What She's Having

Falling in love is funny, weird, awkward, happy, or sad. It's a vibe where IYKYK...or do you? But more than anything it's PERSONAL and ALL AROUND US. Inspired by true events and performed with love by professional actors, Meet Cute presents: When I Met You. Debuting on February 14, the inaugural season of “When I Met You” brings ten unique love stories that drop you right into the moment where people fell in love with each other, themselves, or their passion. Listen along as Meet Cute delivers a new type of love story each week beginning February 14th.

Ever wish that rom-coms could be reclaimed as pleasures? And not the guilty kind? Well pals, you're in luck. Tune in to Meet Cute's new talk show podcast, The Rom-Com Room, where rom-com connoisseurs Kendra Okereke and Mercedes Gonzales Bazan unite each Friday to nerd out about their favorites, their love-to-hates, and every crush and rom-com in between. So follow The Rom-Com Room on the Meet Cute channel, wherever you get your podcasts, to come hang on January 28th, and every Friday after!

This week on “What She's Having,” celebrity dating coach and OK Cupid dating expert, Damona Hoffman, dives deep with Ashley to discuss all things love, including: running into the paparazzi with Real Housewives of Beverly Hill's Garcelle Beauvais, Drew Barrymore's dating priorities, and how to establish your dating “brand”. But that's not all…stick around for bonus content from Sydney Morton & Ayodele Casel, from Idina Menzel's A BroaderWay Foundation, as they chat about playing Meghan Markle in Lifetime's upcoming "Harry and Meghan: Escape from the Palace," ABW's recent collaboration with Meet Cute, and more. You can listen to the A BroaderWay collaboration with Meet Cute on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!

This week on "What She's Having," actor, producer and former The Real World: DC fan fave, Mike Manning, joins Ashley to discuss bisexual representation in Romantic Comedies, his rom-com crushes, how he fell in love on national television, and his meet cute with his husband – a marriage he went public with in his Emmy acceptance speech, this past July.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! You can listen to this week's new Meet Cute episode starring Julianne Hough, "Taking Space," on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!

This week on “What She's Having,” Ashley is joined by Bustle's Entertainment Editor at Large, Samantha Leach, and Meet Cute's Creative Producer, Lucie Ledbetter, to discuss our favorite BFF-centric rom-coms: SOMEONE GREAT, BOOKSMART and MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING. Is Jennifer Kaytin Robinson the next Judd Apatow? What's the greatest makeover montage of all time? They chat about all of this and more in Say Anything: An Ode to BFF's.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! You can listen to Meet Cute's newest series, Camp Firefly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!

This week on “What She's Having,” Katy McCaffrey, the co-head of Literary at the Gersh Agency, joins Ashley to discuss how Hollywood is searching for the formula to rom-com TV, why Thelma & Louise DID NOT have a happy ending, her love of The Princess Bride, and how her foundation, We For She is trying to change who is telling our favorite stories.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! You can listen to Meet Cute's newest series, Cruise Ship on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!

This week on “What She's Having,” CEO of The Dipp and pop culture queen Kate Ward  joins Ashley to discuss the evolution of rom-coms, from MGM to Apatow, how we needed that female host energy on The Bachelorette, the necessity of character driven buddy comedies like Barb and Star after 2020, and why Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is her dream leading man.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! You can listen to Meet Cute's newest series, Cruise Ship on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!

This week on "What She's Having", the New York Times #1 Bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, Sara Shepard joins Ashley to discuss how her big break came by crashing a Christmas Party, her experience ghost writing a YA novel for a well known Hollywood A-lister, all things PLL—including her first impression of Shay Mitchell and the inside scoop on her brand new 9 episode series with Meet Cute, "Cruise Ship" debuting July 6.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! You can listen to Meet Cute's newest series, "Cruise Ship" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!

This week on What She's Having, Hollywood legend Marlo Thomas joins Ashley to discuss the groundbreaking feminist themes her hit television series “That Girl” explored in the '70s, how her now husband Phil Donahue first saw her as an “impure thought”, the lesson on love she'll never forget from Richard Burton and the origin story of why her father Danny Thomas started St. Jude Children's Hospital.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! You can listen to Meet Cute's newest series, "Ain't Love Super" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify series!    

