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Charts & Hearts
Welcome to the Charts & Hearts Podcast! We are working our way through an epic list of rom coms in order to find and categorize tropes in the hopes of creating the nerdiest spreadsheet podcasts have ever seen. Join us as we watch old favs and new(er) hits with some hot takes and maybe even a little bit of science.
It’s classics month! Classics as in ‘older movies’ not as in good movies like our first this month, 1957’s Funny Face – which is so screwball and so weird that we are just left wondering how and why.
We are wrapping up action month with The Mummy! We hadn’t seen it before and there are some issues with the treatment of Egyptians and territory plus you know all of Rachel Weitz revealing outfits but for everyone who highlights this movie for its incredible swoon levels…ya we get it now.
Action month is back hurray! We are kicking things off with what we thought would be a fun, actiony, sexy movie but sadly it’s not really any of those. But at least Kerry Washington is here? It’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
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We are wrapping up “we can’t believe we haven’t done this one yet” with one of our favs, Crazy, Stupid, Love. It’s a movie that’s part amazing and great and charming and also part, ew gross, this is the absolute worst.
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Welcome to “How have we not done this yet?!” month. Kicking it off with (yes really!) Pretty Woman. A little movie you may have heard of that only kind of shaped the rom com genre as we know it…. (it’s a really good fun discussion, join us!)
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We are wrapping up Topher Grace month with the wonderful Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Yes it’s problematic, yes it is focused on the men rather than Kate Bosworth but it’s charming and funny and the supporting cast is INCREDIBLE. Go watch it!
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It’s Topher Grace month (yes really!) and we kicking things off with the not so rom commy movie, In Good Company. A movie that holds up surprisingly well probably because they just ignore the women instead of demeaning them so…yay?
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We are wrapping up Julia Stiles month with the very weird very bad Down To You. Sometimes “I’m Hot, You’re Hot, Let’s Be Hot Together” just doesn’t work – who knew?!
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Don’t wear mascara while using a microscope is one of our takeaways from The Prince and Me. The other one is mostly just…why Julia? You are so much better than this movie!
Anyway happy Julia Stiles month!
Listen to our 10 Things I Hate About You episode: https://chartsandhearts.com/2022/08/15/10-things-i-hate-about-you/
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We are wrapping up our first suggestion month with the very VERY 80’s movie Girls Just Want to Have Fun – and don’t worry, even though the IMDb credits are very oddly ordered a young but large be-haired SJP IS here and she is ready to do some flips.
Next up in suggestion month is a beautiful charming and oops super traumatic South Korean movie – Always (from 2011). We think you should watch it! Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Hearts and we are kicking things off with the delightful Wedding Season. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up Olympic month with the charming but confusing Breakfast with Scot – so many questions about so many parts of this movie – but everybody loves Canadian ice boys kissing right?! Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Olympics time (woooo)! And what better way to celebrate than with the original (??) skating and kissing movie – The Cutting Edge. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Oh boy. We are wrapping up Manic Pixie Dream Girl month (thank goodness) with (500) Days of Summer. It is A. Lot. We are sorry (but not sorry) for our rage – at least we have JGL’s dimples? Show Notes: 500 Days of Sexism: https://dailyfreepress.com/09/28/00/199160/500-days-of-sexism-misunderstood-media/ Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up another holiday movie month (and another year whaaaaat?) with the incredibly good Last Christmas. Warning – we do spoil this movie AND it gives you a LOT of feelings – plus there are just so many George Michael songs (complimentary). Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We’re back with another Christmas movie month and we are kicking things off with the charming Serendipity! A movie where the lead characters are terrible people but everything else is great so its fine??? Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Break out your double VHS because we’re wrapping up Chris month with the OG – It’s The Sound of Music! Notes: 50th anniversary article in Variety Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/sound-of-music-julie-andrews-christopher-plummer-50-anniversary Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Chris month (the most wonderful time of the year?) and we are kicking things off with The Nanny Diaries – a movie that really really really wants to be The Devil Wears Prada (spoiler alert: it’s not) Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Ok we’re finally getting into it. The rom com people haven’t stopped talking about/comparing all other movies and books to for the last 35 years. We are entirely sure why but let’s talk about it! It’s When Harry Met Sally. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Meg month (our last ever?!) And we are kicking things off with the incredibly charming French Kiss! Come for Kevin Kline being incredible as always, stay for our discussion on how horrible khakis are. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub Audio Player
We are wrapping up body swap month with 17 Again! It’s definitely the least ooshy when it comes to weird age gap relationships but don’t worry the aughts make up for it by just being terrible in other ways – and we aren’t jut talking about Zefron’s swoopy bangs.
