Episode 2.17 - A Love Letter to Love and Basketball

03/18/23 • 106 min

This week Misan and Nana are covering Gina Prince-Bythewood classic Love and Basketball, in what might be our longest episode yet. Join us as Misan details her multiple decades' long love for this film and Nana shows off her burgeoning sports knowledge. We also discuss how the Oscars refused to acknowledge The Woman King, another GPB classic.

Stream Love and Basketball on HBO Max: https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GX_9fWg3w8KJrugEAAAA2

Read Gina Prince Bythewood's thoughts on the Oscars' shutout of The Woman King: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/gina-prince-bythewood-oscars-shutout-the-woman-king-1235319026/

Plot Transition Music:

Smooth Morning by Le Gang | https://soundcloud.com/thisislegang
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Misan's HEAs:

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman: https://elissasussman.com/books/funny-you-should-ask/

Love To Hate You: https://www.netflix.com/title/81463556

Nana's HEA:

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai: http://www.alisharai.com/book/partners-in-crime/

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Stream Love and Basketball on HBO Max: https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GX_9fWg3w8KJrugEAAAA2

Plot Transition Music:

Misan's HEAs:

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman: https://elissasussman.com/books/funny-you-should-ask/

Love To Hate You: https://www.netflix.com/title/81463556

Nana's HEA:

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai: http://www.alisharai.com/book/partners-in-crime/

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Previous Episode

Episode 2.16 - Boomerang: Aww or Nahh?

It's Black History Month, so we're going wayyyy back into the Black RomCom Canon and revisit Boomerang* to see if it still lives up to the hype. Resident skeptic, Misan, is a fairly strong nah, and Nana has more complicated feelings, so we've decided to invite our first guest for additional insight. Please welcome Nana's brother and resident Marcus Graham fanboy, Bonsu, to the Rom Pod! Join us this week for spirited debate and plenty of Black, early 90s nostalgia.

*Stream Boomerang on HBO Max

A couple of mild spoiler alerts:

Law and Order: SVU spoiler alert: 1:21:50 - 1.23:30

The Last of Us spoiler alert: 1.33:25 - 1:33:50

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Bonsu's Anti-HEA: https://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-special-victims-unit/video/blood-out/9000249572

Misan's HEAs:

https://janeporter.com/bookshelf/flirting-fifty.php

https://authoremmabarry.com/books-2/chick-magnet/

Nana's HEAs:

https://christinalaurenbooks.com/books/love-and-other-words/

https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us/season-1/3-episode-3

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Episode 2.18 - Invading Your Inbox With You've Got Mail

Misan and Nana have a lot of thoughts about 1998 Nora (and Delia) Ephron rom-com, You've Got Mail. From musings on Meg Ryan's hair and Tom Hanks' charm to pondering if Frank might have been right about the internet and whether Nora was trying to tell us something subversive, we've got you covered! Also, watch out for some mild spoilers about Love Is Blind Season 4 during the HEA section. Read the Jacobin article we reference here: https://jacobin.com/2020/10/youve-got-mail-nineties-films-rom-coms-capitalism Misan's HEA: The Love Wager by Lynn Painter: https://lynnpainter.com/the-love-wager Nana's HEAs: Maame by Jessica George: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250282521/maame Love Is Blind, Season 4: https://www.netflix.com/title/80996601 --- Check out our website: https://www.heallyeah.com/ Find us on IG: @heallyeahpod Email us at: [email protected]