Sanjana and Tyler open by making the case that the World Cup is a 48-country meet-cute machine (see: kilted Scotsmen throwing women over their shoulders in Boston bars). Then KT Hoffman joins to talk baseball in romance: why the minor leagues are more romantic than the majors, why slow-burn and baseball are basically the same thing, and what it takes to write queer and trans joy into sports. And: Tyler and Sanjana watch Bull Durham and Fever Pitch back-to-back&mdash;and discover that one is proto-Challengers. <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/squashgoblin/?hl=en">KT Hoffman</a> is the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-prospects-a-novel-kt-hoffman/b70f884e2ff99018?ean=9780593596869">The Prospects</a>, a queer and trans baseball romance set in the minor leagues. His recommended reads: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-should-be-so-lucky-a-novel-cat-sebastian/a47f37e1a4df523d?ean=9780063272804">You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-art-of-catching-feelings-alicia-thompson/3e7dcba7f819b13b?ean=9780593640937">The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson</a>, and the baseball romances of <a href="https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Kd+Casey">KD Casey</a>.</li> <li aria-level="1">The baseball movie homework: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnWSvSrb1-I">Bull Durham</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6eAxkn2_L4">Fever Pitch</a>.</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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