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It’s 13 Going on 30 this week! It’s just as charming as Big – but without the ooshy ness (yay!). Plus incredible 80’s music, Andy Serkis’ first post LOTR role (maybe??) and the most tropes we’ve ever had?!?!?!
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It’s Big month! (body swap month?) And we are starting off with the big one (haha, yes I am hilarious aren’t I?). We are talking about Big but mostly we talk about about Muppet Christmas movies and baby corn and oh yes! Allllll the ishy feelings.
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Wrapping up Summer Sports Month (accidentally British Summer Sports Month?) with the incredible Bend It Like Beckham! Yes, it was has problems but it is just so charming.
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It’s August (what?!) and we are celebrating with some sports ball – first up 2004’s Wimbledon – why is this movie so good?!
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We are wrapping up action movie with True Lies. It’s a 90’s movie that does not hold up at all – except for Jamie Lee Curtis. We support her kicking ass but we do not support this movie. But do please listen to our episode!
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It’s summer! and that means ACTION MOVIES but we are still a rom com podcast so it’s romance action movie month (see: Speed). Here’s our first movie: the really charming and good, 2024’s The Fall Guy.
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We are wrapping up Pride month with 2022’s Bros. A funny, charming movie with a by-the-books rom com plot which sometimes is all you need in your life.
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Happy pride! We are celebrating on the pod this month starting with the INCREDIBLY rough In & Out.
Look it was 1997. We understand why it’s like this but we wish it wasn’t (next ep will be less cringy promise!)
What ‘In & Out’ Says About the Complicated History of LGBTQ+ Representation, 20 Years Later: collider.com/in-and-out-lgbt-representation
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We are wrapping up Big Fish/Small Pond month with Sweet Home Alabama – a movie that could’ve been charming if it wasn’t for the overarching hugely problematic parts – we get into it (as much as two white girls from Canada can) in the episode – plus some swooning and appropriate Melanie Lynskey love.
Sweet Home Alabama and Racism as Romantic Comedy: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sweet-home-alabama-and-racism-as
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First up in Big Fish/Small Pond month is the not so well known New In Town – it’s a hallmark trope but actually ends in a way we like! Plus Harry Connick Jr. is there and you cant be mad about that. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping Colin Firth month with What a Girl Wants – the best movie this month? Huge but true. We’ve got swoony Colin, Amanda Bynes doing her best and 2003 representing the only way it knows how (scarves as belts) Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Colin Firth month! Hurray! We are kicking (pun intended) things off with 1997’s Fever Pitch – a version that is unsurprisingly much better than the American remake)⚽⚽⚽ Listen to our episode on the 2005 movie. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Break out your swooning couches because we are wrapping March up with a super swoony time – it’s 1995’s rather problematic (but sooo swoony!) Sabrina! Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Next up in female protagonists first name movie month (best month theme ever?) is 1987’s Roxanne! A movie named after a female character who, ironically, has no character in this movie? But Steve Martin does a good job – plus bonus points of filming near our houses 😉 Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We have a fun month theme for you this March – it’s female character first name movies time! (what? It totally tracks). And we are kicking things off with some Austen, as we are wont to do, it’s the surprisingly good Emma! Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up EGOT month with Dreamgirls – a movie that is NOT a romcom and also has confusing musical rules…but we can all agree that Jennifer Hudson is KILLING it (as is Beyoncé ofc). Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
First up for EGOT month is How Stella Got Her Groove Back – A movie that we all think is a fun sexy romp but is very much not and we are incredible disappointed. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up good Netflix movies month with a trip to New Zealand for the surprisingly charming Falling Inn Love. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Happy 2025! We are kicking this year of rom coms off with a month of good Netflix movies, starting with the surprisingly charming Set It Up. good as in we enjoy them not good as in best movies ever, we know what we like ???? Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Merry Christmas Eve Eve! We’ve got a new Christmassy episode for you – the mostly charming, only slightly weird Single All the Way. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Happy December! We are kicking off another month of holiday movies with the surprisingly high quality and very charming (and tropey oh boy!) Something From Tiffany’s. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up Sandra month with Two Weeks Notice – a movie filled with charming Hugh Grant banter but not enough to make up for…everything else. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Sandra Bullock month here at Charts and we are kicking things off with The Proposal and oh BOY do we have some THOUGHTS. Strap in… Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up our Twin Films/lightly political month with First Daughter – a movie that has the same plot as Chasing Liberty but is worse and she’s coded as a princess???? Whyyyy?! Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Welcome to lightly political month (aka our first Twin Films month). We are kicking things off with the better of the two (spoiler alert): Chasing Liberty! Hope you enjoy the Matthew Goode swoon ???? Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up Drew Barrymore month with Fever Pitch (the baseball one). It is…a movie which we aren’t super fans of but we do have a great conversation about it’s issues and also some scintillating sports talk ???? Hey, they can’t all be Ever After! Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s time for one of the best movies ever (fight us) – Ever After! Join us for the gushing, stay for our deep dive into the history of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Join our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Drew Barrymore month! And while we have got some total bangers coming your way we are starting out with the was once enjoyable but now is super duper ooshy Never Been Kissed.
