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300. Our Live Show at RT: Chatting and Romance Feud

Robin Bradford, Amanda, Elyse and I hosted a live recording of the podcast at RT 2018, and now it’s here for everyone’s enjoyment as our 300th episode! If we were tv we’d be well into nonstop TNT syndication.

A few things you should know:

First, there was wine, because people are noble and good.

Second, there are three parts.

In Part 1, we talk about what the closing of RT means for Robin and other librarians, and what we’d enjoyed at RT thus far. We also talked about boob money, ongepotchket, and what we were looking forward to that week.

In Part 2, I do a four question interview with Sarah Penna from Frolic Media, a new destination for romance and pop culture fans. I’m on their advisory committee, and folks at RT had already met them at the opening night party.

And then, in Part 3, we embark on a high-stakes, very competitive game of Romance Feud, built on the survey I posted a few weeks ago. Team Amanda battles Team Elyse with excellent audience volunteers, and a great deal of silliness.

The live show was so much fun. Thank you to everyone who came, to Amanda and Elyse for being excellent team captains, and to Eva, Frannie, Robin, and our excellent friends who brought us wine and glasses.

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And here are the pictures of Team Elyse, courtesy of Eva Moore:

Rebekah, Eva, Elyse, and Yvonne
Team Elyse: Rebekah, Eva, Elyse, and Yvonne – image courtesy of Eva Moore
Eva, Jasmine Guillory, me, and Rebekah
Eva, Jasmine Guillory, me, and Rebekah – Image courtesy of Eva Moore

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  1. Willa says:

    Hahahahaha! *wipes tears* loved the romance feud – great fun, thank you!

  2. lorenet says:

    It was one of the highlights of the week to attend this show LIVE. I listened to the podcast with a smile on my face while driving to work this morning. Thank you.

  3. ReneeG says:

    Congrats on 300! I’ve enjoyed all the ones I’ve listened to, and keep track of those I’m still waiting to hear.

  4. Frances says:

    I was in the front row and it was one of THE highlights of my trip. SO MUCH FUN! Thanks to all of you for the many laughs!

  5. Katie C. says:

    I just finished listening to this episode – so much fun! But, question, why are there no herbivore shifters (other than the reindeer shifter Elyse mentioned)? There are a lot of dangerous herbivores – elephants, giraffes and hippos. Please someone write a hippo shifter romance and then Elyse please review it here!

  6. Julie says:

    OMG that was fun to listen to the ‘game show’. Please – we need another installment SOON!

  7. Deborah says:

    Duke of Dukington *g*

    Was there a board displaying the answers (with their position/counts) as they were guessed? I’m thinking no, since Sarah would often call out how many answers were left, but maybe that was just for the listeners at home.

  8. Ren Benton says:

    @Katie C.: Hey, who says shifters have to be dangerous? I’m all about three-toed sloth shifters.

  9. Noemi says:

    The game at the end was awesome and hilarious!!

  10. chrisz says:

    This was definitely a highlight of the week! Thank you so much for such a fun, laughter filled evening!

  11. Nancy C says:

    @Katie C: Not dangerous (other than the hero is a biker dude), but there’s a hedgehog shifter book called Hedging His Bets. Not particularly well-written, but hilarious!

  12. Katie C. says:

    @Ren Benton – that is true! Let’s hear it for the three toe sloth shifter!

  13. greennily says:

    Oooooh! That was such a great episode! I was laughing out loud half the time. Love your live shows, ladies!!! Happy 300th episode anniversary!

  14. cleo says:

    @Ren – I’ve READ a sloth shifter story. It was in one of those free mm anthologies, this one was put out by a UK group. It was pretty good, iirc.

  15. ReneeG says:

    Would it be possible to get the survey results published in a post? I missed some of the wrap-up while I was listening (or actually, interrupted while listening). I would love to see what we all came up with and how many votes each got!

    (all i can remember for my choices are honey badger in the library)

  16. SB Sarah says:

    @ReneeG: Sure thing! I’ll add the results to the podcast entry asap and comment when I do!

  17. Critterbee says:

    Great episode – lots of fun!

    Pelisse!! PELISSE!!! Haha it sucks when no one guesses your answer!

    Also, what was the yarn store mentioned? Jimmy Dee’s? Thanks.

  18. Elise says:

    The live podcast taping was the highlight of my week at RT. You ladies are awesome and the wine was yummy.

  19. Michelle A says:

    The game show was hilarious. Pretty sure I was laughing like a looney while walking and listening to it the other day.

  20. library addict says:

    I can’t believe no one but me said blunt force trauma.

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