Music lovers rejoice! In this episode, we review Haim’s current tour (stop talking to your props), write an original jingle (working title “Cruel is Cool”), and finally reveal ghosts’ favorite song (“Bubbly” by Colbie Callait). We also do an exercise in subverting romance tropes that Molly keeps wrongly comparing to Scattergories.

It’s Bookstupid with Maggie and/or Patty, which is what all Irish-American women were called in the 1800s. We learned that from a tour of the haunted Lizzie Borden house, which you’re sure to feel like you’ve visited too. We also discuss the progress we’re making on our respective romance novels, Juliet balconies, hobby farms, and— you guessed it— The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Claire went on vacation and got inspiration from her nephew’s command of the English language. And in a shocking role reversal, Molly tells a story about sports. We also cover the engagement of our close personal friend, Taylor Swift. Molly recaps Jesse Armstrong’s Mountainhead and we discuss the merits of romance without smut (brave but ugh.) Finally, we get into the heads of our main character with personality tests, and we diagnose Claire with internalized misogyny.

One of the joys of finding a great new romance is sharing it with your friend. And what fun when you co-host a romance podcast with that friend. This week, we recap not one but two Ali Hazelwood romances: The Love Hypothesis and Deep End. We also discuss episode 5 of The Summer I Turned Pretty and discuss what it looks like when an adult eats a peach.

Unfortunately, we can’t keep Jeremiah Fisher’s name out of our mouths, so get ready for more TSITP fodder. We also cover Claire’s recent return to religion after being visited by baseball angels. Eventually, when we truly run out of distractions, we talk about our writing and How It’s Going. In that way, this episode emulates our writing process itself! All very meta, lowercase m.

We’re back in Cousins, baby! This week, we reckon with the idea that this might actually be a “The Summer I Turned Pretty” recap podcast. We do a deep dive on the legality of Jeremiah’s affair (we WILL be representing Belly in court.) And much like Season 3 Episode 5 of TSITP, it’s time to provide a POV from our books’ leading men.

This week we’re talking about how we’re always thinking, which is writing, in a way. Beyond a generalized catch up on how our drafts are going, we cover the celebrity couples we have in our prayer books, Hector’s new trainer (and Claire’s new crush), and some all-time favorite rom coms we’ve recently revisited.

It’s time we try our hand at another creative medium: visual art! This week, we design our book covers. One of us stuns in new photos and the other should probably stick to the written word. Also this week, Molly displays signs of a mental health crisis by visiting Shondaland and Claire finally finds herself alone in the suburbs. One thing we can never seem to find? The damn dessert table at a wedding.