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We are wrapping up Whoopi month with Corrina, Corrina which to our delight holds up from our childhood and is very good and full of pain and joy and love and swooning…anyone want to go eat ice cream in the car wash with us?????
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It’s Whoopi month! So of course we are talking about Ghost (what a rom com ????) but for reals Whoopi’s is amazing, Patrick is amazing, Demi is amazing, Tony Goldwyn (?!?!?!?) is amazing. Yes we loved this movie – join us for the gushing, stay for Lindsay’s confusion between Ghost, Ghosts and the Good Place ????????
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We are wrapping up Austen month (don’t worry, it’s not the last!) with the new 2024 Hallmark Sense and Sensibility. Which is a movie that, much to the chagrin of the film makers (and us), is not Bridgeton.
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It’s another Austen month hurray! We are kicking things off with the worst Darcy ever (so far), boooo! It’s 2004’s Bride & Prejudice.
Show Notes:
-Bride & Prejudice weaves an impressive cultural critique into a Bollywood-inspired Jane Austen update
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We are wrapping up summer(ish) month with Wet Hot American Summer. A movie so odd we don’t really know how to categorize it aside from just a thing that happened in 2001.
Summer is here (ish) and we are celebrating with a month of summer (ish) themed episodes! Starting off with the classic and so culturally important: She’s All That.
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We are wrapping up floppy 90’s Hugh Grant month with the absolutely terrible Nine Months! If you love movies where long term couples don’t talk or respect each other this one is for you. ????
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We are just two girls talking about Notting Hill, asking you to accept our episode full of gushing (cuz there is a LOT!). Happy floppy 90’s Hugh Grant month!
Show Notes:
Let’s Make a Rom Com (a CBC Podcast)
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We are wrapping up First Wives Club Month with Overboard – another extremely 80’s movie filled with incredible clothing and incredibly sketchy situations. ????
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Next up in First Wives Club month we have Baby Boom with Diane Keaton. A movie that was definitely made in the 80s – which is apparently so long ago people didn’t know about applesauce?
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We are back with this truly weird very mid aughts rom com Failure to Launch. Join us for a discussion about SJP’s sketchy job, Kathy Bates killing it as always and the oddity of siding with McConaughey.
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We mustn’t dwell, not today…not on Empire Records day! We are here, wrapping up music month with a movie that isn’t technically a rom com but does seem to fit all the requirements of one…and is super fun especially for elder millennials.
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Welcome to music month! We are kicking things off with the surprisingly not terrible for a mid aughts movie: Music and Lyrics – get ready for a LOT of hip thrusting…
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We are wrapping up Bonnie Hunt month with the charming and ooshy Only You! Robert Downey Jr! So charming! So terrible!
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Happy Bonnie Hunt month to all! We are kicking things off with the fantastic charming 2000 movie, Return To Me. We loved this one (makes for a nice change right??)
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We are wrapping up Meg Ryan month with the terribly creepy Addicted to Love. Sorry everyone.
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Happy New Year! We are kicking Meg Ryan month off with the truly terrible Kate and Leopold – get ready for a lot of ranting about giving up your rights (and also gross men) – hurray for movies from 2001 ?
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Merry Christmas! We are finishing up our accidental time travel Christmas theme today with Timeless Christmas, a 2020 Hallmark movie that’s full of Hallmark movie stuff PLUS terrible time travel nonsense …but at least you can enjoy the charms of Burnaby Village Museum from the comfort of your home ?
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Its Christmas! And we are celebrating with a super cheesy and lame and amazing movie The Knight Before Christmas – does this movie feature terrible inaccuracies and a plot focused on very wibbly time travel? Yes! Do we love it anyways? Heck yes.
