Exes Who Brunch
Exes Who Brunch
Dani McLean
Ex-husband & wife duo (slash roommates) who love all things romance, pick a movie or book to discuss each week. Hosted by romance author Dani McLean. New episodes every Sunday.
10 Things I Hate About You
We cover one of our absolute favourites this week! 10 Things was a big hit but we revisit it and see if everything is still as good as we remember..,
Sep 10, 2022
1 hr 2 min
Black Sheep
Love and Serial Killers, can they mix? This week we tackle a book with some dark themes and some heavy content warnings as we discuss the dark romance Black Sheep, by Brynne Weaver and Alexa Harlow. 
Sep 3, 2022
52 min
Love Birds
Guess who's back! Season 3 kicks off with a rom-com from across the Tasman, the 2011 New Zealand film Love Birds. Dani & Alex discuss exactly what kept them 'on a break', and get heated when it comes to the ending of this particular movie. Sometimes love hurts... and sometimes that's not okay. 
Aug 27, 2022
54 min
DNFs (Did Not Finish)
It's book week! This week, Dani introduces Alex to the world of DNF-ing, the art of knowing when to quit a book you aren't enjoying. The challenge was to find a small town, friends to lovers romance... and let's just say, challenge was definitely the correct term for it. 
Mar 19, 2022
1 hr 1 min
The American President
It's movie week! And we are shamelessly revisiting one of our favourite movies, the 1995 rom-com, The American President. Written by Aaron Sorkin (West Wing, The Social Network) and directed by Rob Reiner (The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally), it follows President Andrew Shephard trying to find love amongst a re-election campaign. 
Mar 12, 2022
1 hr 6 min
Ice Planet Barbarians
It's book week! And we visit the ice-hot (get it?) world of Ruby Dixon's wildly popular scifi alien romance series, Ice Planet Barbarians. Alex, who has never met a scifi movie he wanted to watch, gets a crash course in all things big, blue and horned. 
Mar 5, 2022
49 min
Runaway Bride
It's movie week! And we revisit an oldie and a .... ?? We're undecided. When this 1999 rom-com was released it was not favoured by critics or us, but you asked for us to rewatch it, so here we are! Take a listen to hear our thoughts on this Julia Roberts/Richard Gere tale.
Feb 27, 2022
47 min
The Missing Page
It's book week! This week we venture into the Cosy Mystery genre with The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian. Dani is additionally set the task to update Alex's references for the genre, since his are firmly stuck sometime around Angela Landsbury's role in the 80's... 
Feb 19, 2022
43 min
Butlers In Love
It's movie week! For our Valentine's Day episode, we return to our favourite romance channel, Hallmark, to watch Butlers In Love. We laugh, we cry, we rage.... it's a typical Hallmark experience. 
Feb 12, 2022
51 min
Tease Me, Cowboy
It's book week, and we have a very special guest! Bestselling romance author Rachael Johns joins us to talk about her steamy 2014 novella Tease Me, Cowboy. We talk regrets, Hallmark (of course!) and discuss why she thinks cowboys are so inherently sexy. 
Feb 5, 2022
1 hr 10 min
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