Why Are We Like This?

WE'RE COMING TO THE COTTAGE! Andi and Zach join me for a lot of melting and jumping off emotional cliffs as we work our way through a little over half the season one finale! Of course, it had to be split in two recordings because we simply had too much to say. I hope you all enjoyyy! Shout out to Eli for the insight on the song from the car ride to the cottage! Here is the link to the youtube video for that, as promised-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9FDit6rgQI. Follow Andi: tinyurl.com/5abxzvaj Read Andi's fanfiction: tinyurl.com/6utrv58k Follow Zach: tinyurl.com/4xwtppew Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠⁠⁠⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sascha Meghan Laura Sarah

GIRL! I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with the lovely Bianca Nugara who played Maria in Heated Rivalry. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! I hope you enjoy this interview! (This is a video interview! To see the video head over to Youtube or Spotify.) Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠⁠⁠⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sascha Meghan Laura Sarah

Helloooo everyone! I am joined by my friends KT, Lizzie, and Joe this week and we are back to talk all about the supportive female besties, The Tampa All Star Game Adventure, the iconic cottage invitation, THE monologue, and of course, the kiss that changed everything! I can’t believe we are already talking episode five! Stay tuned for a special bonus episode coming out soon where I got to chat with Bianca Nugara who plays Maria! Follow Joe: tinyurl.com/3c3433wm Follow KT: inyurl.com/ynfassv4 Follow Lizzie: tinyurl.com/2r3ekw8k Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠⁠⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta:⁠ ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠⁠⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠⁠⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sascha Meghan Laura Sarah

Who is ready to have their heart stomped out?! I have my friends and Youtubers, Zachary Patton Garcia and Alastair Patton Garcia, with me to head to Boston for some steamy sex, tune melts, getting a little too vulnerable, and then leaving as quickly as possible. And then we head down to the club to break some hearts even further but hey, at least there's bisexual lighting! Also, we get our introduction to a true queen, Rose Landry! Once again, I am sorry for the barking in the last 20 minutes or so. My baby was not doing well when we recorded these last few episodes and hated being alone so he barked constantly. I cut as much of it as I could without taking away too much from the conversation. I appreciate y'all hanging in there with me while he was being loud. Follow Zach and Alastair Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sascha Meghan Laura

Hi! I am back with Adam and Andi (Triple A status this time) to take a trip to the Big Apple and have some very gross looking smoothies! What a gem this episode is. We get to add Maria and Elena to the Girls Protecting the Gays Committee. We get a nice break from the horrible communication we have seen previously, as these two are just open and honest from jump. Also, shout out to Kip's dad for being the actual best ever? This is the longest episode WAWLT has ever put out so, buckle up! *Oh! And I apologize for the screaming cat in the background... My pets apparently have a lot to say about Heated Rivalry and are desperate to be involved in these recordings. Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Andi: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AegoBi Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sascha Meghan Laura

I am back with a brand new set of cohosts!! This episode I have Jeremy, Susan, and Aliza joining me to dive into flirty text montages, a sex scene far too tender to be casual, the emotional terror that is the Sochi Olympics, panic attacks in award show bathrooms, and crying in Vegas... again. So sorry for my elderly dog barking like mad from around minute 13 to around minute 40. You can only hear it when I talk and I tried to cut as much out as I could. He is seventeen and usually my partner is home to sit with him while I record but unfortunately for the first hour of this recording that was not an option. Here is the link to Ilya's perspective on Vegas from Rachel's website that is heavily referenced in the episode. Follow Jeremy! Follow Aliza! Follow Susan! Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sarah Sascha Meghan Laura

Oh, hello there. Welcome to our Heated Rivalry Discussions! This episode I have Ian Carlos Crawford and Chelsea King visiting Canada with me to meet our soulmate, head to the draft, form a rivalry, and then (naturally) start fucking. [[Update: My tv is very old and I watched this episode on a friend's very nice new tv and was like omg, that is for sure NOT suite that Hayden is wearing. There's like a patterned stitch across the back that is not visible on my terrible tv. But it is still a nice outfit!]] Find Ian and all his things here. Find Chelsea here. Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: ⁠tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon⁠ If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: ⁠tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta⁠ Discord: ⁠discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX⁠ Follow Ash: ⁠tinyurl.com/Ashonline⁠ A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sarah Sascha Meghan Laura Lacie

Hi! I am back with a new friend, Gloria, to chat about the Mental Health representation we get in the show and how important it is. CW: This means we are going to be touching on a lot of tough topics that could be triggering. I don't know what I was knocking around so much during this recording but I am sorry for the bumps and thumps! If you or someone you know is struggling, here are some resources that might help: National Crisis line for US- 988 LGBTQIA National Hotline-888-843-4564 Translifeline- 877-565-8860. Translifeline warm lines and hotlines Blackline- 1-800-604-5841 UK listeners can call 111 and choose the mental health option. UK listeners can call 116 123 to talk to Samaritans, or email: jo@samaritans.org for a reply within 24 hours UK listeners can text "SHOUT" to 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line, or text "YM" if you're under 19. If you're under 19, you can also call 0800 1111 to talk to Childline. The number will not appear on your phone bill. NHS NHS again HRC Switchboard Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Amalie Sarah Sascha Meghan Laura Lacie