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We are wrapping up Alan Rickman month with the weird British film Truly, Madly, Deeply. Warning: this movie is NOT Kooky British Ghost. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Welcome to Alan Rickman month! We are starting off with the best (in rom coms, it’s a very tight race otherwise) – 1995’s Sense & Sensibility. We are hope you’re ready for some huge Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie love! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up politics month with the least West Wingy movie (but there’s still a bit don’t worry!) – 2023’s Red, White & Royal Blue! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Next up in our American politics month is 1993’s Dave! Which features an amazing cast of some of our favs (Hi Sigourney!) and a truly bonkers plot featuring a familiar Oval Office, a ton of real life DC people for some reason and So. Much. FRAUD. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Do you like The West Wing? Do you enjoy people watching a movie and using it as an excuse to gush about The West Wing? Well then this episode on The American President is for you! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are wrapping up Keanu month with maybe the swooniest Keanu of all (more research needed, am I right?) – A Walk in the Clouds. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Happy Keanu month! We are kicking things off with 2006’s The Lake House – get ready for some swoony Keanu, some artsy shots and a LOT of timey-whimey! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are finishing up jukebox musical month with Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Is it oddly a bummer? Yes. Is Cher amazing? Duh. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Welcome to Jukebox musical month (aka Mamma Mia month!). It’s time to talk about everything we love about this ridiculous and amazing movie and also the one thing that we all all hate (I’m sure you can guess what it is). Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are back with more weddings and a whole lot of dresses. We are talking about 2008’s 27 Dresses and surprising no one it’s mostly focused on how awesome Judy Greer is. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Wedding month is back! We are kicking things off with four(ish) weddings, a poem that will never not make you ugly cry, and the floppiest of floppy Hugh Grant – it’s Four Weddings and a Funeral! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are closing out dance month with 2004’s Shall We Dance starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Ann Walter and I guess J.Lo? Or a cardboard cutout of her at least…🙄
“Life doesn’t hold tryouts.” That’s right, our episode on the best dance movie of all time (fight me) is here, its 2000’s Center Stage! 🩰 Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Put on some melodic indie music from the 2000s and call your Manic Pixie Dream Girl (don’t worry she doesn’t have other plans) cuz we are talking about Garden State and in case you couldn’t tell we did not love it
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We’ve hit the high point of Star Wars month with the amazing romp Down With Love!
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Welcome to Star Wars month! We are kicking things off with the very good but very much NOT a com, Where the Heart Is.
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I wish this movie wasn’t so terrible bc then it would be so good” a phrase that truly encapsulates our feelings towards our last P&P month ep – Bridget Jones’s Diary.
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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice will be adapted at least once a year until the end of time. And with that in mind welcome to our first P&P month (aka Darcy palooza) we are kicking things off with 2022’s Fire Island.
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We are back with 1994’s absolutely adorable (and only slightly gaslighty) IQ!
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We are back! And talking about 2007’s Waitress. Spoiler alert this movie is not a rom com . We are sorry, please have some pie.
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It’s the final episode of Tucci month and we saved the best for last: it’s 2010’s Easy A!
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Happy Tucci month! We are kicking things off with Coyote Ugly-I mean Burlesque!
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Surprise! And Happy Boxing Day (or December 26th if you’re one of those people). We thought there was nothing better to celebrate this holiday week than Bill Pullman and Peter Gallagher’s eyebrows. It’s one of the best Christmas movies of all – While You Were Sleeping!
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We are still celebrating Christmas in the UK although we may have a few more nitpicks – and let’s be honest – rants about this one: its 2006’s The Holiday!
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Happy December everyone! We are celebrating with 2021’s A Castle for Christmas (not Christmas in the Castle as everyone thinks its called) and daydreaming about escaping to Scottish pubs and Cary Elwes (like always).
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We are back with 50s/Hepburn month talking about the delightful screwball Hepburn/Tracy collab Desk Set! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s still a bit accidental Italy month, it’s our first Hepburn month and it’s 50’s month here on Charts & Hearts with the movie that started all the secret princess tropes that you love – Roman Holiday! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s the continuation of accidental Italy month with 2003’s Under the Tuscan Sun☀ Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Italy month! (because why not?) We are kicking things off with the very romantic very uncomedic Call Me By Your Name. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s fall (for real this time!) and we’ve got our bouquet of sharpened pencils ready – it’s You’ve Got Mail Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s fall (kind of) and we are celebrating with our fav duo, Tom and Meg! We are kicking things off with the classic romance/stalker horror film Sleepless in Seattle! –NPR lookback at “more likely to get killed by a terrorist than get married after 40” statement –HIMYM does the end of the movie Check out … Read More Read More
It’s our last episode in Shakespeare adaption month – this one might be the least true to the Bard ? It’s 1998’s Shakespeare In Love! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Shakespeare Adaptation month which we made up just so we could do this movie (one the best of all time – fight us): 10 Things I Hate About You! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s Shakespeare Adaptation Month! We are starting with the funny but not really that great to watch any more She’s The Man! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
We are closing out wedding season with the surprisingly charming Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore movie The Wedding Singer. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
It’s wedding season! We are celebrating (?) with the very terrible 2001’s The Wedding Planner. Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Our second movie for “summer at a camp/resort type place” month is High School Musical 2! Check out our Patreon: patreon.com/chartsandheartsclub
Welcome to the Charts & Hearts Podcast! We are kicking things off with one of the best romcoms of all time – Dirty Dancing!
