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2024 hot mom rom-coms : It's Been a Minute It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter for the occasion: we're looking at this year's hot mom rom-com boom. Host Brittany Luse is joined by New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler to get a little deeper into three movies from this genre: A Family Affair, The Idea of You, and Between the Temples. They discuss how hot moms on screen have changed, but why movies like these often still feel behind the times.

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The hot mom rom-com phenomenon

The hot mom rom-com phenomenon

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The hot mom rom-com boom is happening all over film this year. Alisha Wetherill/Prime, Courtesy of Prime/Tina Rowden/Netflix, Courtesy of Netflix hide caption

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The hot mom rom-com boom is happening all over film this year.

Alisha Wetherill/Prime, Courtesy of Prime/Tina Rowden/Netflix, Courtesy of Netflix

It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter for the occasion: we're looking at this year's hot mom rom-com boom. Host Brittany Luse is joined by New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler to get a little deeper into three movies from this genre: A Family Affair, The Idea of You, and Between the Temples. They discuss how hot moms on screen have changed, but why movies like these often still feel behind the times.

This episode was produced by Liam McBain and Barton Girdwood, with additional support from Alexis Williams and Corey Antonio Rose. This episode was edited by Jessica Placzek and Jasmine Romero. Engineering support came from Neal Rauch. Our Executive Producer is Jasmine Romero. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.

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