Hi! Here’s a really old recording I did with Alyssa continuing the comics! It was SO LOVELY to hear her voice again on the pod.🥹 (Note: this was recorded so long ago that we use the wrong pronouns for Darcy. They hadn’t canonically changed their pronouns yet. I am sorry about that!!) There’s a lot of background noise in this one and I am sorry for that, as well. It was clearly summer. There’s mowers going and kids yelling. And Alyssa moved near a fire station so we struggled with that too. BUT I hope you enjoy heading to Paris with the squad, watching the teachers flirt, learning Nick can speak French, and of course- Hickeys! Also, unfortunately we start to dig into Charlie’s struggles and start to discuss his disordered eating. So, it gets a bit heavy for a minute. Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Maja Cassie Jessey Sascha Sarah Laura Lacie

OH HI!! I have missed you so and I am so glad to be back! I have Sabrina with me to wrap up season three with our overall thoughts, favorite scenes, and reading out your emails! Adam was unable to join us but he sent in his thoughts so you will get to hear him in this episode, as well! There is a weird clipping every now and then thanks to my internet connection the day we recorded this over zoom. My apologies for those moments! I am leaving the schedule just a bit open here in the beginning, as I am about to head out to London for a week. I didn't want to delay the pod return any longer though, so I am moving forward with putting this one out on time! Thank you all for hanging in here with me while I took the much needed long break for the summer. I appreciate you all!! I hope you enjoy two hours of us gabbing season three! Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Maja Cassie Jessey Sascha Sarah Laura Lacie

HI. After scheduling conflicts and a week long sickness, I present to you OUR FINAL episode on Heartstopper the show?! I sobbed writing a little message for the top of this episode and had to just read it word for word to keep from sobbing on mic. lololol We are diving into Uni trips, buying sex supplies, the summer fete, and boyfriend sleepovers. This might be one of the longest eps we have released but with it being the final show discussion, I figured the length would be welcomed! I also included the book watch I forgot to add in the last episode. And obviously, you will hear the final book watch of the season with Kate! Big thank you to Kate for helping us out with that segment this season and for being so truly on top of the book count and analysis for this series! I also want to thank you all for being here and going on this journey with me. Talking about this show that means so much to us all with so many of you has been an absolute rollercoaster of emotions and I have loved every second of it. I hope you enjoy this episode and I look forward to continuing on with the graphic novels while we wait for the film!! Follow Kate's Bookstagram: instagram.com/isaac.reads.books Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja Sarah Laura

Hi! Adam and I are back to discuss the PENULTIMATE EPISODE of season three on this the three year anniversary of season one. What is time, actually? (HAPPY HEARTSTOPPER MOVIE ANNOUNCEMENT DAY TO YOU ALL AS WELL!!!!!) We get some really bad sex education followed by some really great representation of healthy sexual exploration. Our hearts swell watching Tao, Naomi, and Felix help to put Elle back together after the fall out of the interview. Harry graces us with his punchable presence one last time. And the amount of forehead touches we get in this one actually murders me. (I am typing this from beyond the grave. Ghost Sarah says hello to you all.) Here is the Adolescence discussion Adam put out on his podcast. Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja Sarah Laura

Hi! We are back to catch up with Adam and hear all of his thoughts for Winter and Body before we dive back into the last two episodes together. We also read out some comments and emails and discuss the lovely insight you all shared with us. Note: The outro says we will be back in 2 weeks with "Together" BUT I actually have so much going on this upcoming week that I am thinking I am going to have to push it one week. This will be the first episode of our s3 coverage that won't air on it's intended date. So I will take it as a win that we made it to the final two episodes before the schedule fell apart this time! 🤪 Anyway, enjoy!! Thanks for listening and writing in to us and for supporting us and being so lovely all the dang time! Big love to you all! 💙 Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja Sarah Laura

Hi!! Sabrina and I are back to chat sexual tension, really good therapy sessions, the horrors of drinking as a youth, delicious parallels, comic goodness, and Jonathan Bailey! Enjoy our chat on Body! And send in your s3 emails for the next episode! We will catch up with Adam and hear his thoughts on Winter and Body + read out your emails. 😊 *ps-- there was an issue with my audio this time where it like clips and sometimes the middle of my word is cut out. So, if I sound a bit like a dysfunctional robot every now and then, I am so sorry. Also, my cat, Tara, was screaming outside my door for a bit bc she loves my office window and was locked out. If anyone speaks cat, let me know all the insults she threw my way during that section. 😉 Follow Kate's Bookstagram: instagram.com/isaac.reads.books Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja Sarah Laura