Welcome to the Charts & Hearts Podcast! We are working our way through an epic list of rom coms in order to find and categorize tropes in the hopes of creating the most epic spreadsheet podcasts have ever seen. Join us as we watch old favs and new(er) hits with some hot takes and maybe … Read More Read More
It’s our final episode! Well the last official Nature Finds a Way episode. We are discussing The Princess Bride which doesn’t have a TON of science in it but it is a great bride into our new podcast and it’s the best movie of all time. Details in the episode! Show Notes: –Inigo vs Westley … Read More Read More
We’re here! In our penultimate episode of Nature Finds a Way (listen to the end for more details!) we are covering the most well known alien creature of all – Tribbles! Show Notes: –Original Series S2E15 –Deep Space 9 S5E6 –Short Treks S2E2 –Period Cramp Machine –Gumboot Chitons
We are back with Turning Red! Get ready for scintillating conversations about Red Pandas, Giant Pandas, Bamboo and the incredibly annoying naming system of animals. Show Notes: –Red Pandas –Giant Pandas –What is a Bear –Bamboo
We are back and talking about one of the best books in this history of the world, A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. “It’s like Firefly in space!” – Lindsay, eloquent as always. Show Notes: –Algae as fuel –The Microbiology Society –Ada Lovelace
We are back with 1998’s Godzilla and honestly we wish we weren’t. ????????????♀️ Show Notes: –Brachylophus –Does radiation make animals bigger? –Lizards versus dinosaurs
We are back this week talking about the very niche, very on brand for maybe only us, 1980s TV show Danger Bay! Show Notes: –River Otters –YouTube Playlist
We are back with Penguins of Madagascar (the movie), so naturally we spend most of our time talking about Octopuses! ???? Show Notes: –Leopard Seals –Penguins in Antarctica –Octopuses –The Anthropocene Reviewed Podcast Episode
We are back! And talking about Galaxy Quest – the most perfect of movies…except that it doesn’t have a lot of science, oops Show Notes -Beryllium: from the movie, from reality –Thermians
Who knew we’d have so much to talk about in a Hallmark movie? It’s You, Me and the Christmas Trees– full of trees and Hallmark smaltchz and SCIENCE ???????????????????? Show Notes: –Evergreen Trees –Evergreen diseases –History of Christmas Trees –Xylem and Phloem
We headed off to Narnia this week for some animal talk and a lot of ranting about the patriarchy-sorry not sorry. It’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (book version). Show Notes: –Faun –Paperback Crush –Eurasian Beavers –Beaver Dams
We are back talking about pigs and dogs and James Cromwell with Babe! Show Notes: –Border Collies –Pigs –Domesticated Pigs –Animals Who Adopt Other Animals
We are back with Contact????️ A very good, accurate space movie that has very little biology in it but sometimes that’s ok! Show Notes: –Cancer in space –Arecibo Observatory –SETI and Contact
It’s spoooooooooky time and Sigourney Weaver month so of course we’re doing Ghostbusters! (the 1984 original and the 2016 reboot) Show Notes: –the science behind Ghostbusters –Mucus –Hagfish slime –Bio electricity in hearts –Electric Eels –Discrediting Scientists –Ignaz Semmelweis
It’s Sigourney Weaver month! We are talking about conservation, Gorillas and our extreme love for Sigourney in Gorillas in the Mist! Show Notes –Dian Fossey biography –Primates –Apes –Gorilla Sub Species –Conservation
We are back in the final frontier our latest episode talking about Janeway being a badass and viruses (I know, you just cant get enough)-its Macrocosom Show Notes -The World of Viruses: https://hmsc.harvard.edu/world-viruses
We are back this week with the adorable (and mostly biology free) Luca! Show Notes: –Mouthbrooders –Anglerfish –A Song about an Anglerfish –Barreleye Fish –Damselfish Farming Algae
We are headed back to Hogwarts to talk about Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with Hippogriffs and werewolves-and also totally nerd out about Flobberworms for most of the episode. As we discussed in our previous Harry Potter episodes, if you are uncomfortable with discussing Harry Potter right now please feel free to skip … Read More Read More
We are back with Batman Returns – talking all things cats????⬛ and penguins???? and basically ignoring bats all together. ???? Show Notes: –Why do cats have 9 lives? –Cats being randomly destructive –Behind the scenes with the penguins –Penguins are super parents
We are back on our Monster Movie theme with the very terrible Anaconda – but yay snakes! Show Notes: –Green Anaconda –Green Anaconda Song
