Love to See It with Emma and Claire
Claire Fallon, Emma Gray
300 episodes · Explicit
A snarky but affectionate dissection of the love we see on-screen – and what it says about all of us. Hosted by culture critics Emma Gray and Claire Fallon, Love To See It is a weekly podcast that recaps reality dating shows like “The Bachelor” and revisits the romantic movies that shape the way we date and love today. We laugh, we cry, we break down every juicy detail and unpack all the weird messages that pop culture sends us about love, sex, and dating.
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‘The Traitors: New Blood’ E7: The Fruit Shall Set You Free
There’s one thing we can say for sweaty fruit boy Victor: he stands on his convictions. Though his quest to take down Tomica and Joe has only alienated the castle further, Victor is determined to bring up his…
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‘Love Is Blind’ S11 E6-8: Unpasteurized Love
It’s week two of “Love Is Blind” Boston, and the couples are… mostly floundering. In a real twist, Rob and Michaella are quickly emerging as potentially the only good match of the season. Meanwhile, tension is brewing…
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‘The Traitors: New Blood’ E6: Fruitgate-gate
Episode 6 of “The Traitors” brings us up to speed with a flurry of activity: a murder! A mission! A round table! And many, many ill-fated attempts by Victor to make Fruitgate happen. In this episode, we see what…
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‘Love Is Blind’ S11 E4-5: Kennedy Or Romney
In episodes 4 and 5, the love chains have been winnowed down to triangles and couples, before heading off to Mexico. The women are busy trying to convince their male suitors to choose them, while the men are mostly…
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‘Love Is Blind’ S11 E1-3: Boston Runs On Dunkin’
The pods have touched down in Boston! And we had so much to say about the first drop of episodes, that we had to split our recap into two parts. In part 1 we get into all of the various love chains that form in the…
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‘The Traitors: New Blood’ E5: The Cursed Cursed Apple Toss
This week, “The Traitors: New Blood” is back on the air – but we’re down to one new episode. And it’s a relatively uneventful one, with barely a round table or murder to speak of. Instead, most of the episode is spent…
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News & Gossip: ‘SLOMW’ Crumbles, Taylor v. Clarke, ‘The Vow’ Trailer & ‘Love Is Blind’ 11 Cast Bios
Buckle up, we’re catching up on news & gossip! With Mikayla and TFP out the door, ‘SLOMW’ is down to a skeleton cast. Was there ever any other outcome? And what’s next for the franchise? Then, the breakup between…
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‘The Traitors: New Blood’ E3-4: Teeny Traitor Breadcrumbs
With bodies and banishments piling up, the game is really underway now – and while Joe Vanella is playing his own secret angle, casting doubt on the athletes of the castle, the three Traitors are leaving a breadcrumb…
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‘The Traitors: New Blood’ E1-2: Hogwarts For Sweaty Boys
A cast of non-celebrity American players feature on this season of “The Traitors: New Blood” – an unusually “Harry Potter”-inflected season, especially considering how radioactive J.K. Rowling’s brand has become. (Why,…
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‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ S5 E4-5: What Are We Doing Here?
Season 5 of “SLOMW” ends abruptly, after an on-camera revelation that Dakota’s friend has called CPS to report Taylor. But it’s not entirely out of the blue. The last two episodes contain ample signs that Taylor and…
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‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ S5 E1-3: ‘Bachelorette’ Brand Disaster
Back in March, when Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” was yanked just days before premiering, cameras were rolling for season five of her original reality show: “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”…
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‘Love Is Blind’ UK S3 E7-11: Find My Fiancé
By the second half of “Love Is Blind” UK, all is not well! Our crop of six robust couples has begun to dwindle, thanks to motivational speaker Ryan’s energetic hangovers and Jordan’s failure to find the spark. Ciara…
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‘Love Is Blind’ UK S3 E1-6: Love You, Bye!