Hi!!! I come to you with a new voice! For this episode and next episode, I am joined by my dear friend and the person responsible for my Heartstopper obsession, Sabrina Ryan! She and I have come full circle now that she is here on mic with me! We are here to talk Christmas, horrible family members being the worst, HENRY, Tori being the best sister ever, OLIVER, Nick getting Heartstopper's first "fuck," New Years parties, MICHAEL HOLDEN, and trans sisterhood and mentorship! I hope you enjoy our chaotic banter. Follow Kate's Bookstagram: instagram.com/isaac.reads.books Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja Sarah

Hi! We are back (with the correct audio this time) on the Spring couch picking back up right where we left off. Charlie is sliding deeper and deeper into the darkness until Jane and Julio finally offer him a lifeline. He packs up and heads into a treatment facility. Susan and Geoff are there to help him through it and he comes out the other side feeling better. We get to see the Tao's full video, learn more about Imogen and Sahar, Darcy announces a pronoun change, and Nick is Tori's favorite. PLUS a very special surprise guest joins me for a discussion on this episode. Again, grab those tissues and buckle up! We are talking the second half of Journey! Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja Sarah

Who's ready to cry?! This episode has so much packed in that we decided to split it between two discussions with Nick's half first and Charlie's half next time! So join us today, as Nick learns the benefits of journaling. Charlie heads off to the Daffodil Clinic. The friendship group comes together to support not only Charlie, but also Nick. Sahar has a massive halloween party and also MAKES OUT WITH IMOGEN?! Tao and Nick break our hearts. Charlie starts to see some progress. And we all get sent right back to the beginning of the episode in a brilliant move by Alice and the team! We are talking season three episode four JOURNEY!!! Side note: we got so caught up in Nick and Charlie that we did not get too much into Darcy's hair cut or Imogen and Sahar's makeout (I KNOW! HOW DARE WE!?) Fret not, those are on the part two agenda to discuss ;) Follow Kate's insta page: instagram.com/isaac.reads.books Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja

Hi! (This is another super long one. I had some major technical difficulties in the editing process and it took me literal ages. I am now three hundred and forty-seven years old as I type this out for you. Please excuse the animals you can hear in the background sometimes and the entire last 40 minutes or so is only very roughly edited because it just kept freezing so I had to save my sanity and release control over the quality a bit. There's definitely more "uhm's" and more general background noise than usual. My deepest apologies! -Ash) We are headed back to where it all began- SCHOOL! Tao is so extremely mopey. Isaac has had enough and finally explodes. Tara is really feeling the burnout. We get some birthday shenanigans at the zoo. THE memory photo album makes an appearance. And then we all lay down in the fetal position and have a good collective cry. We are talking Heartstopper season three episode three “Talk!” Follow Kate's Bookstagram: instagram.com/isaac.reads.books Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja

Who's ready to go be really sad in Menorca?! 🫠 (Heads up, I was sick when we recorded this. You can hear it in my voice but also there is some real heavy breathing sometimes because I simply could not breathe through my nose. Apologies! -Ash) Darcy moves in with their Gran who is a LEGEND. Nick heads off on holiday with his Aunt Diane who is ALSO a legend. Tao and Elle are absolutely insufferable while Isaac is left third wheeling. Charlie isolates himself and Tori can't stop herself from investigating. Ash gets confused both about the geography and car horns. And Adam tells us how he really feels about Jane. We are talking Season Three Episode Two Home! Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion Maja

Hiiii!!!!! (First, I just want to note that we use the wrong pronouns for Darcy several times in this recording. We do much better moving forward in the season. Apologies for the mistakes!! Also, you can hear my dog barking a couple of times. He is old and does what he wants.) Season three begins!! "Charlie wants to say I love you." Tao is planning the most romantic summer he can possibly pull off. Darcy hates gender. Ashley mistakes VHS tapes for books (as if she doesn't still have at least 50 vhs tapes) and gets overly excited for hand fan representation. Adam waxes poetic about the ocean kiss and firmly states his opinion on the vest vs tank debate. We are talking Heartstopper Season Three Episode One "Love!!" Follow Kate's insta page: instagram.com/isaac.reads.books Join our Patreon for early access to episodes + more bonus content: tinyurl.com/WhyAreWePatreon If you are enjoying the pod, please consider rating and reviewing on your preferred platform! We would greatly appreciate it! Follow us online: Insta: tinyurl.com/WhyareweInsta Tiktok: tinyurl.com/WhyareweTok Discord: discord.gg/xg5dpEyfgX Follow Adam: tinyurl.com/AdamsInsta Follow Ash: tinyurl.com/Ashonline A special thanks to the following Producers. We appreciate you so much! Josh H. Amalie Erika Jessey Katie Sascha Zion