Gilmore To Say: A Gilmore Girls Podcast

We have officially revisited every episode of Gilmore Girls on Patreon. The end of an era!!!! We wrapped up our Gilmore Revisited journey with A Year In The Life, and like every season, we have a lot to discuss. What did we love? Not love? What would hit the cutting room floor for us? And where do our season rankings fall now that we’ve completed the series? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

To celebrate our new era of Patreon, the Rewatch Club merch is back! Vi...

After a wonderful conversation with Grant-Lee Phillips himself, we had to do a deep-dive into the best of Stars Hollow’s Town Troubadour! We love what his music, lyrics, and presence adds to the ambiance of the Gilmore girls’ lives. Which episodes does he appear in? How do his songs add to the narrative? And which are our faves? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

Grant-Lee Phillips’ newest album, In The Hour of Dust is out now!

By popular demand, our Fall Gazebo and Fall Essent...

My book loving besties! On Wednesdays, we talk books!!!

New York Times Bestselling author, host of her own podcast, and an icon in the romance genre, Sarah MacLean joins me to chat about two new journeys she's on: watching Gilmore girls and writing contemporary novels like her latest release, These Summer Storms (think Succession if Lorelai Gilmore was a Roy!) In the episode, we talk about what it's like for a writer like Sarah to dive into season 1 of Gilmore girls with her own Rory, how she started writing historical romance over a decade ago, and what...

You’ve seen him walking the streets of Stars Hollow for almost 25 years, his music is the soundtrack to many of our comfort moments, and now he’s here to talk about it: it’s Stars Hollow’s Town Troubadour, Grant Lee Phillips! How did the Troubadour come to be? How did he and the Palladinos choose what songs to incorporate into the show? And who does he believe the Town Troubadour is? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara, Haley, and Grant-Lee have more to say!

Grant-Lee Phillips’ newest album, In The Hour of Dust is...

Please enjoy this remastered version of our Fall 2023 Back to School episode, The Academic Things Apply. It's officially Back to School season and these girlies are here to talk about all the ways academia has played a huge role in the relationships, conflict, and overall journeys of the Gilmore girls and those around them. Academic status has plagued the Gilmores for so long - where did it all start? What made Lorelai choose Harvard for Rory all those years ago? And do we think Rory and Logan's child will go to Yale like they did??? Grab your new pencils...

My book loving besties! On Wednesdays, we talk books!!!

New York Times Bestselling author of The Dead Romantics & The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston is here today! We're talking about Reading Is Sexy's book club pick for July: Sounds Like Love about two musicians who get the same song stuck in their head...as well as each other's voices. In the episode, we chat about the leap from fanfiction to publishing, getting back to the root of loving writing, plenty of Gilmore girls opinions about Ms Rory Gilmore and justice for Lane Kim, and spoiler chat at...

Happy September besties!! Gilmore girls season is upon us!!! It’s Back to School season and we’re determined to bring you the top 10 (maybe 12) episodes of Gilmore Girls that feel like Chilton and Yale’s greatest hits. Which episodes give peak Rory Gilmore study inspo? Which Back to School eps make the cut? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

By popular demand, our Fall Gazebo and Fall Essentials merch are back! Visit www.gilmoretosay.com to grab yours

Hi besties! Please enjoy this GTS Revisited from 2022 in our Back To School week on the pod!

Sharpen your pencils and don your yellow book bags because we are talking back to school! What was the best back to school episode? How did school show the growth between Rory and Paris? And just how did the academic interests of the Gilmore girlies shape the school lives of the two of us growing up? Grab a coffee and get comfortable because the girlies have more to say.

This episode originally aired in 2022 and...

My book loving besties! On Wednesdays, we talk books because Gilmore To Read is moving to Wednesdays! But I am back with another fab author.

USA Bestselling author Nisha J Tuli joins me to talk about Reading Is Sexy's book club pick for June: her contemporary debut, Not Safe For Work. In the episode, we chat about making career shifts when what you chose at 17 isn't serving you, her incredible writing progress, comfort media, and just how personal and cathartic writing Not Safe For Work felt for her.

In September, Gilmore To Read is reading...