The pods are open, to be fair! Claire and Leigh are finally catching up on “Love Is Blind” UK season 3, and it is a rollicking good time. We have a resident jovial love-bombing lad and a resident soft-life pink-pill…
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The ‘Love Island’ S8 & ‘Let’s Marry Harry’ Reunions: Please, We’re Exhausted
The “Love Island” USA and “Let’s Marry Harry” reunions finally dropped this week, after we’d finally allowed our brains to move on. The two-hour “Love Island” reunion was shapeless, often boring, and felt as though it…
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‘MAFS’ S20 Finale & Reunion: A Vibe And A Half
Season 20 of “Married at First Sight” is safely in the can, and, as we hoped, six of the seven couples are safely separated from each other! In this recap, Claire and Leigh talk about Decision Day, from the reveal of…
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‘MAFS’ S20 E16-18: Couples Retreat From Hell
This batch of “Married at First Sight” episodes leaves us at the brink of decision day – and teasing a scandalous off-camera conversation between Felipe and Tori. But first, the remaining six couples head off on a…
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‘MAFS’ S20 E13-15: All In… For Now
As “Married at First Sight” season 20 draws closer to decision day, the pressure on the seven couples is growing – and one has, blessedly, buckled underneath it. After Nick and Courteney wisely remove themselves from…
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‘Let’s Marry Harry’ Puts Sprinkles On Toxic Masculinity
Harry Jowsey has had a long and winding road through the world of reality dating TV, most notably “Too Hot to Handle” and “Perfect Match.” He rode his success from these Netflix hits to a podcast deal with Alex…
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‘MAFS’ S20 E10-12: Strong Hobbies And Weak Connections
Welcome back to another week of a show we’d like to call “Six Future Divorces And A Marriage,” starring Cam and Michelle as the one couple we would be shocked to see announcing the end of their marriage during the next…
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‘MAFS’ S20 E7-9: Live, Vibe, Jetski
Three weeks into “Married At First Sight,” the couples really start to settle into their marriages. Some of them take the plunge into sexual intimacy, while others are still tinkering with basic communication. Nikki…
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'Married At First Sight' S20 E4-6: Attraction At 60%
The second week of “Married at First Sight” S20 is exposing more profound incompatibilities between these couples. An atheist married to a devout Christian? Two “bright suns” forced to orbit each other? A black cat…
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‘Married At First Sight’ S20 E1-3: Seven Weddings And A Jetski
For the first time ever, we’re covering “Married at First Sight”! The franchise’s 20th season, set in Seattle, kicked off last week with three episodes. The first batch of episodes introduced us to seven couples –…
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A Former ‘Bachelor’ Producer’s Controversial Memoir & Post-‘Love Island’ Drama
After an epic season of “Love Island,” we have a lot of catching up to do! This episode, we get into some Bachelor Nation news, as well as the post-villa drama and gossip that has already begun to percolate from our…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E32-35: To Brinfinity And Beyond
It’s “Love Island” graduation week! Emma pops back in from maternity leave this episode to offer her hot takes on this final batch of episodes. The families come through to offer their blessings or curses on the…
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Introducing: Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger
There’s a lot of dopey financial advice out there. Jill Schlesinger is here to call it out, answer your questions, break down the financial news that actually matters, and help you manage your money without losing your…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E26-31: Situationship Spin-Out
Movie Night, the cataclysmic climax of “Love Island,” has come to an end, and the islanders have spent the week sweeping up and sorting through the emotional wreckage. Apologies are made and accepted, old grievances…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E20-25: Movie Night Mayhem
Grab your popcorn, our favorite film is on: “Love Island” production exposing the manipulations of red-pilled creeps! Our temporary co-host Leigh Blickley joins for her first episode of Emma’s maternity leave, and we…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E14-19: Too Many Lap Dances w/ Game of Roses
It’s time for Casa Amor, babyyyyy!! Claire is joined by Lizzy and Chad, cohosts of Game of Roses, for some deep analysis of this week’s episodes. The first half of the season has dragged a bit – stagnant, uninspiring…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E8-13: From CorbinGPT To ChatGPT
This week on “Love Island,” the love triangles started percolating – and those who aren’t in love triangles clearly got a firm nudge to start making some more villa geometry happen. Bryce randomly decided to pull his…
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‘Farmer Wants A Wife’ S4 Finale: The Last Tradwives Standing
Three farmers, six women, and one enormous tractor: In the last two episodes of “Farmer Wants a Wife,” it’s time to find out who is destined for a future together. We get into the final two episodes of season 4, where…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E2-7: The Importance Of Being Sincere
We’re officially into week 2 of “Love Island USA,” which means that we have six full episodes to discuss! We get to know six bombshells, learn about the nuances of Gen Z “loverboy” culture, define “attributes,” and…
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‘Love Island’ S8 E1: Astrology Is For Sex Idiots
