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Hot and Bothered is all about the power of romance culture. We analyze romance novels and movies to better imagine our own happy endings. Episodes release weekly on Tuesdays. CURRENT SEASON: Hot and Bothered (Movie Edition) We make Hot and Bothered because we are interested in the way that love stories have impacted our lives and culture. For our fifth season of the show, we’re turning our attention to romantic films. Vanessa and Hannah McGregor dig into the canon of romantic films, from Tit ...
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up on a fictional greek island to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Mamma Mia! This week we discuss melodrama, the female gaze, and Susan Sontag's Notes on "Camp." We finish the episode by calling Carl Magnus Palm to talk to us about ABBA. --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. They discuss Peter's puppet musical, Rachel's academic future, and Sarah's future as a pet psychic. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting …
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up at a Hawaiian resort to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Forgetting Sarah Marshall. This week we discuss cool girls, beta males, and Girl's Gone Wild. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Jeffrey Geiger to talk to us about the US imagination of Hawaii in cinema. --- Hot and Bothere…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Sophie Gilbert analyze the ending of 27 Dresses. They discuss Jane's wedding dress, her skill as a bridesmaid, and her chemistry with Kevin. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon! …
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Vanessa Zoltan and special guest Sophie Gilbert meet at a dive bar in upstate New York to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about 27 Dresses. This week we discuss Katherine Heigl's career, the wedding industrial complex, and the way this movie treats race and queerness. We finish the episode by talking to Sophie about her new book…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Twilight. They chat about Bella's ambivalence about prom, Edward's superstrength, and the cultural power of the gazebo. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on P…
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up in Forks, Washington to play vampire baseball and record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Twilight This week we discuss chivalry, cultural appropriation, and our new theme: movies of 2008. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Joseph Crawford to talk to us about the history of vampires in …
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The Real Question: Should I Take an Art Class in 2025? (with Vanessa Zoltan)
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While we’re in-between season, we wanted to share with you an episode of another Not Sorry podcast, The Real Question. The Real Question is a show that holds space for life’s tough questions. Each episode, a guest brings a personal question they’re grappling with, and Chaplain Mauricio Bruce helps them find an answer. This season, our focus is on f…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Ronald Young Jr. analyze the ending of She's All That. They chat about what makes a proper grovel and the narrative reasons for heroines to be motherless. This is our last movie in our series on teen adaptations of classic literature! We're taking two weeks off and will be back on April 15th with T…
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Vanessa Zoltan and special guest Ronald Young Jr. grab their hacky sacks and meet at a performance art show to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about She's All That. This week we deep dive into toxic beauty norms, fatphobia, and popularity. We finish the episode by calling sociologist, Amy Best, to talk to us about the history of…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Easy A. They chat about intertextuality, grand gestures, and virginity. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon! On Patreon we have more great romance co…
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet at the Lobster Shack in Ojai, California to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Easy A. This week we discuss what makes a 'rom-com' a 'rom-com', male writers' depictions of female friendship, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. We finish the episode with an interview with Professor Megan Hunt about…
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The Notebook x Melodrama with Vanessa Zoltan | Material Girls
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We have a special treat for you today! Vanessa recently guested on Hannah's other pop-culture podcast, Material Girls, to talk about The Notebook with Hannah and Marcelle. It was so good, we wanted to make sure you knew about it. And if you love hearing Vanessa, Hannah, and Marcelle in conversation – good news, there's another episode out there! Va…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Kristen Meinzer analyze the ending of Cruel Intentions. They chat about Cecil's moment of 'growing up' and whether death is enough of a punishment for Sebastian. In this week's episode we promote our Mary Oliver writing retreat, you can check out more about that trip here. Hot and Bothered is a Not…
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Vanessa Zoltan and special guest Kristen Meinzer meet at their aunt's mansion in the Hamptons to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Cruel Intentions. This week we discuss female desire and villainy, the male gaze, and the dangers of a bored teenager. We finish the episode by calling scholar of French literature, Catriona Seth…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Clueless. They chat about why young women love dreaming about their weddings and why they find bouquet tosses a little uncomfortable. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram --- If we give you butterflies, consider supp…
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet at a mall in Beverley Hills to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Clueless. This week we discuss the charitable-industrial complex, popularity, and age-gap relationships. We finish the episode with an interview with Deidre Lynch about Austen and her adaptations. Also on this episode, Ha…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of She's The Man. The talk hairstyles, they talk gender politics, and they talk about our favorite 'freak' character, Eunice. --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene anal…
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet on the soccer field to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about She’s The Man. This week we discuss toxic masculinity, Amanda Bynes’ funny accent, and the way gender politics get played out the sports field. We finish the episode with an interview with Laura Horak about her scholarship on cro…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of 10 Things I Hate About You. Vanessa reveals how little she knows about guitar and Hannah teaches us about different poetry forms. --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus scene ana…
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Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet at Padua High School to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about 10 Things I Hate About You – our first movie in our high school adaptations series. This week we discuss Kat's feminism, why Shakespeare is in 'the canon,' and the American high school formula. We finish the episode with an inte…
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We're continuing our exploration of Love Actually this week with three plot lines we consider the 'non-romantic' stories – the stepfather and stepson, the sister taking care of her brother, and the aging rockstar and his manager. We're off next week but we'll be back January 7th with 10 Things I Hate About You. --- If we give you butterflies, consi…
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Happy holiday season! As a thank you to those who supported our Patreon drive last month we're bringing you a special bonus movie before the new year. Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet at a school Christmas pagent to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered about Love Actually. For this episode, we're focus on four plot lines – the prim…
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Not Sorry has launched its first new podcast since 2020! Let's Ask Taylor Swift is co-hosted by Vanessa and podcaster, writer and cultural critic: Daniel Schroeder. In each episode Daniel and Vanessa will focus on one song from Taylor's discography, asking themselves, each other, and you— the audience— what it is about Taylor's music that resonates…
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For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Pretty in Pink. They continue their analysis of Duckie as a queer icon and weigh the merits of Blane's apology. --- We're in the middle of a Patreon drive. We're trying to get our numbers back to where they were last year! If you are a regular listener to our show, we'd…
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