Podcasts by Its Christmastown
Journalists Jeb Lund and David J. Roth step away from real world anxieties and step into the gentle, cornball, consequence-free world of the Hallmark Channel. Each time, we discuss a different Hallmark original movie—from Christmas cheer, to wedding jitters, to junk-store detectives—and break it down into recognizable components of angels, moms, moppets, sugary foods and themed sweaters, and try to make sense of when the stories veer away from comfort films and land in the uncanny valley. Welcome to a sweet, stilted vision of the world—not an escape from modern life, but a relaxing trip to an alternate universe where everyone is silly, chaste, nice, and mostly doing fine.
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127 - A Gazebo Movie with Christmas Attached from 2023-07-12T07:11
Grab a 2x4 for the gazebo, it's A VERY MERRY BRIDESMAID (2021), but...
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126 - Journal to the Center of the Turf from 2023-06-15T18:42
RYAN NANNI discovers all roads lead to Arli$$, and we're A WINNING TEAM (2023) because:<...
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125 - If You Can Book Her, Joyner from 2023-05-16T16:03
Surprise! It's AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS (2021) and we're still dating! Also, ... Listen
124 - Dream Cookies, Wine MILFs, Moon Boat from 2023-03-30T22:09
We celebrate A KISMET CHRISTMAS (2022) with one dose of cookies and realize ... Listen
123 - Faeries, Dr. Weir, Things of That Nature from 2023-03-03T05:22
We take A FABLED HOLIDAY (2022) out of time, and we apologize:
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122 - A Pumpkin for Klendathu from 2022-12-16T08:58
It's PUMPKIN EVERYTHING (2022), and we'll never pass up a good thing.
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121 - Assault on the Waist Rising from 2022-11-23T22:53
CASEY JOHNSTON'S making us stretch before WARMING UP TO YOU (2021), but we're willing t...
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120 - A Floating Meatball of Barbarism from 2022-10-20T15:21
JONATHAN KATZ and SAM ADLER-BELL sail into history aboard the USS Christmas (2020), but first:<...
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119 - Play Dates with the Pun Patrol from 2022-10-05T17:23
We started DATING THE DELANEYS (2022), but: ...
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118 - Rabbit Forensics with the Yaaas Droids from 2022-08-29T23:12:08
Uproxx's VINCE MANCINI gave us a buzz to talk CUT, COLOR, MURDER (2022 Listen
117 - Law Dog’s Dog Law and Bear Claw Law Pod from 2022-08-18T18:03:06
CHARLES STAR is remanded to WALKING THE DOG (2017) and arguing public-u...
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116 - Christmas Cocoa with Coach Cuckoo from 2022-07-01T09:08:54
ANDY LEVY comes out of retirement and needs A CHEERFUL CHRISTMAS with THE CHRISTMAS COACH (Listen
115 - Hallmark Is the Dog Chained to Its Spontaneity from 2022-06-20T04:07:08
PAT BLANCHFIELD puts the death drive on autopilot to consider (with) us THE PERFECT PAIRING (2022 Listen
114 - Four Weddings and a Sour Bro from 2022-05-20T00:28:24
We're carbo-loading for a WEDDING EVERY WEEKEND (2020) but we're breaking down on the:<...
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113 - Fart Butler, False Consciousness from 2022-03-13T07:50:40
The Daily Beast's ASAWIN SUEBSAENG joins us to observe BUTLERS IN LOVE (2022) and ask:
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112 - Sketchy Santa's Sliding Doors from 2022-02-01T22:28:36
Writer/activist MAURA QUINT returns for A KISS BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2021), to learn: Listen
111 - Irish Loaf Mode on the Mulch Oaf from 2021-12-10T15:46:01
ZACK HANDLEN of the AV Club (and more) joins us, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT (2021), to lear...
