The Rom-Com Room
Meet Cute presents The Rom-Com Room, where we reclaim rom-coms as pleasures, and not the guilty kind. Every Friday, rom-com connoisseurs Kendra Okereke and Mercedes Gonzales-Bazan unite to nerd out about their favorites, their love-to-hates, and every crush and rom-com in between. www.meetcute.com
Episodes
November 28, 2022 • 2 mins
Hi Meet Cuties, we have some exciting news! On December 6th at 5pm PT / 8pm ET, Kendra and Mercedes are joining us for a Rom-Com Room Reunion. Chat with the girlies LIVE on Discord, as they discuss one of the most festive rom-coms, THE HOLIDAY. Click here to join—we can't wait to see you there! Check out our other rom-coms, including A MID-SEMESTER NIGHT'S DREAM with Charithra Chandran. Follow @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRo...
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September 27, 2022 • 1 min
Meet Cute Presents: Sexiled. Can you fall in love after only one conversation? Ronan’s best friend, Sydney, thinks so. Ronan’s about to put it to the test, anyway: Sydney has kicked him out of their hotel room for her latest hook up, and Ronan’s decided to kill the time by wandering around Prague with a stranger.Follow @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter & TikTok. Join the rom-com conversation on our Discord.Plea...
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September 16, 2022 • 62 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes tackle one of the greatest rom-com love triangles of all time, in BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY. But first, the ladies chat with the incredible debut novelist, Carley Fortune—about everything from how Elle Woods almost inspired her to become a lawyer (thank goodness the book world snagged her instead!), to her debut novel EVERY SUMMER AFTER, to all her takes on the incomparable BRIDGET J...
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September 9, 2022 • 37 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes are headed back to school with the iconic retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, SHE’S THE MAN! Our only critique? That Channing Tatum doesn’t have a dance number in this movie. So, um…this podcast is now officially an Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum stan account…enjoy!If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs o...
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September 2, 2022 • 35 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes are getting into the soft Jacob Elordi launch…THE KISSING BOOTH. The gals tackle some of the most burning questions surrounding the Netflix rom-com generation…like WHERE did Noah Centineo go? Which Jacob Elordi character would YOU take home to meet the rents? And of course…are we swiping right on this movie? If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCut...
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August 26, 2022 • 59 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” we have a very special treat: instead of chatting about just one rom-com today, Kendra and Mercedes journey through the history of rom-coms with the incredible writer, director and rom-com aficionado, Jonah Feingold. Jonah is the writer/director of @datingandnewyork and AT MIDNIGHT for @paramountplus, and you can find him on IG and TikTok @jonahfeingold. So get that number 2 pencil because rom-com s...
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August 19, 2022 • 38 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes can’t resist a little summer lovin’...with the most iconic movie-musical out there, GREASE! Okay so…maybe it’s not the first movie that comes to mind when you think “rom-com”...but give the episode a listen, and you’ll see where we’re coming from. This episode is dedicated to the sweetest pink lady, the hopelessly devoted heroine: our beloved Olivia Newton-John. Rest in peace, Sa...
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August 12, 2022 • 36 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” grab your white cardigan and cozy up for some coastal grandmother perfection, because Kendra and Mercedes are bringing you SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE. It's a rom-com with a little somethin’ somethin’ for everyone—Nancy Meyers brings us gorgeous kitchens, stunningly messy desks, and of course…a heartthrob for the ages, Keanu Reeves. If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCut...
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August 5, 2022 • 37 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes are celebrating the TWENTIETH anniversary of the beloved, family centered rom-com, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. We absolutely love this movie and have a hunch that you do, too, so come join Kendra, Mercedes, and the whole Portokalos family as we toast this timeless rom-com. Oh and don’t forget your windex!If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on I...
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July 29, 2022 • 35 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes are here to wax nostalgic about an early 2000s classic, featuring some magical denim and one life-changing summer, in THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS. Raise your hand if you also desperately wanted to be Alexis Bledel in this movie…! Lena + Kostos 4Eva <3If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter an...
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July 22, 2022 • 38 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes nerd it up about a coming of age romance with a secret ingredient, MYSTIC PIZZA. Let’s be real, this episode is ALL about our rom-com-queen, Julia Roberts. So if you love her like we do, if you love pizza, or you just need some voluminously wavy hair tips, you won’t want to miss this episode.If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram an...
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July 15, 2022 • 47 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes get into a very controversial rom-com, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER. The gals really come in hot to tackle this story about love that is NOT exactly a love story, and we need to know…are you team Tom or team Summer?! But at least there’s one thing we can agree on…we’re ALL team Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @Meet...
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July 8, 2022 • 60 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes nerd it up about the dreamy, musical rom-com getaway, MAMMA MIA! But first, they chat with Lilia Buckingham and Erin Shelby Moore—on all things best-friendship, their favorite MAMMA MIA songs, playing love interests in Meet Cute’s series A POOL FOR LOVE, and even a little inside scoop on Lilia’s role in the upcoming HOCUS POCUS 2. If you’d like to submit questions or notes for ou...
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July 1, 2022 • 38 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes finally get to one of Kendra’s all-time favorite rom-coms, SAY ANYTHING. Can Kendra find it in her heart to roast this summer-after-high-school classic? IS Lloyd Dobler the perfect man? There’s only one way to find out. If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stor...
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June 24, 2022 • 38 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” we’re kicking off a slate of summer rom-coms, starting with the 80s classic that’s all about a summery, 60s romance: DIRTY DANCING! If you can believe it, Kendra had never seen this movie, so prepare yourself for some takes that are hotter than the Catskills in August ;)If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.Y...
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June 17, 2022 • 40 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes get into one of the best friends-to-lovers rom-coms, BROWN SUGAR. As Kendra puts it, this movie feels like a special club—so we cordially invite you to join us, as the ladies (for the first time) cannot find it in their hearts to ghost anyone in this movie. I mean, Taye Diggs in cable-knit…need we say more?!If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute...
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June 10, 2022 • 32 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes are so excited to celebrate Pride Month with you by getting into the sweet, coming of age rom-com, LOVE, SIMON. If you love LOVE, SIMON, be sure to also check out some of our other Pride (and any time of year!) rom-com faves, like LOVE, VICTOR, CRUSH, HEARTSTOPPER, and the one we can’t wait to see…FIRE ISLAND.If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCu...
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June 3, 2022 • 38 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes get into the Judd Apatow universe with none other than KNOCKED UP. Tune in to hear the ladies make the case for why this movie is, indeed, a rom-com. If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Join the rom-com conversation on our...
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May 27, 2022 • 28 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” we have something a little different for you. Kendra and Mercedes had the opportunity to chat with the one and only Jodie Sweetin, aka Stephanie Tanner from FULL HOUSE, and the conversation was so fun, we decided to drop it as this week’s episode. Enjoy! If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to...
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May 20, 2022 • 39 mins
This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” it’s time for the one and only, the ICONIC, the fetch: MEAN GIRLS. As Mercedes so eloquently puts it, the Rom-Com Room is officially 3/4ths of the way through the Arianna Grande, “Thank You Next” music video, cinematic universe. Need we say more?! Oh yeah, on Fridays we wear pink, so get in loser. Xoxo. If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetC...
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