Season 8 of “Love Island USA” is here at last. And as Ariana Madix put it: “We’re so back.” She’s right. Summer is back, we’re back, and the beauty of watching sex idiots find love in a villa in Fiji is also back. Life…
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‘Love Island’ Casting, ‘Perfect Match’ Updates & FWAW S4 E5-6
Before we dive headfirst into the new season of Love Island USA, we knew we needed to catch up on some reality news and gossip. First, we go through all of the updates on the “Perfect Match” season 4 couples, and…
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‘Perfect Match’ S4 E8: Shorties, Bro Code & One Final Plot Twist
Netflix has “Perfect Match” on a shorter and shorter leash, from 12 episodes in season 1 all the way down to just 8 this season – and boy, can you tell. In this rushed finale, we squeeze in one last challenge and…
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‘Perfect Match’ S4 E6-7: Sexy Blueberries And Dark Energy
Episodes 6 and 7 of “Perfect Match” dropped this week, leaving us with just the finale for next week – just as the show is finally starting to pick up steam. Putting the abysmal pacing aside, the drama is heating up as…
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‘Mormon Wives’ Discord, ‘LIB’ Divorce, & ‘FWAW’ E3-4
This week, we dive into the utterly depressing drama that has unfolded publicly between Mikayla Matthews, Taylor Frankie Paul, Jessi Draper and Mayci Neeley. We also get into some other news and gossip, including some…
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Introducing Family Lore
Family Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating family legend, followed by a historical deep-dive to uncover the…
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‘Perfect Match’ S4e1-5: An Abundance of Jimmys
Netflix’s reality dating super-show is back for a fourth season, after a near-perfect third season featuring AD and Ollie’s transatlantic LIB love story. The concept, for those who aren’t familiar: sexy singles, mostly…
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Why We (Still) Watch ‘The Bachelor’ w/ Ilana Masad & Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais
In this bonus episode, we go deep with Ilana Masad and Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais on their new anthology: “Here For All The Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor.” It’s a book of essays about our first – and truest –…
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TFP & Dakota Back In Court, ‘Summer House’ Leaks & ‘Farmer Wants A Wife’ E2
Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen received mutual 3-year protective orders, and some interesting comments from the judge, in court last week. We discuss the updates in the ongoing legal battle, including an old…
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The Great Bachelor Nation x Bravo Convergence w/Gibson Johns
Three makes a trend, and suddenly there are not just three, but FOUR former “Bachelor” USA franchise cast members appearing on Bravo casts. With Jasmine Goode on “The Valley,” Salley Carson on “Southern Charm,” Ashley…
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‘Farmer Wants A Wife’ S4, ‘Summer House’ Audio Leak, The ‘SLOMW’ Spin-Off
The reality TV space has been humming with action this week, and we’ve got a bevy of topics to discuss. First, three new square-jawed farmers are seeking wives – and one candidate is Bachelor Nation’s own Heather…
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‘Temptation Island’ S2 E5-9: Dump Him!
It’s time to round out our recap of the latest season of “Temptation Island,” and all the accompanying drama. The back half of the season is action-packed. We’ve got dates! We’ve got men doing self-victimization like…
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‘Temptation Island’ S2 E1-4, More TFP & Dakota Mortensen News
“The Bachelorette” may have been put on ice, but related news and gossip is still flowing. We briefly discuss one of Taylor Frankie Paul’s men shooting his shot with another “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star, as well…
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The Scamanda ‘Summer House’ Scandal For Dummies
Season 10 of “Summer House” was going great – until the next great reality TV betrayal scandal broke. Last week, Amanda Batula and West Wilson finally confirmed growing rumors that they were romantically involved,…
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Presenting Puck News | The Powers That Be Daily
Join Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Hamby, along with the team of expert journalists at Puck, as they let you in on the real conversations insiders are having across the four corners of power in America: Wall…
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A Quick Dip Into ‘Love Overboard’ & ‘Bachelor Mansion Takeover'
This week, we’re taking a little break from “Bachelorette” chaos to dip our toes into some other reality shows. We sampled Hulu’s recent yacht-based, class-war-themed dating show “Love Overboard,” as well as HGTV’s…
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Jessi Draper On CHD & More Taylor and Dakota News
(Trigger Warning: Domestic violence and emotional abuse) If you or someone you know has been impacted by domestic violence, you can call 800-799-7233, or text BEGIN to 88788. Please listen to this episode with care.…
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Unpacking ‘The Bachelorette’ Cancellation
(Trigger Warning: Domestic violence) If you or someone you know has been impacted by domestic violence, you can call 800-799-7233, or text BEGIN to 88788. Please listen to this episode with care. On Thursday afternoon,…
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‘Bachelorette’ S22 Cast Bios: Mama’s Boys & Cowboy Cosplayers
It’s almost time for Taylor Frankie Paul’s journey on “The Bachelorette” to officially begin, which means that it’s time for us to dive into the cast bios. Twenty-two strapping men who fall broadly into the categories…
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