First Dates & Soulmates is a romance podcast where craft meets culture, hosted by romance author Meg Casebolt and pop culture devotee Nikki McKnight. Expect trope frameworks, feminist film & pop culture critiques, author interviews, and sometimes ridiculous readalongs involving vibrating vegetables.
Season 3 of Bridgerton is out and Meg and Nikki have THOUGHTS.In this week’s episode of First Dates & Soulmates, Meg and Nikki discuss their favorite moments from Season 3, as well as some of their biggest disappointments.If you’re not caught up with parts 1 and 2, beware – there ARE spoilers in this episode.You...
In this week’s episode of First Dates & Soulmates, Meg and Nikki are doing a deep dive of one of the most popular romance tropes, enemies to lovers. In this episode, you can expect: * What exactly IS the “enemies to lovers” trope? Including Nikki’s five different types or subcategories of the trope * The...
Meg and Nikki sure do, but in the case of Their Last Resort by R.S. Grey, they were left a little disappointed with the execution of some of these tropes. In this week’s episode of First Dates & Soulmates, Meg and Nikki discuss the things they liked in this novel and the things they think...
In this week’s episode of First Dates & Soulmates, Meg and Nikki are diving into the Bridgerton universe. Written by Julia Quinn and brought to T.V. by Shonda Rhimes, The Bridgerton series is an epic Regency romance tale, set throughout eight novels. In this episode, you can expect: * Meg and Nikki’s experience with Bridgerton...
Can you remember the very first romance novel you’ve ever read? For Nikki, it was Born In Ice by Nora Roberts. And in this episode of First Dates & Soulmates, Meg and Nikki are going all in on their favorite tropes, the clashing of plots, some romance “no-no’s”, and more from Born In Ice. And...
In the first official episode of First Dates & Soulmates, Meg and Nikki talk about where their love for romance and reading began and why they're making it into a passion project. You'll also hear about Meg and Nikki's favorite genres (there may be some controversy here), the genres they tend to stay away from,...