We are talking all about bats this episode with the YA novel, Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel Show Notes: –Silver haired Bat –Eastern Red Bat –Greater False Vampire Bat –Bat Evolution –Bat Reproduction –White Nose Syndrome –Bat Conservation International is a great organization helping bats worldwide
We are back, celebrating Shark Week with the terrible but a bit fun movie Ice Sharks! Show Notes –Greenland Sharks –Trimethylamine N-oxide –Drifting Ice Stations –Fletcher’s Ice Island
We are back with special guest Matthew Vose from Eloquent Gushing talking all things Aliens; the movie, and the franchise and their place in the pop culture zeitgeist. Show Notes: –Acid buffers in humans –Ovipositors
It’s World Oceans Day! ???? (tomorrow, June 8th). To celebrate we are discussing the incredible Moana! Show Notes: –Legends Behind Moana –Coconuts –Maui –Decorator Crabs –Why Everything Becomes a Crab
We are back, celebrating the (self-proclaimed) Year of Matt Damon with The Martian! Prepare for some poop science, a lot of rover love and just overall nerdiness. Show Notes: -The Martian the book –Grow plants on Mars –Mars Rovers???? –Hexadecimals
We are once again celebrating Star Wars Day with a look at Season 2 (mainly episodes 1 and 2) of the Mandalorian! (slight spoilers for Mando Season 1 and Season 2 Eps 1-3) Show Notes: –Greater Krayt dragon –Prehistoric Burrowing Animals –Wombat Tunnels –Banthas –Frog Lady –Poison Dart Frogs –Knobby Ice Spiders –Winter Spiders –Last … Read More Read More
We are continuing Dino Month with every millennials most emotional memory: The Land Before Time! Show Notes –Brontosaurus –Apatosaurus –Triceratops –Pteranodon –Stegosaurus –Parasaurolophus –Sycamore Trees –Dinosaur Metabolism –Dinosaur Babies
It’s Dino Month here at Nature Finds a Way! We are kicking it off with a return to the island with the first of the disappointing sequels: Jurassic Park: The Lost World Show Notes: –Family structures in birds –Lysine
We are celebrating Dolphin Awareness Month with The Dolphins of Pern from Anne McCaffrey and it’s giving us alllllllll sorts of dolphiney feelings! Show Notes: –Dolphin Vocals –Bottlenose Dolphins –Bottlenose vs Common Dolphins –Remoras
We are celebrating Pi(e) Day early with Life of Pi (the movie) featuring many animals, some fantasy and a lot of sea sickness for both of us 🙁 Show Notes: –Marianas Trench –Bengal Tigers –Flying Fish –Whale Shark –Meerkat –Mangroves
We headed back into the lab this episode to spend time with Grissom and his amazing horse puns in CSI (Vegas) Season 3, Episode 21: Forever Show Notes: –Horse Racing –Diamond Clarity –Veterinary Pathologist
We are celebrating Darwin’s birthday with Master and Commander: Far Side of the World which is NOT about Darwin but does have a some great Galapagos footage and an amazing soundtrack-which is why we asked our guestpert Amanda Kinnear to return to tell us all about the pieces used. Show Notes: –Song Exploder: Yo-Yo Ma … Read More Read More
We are back! And it’s the year of Matt Damon! Kind of. Anyway, here’s We Bought a Zoo, a delightful movie filled with feelings, decent science and a dreamboat. Show Notes: –Dartmoor Zoo
The #ScienceofSantaClaus is back with Christmas Chronicles Two which is not at good as the first so be prepared for a small amount of science and a lot of Goldie Hawn love! Show Notes: –Yule Cat –Lynx –Aurora borealis -Science of Santa Claus part one, part two, The Christmas Chronicles One
We go back in time this week with Ice Age! Sadly, that time is 2002 as this movie is filled with horrible early aught/patriarchal tropes. ???? Show Notes: –Paleolithic –Mammoths –Saber-toothed Cats –Ground Sloths –Dodo –Saber-toothed Squirrel
We are continuing with our random November Africa theme with the surprisingly good Holiday in the Wild! Show Notes: –African Elephants –Kristin Davis talks about making Holiday in the Wild –How to Identify African Elephants –How You Can Help Elephants –How to Find Proper Sanctuaries
We headed to “generic Africa” this week to discuss all things Gorillas with Mighty Joe Young! Show Notes: –Gorillas –Mountain Gorillas –How to help gorillas
We are wrapping up with Spooktober with Hocus Pocus! Full of spooks, devoid of science… ????♀️ Show Notes: –Witchcraft –Black Cats (Our Halloween episode last year!) –“Dusty” Moths
We are starting Spooktober off with a Christmas movie! It’s 1984’s Gremlins! Show Notes: -Gremlins the myth -Definition of mammals –Asexual Reproduction –Metamorphosis –Axolotl –Chinchillas –Mole Rats
