Grit & Glitter

Blow My Mind

Em and Harley discuss the first four episodes of season one of Margo's Got Money Troubles, now streaming on Apple TV!
They discuss differences between the book and the show, the casting of Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Ford as a plot device, and all the wrestling tie-ins and connections.

G&G Classic - Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles

(Originally aired January 28, 2025.)
Em and Harley talk to author Rufi Thorpe about her novel, Margo's Got Money Troubles, in which a struggling single mom turns to OnlyFans with the advice of her retired pro wrestler father.
Now an 8-episode TV series from Apple TV, A24, and showrunner David E. Kelley starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman.

Papa Was A Rodeo

Val Pancakes was live in Las Vega for Mania week and attended 14(!) different wrestling shows.  She shares some of her favorite women's matches from the week with Em and Harley and they break down Effy's Big Gay Brunch 11, main evented by DARK Sheik vs. Nyla Rose.

Every Day You Know I Slay

In which Lindsay takes an 8-hour bus trip to Canada to join Harley for Greektown Pro Wrestling!
Featuring the Toronto debut of B3CCA, The Hex vs. Katie Arquette in a handicap match, Eddie Kingston meet & greets, frat boy fans, Lady Frost, Dani Mo, and begrudging respect to the pizza meme wrestler.

Ride On Into The Next Town

In the seventh installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Val Pancakes chooses three matches to get to know her and makes Em and Lindsay watch them.
 
Her watch list for this episode:
ODB vs. Awesome Kong vs. Tara for the TNA Knockouts Championship
TNA Bound For Glory (10/18/09)
 
Marti Belle vs. Miranda Gordy
Magnum Pro Anniversary Volume X (1/16/21)
 
Kris Statlander vs. Ashley Vox in last creature standing
Limitless Twilight Zone (11/29/19)
 

glitter! (featuring C.R.E.E.P.S.)

Get ready, cause this is one for the girlypops! Emmi, LBakes & VCakes are together for another episode of glitter! the weekly pod all about our favorite wrestle hunks and dreamy dreamboats!
Ohhh girlies, we got a good one for you this week as our trio chat about their current wrassle crushes, daydream about the perfect wrestling date and redo their rooms with a little helpful horoscopes.
Plus C.R.E.E.P.S. join us to answer your favorite five most important questions! Be sure to give @andeyripley & @irvingwestphd a follow on Instagram!

The D.A.I.Z.E.E. Age: The Life & Career Of Daizee Haze

Living Legends is a series where Harley and Em deep dive into the careers of overlooked women in wrestling to explain why they deserve their flowers.
From Savage Garden stan to pot-smoking hippie, main eventing the first four Shimmer shows, running the ROH and Shimmer dojos, doing yoga on Wrestlicious, and being the first person to wrestle Manami Toyota in America, this is the life and career of Daizee Haze!
 
WATCH LIST
Daizee Haze vs. MsChif
GCW No Pain No Gain (1/25/2003)
 
Daizee Haze vs. Rebecca Knox in 2 out of 3 falls
Shimmer Volume 5 (5/21/2006)
 
A message for Rhett Titus & Age Of The Fall
ROH (12/3/2008)
 
Marley & Amber Lively vs. The Lunch Ladies
Wrestlicious Takedown (4/21/2010)
 
Daizee Haze vs. Manami Toyota
Chikara Eye To Eye (9/18/2010), IWTV

What's In Your Head?

In the sixth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Laz chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Em, Lindsay, and Don watch them.
 
His watch list for this episode:
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship & WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
WWE WrestleMania 35 (4/7/19)
 
Nikita Knight vs. Ray Lyn
Ryse Of A Contender 2 (10/8/21)
 
Alisha Edwards vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lady Frost vs. Rosemary vs. Tasha Steelz in the first-ever Knockouts Ultimate X match
Impact Hard To Kill (1/8/22)
 
Riley Krowe vs. Philly Mike in a no ring, no rules match
880 No Ring No Rules 4 (7/17/24)

Lay Down On The Hard, Cold Ground

Em talks to Sara Cannon (director of partnerships for Enjoy Wrestling) and Michael J. Gibson (Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania) about how the Enjoy/Planned Parenthood partnership came to be, the Enjoy cohort program, and why wrestling is for everyone!
 
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The Earth Is On Fire

Harley, Em, and Lindsay check in with an update on the future of Grit & Glitter.