Ridiculous Romance

Colette tried to make her stepson/lover jealous with a suave Jewish jeweler named Maurice Goudeket - but she and Maurice ended up falling in love instead! Unfortunately, Paris was about to be occupied by the Germans, and the two of them would need to make hard choices to keep her husband safe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This one's for all the car lovers out there... literally! For some people, a sassy chassis can really get their engine running. It doesn't take a key to turn them on, just a tight gasket and a long dipstick. Take your top down, grab your pumps, and fill 'er up!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colette returns and heads to the frontlines to be one of the first women journalists to report on WWI! But another battle rages in her loins when she meets her husband's son from his first marriage, Bertrand, and the step-lovers have a globetrotting affair. Plus we get to learn about "lavender languages" - the secret code of the early 20th century gay underground scene!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reiko was a single mother in Japan whose 10 year old daughter Mana was being bullied in school for not having a father. So to help her out, she tracked him down and reunited them... ssssort of! The truth behind this story has so many twists and turns you'll have to Tokyo Drift your way through just to make it to the shocking ending!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After ditching her Willy, Colette was introduced to the brilliant, crossdressing lesbian Missy de Belbeuf! Together they created a mime show that shocked Parisians into a riot by showing women kissing, and worse - wearing pants! But when Colette captured the heart of a journalist, his lover "The Panther" went prowling for revenge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is a mélange-a-trois of ridiculous, fresh hot romances from the week's news! We've got a new understanding of how aggressively sexual female animals are in the wild. Then there's a woman who finally escaped a divorcing legal nightmare after 22 years. And of course, everybody's favorite AI sex dolls are becoming influencers. Another job snatched up by robots!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The famed French romance author Colette is best known for her sensual novels, her libertine lifestyle, and her bisexual polyamory. But it all started with a dull, traditional marriage to a savvy publisher and author named Willy. Short on ghost writers, Willy asked his wife to put pen to paper, resulting in the hottest Parisian novel in years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From powerful personal experiences to overly-detailed scientific explanations, many of our listeners were moved by certain episodes to share their own stories and insight! And we couldn't leave them untold. Join us for a dive into the mail bag as we swim around in some of your ridiculous romances in our first episode focused exclusively on you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canadian Prime Minister, "Swinging Pierre" Trudeau, was the hottest politician since JFK! Everyone wanted a piece, including Funny Girl herself, Barbra Streisand. But Pierre's wife Margaret was a party girl too, and tabloids caught her having a wild night with all of the Rolling Stones! Did she get her Jag on? Did Pierre ever say "Goodbye Dolly" to Babs? Listen in and find out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of Peter I & Iñes de Castro is basically Portugal's own Romeo and Juliet. But the OTHER romances around their story are a tangled web of shocking twists, royal backstabs, and sidepiece supremacy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.