Besties Do Verticals

Join us for Episode 34 as the besties recap the Candyjar BL Stage Kiss. We really enjoyed the banter between Sky and Felix's characters in this vertical. Lots of fun double entendres! Lucy calls Aleta fancy and talks her into reciting a little bit of Shakespeare.

Episode 33 of Besties Do Verticals is part 2 of our recap of the School For Bad Boys with Greg Duffy and Declan Clifford. As always, we loved talking with them and learning more about their experience filming this great new vertical. We appreciate their generosity with their time, and we hope you'll enjoy this recap as much as we did!

Episode 32 is the first part of the Besties recap of "The School for Bad Boys". Besties Do Verticals usually does not start our episodes with Trigger Warnings. We recap verticals and they tend to have a lot of triggers in a 60-90 minute period. But due to the sensitivity of certain themes in The School For Bad Boys alongside the recent devastation caused by the Cornell 7 – we felt it was important...

Episode 31 - This week the Besties recap Skating To Him. This boy love drama from GammaTime stars Quinn Holmes and Lonny Presman. When a figure-skater and a hockey player clash… sparks fly!

SURPRISE Besties! Episode 30 is the ULTIMATE conclusion to our SUHKM Anniversary specials. We cannot express how grateful we are to Greg Duffy and Evan Gambardella for giving us their time so generously. It means the world to us as fans, and we hope that you all love watching as much as we loved recording it. 

Episode 29 is Part 2 of our conversation with Evan Gambardella. In this episode we get a bit serious and learn about his family's environmental activism, the changing landscape of verticals, and what his fans mean to him.

Episode 28 is another Straight Until He Kissed Me anniversary special! This week we are so happy to have Miles Bennett himself, Evan Gambardella with us! Besties, Evan was such a joy, and we ended up chatting with him for so long that we had to split it into 2 parts! So, get comfy and enjoy the first part of our 11th interview!

This week marks our 27th Episode and we continue our celebration of Straight Until He Kissed Me with a twist! We invited a few of the OG fans to the podcast to talk about SUHKM. We shared some of our favourite moments, and what we love about the show and of course Greg and Evan. We celebrated a dearly beloved member of our community who has passed away and read some fan submissions. Join us as we...

This week in Episode 26 we continue our celebration of Straight Until He Kissed Me with our 9th interview episode. We were excited to welcome one of our own; she's a friend and a fan. Author L.L. Mason wrote a novel inspired by Straight Until He Kissed Me, called Toying with Magic. Check it out and check out the book if you love BLs! It's a great story!

Kicking off our lead up to the first anniversary of Straight Until He Kissed Me, we have our 8th interview episode! Intimacy Coordinator Olivia Ku, who was the IC for Straight Until He Kissed Me, joined us and we learned SO much about what is involved in this vital role. We are so glad that our favourite actors have someone like Olivia in their corner when working on intimacy scenes. Grab a bevvie...

Here we are at Episode 24, and this week we are recapping Break Me, Princess. This girl love high school series is on My Drama and stars Polina Nerterova and Natalia Telly. As always, your besties have lots of thoughts, so grab a beverage and join us for a cozy chat.

Episode 23 is our 7th Interview, Besties! We were so excited to speak with Markin Carvalho, who stars as Fletcher Young in the My Drama hockey BL In His Cold Eyes. Markin was so sweet to give us his time, and some BTS tea so grab your cup and watch the episode on YouTube for the best experience! 

In Episode 22 we recap and discuss In His Cold Eyes from MyDrama. Join the Besties as they gush about the spice, and lament about the triggering parents! This steamy hockey BL has Heated Rivalry vibes and a happily ever after!

It's our 21st episode, Besties!  Settle in and join us as we recap Craving My British Cowboy, a new boylove vertical on Reelshort and Inverted! Created by Onset Octopus it stars Adam Santa Cruz and Elliott Eason. We really enjoyed this one, Lucy didn't even need the soapbox much this week!

We are so lucky to have our sixth interview guest this week! The award-winning director of Waterboy, JP (Jen Parkhill) joined us for a chat! In addition to discussing what it was like working with Sky and Declan, we got into their impressive resume, and their hopes for the future of queer media especially in the realm of verticals. Besties, we loved chatting with JP, you don’t want to miss this on...

Episode 19 is another recap, and this time it's another girl love! We discuss Say Yes to My Tomboy Roommate, which is available for free on Tiktok Shorts. In this sweet YA vertical, starring Nare Israelyan and Cailin Peluso, a cheerleader discovers that her feelings for her tomboy roommate go far beyond friendship.  ***DISCLAIMER*** Even though this vertical is YA, the podcast episode itself is no...

We are so thrilled to have our 5th guest this week! Our bestie Greg Duffy joined us for a chat, and we got into his acting, music, and obsession with scents! You don’t want to miss this one! Watch it on YouTube for the full Duffy experience.

It’s our 17th Episode, besties! We are recapping the DramaWave vertical Seducing My Hockey Rival. This spicy hockey romcom stars Cayman Cardiff and Zachary Shadrin. Grab your favorite beverage and join us while we discuss the shenanigans and the Cayman Cardiff smolder!

Besties I cannot believe we already have our fourth guest on the podcast! Actor Tristan Green, star of Bound to My Hot Rival joins us for a chat. We discussed his approach to character development and his hilarious TikTok sketches as well as his upcoming projects! Tune in to watch Tristan charm the heck out of Lucy and Aleta! Join us and watch on YouTube for the best experience!

Episode 15 is another super special one! Actor Declan Clifford joins the besties for our third interview episode. We discuss how Declan's husband Riley encouraged him to start acting and dig into his vertical career a bit. Then Lucy and Declan share their passion for The Vampire Diaries, and we learn some previously unknown behind the scenes stories! We hope you'll join us; we had a great time! **...

It's our 14th episode and we're recapping the sequel to Waterboy - Second Down. Besties, it's another long episode which is not surprising for an interactive vertical. Lucy was very emotional about this one, but overall, another stellar vertical thanks to JP, Sky, and Declan. Lots of serious conversation but in true Besties fashion it gets unhinged towards the end!

Besties we are so incredibly excited to present our second interview episode, and it's a long one but we don't think you will mind at all! Actor Andrew Tong joins us and we discuss his experience in the vertical space, theatre, and singing.. And we discover a hitherto unknown passion of Andrew's... a certain Pirate movie franchise! Andrew was just a joy to speak with, and we are so very grateful t...

It's Episode 12 already, Besties! And this time we recap Waterboy, winner of the Vertical Drama Love Awards Vertical of the Year. Grab a fun beverage and settle in, this is an interactive vertical so it's another long episode! 

In episode 11, Lucy and Aleta discuss the girl love drama "The Summer In Between". This YA story is set in a summer camp for rich kids; poor orphan Emily is there to win a scholarship. But half siblings Kat and Kris have other plans for her.

Episode 10 is a long one, Besties! It gets spicy and serious as we recap the brand new Reelshort interactive BL, Stableboy! Lucy stayed up all night to watch and prepare so that we could get this out asap! This is such a fun show, and we were excited to see the special guest cameo!  We hope you love it as much as we did.