Was the Twilight Saga good after all? Was it as bad as we remember? We revisit the Twilight Saga books chapter-by-chapter to answer these questions, discover forgotten Twi-lore, and wonder if Bella is the hero we all deserve.
Beau Dates a Creationist Life and Death Chapters 13–15 We spend a lot of time with our vampire/human lovers in these chapters. We break down why Edyth is... hot?? And other confessions. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Beau is Stable Life and Death Chapters 10–12 Maybe this was all a mistake... Oh and this is our 50th episode! No celebration, only disappointment. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Beau Eats Mushroom Ravioli Chapters 7–9 FINALLY we visit Port Angeles for iconic scenes... reimagined? Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Beau Isn't Carried Life and Death Chapters 4–6 Some more iconic scenes from Twilight "reimagined" in Life and Death. Featuring a classic pod-within-a-pod. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Beau Loves Monty Python Life and Death: Chapters 1–3 We are BACK and ready to talk about Life and Death, the OFFICIAL gender-swapped Twilight book. What a journey it has been to take us here. Class is in session as we talk about what gender really is, duuuude. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
The B In Bella Stands for Big Debate Bonus Episode We've read the books, now it's time to settle some scores. In this BONUS episode, a special guest moderator helps us tackle the hottest issues in Twilight. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 The Movie The FINAL Twilight movie!!! With TWO special guests for this very special episode. Do we get emo? Maybe. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Will Be Missed Chapters 37–End It's our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY special and the end of the Twilight Saga. Wow, what a journey it has been. It's like we barely know Bella, ya know? Sad to see her go, but it's not the end yet. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Celebrates Christmas Breaking Dawn chapters 32–35 Our penultimate original saga episode featuring special guest Amy! Our most genre-bending episode yet with some greatest hits thrown in. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Shields Herself Chapters 29–31 We meet new vampire friends and rediscover things about ourselves along the way. More quizzes as we reach the finish line. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Has Her Cake And Eats It Too Chapters 25–27 Wow we can almost see the end. Too bad this creepy baby has taken up all the air in the room. Board game! Party? Lots happening this week. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Never Suffers feat. Christen Stuart Chapters 22–24 We are back and on a new day! Thursdays are the new Tuesdays according to vampires. Bella continues motherhood and homeownership. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is A Vampire Breaking Dawn Chapters 19–21 It finally happened! Just in time for Christmas, Bella is a vampire! About time, too. Topics of discussion include UV light, dust, and favorite trees. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Releases Her Sex Tape (Part 1) Breaking Dawn The Movie: Part 1 A confusing holiday(?) episode where we talk about Breaking Dawn Part 1 with resident movie expert Ben! We've been broken so much... almost at the end of this... Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is Not Lizzie Chapters 15–18 This episode... goes places. Stick through it for the wildest turn podcasting has ever taken. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Loves Blood Chapters 12–14 We really rode a high the last two weeks and suddenly we're back in standard Twilight fair. It's not all rough, though. Star Wars! Honda! Memes! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella's a Rental Movie Chapters 8–11 The mania continues as we enter Jacob Black's mind. And it's a scary place full of indecent thoughts. We were warned about these chapters, but oh boy is is a good one. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Gets Down and Dirty Chapters 5–7 This! Is! It! Bella and Edward go on their honeymoon and it is just as horny as you'd imagine. Our full support is behind these chapters. Special guest joins us on this Election Day edition of the pod. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Ties The Knot Chapters 1–4 A new book brings new opportunities for Bella. Like being married and stuff. Classic Bella! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Isn't In This One The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Did you know Steph wrote a tiny little book about a tiny little character? We did! And the reviews are in! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Gets Wigged Eclipse: The Movie The movie ep with our good pal Ben! Wow Hollywood did a number to ol' Bella... Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Beats Up A Baby Chapters 24-End We did it, folks. The end of Eclipse. And what an ending it was... also pop culture news! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is Killing Us Slowly Chapters 20–23 We say this a lot, but y'all... this one was truly a crazy one. This book keeps on throwing us curveballs. Hot and heavy ep with lots of accent work. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Graduates Without Honors Eclipse Chapters 16–19 A big moment for Bella and her pals, and a great return to form. The ends of these books? Better than the middle! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella's Mom RSVP'd "No" Chapters 13–15 Content warning: Brief content warning at the top. We talk about it all episode long, so you may want to skip after the warning. Jasper spins a southern gothic yarn while two boys are condemned to the dirt where they belong. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella's Boyfriends Get Along Chapters 10–12 Edward shows... growth? Jacob definitely does not. Chris doesn't do all his homework. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is Controversial Chapters 7–9 Content warning: Brief content warning at the top. You can skip the episode or we tell you when to skip ahead mid-episode. With a special guest! Three wild chapters with wildly different tones. Will this be our last episode before Steph locks us up? Listen to find out. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Gets Her Groove Back Chapters 4–6 The boy rage continues as Bella stands up for herself. Great girl time. More #deep #analysis. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is Bad At Boundaries Chapters 1–3 Wowzers here we are in book 3 already. What a journey. Can we continue? It's as hot as Mount Doom in here. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Bought Her Car On Ebay The Twihard Episode We take the pod on the (virtual) road to discuss Twilight with a true fan and a hardboiled investigative reporter in our bravest episode of the podcast yet. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Touches Her Face Twilight: New Moon the Movie We've made it to the end of the second book, so time for the movie! Our good friend Ben joins us again to discuss this mess of a #film. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Runs for Office Chapters 22-24 An end to an era. By that we mean this long, long book. What will happen to our favorite couple? Only a group vote can tell. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Flies First Class New Moon Chapters 19-21 Ain't it crazy how time flies by? We're almost at the end of season 2! Speaking of flying, Bella goes on a trip with her BFF Alice! We meet some onion heads. Topics of discussion include onion heads and Kevin Bacon. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella's Still Kickin' Chapters 16-18 A return to form this episode with classic characters and love triangles. Stephanie tries again at an allusion. We imagine the world's saddest slumber party and give you our top tips! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella, Stop Being Rude Chapters 13–15 These chapters, to be honest, kinda sucked. We finally get a professional diagnosis for Bella. We give our biggest take yet! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Might Be Dumb Chapters 10–12 It's tough growing up, and Bella thinks she's doing a lot of it. Puberty is hard on everyone. We love a beach read! We would like to ask that everyone considers it as being behind a PAYWALL. Please, before you listen to the episode, after you listen to the episode, every time we make you chuckle, donate to your local bail fund or to Black run organizations that are doing work to fight injustice in your communities. If you have no money to spare right now, consider the episode to be behind an ACTIONWALL. Take some action before listening to the episode. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Maggie is sick, but the pod continues with a special guest co-host! Bella's relationship with Taylor continues and we agree nobody is making good choices. Quality anti-Mike content, though. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey.Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampireFind out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
A special guest joins Maggie and Chris as we enter New Moon proper. Turns out we may have spoken too soon, because this book is... still a Twilight book. Jacob enters and smiles a lot. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey.Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampireFind out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Still Hates Mike Chapters 1-3 New book, same pod! Season 2 begins with a banger. Wow is this book better? Glad some thing stay the same: we love Charlie, Bella hates Mike, and Edward does some manipulative nonsense. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey.Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampireFind out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Contains Multitudes Twilight Fan Fiction We do the unthinkable: talk about Twilight fan fiction. We even write our own. What have we become? What have we one? Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Stars in a Film Twilight Movie Commentary Bonus ep! Listen along to Twilight with us for our live reactions to this iconiqe film. Just hit play on the movie and the pod and it's like you're there with us. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella is Lili Reinhart Twilight the Movie Oh boy! This is the episode we've been waiting for. What a F I L M. Our great friend Ben joins us to talk about this seminal YA film. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella is Tougher Than We Thought Chapters 22–24 + Epilogue We've done the impossible: we've reached the end of Twilight. Bella faces an evil threat, romance blooms, and we reflect on the friends we made along the way. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is A Tree Chapters 19–21 We go bananas this episode as we realize we're so close to the end of book one. Bella and Charlie have their biggest (fake) fight yet. Alice and Jasper emerge as the best characters. Boys do boy stuff, like murder! Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Gets to First Base Chapters 16–18 The Siblings Ep™️. The Baseball Ep™️. Maggie and Chris make a BIG discovery late in the episode, so stayed tuned til the end. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is Scrambled Chapters 13–15 It's our longest ep yet and oh boy do we have things to talk about! Mostly, is Edward... A bad boyfriend? Spoiler: yes. But listen. It's good. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Is Hot? Chapters 10–12 Romance is in the air and we discuss what is most important: who is hot and who is not. Big showing for our favorite ships in this one. Edward and Bella play a horrible game of 20 Questions. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bell Hates Mike Chapters 7–9 We boot up our preferred search engine! Day trip and an Italian dinner date! Car Talk! Edward... is... a... vampire. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Straps it On Chapters 4–6 Teens! Queer theory! Blood lore! Lots to discuss with our special guest Carlee Green! Carlee is a fashion icon. Check out her shop here if you love sustainable fashion. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Bella Loves the Sun Chapters 1–3 Our Twilight journey has begun! Bella moves from Phoenix to Forks, Washington. There are hot 30-year-olds at school. Teen drama begins. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
Episode Notes Season 1 Trailer Welcome to Edward is a Vampire! Every week we'll be reading and discussing chapters from book one of Twilight, rediscovering every weird little detail we forgot about over the years. Be sure to subscribe now to never miss an episode! You won't regret it. You may even... read Twilight again. Thanks to Tendinite for our theme song, More Whiskey. Support Edward is a Vampire by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/edward-is-a-vampire Find out more at https://edward-is-a-vampire.pinecast.co
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