We are back this week with Magic in the Water, a strange movie filled with the same tropes as other 90s animal movies but with less plot? Show Notes: –Ogopogo –Loch Ness Monster –Ichthyosaur
After two years and 50+ episodes we have finally arrived at our most formative movie; it’s The Little Mermaid (with special guest Nicole!) Show Notes: –Mermaids (See also our Splash episode) –Flounders (the real fish) –Little Mermaid Statue –Hans Christian Andersen -Where is The Little Mermaid Set: Coral Reefs and Species Distribution –Cacaelia
We are celebrating the return of September with a discussion of the fun animals and the rough but important plot of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets As we discussed in our last episode and at the top of this one, if you are uncomfortable with discussing Harry Potter right now please feel free … Read More Read More
A classic story about spiders, pigs and death: it’s Charlotte’s Web! Show Notes: –The history of Charlotte’s Web –Barn Spiders –Orb Weaver Spiders –Pigs -More Spider discussion? Our Spider-man episode
We are celebrating Shark Week a bit early with a return to amazing shark monster movies (and a return from a special guest!). It’s Deep Blue Sea! Show Notes: –Mako Sharks –Denticles –Shark Attack Summary –Tonic Immobility –Sharks Can Get Cancer –Things Deadlier than Sharks –Sharks Have Seven Senses
We are back this week with rants against bad science and bad scifi creature creation-its 1979’s Alien! Show Notes: –Xenomorph biology –How the Xenomorph’s life cycle resembles real creatures -Xenomorph life stages
Pack your bags-we’re going to Hawaii! This week we discuss the amazing Lilo & Stitch with special guest Matthew Vose from Eloquent Gushing! Show Notes –It’s not that bad if mosquitoes go extinct –Chris Sanders –The Queens of Animation –Coelacanths
Snakes! On a Plane! What are the odds?! We discuss this ridiculous movie this week and mainly focus on the snakes, very little plane action. Show Notes: –Poisonous vs Venomous –Types of Venomous Snakes –How Deadly are Snakes –Ways to Treat a Snake Bite –Airplane Pressure Mythbusted
Disney’s Hercules is a masterpiece. We will not be taking questions at this time. Show Notes: –Pegasus –Satyr –Hydra –Chimeras –Genetic Chimerism
We are back this week with the very disappointing Dragonheart. Show Notes: –UK Woodlands -The Theme!
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! We picked a few our favourite creatures from the Star Wars universe to discuss to celebrate this important holiday. Show Notes: –Wookies –Ewoks –Blurrgs –Mudhorn –Krill and Climate Change –How I Met Your Mother Ewok Presentation –Sea Otter Pup calls
This week Sara tricked Lindsay into watching some Star Trek Discovery so we could discuss everyone’s favourite Water Bear-the Tardigrade! Show Notes: -Star Trek Discovery Episodes: S1E3 Context is for Kings , S1E4 The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry and Short Trek Ephraim and Dot –Tardigrades –Tardigrade Ted Talk –Journey to the Microcosmos -Memory Alphas … Read More Read More
We are back! In this episode we discuss the handsome rouge that is Disney’s Robin Hood! Show Notes –Disney’s Nine Old Men –Origins of Robin Hood –Tower of London Menagerie –The Tower, The Zoo and The Tortoise –Snakes Hypnotize Prey –Animals Breathe Out of Their Cloaca –Snakes Can Tie Themselves in Knots
Happy Dolphin Awareness Month! We decided to celebrate this year by reading Island of the Blue Dolphins which -spoiler alert-has almost no dolphins in it 🙁 Show Notes: –Sea Otters –Animals that can be found on the Channel Islands –Elephant Seals –The Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island –Blue Jays versus Steller’s Jay –Georg Wilhelm … Read More Read More
We’ve heading back to Sunnydale AND to a discussion about why everyone is so down on hyenas-it’s “The Pack!” Show Notes: –Hyenas –Hyena Facts
We headed back to the ocean to celebrate World Whale Day with an episode on Whale Rider! Show Notes –Southern Right Whales –Kiwi and Paikea –Paikea –The Naming of Things: Right Whales vs Right Whale Dolphins
We are back! We celebrate the beginning of February by watching Groundhog Day…and now we never have to again! Show Notes: –Groundhogs –Groundhog Day –Hibernation
We head back to our Science of Santa Claus series with The Christmas Chronicles! Show Notes -Other Science of Santa Claus episodes: Part One, Part Two –Healthy Food to Leave for Reindeer –How to Help Endangered Caribou/Reindeer
Another fantastic Disney movie from our childhood (plus a special guest star!), it's Rescuers Down Under!
