Hot and Bothered
Hot and Bothered is all about the power of romance culture. We analyze romance novels and movies to better imagine our own happy endings. Episodes release weekly on Tuesdays.CURRENT SEASON: Hot and Bothered (Movie Edition)We make Hot and Bothered because we are interested in the way that love stories have impacted our lives and culture. For our fifth season of the show, we’re turning our attention to romantic films. Vanessa and Hannah McGregor dig into the canon of romantic films, from Titanic to Twilight to When Harry Met Sally, (just to name a few). Every other week they do...
27 Dresses
Vanessa Zoltan and special guest Sophie Gilbert meet at a dive bar in upstate New York to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about 27 Dresses.
This week we discuss Katherine Heigl's career, the wedding industrial complex, and the way this movie treats race and queerness. We finish the episode by talking to Sophie about her new book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves. Out today!
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Ending Of: Twilight
For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Twilight. They chat about Bella's ambivalence about prom, Edward's superstrength, and the cultural power of the gazebo.
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Twilight
Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up in Forks, Washington to play vampire baseball and record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Twilight
This week we discuss chivalry, cultural appropriation, and our new theme: movies of 2008. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Joseph Crawford to talk to us about the history of vampires in paranormal romance fiction.
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The Real Question: Should I Take an Art Class in 2025? (with Vanessa Zoltan)
While we’re in-between season, we wanted to share with you an episode of another Not Sorry podcast, The Real Question.
The Real Question is a show that holds space for life’s tough questions. Each episode, a guest brings a personal question they’re grappling with, and Chaplain Mauricio Bruce helps them find an answer. This season, our focus is on future-oriented questions – those that start with ‘Should I…’
In our first episode of the new season, Vanessa asks the question "should I take an art class in 2025?"
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Ending Of: She's All That
For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Ronald Young Jr. analyze the ending of She's All That. They chat about what makes a proper grovel and the narrative reasons for heroines to be motherless.
This is our last movie in our series on teen adaptations of classic literature! We're taking two weeks off and will be back on April 15th with Twilight and other movies of 2008. But if you find yourself missing us, be sure to join our virtual live show on April 13th! We're gathering to discuss 13 Going on 30.
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She's All That
Vanessa Zoltan and special guest Ronald Young Jr. grab their hacky sacks and meet at a performance art show to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about She's All That.
This week we deep dive into toxic beauty norms, fatphobia, and popularity. We finish the episode by calling sociologist, Amy Best, to talk to us about the history of the high school prom.
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Ending Of: Easy A
For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Easy A. They chat about intertextuality, grand gestures, and virginity.
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Easy A
Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet at the Lobster Shack in Ojai, California to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Easy A.
This week we discuss what makes a 'rom-com' a 'rom-com', male writers' depictions of female friendship, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. We finish the episode with an interview with Professor Megan Hunt about the depiction of Christianity in this film.
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The Notebook x Melodrama with Vanessa Zoltan | Material Girls
We have a special treat for you today! Vanessa recently guested on Hannah's other pop-culture podcast, Material Girls, to talk about The Notebook with Hannah and Marcelle. It was so good, we wanted to make sure you knew about it.
And if you love hearing Vanessa, Hannah, and Marcelle in conversation – good news, there's another episode out there! Vanessa was on Material Girls last year to talk about Bridgerton.
Material Girls Episode Description:
She's back! Beloved podcaster and author Vanessa Zoltan (she/her) joins Hannah and Marcelle to dig into one o...
Ending Of: Cruel Intentions
For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Kristen Meinzer analyze the ending of Cruel Intentions. They chat about Cecil's moment of 'growing up' and whether death is enough of a punishment for Sebastian.
In this week's episode we promote our Mary Oliver writing retreat, you can check out more about that trip here.
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