It’s the end of summer and nothing says end of summer like some madness! The Gilmore Man Madness bracket is back and this time it’s bigger and better than before. Haley puts 32 (!!!) of our favorite (and not so favorite) fictional guys against one another for Tara to choose between to decide who the best guy on Gilmore girls is. Will her answer be the same as Haley’s back in 2023? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

Our End of Summer Madness tee is now available at www...

Where you call, we will answer! This week, we’re playing some really fun voicemails from last fall! Was “A Year In The Life” designed to break the fourth wall and shatter the illusion of the Gilmore girls’ brighter perception of their world? Has our perception of which Gilmore girl we identify with shifted in our later years? Plus, we’re playing just a fun listener connection that made our hearts happy. Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our End of Summer Madness tee is now available at www.gil...

Welcome to the first episode of Gilmore to Watch: a new segment where we explore stories in the film and television medium filled to the brim with similar tropes, storylines, and energy that will satisfy the itch between rewatches of your favorite comfort show

Where you call, we will answer! We’re going deep into the voicemail archives this week!!! We’ve chewed your ear off about Season 7 over the last month, so we’re here to jump into some new topics today, curtesy of our besties

The rewrite you’ve all been asking for (for years!!!!!) has finally arrived! Can we take Season 7 from bland sheet cake to luscious layer cake without throwing it out all together?? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our Summer Gazebo is now available at www.gilmoretosay.com!

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our spoiler-FULL rewatch, Gilmore Revisited as we move through A Year In The Life!

Want to hear your voice on our nex...

My book loving besties! I'm so excited to be back again with another fantastic author.

In this episode of Gilmore To Read, the New York Times Bestselling author Jasmine Guillory joins me to talk about Reading Is Sexy's book club pick for April: her latest book, Flirting Lessons. We also chat about what girlhood moment got her into the romance genre, what episode a friend sent her on VHS, and how she reflects on the mother/daughter relationship in Gilmore girls. Plus, hear what inspired Taylor Cameron as the heartbreaker in Flirting Lessons (Sapphic Rory & Logan anyone???)<...

Where you call, we will answer! In our 50th (!!!) Gilmore to Consider episode, we’re exploring some of your “what ifs” from Instagram and listening to voicemails about Season 7. What if Lorelai hadn’t told Luke about sleeping with Christopher? What if she had slept with Jason instead? And what would a Season 8 have looked like? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our Summer Gazebo is now available at www.gilmoretosay.com!

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon...

It’s time to recap Season 7 of Gilmore Girls and boy to we have a lot to say! Did it remain true to the story Amy was building for the first six seasons? Was this just very expensive fan fiction? Is Haley still on Team Logan??? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our Summer Gazebo is now available at www.gilmoretosay.com!

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our spoiler-FULL rewatch, Gilmore Revisited as we start A Y...

We’ve finally arrived!!! After three and a half years of recapping Gilmore Girls on Patreon, we have reached the series finale, Bon Voyage. What did we think of this send off? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our Summer Gazebo is now available at www.gilmoretosay.com!

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our spoiler-FULL rewatch, Gilmore Revisited as we start A Year In The Life!

Want to hear your voice on our nex...

Where you call, we will answer! This week, we’re revisiting our June 3rd episode and implementing some of your ideas! What if Luke and Lorelai get married but Rory took Lorelai’s plotline in “Partings”?? Or if Jess was revealed to be a foil to Christopher all along? Grab a cup of iced coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our Summer Gazebo is now available at www.gilmoretosay.com!

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our spoiler-FULL rewatch, Gilmore Revisite...

A roadtrip to Harvard? A cross-country bus ride to California? Playing hooky in New York City to visit the boy who isn’t your boyfriend?! It’s officially Gilmore Girls Summer and nothing says “summer” quite like a lil vacation. This week, we’re leaving Stars Hollow and breaking down all the destination episodes on Gilmore Girls. What makes a good destination episode? Does it still feel like Gilmore Girls when you take them out of Stars Hollow? Which one would we delete? Grab a cup of iced coffee and get comfortable because it’s summertime and Tara and Haley have m...

