Why an Emily Henry interview now? Sanjana and Tyler dig into Bloomberg&rsquo;s recent piece on the author, where she discusses Hollywood adaptations and delivers the all-timer line: &ldquo;A lot of actors think that it&rsquo;s less humiliating to pretend to be a Beatle than it is to pretend to be in love.&rdquo; Then: Naina Kumar joins to talk about heyday rom-com movies as novelistic underpinnings&mdash;see her latest, Just a Highland Fling!&mdash;and our hosts launch the Yearner Hall of Fame. Congrats to Ethan Hawke and Hanif Abdurraqib! <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-10/emily-henry-s-beach-read-happy-place-put-hollywood-spotlight-on-romance">The Bloomberg Emily Henry interview</a>.</li> <li aria-level="1">Naina Kumar&rsquo;s <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-a-highland-fling-a-novel-naina-kumar/9e708364115ca821?ean=9798217094660&bkshp-astro=t">Just a Highland Fling</a> (out this week!), <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/say-you-ll-be-mine-a-novel-naina-kumar/5d1cae51fcba2dbd?ean=9780593723883&bkshp-astro=t">Say You&rsquo;ll Be Mine</a>, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/flirting-with-disaster-a-novel-naina-kumar/bf2373da837a3d56?ean=9780593723906&bkshp-astro=t">Flirting with Disaster</a>. Her rom-com Mount Rushmore: When Harry Met Sally, You&rsquo;ve Got Mail, Palm Springs, and While You Were Sleeping. Bonus: Kate & Leopold.</li> <li aria-level="1">Yearner Hall of Fame inductees: Ethan Hawke (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DV7lvO1jmAd/">his &ldquo;the one who&rsquo;s in love always wins&rdquo; interview</a> with Amelia Dimoldenberg) and poet/romantic/essayist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nifmuhammad/?hl=en">Hanif Abdurraqib</a>.</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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