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A Few Things with Claire and Erica

A Thing or Two

Hosts Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo, co-founders of the emerging design site Of a Kind, expand upon the theme of their highly popular “10 Things” newsletter to share their latest and greates...

Episodes

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Gracie Delgado on Sentient-Object Romance and Tyler Reads Morning Glory Milking Farm. Plus: Thoughts on the New Sense and Sensibility

It's (still) a Monster Romance Extravaganza over here! But first, Sanjana and Tyler saw the Sense and Sensibility movie and, of course, have...

32:40Oct 22, 2026

Monster Romance 101, Rosie Danan on Vampires in Villain Edit, and SeaWorld Goes Dark Romance

Welcome to a Monster Romance Extravaganza! Kicking it off, Sanjana gives Tyler a crash course in the subgenre, explaining the allure of alie...

31:43Oct 15, 2026

Our Dream Adaptations Slate, Iman Hariri-Kia on Social Media in Romance, and Why the Genre Needs More Risk

Sanjana and Tyler reveal their dream romance adaptation slate, from non-Austen historicals to the paranormal franchises Hollywood is sleepin...

32:24Oct 8, 2026

The State of Romance Criticism, Rioghnach Robinson on Fictionalizing Criticism in Bad Words, and Best Sex Scenes of the Month

Sanjana and Tyler dive into romance criticism, the newsletters keeping it alive, and why even a good hater should be devoted. Then Bad Words...

32:42Oct 1, 2026

Ali Hazelwood on The Love Hypothesis Hitting the Big Screen

Our hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall are talking all things The Love Hypothesis with contemporary-romance queen Ali Hazelwood this week...

31:41Sep 24, 2026

Sports Romance Needs New Material, Lily Herman on Formula 1, and a Listener Voicemail

Sanjana and Tyler kick off the show imploring sports romance to look beyond hockey—and then Lily Herman joins to talk about why Formul...

32:17Sep 17, 2026

Let Mary Bennet Be a Freak, Nikki Payne on Austen's Imprint on Romance, and Sense and Sensibility Double Homework

It's an all-Austen episode: Sanjana formally pitches The Other Bennet Sister , arguing the show works because it lets Mary Bennet stay a gen...

32:46Sep 10, 2026

The State of Goodreads, Alexandra Romanoff on YA vs. Adult Romance, and Our Fall Romance Forecast

Sanjana and Tyler bravely enter the Goodreads discourse: the good, the bad, the entertaining. Then Alexandra Romanoff—author of 831's...

32:39Sep 3, 2026

The Sex Purge Movie Is Actually Good, Rachel Lynn Solomon on Celebrity Romance, and What We Consumed This Month

Sanjana and Tyler saw One Night Only , and, listener, they loved it. More on that before Business or Pleasure and Extracurricular author Rac...

31:10Aug 27, 2026

The State of Celebrity Romance, Lit Agent Ariele Fredman on What’s Next in Romance, and Our Q3 Internet Boyfriends

Why is it that some celebrity romances feel genuine and others feel like fake news? Sanjana and Tyler dig into the authenticity of it all be...

30:22Aug 20, 2026

"Realistic" Is the Wrong Word, Adrie Rose on Sex Workers in Romance, and The Pairing Homework

Sanjana airs a pet peeve—the "didn't feel realistic" critique—and she and Tyler make the case that exaggeration is one of romanc...

31:21Aug 13, 2026

Open-Door vs. Closed-Door Romance, Kate Goldbeck on Writing Under Reader Surveillance, and a Case for Cheating

Bring the steam: Sanjana and Tyler advocate that sex scenes count as character work and that too many books miss that opportunity. Then Kate...

33:50Aug 6, 2026

The Case for Bad Sex Scenes, Riss M. Neilson on Disability in Romance, and What We’ve Consumed This Month

Hear us out: An awkward sex scene can actually be better than a frictionless one. Take the examples Sanj and Tyler cite from Business or Ple...

33:18Jul 30, 2026

A Close Reading of an Emily Henry Profile, Naina Kumar on Rom-Com DNA, and the Yearner Hall of Fame

Why an Emily Henry interview now? Sanjana and Tyler dig into Bloomberg 's recent piece on the author, where she discusses Hollywood adaptati...

32:58Jul 23, 2026

ReelShort Romance, Tritney on C-Dramas and the Bathtub Loophole, and Sherry Thomas Homework

Are you on the vertical-video bandwagon? Or perhaps you'll be more persuaded by another phenomenon, the C-drama, once you've heard @tritney'...

30:03Jul 16, 2026

World Cup as Meet-Cute Fodder, KT Hoffman on Romance and Baseball, and a Bull Durham and Fever Pitch Doubleheader

Sanjana and Tyler open by making the case that the World Cup is a 48-country meet-cute machine (see: kilted Scotsmen throwing women over the...

31:06Jul 9, 2026

Office Romance Recap, Lyla Sage on Cowboys and Small-Town Romances, and The Idea of You Reading Assignment

Tyler and Sanjana kick things off this week with their take on Netflix's Office Romance : The Brett Goldstein–Jennifer Lopez movie tha...

31:43Jul 2, 2026

In Defense of Age Gaps, Anna Maria Volkova on Games and the Russian MC, and What We've Been Reading

Sanjana takes the stand as the self-proclaimed number one age-gap defender, arguing that the trope is really about power, that demanding mor...

32:49Jun 25, 2026

BookTok Thoughts, Julia Turshen on Cookbooks and Romance, and Pride Picks

Let's dive into the BookTok discourse, shall we? Specifically, how algorithms work and why dismissing the community tends to say more about...

32:33Jun 18, 2026

The J.Lo-Brett Goldstein Situation, the Dark Romance Conundrum with Nisha Sharma, and Our Thoughts on Off Campus

Is it off-screen chemistry, or is it just good marketing? Hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall open with the Brett Goldstein and JLo Office...

32:36Jun 11, 2026