The RomCom Roundtable

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We’re heading back to Richmond! Series 4 just wrapped, and we wanted to do a Ted (Lasso) Talk Part 2!    We also welcome Steve to the show!! Steve is our editor and sound technician here at The RomCom Roundtable.  We chat about Steve’s experience in music production. Check out Steve’s website to see music he’s produced!    Stephen Angello Productions   We chat abo...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable!  Let’s go back…back to the beginning. We venture into cinema history with one of the original RomComs films: It Happened One Night.   Starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night is the story of Peter and Ellie. Ellie has recently eloped with a pilot King Wesley. Ellie’s father thinks Wesley is after his family’s fortune and separates Ellie fr...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We debut our new segment: This is a RomCom…And I’ll Prove It!  In the inaugural episode of the segment, we chat about Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves . Caitie presents her thesis for why she thinks D&D can be considered a RomCom. We chat about the production of the film and how the cast bonded over a game of D&D.  We also share with whom we woul...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! It’s been a little while since we chatted about a Hallmark movie! Today we talk about travel too! Let’s head to Australia! In our latest episode, we chat about A Melbourne Match !  A travel writer heads to Melbourne for an assignment where she meets a former Australian Football player who unexpectedly becomes her tour guide. It’s a story about identity and how wor...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! A long awaited adaptation is the topic of today’s episode! Today we chat about The Love Hypothesis !   Check out your local bookshop (including our sponsor, The Broken Spine!) for Ali Hazelwood’s books, including The Love Hypothesis ! For audiobook readers, Libro.fm is a great way to support local bookshops!  The film adaptation of The Love Hypothesis is available...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We mentioned during our Live Show that we could keep talking about Heated Rivalry and Off Campus , and so we did! Check out our bonus epilogue with more of our thoughts about both shows.  Heated Rivalry is available on HBO Max, and Off Campus is available on Amazon Prime. Check out your local bookstore (including our sponsor The Broken Spine!) or library for the b...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Today’s episode is our Live Show! This year was the Summer of Sports in Philly, and it was a great day of celebrating RomComs and Romance and the joy they bring, Sports Romance, Heated Rivalry , Off Campus , indie authors and artisans!  Our guests in our Sports Romance Roundtable include Cassandra Moll, J.L. Stray, Nikki Castle, and Stephanie Rose. We chat about t...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Let’s unite for more RomComs!! It’s our mission here at the pod! It’s also the mission of our next guest: Keagan Karnes , Director of Love on Tap and Co-Founder of Inspirado TV ! Keagan Karnes is a Latinx award-winning Producer and Line Producer for both narrative films and branded content. Keagan served as the Line Producer on the film Walking With Herb , starrin...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable!  Last month we had a really cool opportunity to attend our first screening at the Philly Film Society prior to the theatrical release of One Night Only !  One Night Only , starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, is set in the course of a single night in New York City where unmarried people can get together. Allie (Barbaro) and Owen (Turner) meet as they are loo...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! It’s a double header episode! We’ve got a compare and contrast of Fever Pitch, both the UK and US versions of the film! We’re in the early weeks of the Premier League season, and although our West Ham United is not in the Premiership this year (come on, Irons!), we wanted to tie in this latest episode with the new season and as baseball approaches the playoffs (Go...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! It’s pub day for The One Where They Fall in Love! Congratulations to our guest, Cristina Wolf, author of How to Write a Rom-Com and her newest novel The One Where They Fall in Love !  In today’s episode, we talk about Cristina’s journey as an author and her career in publishing, the characters of the series, and RomComs on screen and in books!  ⁠ The One Where The...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Time to cheer on the Greyhounds; today we have our first television series review! Part 1 of our Ted Lasso series is here! In this episode we chat about the origin story of Ted in the NBC Sports sketches (links below!) and Series 1-3 of Ted Lasso .  In particular, we talk about an episode of Season 2 (“Rainbow”) that is an ode to the RomCom! Naturally, we had to f...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! In today's episode, we have a special guest: Pavan Moondi, the writer, director, and editor of Middle Life ! We recently had a great opportunity to watch Middle Life , a Canadian RomCom making its stateside premiering in Los Angeles and New York City!  Middle Life stars @julytalk ’s @leah_fay and @peter_dreams . Andie (Leah Fay Goldstein) is a new mom, a weddi...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We have an update with details about our Live Podcast and Sports Romance Book Fair!  We’ve mentioned in a previous episode our upcoming live event that we are co-sponsoring with The Broken Spine in Tinker & Trade . Today, we are sharing some more details about our live event on August 30 at 2pm at Love City Brewing, and we’re excited!  There will be 4 authors...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Today we’re chatting about the Netflix #1…. Voicemails for Isabelle ! Starring Zoey Deutsch, Nick Robinson, Harry Shum, Jr., Leah McKendrick, Ciara Bravo, Lukas Cage, Megan Danso, Tyler Sandeman, and Nick Offerman, Voicemails for Isabelle is available for streaming on Netflix. Jill (Deutsch) is grieving the loss of her sister and begins to leave voicemails to her....

