<description>It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter for the occasion: we're looking at this year's hot mom rom-com boom. Host Brittany Luse is joined by &lt;em&gt;New York Magazine&lt;/em&gt; features writer &lt;a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/why-are-there-so-many-milf-movies-in-2024.html"&gt;Rachel Handler&lt;/a&gt; to get a little deeper into three movies from this genre: &lt;em&gt;A Family Affair, The Idea of You&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Between the Temples&lt;/em&gt;. They discuss how hot moms on screen have changed, but why movies like these often still feel behind the times.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn more about sponsor message choices: &lt;a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"&gt;podcastchoices.com/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy"&gt;NPR Privacy Policy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

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The hot mom rom-com phenomenon

NOV 5, 202418 MIN
It's Been a Minute

The hot mom rom-com phenomenon

NOV 5, 202418 MIN

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It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter for the occasion: we're looking at this year's hot mom rom-com boom. Host Brittany Luse is joined by New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler to get a little deeper into three movies from this genre: A Family Affair, The Idea of You, and Between the Temples. They discuss how hot moms on screen have changed, but why movies like these often still feel behind the times.

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