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110 - Thanksgiving 2021, Part II: The Turkey Bowl from 2021-11-25T07:20:53
WILL LEITCH spikes this show into THE TURKEY BOWL (2019) and gets us community service watching:
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109 - Thanksgiving 2021, Part I: Fever Dream with Will Leitch from 2021-11-24T17:50:50
TEASER: Thanksgiving, 2031: A Reckoning
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108 - The Wine Clown and the Disappearing Children from 2021-10-19T22:14:34
We get looped into a TIMELESS LOVE (2019) and forget our kids to:
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107 - It's Rom-Som Time: Everybody Get Amish! from 2021-10-08T00:15:46
We FOLLOW OUR HEART (2020) to Mountain View, Arkansas and:
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106 - Inchon Landing on the War on Christmas from 2021-08-10T14:29:47
SARA KATE WILKINSON takes us CRASHING THROUGH THE SNOW (2021) and:Listen
105 - A Bi Bagel Risk from 2021-07-28T21:08:35
SARAH D. BUNTING joins BRANDI BROWN to solve CROSSWORD MYSTERIES: A PUZZLE TO DIE FOR (2019), starting wi...
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104 - Hitting on the Pineapplebee's Hostess from 2021-07-07T23:43:17
NPR's LINDA HOLMES joins TARA ARIANO in saying YOU HAD ME AT ALOHA (2021) and: Listen
103 - Have You Thought About Fear from 2021-06-29T19:08:47
MAURA QUINT returns and we DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART (2021) for:Listen
102 - Everybody's All Liotta from 2021-06-11T15:25:51
We're adding A DASH OF LOVE (2017) and:
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101 - Cranpagne Wishes and Moxie Dreams from 2021-05-18T23:36:20
We're the next big thing, and we're in the BEVERLY HILLS WEDDING (2021) and: Listen
100 - Rich Problems for Bog People from 2021-04-30T22:46:21
SARA KATE WILKINSON and MAURA QUINT ice over CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS (2020) and: Listen
099 - Accidentally Racist in Chet's Galaxy from 2021-03-22T16:14:18
We speak to the dead for A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS CAROL (2020) and:Listen
098 - Buckley's Big Naturals (but Not in Excess) from 2021-01-25T20:50:51
We get handsome and competent with THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE (2020) and:
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097 - Can Steal Art, Can't Tend Bar from 2020-12-10T00:23:12
BRANDI BROWN joins us for GARAGE SALE MYSTERY: THE ART OF MURDER (2017) and:
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096 - The Elf-Developer Trust Continuum from 2020-12-02T04:23:43
TARA ARIANO and SARAH D. BUNTING take a trip to NORTHPOLE (2014) and: Robots, they're just like us ......
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095 - Let's Go to Prison! from 2020-10-10T10:05:07
CASEY TAYLOR joins us and SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED for THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED (2018) and: A tedious audio warning ... We are going to Pueblo! ... THEME Listen
094 - The Ecstasy of Competence from 2020-09-11T22:56:40
We're on the ROAD TO CHRISTMAS (2018), we'll take you there, take you there, for: ...
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093 - Rain, Negging and Casual Stalkers from 2020-08-19T08:29:19
JESSIE OPOIEN, CHARLES STAR and SARA KATE WILKINSON return for LOVE IN THE FORECAST (2020) and:
092 - Bure Factor: Chronicles of the Sex Idiot from 2020-08-06T07:47:51
SARA KATE WILKINSON helps us get SWITCHED FOR CHRISTMAS (2017), and we rebel at: A dream board! ... Po...
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091 - The Wedding Lummox from 2020-07-14T20:58:13
We run to and from YES, I DO (2018) and put the top down on our Canadian convertible for: N...
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090 - Richie Rich's Parisian Getaway from 2020-07-07T04:53:42
JESSIE OPOIEN returns for PARIS, WINE AND ROMANCE (2019) and: Quality ultimatum ... Episode NINE??? ... Pandemic saved by a dog ... Microwaved...
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089 - The 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan from 2020-06-20T22:08:17
We wish for no more of THE BIRTHDAY WISH (2017) and instead want: Brian Williams to say "Leonard Coh...