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We had a great conversation during our Bend It Like Beckham Episode! As we were talking, we found some comparisons and contrasts to themes we reviewed in other films. We didn’t want to leave this part of the conversation on the cutting room floor and thought this would make for a fun minisode!  As part of our Season 2, we’re going to be featuring more minisodes an...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! The quarterfinals of the World Cup are set, and to coincide with the tournament, we thought we had to chat about a film about the beautiful game!  Break out the kit for your favorite team because today we chat about Bend It Like Beckham !  Bend It Like Beckham (2002) is about Jess and her dream to play football professionally and balance the plans her family has f...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! When the genre of RomCom is mentioned, this film is often at the top of the list. Today we review When Harry Met Sall y.  We share our thoughts on the film and its cultural impact as well as its influence in romcom movies and books of today.  We recorded this episode in December 2025. We already had this episode slated on the schedule before the news broke about R...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Season 2 is here!! Today’s episode features a summer classic: Mamma Mia ! And we have a guest co-host! Our friend Katie joins us on the podcast!  In today’s episode, we chat about ABBA, their music and impact on culture; tribute concerts to ABBA, including The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA; and our thoughts on Mamma Mia ! We’ve got lots of fun facts about ABBA and th...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We have an update about Season 2! Our new season starts next week!  Starting next week, we will have a regular schedule for episodes starting on Tuesdays! Stay tuned for later this week for our review preview for the next episode!  We also want to welcome, Steve Angello , who has joined us at The RomCom Roundtable as our audio engineer! Thank you Steve! Check out...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We have our first interview with an author on today’s episode of the podcast! Today, Christy Schillig joins the podcast!  Congratulations, Christy, on the re-release of Wish You Weren’t Here !!   In this episode, we learn about the inspirations for Wish You Weren’t Here and Lessons in Falling , Christy’s journey as a writer and teacher, her upcoming projects, and...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! So we had a layover….a literary layover if you will. We’ve got one more stop in our mini series! We talked for a while about Roman Holiday, but how could you not? It’s a classic!  In our previous episode for Roman Holiday Caitie mentioned a book that features the themes and some similar scenes to the film. Today we have a bonus book review episode for you where we...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! It’s been a fun, nostalgic journey in our mini series throughout Italy through the lens of film. We knew from the beginning the mini series should have a grand finale!  The movie that walked so the films of the future could run…..(cue the drumroll)..... …. Roman Holiday !  Starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday (1953) is the story of Princess Ann...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! And to our One Year Retrospective!!  It’s been an incredible first year of the pod, and we are so thankful for all of you for being part of the journey!  In this mini episode, we reflect on highlights of the first year of episodes we’ve recorded and published and what’s upcoming for our second season! Thank you to our guests, sponsors, and to you the listeners! We...

Hey now! Hey now! This is what dreams are made of!  Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We’re back in Italia with our mini series!  And it’s all millennial nostalgia today - we’re chatting about The Lizzie McGuire Movie ! Thank you to Fareena for the request!  Starring Hilary Duff, The Lizzie McGuire Movie is based on the hit Disney Channel show. The film had a theatrical release in 2003 and is set...