Did we manifest Hannah Brown coming on the podcast back in 2022??? One of our listeners, Hannah, called in three years ago and asked Tara to come up with a season of the Bachelorette using Rory's men on Gilmore Girls and it was VERY silly. In the following GTC, Haley challenges Tara to do the same with Lorelai's men, and it was even MORE silly. So we're pulling these moments from the 2022 archives for your listening pleasure

Former Bachelorette, Miss Alabama USA 2018, Dancing with the Stars Winner, Bride-To-Be, New York Times Bestselling Author (need we go on?) Hannah Brown is here!!! In between planning her wedding and watching Gilmore Girls for the very first time, Hannah’s second romance novel The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain debuts today and we just know Gilmore fans will love it! But how is she feeling about our favorite show? What team is she on? Which character is getting her final rose??? Grab a cup of coffee (and a copy of Hannah’s newest romance novel) and get comfortable beca...

June 2015: Skinny jeans were still in style, Taylor Swift was on her 1989 World Tour, and the cast and creators of Gilmore Girls famously reunited at the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas to celebrate the fifteen year anniversary of the show’s release. After the show’s booming resurgence on Netflix, thousands of fans gathered to witness this once-in-a-lifetime reunion filled with reminiscing, behind-the-scenes stories, and even pleas for what would become A Year In The Life. Many of us, including Haley, have seen it, but Tara has not!! So grab a cup of coffee, get comfortable, and step back...

My book loving besties! I'm so excited to be back again with another fantastic author.

In this *spoiler free* episode of Gilmore To Read, the New York Times Bestselling author Coco Mellors joins me to talk about why she writes and how Gilmore girls and television in general has helped her develop her writing (outside of her MFA of course!) She has some wonderfully insightful ideas on the shortcomings of Rory and the ramifications in her own life of witnessing *that* conversation with Mitchum Huntzberger. Plus, hear more on how she managed to create three very different...

She’s engaged!!! She’s getting married!!! She wants to try on her wedding dress every night!!! Brett popped the question and we are here to give you every single detail of their magical engagement story. Where did it he do it? Did she know it was coming? Are they getting married on June 3rd??? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Sadie, I mean, Tara and Haley have more to say.

Our “Sending All My Love” drop is still available at www.gilmoretosay.com!

If you want access to our recap and bonus ep...

“Hey you know what date I’m not getting married? June 3rd. Do not save the date!”

Well, save it besties, because today we’re reimagining what June 3rd would have been if Lorelai and Luke had gotten married that day. Who would have been in attendance? Who would have notably not been on the guest list? And what would have been the drama? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because it’s June 3rd and Tara and Haley have more to say.

On this day, we are sending all our love!

If you w...

My bookish besties, we ready to be delighted by the lovely Cara Bastone! The author of Ready or Not, our Reading Is Sexy book club pick for March.

Cara talks about where she got started writing and what it is like to edit her books (spoiler: it starts with devastation) We also discuss how she feels about Gilmore girls and which of Rory's boyfriends she finds herself most drawn too. And then we dive into a spoiler chat (spoiler warning in the episode!!!) about her novel Ready or Not, which she has such wonderful insight into the...

After covering their courtship, engagement, and newlywed chapters, this week, we’re diving into Sookie and Jackson: the later years. Starting with their first pregnancy in Season 4, we’re exploring the arc of their relationship from Season 4-7 and discussing exactly when the writers make Sookie and Jackson caricatures of themselves, if the fake vasectomy really turned the fandom against Jackson, and how we ultimately feel about them as a couple by the end of the series. So grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

If you want acce...

It’s Sookie and Jackson’s wedding anniversary! Twenty-three years ago, they finally tied the knot after two seasons of bickering, hilarity, and a lot of miscommunication. This week, we’re breaking down their love story: from their courtship to their newlywed season. So grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our spoiler-FULL rewatch, Gilmore Revisited as we move through Season 7 (begrudgingly but curiously).

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It’s Mother’s Day week! And what better way to celebrate on-pod than with an episode all about the titular characters of this show: The Gilmore Girls. This week, we’re chatting all things Lorelai and Rory, the mother-daughter duo that are more like best friends, by sharing the greatest hits of their mother/daughter dynamic as well as their best best friend moments. So grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

If you want access to our recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our sp...

No spoilers for One Golden Summer in this episode!

What does the lake and Max Medina have to do with today's episode? They both are a source of inspiration for today's guest, Carley Fortune, author of Reading Is Sexy's May book club pick-- One Golden Summer. THE book of the summer in my opinion. A nostalgic, joyful, reflective and dazzling romance set during a perfect summer on the lake.

