Romance

Episode 138 – There Better Be a Wedding at the End

February 28, 2023 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:05:24 0 Comments

The Rom-Com. It’s boy meets girl. Or girl meets boy. Or hard-working single woman meets arrogant British chap. Or womanizing marine veterinarian falls for an art teacher with amnesia. Or…you get the idea. The romantic comedy is a genre with its own beats and its own fans. What makes rom-coms appealing? How have they changed…

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Episode 53 – You Gotta Kiss the Girl

February 27, 2015 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:00:51 0 Comments

It doesn’t matter if you’re all bloody. It doesn’t matter if a mad scientist is about to complete his nefarious plot. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know if you really love her or if you love that girl back home instead. Tensions are high. Lives are at st

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Episode 27 – All You Need is Love?

February 14, 2012 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:13:56 0 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day (or Singles Awareness Day)! Seeing as the calendar reads February 14, we finally give up our pride, and our prejudice, and examine the idea of romance in fiction. In Story School, author Dawn Crandall shares experiences gleaned from

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