Episode 5 - The Prince's First Love

Episode 8 - Interview w/Jeanette Kauffman

In Episode 8 your besties have our first podcast guest!  Our good friend, writer Jeanette Kauffman, agreed to speak with us about her experience writing vertical scripts and breaking into the vertical market.

Episode 7 - The Stepbrother I Hate to Love

In Episode 7 we are feeling the pressure of so many new queer verticals releasing at once! We recap and discuss a new BL “The Stepbrother I Hate to Love”, and to no one’s surprise, Lucy has another soapbox moment.

Episode 6 - Tutoring My Rival Boy

In this episode of Besties Do Verticals we talk Tutoring My Rival Boy, a personal favorite of Lucy and Aleta, which is on ReelShort and stars Evan Gambardella and Sky Kawai. Directed by Emily Qiu, this sweet and spicy boylove drama is at 34.9 million views at time of publication!

Episode 5 - The Prince's First Love

On this episode we discuss The Prince’s First Love. This ReelShort BL vertical stars Andrew Tong and Greg Duffy. This Prince and Pauper / Enemies to Lovers boylove drama is based on a Korean manhwa of the same name. Spoiler alert, it gets spicy as we recite some of the notable lines!

Episode 4 - Next Door

On this episode we take a break from the spicy ones as we recap and discuss Next Door, the recently released BL vertical from Candyjar. Starring Nic Hermick and Justin Stanek, and directed by Caroline Playler. This sweet story about two high school boys who find love together has Heartstopper vibes.