We are back to birds this week as we discuss the Canadian classic Owls in the Family Show Notes: –Great Horned Owls –Owls vs Crows –Farley Mowat
It’s time to get spoooooooky! In our latest episode we talk all about Halloween, its origins and some of “biological” elements of this holiday ???????????? Show Notes –History of Halloween –Black Cats –Pumpkins –How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin –It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown –Monster Mashup by Pomplamoose
Happy October Everyone! We are getting spoooooooky this month starting off with some Vampire lore in What We Do in the Shadows (the 2014 movie)
Things get weird this week as we discuss this very odd (but charmingly musical) movie, Little Shop of Horrors!
September is here and there is no way better to celebrate then by discussing Harry Potter!
It's Monster of the Week time! This week we continue on our insect theme with Buffy Season 1, Episode 4 "Teacher's Pet"
In this episode we discuss the incredible 1998 Pixar movie "A Bug's Life!" with a special guest!
June is Orca Month! So we watched Free Willy, which is a semi decent foster family movie and a horrendous whale movie. Please enjoy all our Killer Whale facts! Show Notes: -We don’t have a lot of extra link info for this one, if you want to know more about killer whales check out our … Read More Read More
We continue our foray through 90's movies with Andre! The plot seems verrrrryyyyy familiar.....
This week we discuss Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (the book not the movie) and it's bad plot (spoiler alert). Plus moss and sea stars because that's what we are into.
In honor of Earth Day we watched Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest. Now you don't have too!
This week we are heading back to Space (The Final Frontier!) to discuss TNG Season 7 Episode 19 "Genesis"
Whoooooooooooooo are you? Who?! Who?! Who?! Who?! Today we discuss what we assume is the first of many episodes of CSI (Vegas): Season 1, Episode 1- "Sex, Lies and Larvae"
It’s Toothless Appreciation Week here at Nature Finds a Way! This week we dive back into Dragon biology and lore and discuss How to Train Your Dragon (mainly movie 1) and gush about the awesomeness of this movie, of Hiccup, of Astrid and of Toothless, the best dragon of all time (Lindsay’s opinion!) Show Notes: … Read More Read More
Does whatever a spider can? Are we sure about that?
Join us in this episode as we discuss the Amazing Spider-Man and how he stacks up to the awesome arachnids he is named after.
Hello from PodCon! We recorded this week's episode in front of people, SO scary! But probably much better audio! So enjoy, Sara Gruen's Ape House.
Happy 2019! We're starting the year off GREAT with our episode on the (probably not intentional?) hilarious DC movie, Aquaman.
Sooooo it's not the most biologically based episode but who cares, it's Christmas! Settle back and enjoy our very scientic discussion of The Muppet Christmas Carol. It's not 100% just gushing about the movie, we promise.
Welcome to part two of our Science of Santa Claus series where we talk about the big man himself and the mysteries and lore that accompany him! We watched The Santa Clause and Miracle on 34th Street to prepare for our discussion on Jolly St. Nick and also touched briefly on Santa in Elf (from … Read More Read More
We've gone full Christmas! Welcome to part one of our Science of Santa Claus series where we talk about how various movies portray St. Nick and his magical Christmassy world!
This week we are discussing Frankenstein! It's not as spooky as you think because the book has very little in common with the pop culture icon that you are familiar with.
This week we venture briefly into the treasure trove that is mermaids to discuss the 1984 movie Splash! (and try, unsuccessfully, to not spend the entire time talking about our love for Tom Hanks)
Short one this week! We start with Pluie and the wolves only highway and tangent onto wolves in pop culture.
Welcome to our first hot take episode- The Meg! We saw this new movie in trailers this weekend and wanted to share our initial feelings about it and it’s biological inaccuracies with you! Note: This episode does contain some spoilers of the Meg Show Notes: –Basic information on the Megalodon –Hydrothermal Vents –The pressure of … Read More Read More
We are finally at the reason why Sara started this podcast (probably!), it's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home!