This week on "What She's Having" cult-classic queen, Jenna Leigh Green shares how the inspiration for her iconic mean girl, Libby Chessler, was introduced by Blake Lively's dad, how she lived down the street from Melissa Joan Hart during the famous "MTV Cribs" episode and famed Broadway director Joe Mantello's advice to her on how to play Elphaba in "Wicked." If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute's newest series, "Ain't Love Super" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    

This week on "What She's Having" Ashley is joined by BFF's Alex Mohajer and Rebecca Warm to answer the ultimate question: What is the best 90's rom com? They nominate six of your favorites, whittle it down to three, then decide once and for all what film reigns supreme. Do you think we'll tell you the winner here? AS IF! If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

This week on “What She’s Having” trans actor and activist Corey Rae joins Ashley to discuss her upcoming feature “Queen” based on her experience as the first openly transgender prom queen, her love of rom-com royalty Blake Lively & Cameron Diaz, spills about her Golden Globes red carpet debut with Amber Heard and opens up about why she is a “Meet Cute Queen.” If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  

This week on a special Mother’s Day episode of “What She’s Having” we take a moment to revisit the greatest acts of love we’ve witnessed with past guests to celebrate all the Mother’s in our lives.If you’d like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute's story, Mom's Wingman on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

This week on “ What She’s Having,” Academy Award Nominee Rachel Winter joins Ashley to discuss her directorial debut starring Kelsey Grammer, her iconic Hollywood “ Meet Cute” with husband Terence Winter, a very healthy obsession with John Hughes and Cameron Crowe and her game plan for passing on a love of rom-coms to her children, Max and Simone.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

This week on “What She’s Having,” television and Meet Cute writer Olivia Cuartero-Briggs joins Ashley to discuss her one-of-a-kind proposal, a behind-the-scenes look into the writer’s rooms of  “The Arrangement” and “Queen of the South”, and pulls back the curtain on the creative process of Meet Cute’s newest season of “That Summer.” If you’d like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to the newest season of That Summer on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  

This week's guest is travel blogger and acclaimed writer of the upcoming Live Your Life, Anna Kloots. Anna joins Ashley to discuss the ins-and-outs of living in Paris as an expat, her love of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and all things Old Hollywood. They discuss Anna's upcoming memoir, co-authored with her sister, Amanda, about their harrowing year fighting for her beloved brother-in-law, Nick Cordero, as he battled Covid while finding the silver linings in life.If you’d like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute's, Take Off and Irish Coffee on Apple Podcasts. You can pre-order Anna's book, Live Your Life here. 

This week’s guest author Hannah Orenstein joins Ashley to discuss her Carrie Bradshaw-like existence, how she almost became a countess and the best dating tips and tricks in New York City.If you’d like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute's, Not So Mistaken Identity on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can purchase Hannah's novels here: Head Over HeelsLove at First LikePlaying with Matches 

This week’s guest Betsy Newman joins Ashley to discuss her photography career beginning with her time on tour with Maroon 5, her Elle Woods sensibilities and all things WEDDINGS including her own meet cute at Teton National Park!If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can see Betsy Newman's work  on her website.

This week's guest  Briana Henry, star of General Hospital, The Morning Show and Insecure joins Ashley to discuss her favorite rom-com: Bridesmaids, her quarantine wedding shot by Vogue, and her meet cute with Academy Award-winning composer Kris Bowers. If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute's April Fools' Day story, Pranked on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

This week’s guest Devon Daniels joins Ashley to talk about her debut rom-com novel, Meet You in the Middle. Ashley and Devon discuss her enemies-to-lovers bipartisan love story, sex terminology in the romance world, what it's like to publish a political rom-com novel in 2021, and Devon’s parents’ meet cute story, which involves…Ashley's parents! If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.You can purchase Devon's book, Meet You in the Middle here:AmazonBookshop

This week’s guest Darius Rose aka Jackie Cox is a seasoned performer and drag queen in New York City. The first Persian-Canadian contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jackie famously made it to the Top 4 by emotionally lip synching to Katy Perry’s “Firework” wearing an American flag kaftan and hijab.If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter! Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!You can listen to Meet Cute’s “Indy Drag Race” and “What I Miss Most” here:Indy Drag RaceApple Podcasts SpotifyWhat I Miss MostApple PodcastsSpotify

Emmy Award winner, Julianne Hough joins host Ashley Eskew to discuss the current role of women in romantic comedies. She also shares how she discovered her love language with Daniel Radcliffe while filming “Harry Potter,” some wisdom from Dolly Parton and a small preview of a Princess narrative she has in development. The only thing bigger than Julianne’s enormous talent is her heart.You can listen to Julianne Hough in Meet Cute's Transformation series on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you'd like to submit  questions for our guests, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @ListenMeetCute on Twitter!Please subscribe and rate us 5 stars!

Introducing What She's Having, Meet Cute's first unscripted talk show.Beginning March 11th, each Thursday, What She’s Having will dive into the world of romantic comedies with engaging conversations with your favorite actors, comedians, writers and more to discuss their relationships to rom-coms, while celebrating our own meet cute moments.