Welcome back to Radio 831, where hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall make the case that yearning isn’t just trending—it’s a defining orientation toward life. Then they chat with author Betty Corrello to dig into what Wuthering Heights is actually doing in the canon: Is it a love story, is it camp, and what has romance inherited from Cathy and Heathcliff anyway? Plus: Sanjana gives Tyler her first homework assignment, Lisa Kleypas's Again the Magic, and Tyler comes back a changed woman.
On yearning: Allison P. Davis’s “A Year on Our Knees” for The Cut, the movie Pillion, and the idea that lit-fic assumes everyone is cynical and jaded ℅ Mel Thomas (aka @page.melt).
 Betty Corrello is here to talk her favorite classic novel Wuthering Heights—the latest adaptation of which is now streaming on HBO. Her last banger of a romance (written under BC Dolce) is My Italian Vampire, and her next, out this October, is Back for Seconds.
Sanj’s backlist homework for Tyler: Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas.

Welcome back to Radio 831, where hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall make the case that yearning isn&rsquo;t just trending&mdash;it&rsquo;s a defining orientation toward life. Then they chat with author Betty Corrello to dig into what Wuthering Heights is actually doing in the canon: Is it a love story, is it camp, and what has romance inherited from Cathy and Heathcliff anyway? Plus: Sanjana gives Tyler her first homework assignment, Lisa Kleypas's Again the Magic, and Tyler comes back a changed woman.
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<li aria-level="1">On yearning: <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/2025-was-the-year-adults-started-yearning-like-teens.html">Allison P. Davis&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Year on Our Knees&rdquo; for The Cut</a>, the movie <a href="https://a24films.com/films/pillion">Pillion</a>, and the idea that lit-fic assumes everyone is cynical and jaded ℅ Mel Thomas (aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/page.melt?igsh=amgzZnFteW53aWU2">@page.melt</a>).</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bettycorrello/"> Betty Corrello</a> is here to talk her favorite classic novel Wuthering Heights&mdash;the latest adaptation of which is <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/movies/wuthering-heights/a0e6f4e3-0462-4fef-88b5-ff68036d3998">now streaming on HBO</a>. Her last banger of a romance (written under BC Dolce) is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/my-italian-vampire-b-c-dolce/61e0bed35e572984?ean=9798218868314&amp;next=t">My Italian Vampire</a>, and her next, out this October, is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/back-for-seconds-betty-corrello/9fa6f439fdf06cbd?ean=9781464291623&amp;next=t">Back for Seconds</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Sanj&rsquo;s backlist homework for Tyler:&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/again-the-magic-lisa-kleypas/161148ea76786521?ean=9798200973163&amp;next=t">Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas</a>.</li>
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A weekly discussion of everything romance—from the novels and the tropes to the book-to-screen adaptations and, of course, the drama of it all—with hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall. Brought to you by the romance publisher 831 Stories.

A weekly discussion of everything romance&mdash;from the novels and the tropes to the book-to-screen adaptations and, of course, the drama of it all&mdash;with hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall. Brought to you by the romance publisher 831 Stories.

Radio 831: A Romance Podcast

Yearning, Wuthering Heights with Betty Corrello, and a Backlist Reading Assignment

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