Kitty Song Covey, the heroine of Netflix’s “XOKitty,” a spinoff series of the TATBILB trilogy. It’s often hard to stick the landing during the second season of a hit show, and “XOKitty” season 2 definitely wobbles. However, “XOKitty” keeps its core charms: its

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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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