True Romance with Carolina Barlow and Devin Leary

Carolina and Devin conclude their 100th episode extravaganza with a discussion of the Kardashians finale and how they are actually not mad at all that men betray the women that save them - so not mad at men that it’s HILARIOUS! Then they dive back into breakup movies, touching on My Best Friend’s Wedding (aka the biopic of an asshole), the very polarizing Under The Tuscan Sun, Call Me By Your Name...

TRUE ROMANCE’S ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE IS HERE! Devin and Carolina celebrate with discussions of getting set up by friends who are in relationships, the urgency of singlehood, the mirror that is Love Island, the dangers of voicing support for Mr. Peanut and finally - all the best break up movies that will heal your injured ego and heart (starting with such hits as Something’s Gotta Give,...

Carolina and Devin will be back next week for the 100th episode!! Please rate and review the podcast and check out this re-release,  -- Carolina and Devin discuss weddings, engagements and MARRIAGE, aka the contract of servitude that they both really really want to sign for some reason. They touch on Instagram proposals, eloping, their favorite celeb weddings and the terrifying matrimony of J...

Carolina and Devin are joined by New York Times Bestselling author Ann Leary (some relation) to discuss her new novel THE FOUNDLING (out now in stores and online)! They reminisce on the years when women either got institutionalized in asylums for having PMS (free socks!) or lived without rights as wards of their fathers and husbands. On the topic of bad husbands - the women then jump into a discus...

Devin and Carolina cover the very polarizing Kravis wedding outfits and then jump into the beautiful, tragic, pornographic, confusing and sometimes… boring world of Sally Rooney adaptations. Why can’t Frances make friends with someone she hasn’t slept with? What’s the difference between an awkward wombat and an awkward shivering deer in the woods (hint: one is hot)? Is Joe...

Carolina and Devin Katch Up with the Kardashians and discuss the process of leaving behind Scott Disick, while positively salivating over Travis Barker asking Kourtney what he should order for dinner. Then they break down the iconic stock character: The Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Whether it was Natalie Portman not changing our lives with The Shins, Kirsten Dunst being a happy flight attendant who cre...

The women get together to cover Bachelorette parties that turn into spiritual breakthroughs and Kim Kardashian messing with the dead. Then Devin tells us a story about a lil murder in a town called Poughkeepsie, NY. Carolina has some disturbing physical similarities to the murderer, except she’s single and the murderer had 3 partners. The mystery includes chat rooms, sex at the water tower,...

Devin and Carolina discuss Listener’s Topics such as: The perils and delights of age gaps, cutting toxic family members out of your life, Carolina’s obsession with the Glee soundtrack in 2010 and more. They also cover the panic of a first date, and how to remember you are not The Chosen but The Chooser. That’s a real word! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carolina and Devin talk for the first time in a week and it’s a rollercoaster of a conversation that starts with a tribute to Vanessa Lachey's iconic lines from Love is Blind. Carolina then discusses her isolation in a London hotel room and her attempt to turn a work thing into a true love thing. Devin talks about her journey to Dawson’s Creek and makes an apology for some misguided Th...

Devin is joined by guest cohost LESLIE TYNIK to discuss the morally corrupt, chaotic sequel to Love is Blind - Netflix’s The Ultimatum. They cover everything from the couple intros and the two proposals heard round the world, to the changeover, to Madilyn’s hate-lust for Colby and his cowboy hat, to Rae’s search for a way out, and of course April’s third person narration. T...

We will be back next week, enjoy this re-release episode of True Romance! Rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast here. -- Devin and Carolina discuss the process of recovering from a breakup and the process of accepting Demi Lovato’s engagement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The classic love story: Woman meets disgusting man who steals her money. The twist? She makes tree nut cheese. Devin and Carolina talk the red flag of eating only raw food, setting up the iconic Hilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin only to be rewarded with a con artist who draws stick figures, and the confusion between fear and love. They also discuss dating multiple people at once (revolutionary) and...

Devin reviews Deep Water, the vehicle that gave us the Affleck/de Armas fling that got us through some tough times. Then, Devin and Carolina commence their final (for real this time) discussion of Love is Blind Season 2! They cover the bachelor and bachelorette parties, the quandary of what men do for fun, how anyone could “trust the process” of the pods, the roller coaster of Danielle...