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088 - The Bachelor: Hostelry Edition from 2020-06-06T07:12:09
087 - Can't Jack Off in the Bubble Hotel from 2020-05-13T19:14:57
We got the fever, so we're putting LOVE ON ICELAND (2020) and: ...
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086 - Hallmark 9/11 Origins: Can You Not? from 2020-04-29T21:36:01
SARA KATE WILKINSON'S empire lies in ruins in the LOVE AND SUNSHINE (2019) and she's Listen
085 - Welcome Back to Persimmon Chat from 2020-04-17T07:42:14
SARA KATE WILKINSON exclaims YOU...
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084 - BadBoy James and the Whole Hardbody Movement from 2020-04-05T20:59:54
We find the novel coronavirus A NOVEL ROMANCE (2015) and: Leave the long beat in t...
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083 - But Wait, There's Buckley from 2020-03-26T21:10:10
There's no quarantine delivery so we shop LOVE IN STORE (2020), and: We're talking ...
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082 - Cinco Dublin's Safeway Afternoon from 2020-03-18T07:04:53
We commandeer a grocery store because LOVE'S COMPLICATED (2016) for Listen
081 - The Sick Bed of Fitzpatrick from 2020-02-24T19:17:15
Ireland stays FOREVER IN MY HEART (2019), but: It's Ryan Fitzpatrick again ... Harvard Boy ... Kick...
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080 - Bruce Yams' Juche Christmas from 2020-02-14T05:51:47
CHRIS COLLISION opts for Listen
079 - Flea Market Von Trapp Behavior from 2020-02-05T19:51:22
KAREN GEIER laces up her black-and-white Nikes for Listen
077 - Card It Forward, Actually from 2019-12-19T01:54:47
MEREDITH HAGGERTY returns to get Listen
075 - I Want My Baby Back Home, and Ribs from 2019-11-26T20:38:26
074 - Agent Cody Banks 3: Destination Stepmom from 2019-11-22T04:07:37
We close our eyes to PICTURE A PERFECT CHRISTMAS (2019) and see: Honkey Grandma be trippin' ...
073 - The Hallmark Version of Intercourse from 2019-11-18T18:03:02
DAVID T. COLE fortifies himself for Listen
072 - Doohickey Woodworking from 2019-11-13T06:56:10
We settle our brains for a NOSTALGIC CHRISTMAS (2019) and: A computerized program...
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071 - Law Bud and The Wheelbarrow Man (Teaser) from 2019-11-05T15:54:05
Meredith Haggerty runs afoul of Listen
070 - Exile in Goalville from 2019-10-28T18:10:57
We forget everything and start FALLING FOR VERMONT (2017) and: Hard at work or hardly working? ... <...
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069 - The Sex Number from 2019-10-17T16:21:22
SARA KATE WILKINSON finds LOVE AT FIRST DANCE (2018) leads to: Cat intercourse ....
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068 - The Matrix, but for Marriage from 2019-10-02T15:02:53
The Oracle says we'll meet MY ONE AND ONLY (2019) and: Make a hashtag out of #UandMe ... TH...
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067 - We Named the Dog Boyfriend from 2019-09-25T17:48:24
We experience LOVE AT FIRST GLANCE (2017) and forget about: The tango ...
066 - The Cheeseburger Address from 2019-09-09T19:00:06
It's an embarrassment of riches with the SISTER OF THE BRIDE (2019) and: Listen
065 - Day Drinking Through Dog Trauma from 2019-08-22T06:14:51
STACEY GOTSULIAS has comps and will travel for Listen
064 - Are You Afraid of the Badge? from 2019-08-16T06:24:21
SARA KATE WILKINSON meets THE CONVENIENT GROOM (2016) only to fall in love with: ...
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063 - The Encyclopedia of Pining from 2019-08-09T06:39:50
We go back to the CHRISTMAS LAND (2015) and: We will never forget our granddaughte...
