Hosted by Isabel Thottam and Aviva Peltin · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 66 episodes
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A podcast about romcoms, female-driven screenwriting, and breaking into the industry! Hosted by Isabel Thottam & Aviva Peltin.
Isabel Thottam and Aviva Peltin hosts When Isabel Met Aviva, a tv show with 66 episodes published.
We're bacccccck! And we are kicking off season 7 with amazing news to share and celebrate: Aviva optioned her first script!!!!! How freaking cool is that?! Listen to this episode of the pod to hear all the deets that Avi
Welcome to the second table read on the pod! This episode features a unique table read format. We are joined by six professional actors who read for the characters in Aviva’s Mary-Kate and Ashley-inspired romcom fan fict
A special episode of the pod is releasing on 6/13/26, which happens to be Mary-Kate and Ashley’s birthday! Isabel & Aviva are joined by six actors for a table read of Aviva’s Mary-Kate and Ashley-inspired romcom fan fict
It's the last episode of Season 6 already!? We think it was Worth The Wait for this chat with Maggie Hartmans, a screenwriter who turned her passion into a career and sold her first movie to Tubi, a free streaming platfo
In this candid, fun chat on the pod, Avra Friedman joins us to share her behind the scenes of her life in La La Land! You may recognize her from our table read of Isabel's script, Dating Zac Efron! We had such a good tim
In this episode of the pod, we discuss ableism in romcoms with writer Alys Murray! Alys shares her journey from aspiring musical theater director to successful screenwriter and novelist. She discusses her work in rom-com
We're back with another yap on the pod! In this episode, we breakdown how Isabel’s new daily writing flow helped her finally finish a script, why she stopped stressing over perfect scenes, and her "dump draft" technique
We've got a super exciting episode of the pod today! We had the honor of chatting with screenwriter Leigh Dunlap, creator of the beloved film 'A Cinderella Story!!!' We shared and reflected on this iconic film's impact,
In this new episode of the pod, we chat with screenwriter and cinephile, Simone Toney! Simone told us all about her journey as a screenwriter, her experiences at the 2025 Austin Film Festival, and her insights on pop cul
We're back with a new interview! For this episode, we were so excited to chat with Erin Rodman, a showrunner and screenwriter who recently produced the new Hallmark series '12 Dates Till Christmas.' Yay! We finally learn
Another week, another episode of the pod! This time we discuss our personal creative journeys, chatting about the challenges and triumphs of writing and filmmaking! Aviva shares exciting behind-the-scene stories from her
Our first interview of season 6 is one we have been manifesting for a long time!! At the end of 2025 we finally got to chat with Kristen Buckley, the screenwriter of the iconic rom-com 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days!!' We
We're back for another year of the pod!! For our first episode of season six, we reflect on our experiences and growth throughout 2025. We chat about the challenges of balancing writing with full-time jobs, our personal
Hi, everyone. What a surreal episode to publish, but Aviva’s producer, mentor, and friend, Karen Glass, passed away unexpectedly this week. We are heartbroken. We wanted to re-release the conversation we had with her fro
She's back...our first guest on the pod, Carley Smale, joins us almost exactly two years later for a fun catch up! We loved getting to hear how Carley's career has grown since we last had her on the pod! In this episode,
We're beyond excited to share this week's episode of the pod because we finally set it up....and got to chat with Claire Scanlon, the director of Isabel's fav Netflix romcom, Set It Up!! We discuss the making of Set It U
This is a fun episode of the pod as we chat with Susannah, a matchmaker and screenwriter, about dating and...well, writing about it! Susannah is a professional matchmaker, so we discussed the recent fake romcom, Material
This week on the pod, we are joined by another screenwriting Twitter friend, Paulina Ward! We had such a cute chat about our shared experiences in the screenwriting world, the challenges of trying to be authentic with ou
Welcome to the first table read on the pod! This episode features a unique table read format. We are joined by 6 professional actors who read for the characters in Isabel's romcom fan fiction script, 'Dating Zac Efron'.
Welcome back to another episode of the pod! We are so excited to share this interview we did with Sofia Alvarez!! Sofia joins us to share her journey from playwright to screenwriter, discussing her work on adaptations li
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