The Broad Perspective

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The Ring Jan 21, 2026

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or Lighthouses & Library Books. The Ring (2002), Gore Verbinski's millennial horror masterpiece vs the Japanese original Ringu (1998) and more only slightly choatic thoughts on the classic.

28 Days Later Jan 14, 2026

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We're kicking off our first horror series with a classic, 28 Days Later! A film that changed the horror landscape and pushed Chelsea to her suspension of disbelief limit.

Knocked Up Jan 09, 2026

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Our first series comes to an end with Knocked Up! The rom com that literally kind of ended all rom coms.

How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days Dec 31, 2025

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is one of the most quintessential 2000s era rom coms and a nostalgic favorite for Megan and Chelsea. Is Andie Anderson patient zero of the "cool girl"? Is this movie more self aware than it's thought to be? Can we count Fool's Gold as a canonical sequel? All these questions answered and more on this week's episode of TBP.

Bridget Jones's Diary Dec 24, 2025

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Bridget Jones's Diary is a holiday rom com for the ages. Megan and Chelsea discuss British humor, food, and mini-break weekend holidays, in celebration of the Indiana Jones of rom coms - the undeniable, Bridget Jones.

Jerry Maguire Dec 17, 2025

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On this episode we discuss one of the most quotable rom coms of all time, Jerry Maguire, and we try to figure out where Tom Cruise ranks on the crazy/hot scale and other important topics.

Notting Hill Dec 10, 2025

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Megan and Chelsea revisit one of the supposedly great rom coms, Notting Hill. Things do not go as expected. Megan calls it "The Materialists" again.

The comeback episode - Materialists & You've Got Mail Dec 03, 2025

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The Broad Perspective returns with double the perspective. Chelsea comes on as permanent cohost and we discus the most controversial rom com in recent memory, Materialists, and one of the greatest of all time, You've Got Mail.

Immaculate & The First Omen Apr 10, 2024

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It's been awhile since we've had a good old fashioned Hollywood showdown with twin films from competing studios this similar and close in release. Host Megan Cruz, along with horror connoisseur, Max, from the Roughtake Podcast break down both Immaculate and The First Omen and how they address sexy nuns, religion, and patriarchy with varying levels of success.

Damsel & the Decline of Modern Fantasy Media Apr 03, 2024

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Host Megan Cruz and guest Chelsea Garlock discuss the new Netflix fantasy vehicle, Damsel, and all the ways it illustrates the decline of the fantasy genre in the modern cinema landscape.

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