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062 - The Piglet Level Is Just Rising from 2019-07-24T22:54:30
SARAH D. BUNTING's back, and we're gonna get in corrals for 2016's Listen
061 - Gail Is the Haint from 2019-07-18T22:56:52
SARA KATE WILKINSON gets sent to CHRISTMAS CAMP (2018) to learn: All these people are dead ...
060 - Horse Whisperer Has Come Unstuck in Time from 2019-07-12T04:39:53
We're horsing around for eternity with VALENTINE EVER AFTER (2016) and doing unpaid labor on: A dude...
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059 - Quantum Leading to Robert McNamara from 2019-07-03T08:04:10
We will drop THE LAST BRIDESMAID (2019) until: A question mark leads to an exclamation point ...
058 - Royal Rumspringa in the Denver of the Soul from 2019-06-27T22:27:56
We watch A WINTER PRINCESS (2019) and confess: I went to a Mets game, and this movie made me come down...
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057 - Wetwork for the America Pageant from 2019-06-12T01:00
Sara Rue makes the leap and joins the pantheon in ALL FOR LOVE (2017) and we must get buff for: The ...
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056 - The Scarborough, Ontario Wild Drumettes from 2019-06-05T08:35:08
It's three yards and a cloud of pixie dust with LOVE ON THE SIDELINES (2016) a...
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055 - The USS Walter Mondale Love Cruise from 2019-05-29T07:51:42
We sail away from SAILING INTO LOVE (2019) and: "I think it's great" ... ...
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054 - Raspberry Glazed Milk Pig from 2019-05-20T09:11:06
Ah, Paris, and SUMMER VILLA (2016), and time to ask: How's the writing going? ... T...
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053 - America's Most Floridian Hallmark Podcast from 2019-05-08T07:47:06
It's podcast time, when TRUE LOVE BLOOMS (2019), and: We're resolving te...
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052 - Dr. Chocolate's Great Metamorphosis from 2019-05-01T02:52:35
It's undercover boss time with EASTER UNDER WRAPS (2019) and: A special message from the dead ... "You have 8 vitamins" ... Ramps! ... Crass lead-in ... CREDITS Listen
051 - A TV Edit of Glengarry Glen Ross from 2019-04-16T19:30:56
It's time to FLIP THAT ROMANCE (2019) and reveal: This movie was bad ... Whose fault is it? ....
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050 - Is This Going to Lead to McBanjo? from 2019-04-01T08:48:22
It's time for 2018's LOVE, OF COURSE, the harvest festival and: All righ...
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049 - The Do-Over Festival from 2019-03-17T05:04:14
We regret with 2019's SNOWCOMING and: SnowComing explanation ... The second-chance high school dance...
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048 - Pride Goeth Before a Foal from 2019-03-05T19:22:27
SARA KATE WILKINSON returns for 2018's ROYAL HEA...
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047 - Ho, Ho, Ho...I've Got Pumps Now from 2019-02-23T02:06:25
ANDY LEVY returns for 2018's A SHOE ADDICT'S CHRISTMAS and: Le...
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046 - Jack Wagner's Ring Cycle: Siegfried from 2019-02-14T01:04:49
TARA ARIANO and SARAH D. BUNTING of the Listen
045 - Bookstore Boss Goes Bonkers! from 2019-01-25T11:28:03
CHRIS COLLISION returns for Listen
044 - Love in the Time of Gymkata from 2019-01-17T10:17:39
SARA KATE WILKINSON is back for CHRISTMAS AT TH...
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043 - The Unprofessional Episode from 2019-01-11T08:11:35
NORTHERN LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS (2018) rings in our new year with: Geraldine Somerville appreciation station ... Slacking on good movies, transcribing bad ones ... THEME ....
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042 - We'd Buy the App for a Dollar from 2019-01-04T03:38:54
SARA KATE WILKINSON is back to MINGLE ALL THE WA...