Devin updates Carolina on her Celiac Disease diagnosis and then they both dive back into the Love is Blind world to talk about Sal’s music career, the phenomenon of getting fitted for a wedding while talking about why you shouldn’t get married, Danielle’s lifestyle of corn costumes, video games and mind games, Shayne’s potential new career as both a wedding planner (kids buffet required) and a pag...

Devin and Carolina continue their coverage of Love is Blind season 2! They find Danielle’s nonsensical narratives relatable and then discover the root of all those narratives… in Danielle’s mom. They find out that Shayne’s only non-negotiable for his wedding is that he be allowed to wear a cape and that is… truly remarkable. They also cover Kyle becoming more attractive when he tells Shaina’s fami...

The girls get back into the POD to discuss episodes three and four of LOVE IS BLIND S2. The couples are in Mexico and Carolina and Devin discuss Deepti over everything, telling a man to break his vegetarianism before ghosting him and leaving the country, the sometimes unfair urge to make your privileged white male boyfriend feel bad about himself, how to keep your demons close to your chest throug...

Devin and Carolina talk to award winning journalist, actress, screenwriter and author of THE PRETTY ONE Keah Brown about all things pop culture and romance - including the importance of friendship as exemplified by Cristina Yang and Meredith Grey, putting all of our hopes and dreams into Beth and Randall’s love on This is Us, not wanting to go shopping with your friend’s boyfriend, how to navigate...

Love? She is blind. That is the topic of today’s episode, where Devin and Carolina analyze a foolproof dating method: Nick and Vanessa Lachey put you in pod, you talk to strangers over a period of one hour or two years, nobody knows, and you propose to someone who doesn’t believe in evolution! The ladies discuss everything from episodes 1 and 2 (more to come) including the Genesis of SHAYNE, the s...

Devin and Carolina immediately fall into conflict over Jennifer Lopez and her upcoming movie MARRY ME. They eventually crawl out of the debris to talk the WORST Valentine’s Days, with stories submitted by our perfect listeners. We also follow the alcoholic marriage that is Kyle and Amanda on Summer House, Kanye’s teenage obsession with PIM (Pete and Kim) and talk the times we’ve ruined Valentine’s...

Carolina and Devin dive back into True Crime Romance with The Tinder Swindler and West Elm Caleb aka the love bombing that shook the world. Devin gives TikTok updates and explains the algorithm leading us to an important question: are dating apps safe? Probably not, but we’ll let you decide and we’ll still continue to use them. The ladies talk celebrity headlines and Devin discusses selling gifts...

The girls go to the Hamptons for the summer (just kidding they are in debt) but they do watch Summer House. We discuss the couple in your life that always fights and needs to break up but ends up getting married, the best thing to do when your ex doesn’t come home (destroy his toiletry bag), finally seeing girls break mens hearts on reality TV, and the man on Summer House who claims to have three...

Carolina and Devin listen and learn from real life rom com couple Leslye Headland (Sleeping with Other People, Russian Doll, Star Wars) and Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll, Single Drunk Female, Becoming Anna). They discuss being gay (happy) and falling in love at FIRST SIGHT. We hear what it’s like to come out in your 30s, how to text a bad texter and of course, female psychopaths. Learn more abou...

Carolina and Devin listen and learn from real life rom com couple Stacey Angeles (The Daily Show) and Anto Boros (the Swellers)! They discuss making the first move and getting immediately rejected, sex ed lessons from the set of 16 & Pregnant, the decision to have kids, fertility struggles, their favorite TLC shows, the importance of doing your own thing in a relationship (aka getting away fro...

Carolina and Devin discuss the date heard round the world, aka Kanye West giving Julia Fox a room full of clothes. Is it a publicity stunt? Who cares. Julia Fox is a hero. Then, the ladies take their new Reality Romance series to the DMV as they explore all of the romances and arrangements of The Real Housewives of Potomac. They talk the many confusing scandals of Ashley and M*cheal Darby, the Jua...

Carolina and Devin dive deep into the often romantic, always chaotic yet somehow comforting world of Bravo’s Real Housewives. They start with the news that Meghan King - the hero who miraculously made it from Real Housewives of Orange County all the way to White House adjacent - got divorced from Cuffe (Biden) Owens two months after getting married. Then, Carolina and Devin cover all of their favo...