Carley Fortune is a journalist turned romance author, so of course as a huge fan of Gilmore girls, she wanted to weigh in on what she...

Ding ding! We’re fighting again! With Mother’s Day approaching, we’re breaking down Lorelai and Emily’s fights from Seasons 4 through A Year In The Life. Which fight will take the title of their best? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

If you want to listen to our breakdown of the pilot (both aired and unaired), join our free tier on Patreon! And if you want more recap and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon for our spoiler-FULL rewatch, Gilmore Revisited as we move through Season 7 (beg...

Welcome back to Gilmore To Read! Kennedy Ryan (yes, THE Kennedy Ryan) joined me to discuss This Could Be Us, our February book club pick as well as the final installment in her Skyland series— Can’t Get Enough. Out May 13th!

In this episode, Kennedy and I talk about what sort of research she does for each of her books, how she started her romance journey in a very Lane Kim way, what good tv shows she loves, and how she’s planning on taking over Hollywood (my words, not hers!) You’re gonna lo...

Fight, fight, fight! Last summer, we ranked the best fights from each season of Gilmore Girls. But we really couldn’t wait to dive deeper into the two girlies who give us the best fights in the series: Lorelai and Emily. This week, we’re breaking down the most iconic tension-filled conflict between these two from Season 1-3. Which fight will take the title of their best? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say.

If you want to listen to our breakdown of the pilot (both aired and unaire...

It’s Lorelai Gilmore’s 57th Birthday! Happy Birthday baby! To celebrate, we’re discussing Lauren Graham’s appearance on Call Her Daddy and answering one of our listener voicemails who asks, “What if the show was on a different network? Would it have changed Lorelai’s role as a mom?” Is Gilmore girls, the town, and Lorelai herself so generationally palatable because they had to stay within the PG rated confines of the WB? What if Lorelai could swear like a sailor on HBO or if there was more mature content involved on Gilmore Girls? Grab a cup of coffee and...

We know, the title surprised us too. But some of our mom besties called in to share their thoughts on Anna Nardini’s infamous reaction to the sleepover at Luke’s and we couldn’t help but take it into consideration. We even hear a little perspective from a Gilmore to Say celeb: Brett’s mom, Nancy! So grab a cup of coffee and get really comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to consider.

If you want to hear the rest of our recap on PaleyFest, bonus content, and more recap episodes, join us on Patreon for our...

The PaleyFest recap you’ve all been waiting for has arrived!!! Tara and Haley had the immense pleasure of covering the red carpet at The Amy Sherman-Palladino Multiverse at PaleyFest LA where we got to chat with Lauren Graham, Kelly Bishop, Alex Borstein, and The Palladinos themselves! Join them for a post-show debrief of the carpet, the panel, and a little surprise twist in the middle that left us absolutely gobsmacked. Grab a cup of coffee and get really comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

If you want to hear the rest of our re...

April is for April: one of the most controversial characters in the Gilmore girls universe! Is April Nardini the villain? Is she really the reason for Luke and Lorelai’s downfall or a scapegoat to avoid blaming Luke? Do we like her character? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

We’ll be doing an April GTC in two weeks’ Want to hear your voice? Call in with your thoughts at 860-578-4653. We love hearing from you!

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It’s Spring in Stars Hollow! Last year, we talked about how to have a Gilmore Girls Spring and celebrated the season start with a recap of *A-Tisket, A-Tasket* because nothing says Stars Hollow Spring like a cute springtime date. So this year, we're picking a bouquet of our favorite dates on Gilmore Girls to give to you! What are the best dates on the show? The worst? Which date would we go on? And which date gets crowned as the "perfect" date? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say!

Let’s go back, back to the beginning. Back to where the earth, the sun, the Stars Hollow all aligned (2003’s ”Let the Rain” by Hilary Duff anyone?) This week’s bonus episode is VERY exciting. We’re taking you back to March of 2022, when we recorded our very first Gilmore Revisited recap episode about the pilot of Gilmore Girls. But before we dive into the pilot episode we all know and love, we’re dissecting the parts of Gilmore girls that didn’t make it to air — including an early revision of the pilot script filled with dialogue, storylines, and ev...