The Conversation

Korea cranked out a bunch of BLs in the spring, and we can't agree on any of them. Ben and NiNi talk All The Liquors, A Shoulder To Cry On, Our Dating Sim and Unintentional Love Story. Episode transcript available here. [https://www.tumblr.com/the-conversation-pod/722476492938985472/summer-2023-ep-1-round-1-fight?source=share] 00:00-Welcome 01:02-Intro 02:43-All the Liquors 13:20-A Shoulder to Cry...

Welcome to our summer series! Spring was a season of challenging and thought-provoking watches, and we're ready to get to talking about them. Here's a little tease of what's in store.

In our Spring Lagniappe, Ben and NiNi look back at the winter season as a whole, catch up on some stuff we missed, and talk a little about what we're watching now, and what we plan to be watching over the next season.

Everything old is new again, in four shows that might make you consider calling up an ex…or not. Ben and NiNi talk The Warp Effect, The Director Who Buys Me Dinner, The End of the World With You and Individual Circumstances. TW: discussions of suicide 30:06-36:12

So nice you gotta do it twice? These three shows went back to the well for a second outing, with mixed results. Ben and NiNi talk Cutie Pie 2 You, Utsukushii Kare 2 and Between Us.

Yes, a whole goddamn episode. We've got a lot to say y'all, buckle in! Ben and NiNi talk Moonlight Chicken.

These three shows are the stuff of HR nightmares, but we suppose the course of true love never did run smooth. Ben and NiNi talk GAP the Series, The New Employee, and HIStory 5: Love in the Future.

We're kicking things off this season by looking at two wildly differing takes on high school romance. Ben and NiNi talk My School President, and Never Let Me Go.

We're back! Welcome to our spring series! We were well-fed this winter so we've got a LOT to talk about, and we're really excited to get to it, and here's a little tease for ya.

LAGNIAPPE \LAN-yap\ noun: A French Creole word that means 'a little extra'. We discovered our two cultures have this word in common, so we absolutely had to use it for our bonus episodes! In our Winter Lagniappe, Ben and NiNi break down the shows we will be, won't be and may be watching in 2023. Will NiNi return to Taiwanese BL? Will Ben get his watchlist down under 50? Will this finally be the ye...

In the conclusion to our winter series, we award our Best In Class VIIB Awards (Very Important Internet BL Awards) 2022, and hand out Special Class awards to two very special shows. Episode transcript available here. [https://www.tumblr.com/the-conversation-pod/707198953402351616/the-viib-awards-part-3-best-in-class-by-ben-and?source=share] 00:00:21 Introduction 00:02:56 Girl, You Tried 00:22:01 B...

Our winter series continues with more VIIB Awards (Very Important Internet BL Awards) 2022! Part 2 is our industry deep dive, where we award all things technical and look at where BL's been this year and where it's going next. Episode transcript available here. [https://www.tumblr.com/the-conversation-pod/707198870689611776/the-viib-awards-part-2-behind-the-scenes-by-ben?source=share] 00:00:00 Wel...

In our winter series, we hand out Ben and NiNi's Very Important Internet BL (VIIB) Awards for 2022 and discuss industry trends both artistic and commercial over the course of 3 episodes. In part 1, we award actors and ships, and Ben and NiNi go head to head over side ship of the year. Episode transcript available here. [https://www.tumblr.com/the-conversation-pod/707198785883947008/the-viib-awards...

In our pre-show episode, fandom uncle and auntie Ben and NiNi talk about how we came to BL/GL/QL, why we wanted to do a podcast about it, and why we enjoy talking with each other about media. If you like what you hear, stay tuned for our winter series, the VIIB Awards 2022 (that's the Very Important Internet BL Awards), dropping soon!