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041 - Welcome to Christmas from 2018-12-21T11:12:36
It's our Christmas episode! With 2018's WELCOME TO CHRISTMAS and: Worry about your driving ... THEME Listen
040 - We Found Love in a Fooded Court from 2018-12-14T04:43:42
Grab your chopsticks, it's won-ton soup time in 2016's THE MISTLETOE PROMISE, which vows: A frozen con...
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039 - Hallmark Origins: 9/11 Never Happened from 2018-12-12T10:40:10
SARA KATE WILKINSON returns a fourth time for THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS<...
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038 - Twang Mess of Grace Lint from 2018-12-07T15:18:55
KAREN GEIER is back in our dang kitchen for 2018's Listen
037 - Mariah Carey's (Long Island) Ohio Christmas from 2018-11-30T09:54:50
Idolator founding editor MAURA JOHNSTON joins us for MARIAH CAREY'S feature directorial debut in 2015's Listen
036 - Smash the Machines, Seize the Kringles from 2018-11-20T10:44:19
SARA KATE WILKINSON returns a third time for Countdown to Christmas Four in Listen
035 - We'll Do It Rimes! from 2018-11-15T12:33
Sweeten that studio magic, it's 2018's IT'S CHRISTMAS, EVE, featuring LeAnn Rimes and: One-year-anni...
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034 - Judge Panabaker in Cookie v. Gingerbread from 2018-11-09T12:02:52
KAREN GEIER is cookin' in our dang kitchen for 2018's CHRISTMAS JOY and: Listen
033 - Pride and Prejudice and Fascism from 2018-10-31T07:43:01
Fascism and criticism abound in the bleak first entry of 2018's Countdown to Christmas, CH...
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032 - The Stars Hollow Man from 2018-10-24T20:57:46
It's 2015's PORTRAIT OF LOVE and time for Logan Echolls to: Pour water on your own...
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031 - Not All Tonys Are Baloney from 2018-10-17T06:21:44
SIMON MALOY helps us get a *little* mean and Dave gets a l...
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030 - Jack Wagner's Ring Cycle: The Valkyrie from 2018-10-12T04:40:55
TARA ARIANO and Listen
029 - I Coach Peace of Mind, Barton from 2018-10-03T20:25:12
It's 2018's LOVE ON THE SLOPES and time to divide warrior from worrier with: Is your podcast repeating...
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028 - Toto's Africa: The Movie from 2018-09-24T08:29:34
DESI JEDEIKIN of the Hollywood Crime Scene podcast self-censors for Listen
027 - Murse King of Fried Chicken from 2018-09-13T09:27:36
It's 2016's ANYTHING FOR LOVE and time to hide your identity for: The menace of online dating ... Merry Christm...
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026 - ART THOU BOTOWN? from 2018-09-07T09:36:25
It's 2017's THE PERFECT CATCH and we are ready to: Play ball! ... Macho Man Randy Savage: fundamentally extreme...
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025 - So F*ck You, Edith Wharton from 2018-08-31T07:58:19
SARA KATE WILKINSON returns to exquisitely loath The Mistletoe Inn and: The world's worst wr...
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023 - A Fisherman's Guide to Undercover Angola from 2018-07-27T12:52:38
ROBERT WHEEL uses his potty mouth to announce which children are sick and which are goldbrickers in 2017's Listen
022 - B-Minus Dalton's Murder Ballad from 2018-07-22T01:45:04
JAY W. FRIEDMAN and CHRIS COLLISION of IDEOTV get incredible value with Listen
021 - The Duchess of Sussex - FOOD CRIMINAL from 2018-07-13T09:07:02
018 - Beasley vs. The Canine Connector from 2018-07-08T16:06:19
017 - Ohio Magick vs. The Quitting Coven from 2018-07-08T16:00:15
SARA KATE WILKINSON joins us for 2016's Listen
Merry Christmas! from 2018-07-08T15:47:37
Welcome to our podcast and to the silly, sweet, extremely gentle and sometimes accidentally menacing world of Hallmark Original Movies. This podcast began as Patreon bonus content, and nearly 24...
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