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Week of Love 2026 was so much fun and we're excited to be coming into today's episode straight off of that! Today's a fun episode where we talk all things our predictions for Harry's upcoming album, Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally. xoxo,sam and isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Our debut novel, Me For You, turns one (everyone say happy bday!). In celebration, we quiz each other on things that happen in the book, talk about things we're glad we changed, and give some silly never heard before commentary on the book!! xoxo,sam & isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Back with another extremely fun guest episode for WOL 2026 with none other than the esteemed Editor Lauren of Author's Best Friend. Lauren is someone we've wanted to chat with for a long time and the timing was just right...or as Lauren said "kismet". Looking for an editor? Curious about an editor's perspective on writing? This is the one for you!! Make sure to check out Author's Best Friend to stay up to date on all their projects and availability to book! xoxo,sam & isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderguest: Lauren SakowskiFind Lauren here: Author's Best Friend IG, and New Writing IG!!follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
first time in the WOL hot seat, AH! this was so fun, sam's questions were brilliant and it was nice to be able to reflect and really take a moment to think through these. Happy Week of Love!
Day 3 is here and we're so excited to be chatting with fellow podcaster and extreme fangirl Megan from Megan's Bookish Life! We talk all things being a fangirl—what we're fans of, our fangirl resumés, and so much more.hosts: sam blocher and isa wilder guest: megan hubrexfollow Megan on Instagram!Everywhere you can find Megan!Website: https://megansbookishlife.wixsite.com/podcastMegan's Bookish Life (Apple Pods): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/megans-bookish-life/id1628420362MBL (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/2BUOhDd7NvozKAO5uScNUQ?si=f389fbf86d424868MBL (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@megansbookishlifefollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam: @thesamlouisebisa: @isabela.wilderLikewise on InstagramLikewise on YouTubesupport likewise :-)
Our first guest of Week of Love 2026 is officially here! And who better than to have the lovely Sydney Applegate (whom we interviewed for the first time two years ago during our first ever Week of Love on Day 2!)? hosts: sam blocher and isa wilder guest: sydney applegatefollow Sydney on Instagram!Follow Sydney on Goodreads and Amazon — where you can find all of her books and add them to your TBR and buy them!Everywhere you can find Sydney!Website: https://www.sydneyapplegate.com/Substack: https://substack.com/@sydneyapplegateTalk wordy (Apple Pods): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-wordy/id1833302972Talk wordy (Spotify): https://www.youtube.com/@TalkWordyPod Talk wordy (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@TalkWordyPod follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam: @thesamlouisebisa: @isabela.wilderLikewise on InstagramLikewise on YouTubesupport likewise :-)
It was so fun to sit in the author-interview hot seat for today's solo episode! Isa's questions for me were so thoughtful and I feel like I got to spill some fun secrets about my author things. Happy Week of Love day 1!! xoxo,samhosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Welcome to our third annual week of love! A week of daily episodes packed full of LOVE. This week we have three special guests joining us and a celebration at the end of the week for the 1 year anniversary of publishing our co-authored novel, Me For You. Listen to us chat through the schedule and update you on our current reads in today's kickoff ep! xoxo,sam and isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
We've declared 2026 as the year of intentional growth, so of course we had to talk about all the ways we plan to pursue growth and change this year. In true likewise fashion, we get carried away in some fun convos about our favorite Alani flavors, dream collabs, future careers in audiobook narration and...handwriting analysis?? Guess you'll just have to listen to find out! xoxo,sam and isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Making predictions for the year last week was so fun we just had to make lists again this week. This time, we're sharing our personal "Ins" and "Outs" for the year and gosh was it fun to hear what each other picked!!xoxo,sam and isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Happy 2026! we know this is a little bit of a later start, but we're so happy to be starting the year (and season 7!) out with some predictions! How many do you think we'll get right? Send us some of your 2026 predictions! stay tuned for next week's lists
It's our annual Likewise Wrapped, which means we can finally close the book on 2025. One of our busiest life years yet, and slower year for the podcast with our mid-year break, but we made it back before the end of the year with a chaotic comeback in typical Likewise fashion. If you're curious what our spotify wrapped looked like, how many books we read this year, and what our favorite moments of 2025 were, listen up!xoxo, likewisehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Sam wraps up her year in true likewise fashion with a playlist! Listen to find out what was on repeat in 2025 and what song matches each month of the year! xoxo, likewisehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Christmas season means it's kindness season aka the time to make spirits bright. We're wrapping up week 3 of podmas with all our best ideas of how to spread holly jolly kindness through the rest of the season and at your holiday gatherings!! And remember, kindness is free!xoxo, likewisehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Podmas Day 8 is FINALLY here! basically...i've been super busy and i'm detailing everything that's been going on and continuing being busy is why this video is so later!soooo, sorry! but, it's finally here and i'm excited to continue with the final week of podmas this week! YAY!xoxo, isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Welcome to week 3 of podmas! Today's mini with Sam is a fun one, so sit back with your fun bev and enjoy! And don't forget—VIDEO is available for this episode with bonus content over on Youtube :) xoxo, Samhosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
