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Writers, hopeless romantics and best friends Rebecca Baird and Emily Fletcher attempt to legitimise their English Lit degrees by talking a lot about stories. We’ll talk books, films, and music, share our own writing journeys and delight listeners far and wide with our adorable friendship. When it comes to good stories, we’re obsessive, we’re effusive, we’re analytical... well we’re just completely Infatuated.
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Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
This week, we're joined by friend of the show and fellow nerd Roisin McCrimmon. Roisin brings a SPOILER FILLED discussion about Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. We talk about favourite video games, rant about a certain character who stole our hearts and a certain character who just won't go away, and we share the scenes that stuck with us!
Find Roisin and Folklore Scotland here:
Our infatuations:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Help I Sexted My Boss - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/help-i-sexted-my-boss/id1357127065
1989 Vault Tracks - Taylor Swift
Dimension 20 - https://www.youtube.com/@dimension20show
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Rebecca's Instagram - https://instagram.com/grammour.puss
Rebecca's Twitter - https://twitter.com/grammourpuss
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
This week, Emily tells us about the myth behind Medusa in Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, while Rebecca shares moving The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. We discuss a song about dead dogs, a favourite album that hasn't yet been released, and interrupt a book quote with giggles!
Our infatuations:
Stone Blind - Natalie Haynes
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
Contradicting - Hyunjin of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6IB_RyX1dQ&ab_channel=StrayKids
Hold On - Seungmin of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89fCmIOkL9o&ab_channel=StrayKids
Light, Dark, Light Again - Angie McMahon
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
This week, Emily takes us through the music career of Korean artist Agust D (SUGA of BTS), while Rebecca shares tennis based drama Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We wade through Agust D's songs and music videos and documentaries and books, Rebecca brings us back to normality with a fun read, and Emily shares the song that comforts her!
Our infatuations:
Agust D - Agust D
D2 - Agust D
D-Day - Agust D
Daechwita music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGjAWJ2zWWI&ab_channel=HYBELABELS
SUGA: Road to D-Day
BTS: Beyond the Story - BTS and Myeongseok Kang
Haegeum music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9qZR_OGa0&ab_channel=HYBELABELS
AMYGDALA music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1dkYoLHVs&ab_channel=HYBELABELS
Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic Readalong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1UxcJ7k-M&list=PLMiBFlqWunnpU-1msuI7o2XR3QPVNY6J5&ab_channel=V.E.Schwab
The Sunshine Couch - Wic Whitney
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
This week, we are bringing you a short story special, each bringing you three of our favourite short and sweet (or not) stories. We discuss why we didn't the format at first, try and (successfully?) avoid spoiling the endings, and ignore Rebecca's sniffles!
Our infatuations:
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Hunter's Wife (The Shell Collector and Other Stories) - Anthony Doerr
Exhalation #10 (The Ghost Sequences) - A. C. Wise
The Last Wish (The Last Wish) - Andrzej Sapkowski
The Six Deaths of the Saint - Alix E. Harrow
Dandelion Light (So We Can Glow) - Leesa Cross-Smith
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
This week, Emily tells us about suffragists and cycles in The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, while Rebecca shares the whimsical and wonderful Honeycomb by Joanne Harris. We fully settle into witchy cosy season, Rebecca nearly makes Emily cry, and Emily is maybe a secret lyrical genius!
Our infatuations:
The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow
Honeycomb - Joanne Harris
Social Path ft. LiSA - Stray Kids
Moving in Place - Shauna Dean Cokeland
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
This week, we celebrate Halloween as Emily tells us about witchy and weird Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid, while Rebecca shares the dark and also very weird Shy by Max Porter. We discuss what costumes we should wear at our Halloween party, and share some seasonal favourites!
Our infatuations:
Juniper and Thorn - Ava Reid
Shy - Max Porter
Bones and All
The Good Witch - Maisie Peters
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
We're back - with Season FIVE! This week, Emily talks translation in Babel by R.F. Kuang while Rebecca talks transcription in Big Swiss by Jen Beagin. We catch up on our lives since Season 4, talk holidays, and gush about a lot of music!
Our infatuations:
Babel - R.F. Kuang
Big Swiss - Jen Beagin
5-STAR - Stray Kids
Stick Season - Noah Kahan
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
It's the most wonderful time of the year - our Christmas episode! This week, we're bringing you our third special episode of the season and recounting our favourite reads, listens and watches of the past year. We recount our favourite books of the year, pick out some memorable passages, and we introduce you to the new creature causing havoc in the background of this recording. We also exchange our Christmas presents!
Our infatuations:
Babel - R. F. Kuang
Honeycomb - Joanne M. Harris
Little Thieves - Margaret Owen
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
Poison for Breakfast - Lemony Snicket
The Ghost Sequences - A. C. Wise
Blood of Elves - Andrzej Sapkowsk
Northern Star - Dom Fera
Juniper and Thorn - Ava Reid
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
5SOS5 - 5 Seconds of Summer
Midnights - Taylor Swift
NOPE
The Midnight Club
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
It's our Samhain Special! This Halloweeny week (Halloweek?), we each share three favourite spooky reads. We run the gamut of creepy tales, bring you a mix of gruesome and tense stories, and Emily goes full-on gothic researcher mode on one of her picks!
Thank you to Titan for gifting a copy of Not Good for Maidens to Emily.
Our infatuations:
Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
The Clockwork Girl - Anna Mazzola
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
And That's Why We Drink Winchester Mystery House episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e200-the-burbank-fish-flopper-and-a-homicidal-rhombus/id1204570053?i=1000501479585
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson
Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
It's our Summer Solstice Special! This week, we each share three favourite summer reads. We discuss what we even class as a summer read, our neighbour interrupts us with a loud Stranger Things viewing, and Rebecca reads out a passage that almost makes us both cry!
Our infatuations:
Sweet Sorrow - David Nicholls
Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton
I've Got This Round: More Tales of Debauchery - Mamrie Hart
This Might Get Weird - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-might-get-weird/id1438878323
So We Can Glow - Leesa Cross-Smith
The Blood of Stars duology - Elizabeth Lim
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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