
First Dates & Soulmates is a romance podcast where craft meets culture, hosted by romance author Meg Casebolt and pop culture devotee Nikki McKnight. Expect trope frameworks, feminist film critiques, author interviews, and sometimes ridiculous readalongs. firstdatesandsoulmates.substack.com
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 111 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BooksArtsSociety & Culture | |||

Nikki packed a mic, a tripod, and a willingness to approach total strangers at a romance book signing.
What she came back with was a full day of candid conversations with authors and audiobook narrators about the genre they love, and what they thin... more
It’s the anniversary episode!
Two years. 108 episodes. Top 10 search rankings for some things that will never be repeated in polite company.
Nikki and Meg are celebrating the second anniversary of First Dates and Soulmates with a full retrospecti... more
The Off Campus adaptation has arrived on Amazon Prime, and Nikki and Meg watched all eight episodes in five days because once it started, stopping wasn’t really an option.
Their verdict? An 8 out of 10 (Meg holds out for an 8.5) with some genuine cr... more
The romance genre has been quietly running a masculinity experiment for years, and Nikki and Meg are here to analyze the data!
This week, they’re breaking down the himbo: the handsome, kind, not-always-the-sharpest-tool-in-the-shed hero who may actu... more
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I found you through the Always be my Maybe episode and am really enjoying your discussions of tropes and your chemistry together. Very entertaining!










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