We're wrapping up week 2 of podmas with a casual hang and yap about our holiday plans (or lackthereof) Podmas has been so fun already and we love getting to hop on and record a new episode together every week...even when we're keeping it simple. Thanks for catching up with us for another week!!xoxo, likewisehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Podmas week 2 is well under way and we're so excited to be bringing you another wishlist episode! this is such a fun trend that we're excited to participate in!Watch on Youtubexoxo, isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Welcome to podmas week 2! Sam is giving you all her best gift ideas all based on things she already owns and loves. Hopefully there's something you want to add to your list or get for your loved ones
our first full episode of podmas 2025! don't worry, it's relatively short to get us started! winter blues is so real and something we're both working on overcoming each year. also added in some fun things we're hoping to do this winter :) cozy up with your favorite seasonal bev, it's time for podmas day 3xoxo, likewisehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
it's tiiiiiiiime! soooo excited to be back at our third annual Podmas! as you know (and if you don't know, well now you know) we're doing it a little different this year. i'm so happy to be bringing you a little postcard ep. i'm recapping my sister trip to NYC at the end of the summer and talking a little about some things i want to get to this winter season and winters to come!xoxo, isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
HAPPY PODMAS! wow, can't believe the day is here- the first episode of our third podmas. Just two years ago, we decided to do daily episodes for the first twelve days of december, and now here we are with an all-new 3 episode per week Podmas schedule for 2025. Can't wait to see what holly jolly fun this Podmas brings! xoxo, samhosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
our 10 before the end media edition is hereeee! so excited to be doing it this way, a lot less intimidating imo. sorry i'm late and sorry this is 9 mins longer than sam's. listen to it faster than 1x and it'll go by faster! t-3 days until podmas day 1 (listen to sam's mini for a quick rundown for how podmas is gonna work this year heheh)xoxo, isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Another year, another 10 before the end list...but this time there's a twist!!! Not just books, so maybe I can actually finish my list this year...whoops. And only a few days until PODMAS officially starts!!!xoxo, samhosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
We're bacccckkk!! We missed you all so much and are so excited to officially break our hiatus. A lot has happened in our lives since June, but we're looking forward to the rest of the year for Likewise, including the one and only PODMAS coming soon. WARNING: Reality TV Spoilers for SLOMW S3, DWTS, and The Challenge. xoxo,sam and isahosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
excuse me while I flop! let's chat about why it's okay to be in your flop era bestiesxoxo,sam
Deleting instagram, situationships, and the butterfly effect.hosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
we're all flawed. we've all got those things about ourselves that maybe we wish were a little different or that we would change if we could. life isn't without mistakes, but mistakes are opportunities to learn and grow.hosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Every main character needs their sidekick! whether that's your best friend, your parent, your right hand man, your coworker, etc! talking all things sidekick today and what that means and looks likehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
IT'S ALL FOR THE PLOT! If you've ever said that, or one of your friends has said that, then this one's for you. everything's for the plot at this pointhosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
This one goes out to all our likewise VIPs aka all our listeners because we're all VIPs here! The first step to stepping into your main character energy is believing you are IMPORTANT! Dive into all things being VIP with us today
So excited to start a new month! Introducing Main Character May! We can't wait to dive into this more as we go through May!hosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
Woohoooo! In honor of GBBL releasing this week we felt inspired to talk about LIFE and how it's so worth living! Link to the book we read an excerpt from herehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
this week we're talking about things that fill our cup—things that help us feel fulfilled and refreshed. though we're really similar, the things that fill our cups are so different, so it's important to know how to fill our own cups and help others fill theirshosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
another April episode, building off of last week's 'sweet nothings' introduction, we're bringing you our thoughts on the little things in life.hosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
We're so excited to be starting a new theme today with the start of April! with the rainy and gloomy nature of the month, we wanted to find things to appreciate, so we bring to you Sweet Nothings. today we talk through the idea of 'sweet nothings' and what that looks like to us.
Today we're joined by Camille Cook of fulfilled podcast to close out our month of progress over perfection! We had the most fulfilling conversation about what it means to show up for yourself, boundaries, and more. Head over to Camille's podcast for more inspiring conversations and content! fulfilled. on Spotifyfulfilled. on Instagram
today we get a little vulnerable in talking about facing setbacks. we start talking about the things we see and then it quickly shifts to things presently going on with us behind the scenes AH! vulnerability is scary, but it's GOOD!
bringing you more progress (over perfection) with a quick talk about life paths. in short: do what make you feel fulfilled! your path will look different from others' and that is okay!hosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
this week we're bringing you our thoughts on 'levelling up.' think 'glow up' but more introspective. we talk about some tools for identifying areas that you want to level up and also talk about some tips we've found helpful in our own lives.hosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
we're so excited to be introducing March's theme to you today: Progress Over Perfection. our first episode in this series is all about mindset and perspective. can't wait for you to listen and for the next four weeks to comehosts: sam blocher & isa wilderfollow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content!sam,isa,likewise
and just like that, it's the last episode of february! today, we're talking our favorite things,a match made in heaven between us and the things we love
Final day of WOL :-( BUT, we're so excited to be answering YOUR questions today! We deep dive into our organizational practices (LOTS of google sheets and docs), talk about the co-authoring process, and tease a couple things to come!thank you so much for tuning in this week, WOL would be nothing without you. so, until next time
Today is THE day! Me For You is officially live and you can read it NOW on KU and/or buy the ebook and physical copy on Amazon! we're so happy that we get to share this with you and can't wait for the future of this series
We're more than halfway through the week now, SO sad, but we are elated to be bringing H.K. back on the pod this week! Last time we had her, her debut novel, The Pieces We've Lost just released, and now—6 months later—her second novel, The Chances We Take, is out!hosts: sam blocher and isa wilder guest: h.k. greenfollow H.K. on Instagram!Follow H.K. onGoodreads andAmazon — where you can find all of her books and add them to your TBR and buy them!follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam: @thesamlouisebisa: @isabela.wilderLikewise on InstagramLikewise on YouTubesupport likewise :-)
We're so excited for Day 3 of Week of Love! We have been dying to have this conversation for so long and we are pinching ourselves that it finally happened! Welcome Elle F. Sun to the pod—this episode hones in on mental health representation, especially in sports. So excited for you to listen to this one.hosts: sam blocher and isa wilder guest: elle f. sunfollow Elle on Instagram!Follow Elle onGoodreads andAmazon — where you can find all of her books and add them to your TBR and buy them!follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam: @thesamlouisebisa: @isabela.wilderLikewise on InstagramLikewise on YouTubesupport likewise :-)
Day 2 of 2025's Week of Love is here! Today, we're joined by Marja Graham, author of the Fool's Gambit series (including 2024 release On The Rocks and Over The Edge which just came out on Jan 24!). She's been a dream guest ever since we read OTR, this is an episode you don't want to miss!hosts: sam blocher and isa wilder guest: marja grahamfollow Marja on Instagram!Follow Marja onGoodreads andAmazon—where you can find all of her books OUT NOW!follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam: @thesamlouisebisa: @isabela.wilderLikewise on InstagramLikewise on YouTubesupport likewise :-)
We're baaaaaaack. We're so excited to be doing Week of Love again this year! We're kicking off the week strong with fellow Pacific Northwesterner, Michelle Naomi Mosley. She is a small town, cotemporary romance author and we cannot wait for you to listen to our convo with her!hosts: sam blocher and isa wilder guest: michelle naomi mosleyfollow Michelle on Instagram!Follow Michelle onGoodreads and add her books to your TBR. Rare Blend and Last Call available as eBook or paperback atAmazon now, Double Barrel releasing April 17!follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam: @thesamlouisebisa: @isabela.wilderLikewise on InstagramLikewise on YouTubesupport likewise :-)
It's almost time for our second annual Week of Love! Daily bookish episodes, including 4 new indie author interviews are coming in just a few days! Listen to hear all the details on the schedule and what's coming
So excited to bring back our monthly themes! February's is Perfect Match! And what better way to start off the month than with a meet-cute?! Today we talk all about Likewise's origin story, give some fun facts about ourselves, and, of course, talk about our journey writing our book while having a podcast :) xoxo, Likewise hosts: sam blocher & isa wilder follow us on socials for some sneak peeks, teasers, and great content! sam, isa, likewise
tbh this was just an excuse to talk about how kind my friends are. h & e this one's for you
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