Undercover Lover
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA weekly recap of the hit ITV show, Love Island, from a fan and her friends (spoiler; this isn't the one with last year's winner, sorry). Each week we'll chat through our favourite bits of the show, who we're loving and hating, the deep life lessons we've learned from it that week (just who should pay for dinner? can you actually have good sex while holding down four corners of a duvet? what is the correct way to ride an inflatable swan?) and our hopes and dreams for the couples (that they all make enough from flogging protein shakes on Instagram to buy their very own villa). Join us on a Monday morning as we get under the covers with the our favourite summer reality show, Love Island.
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The Final 2021 with Ayesha Hazarika - Split or Steal
August 24, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThe class of 2021 have graduated *cough* Harriet and her guest Ayesha Hazarika talk over the live final of Love Island 2021 and the series as a whole. From Kaz and Liberty’s legendary womance to Faye’s unforgettable outburst to of course “Milliam" being crowned the winners, the pair ask all the big questions including - what’s with the weird golden balls-Esque ending? Reflect with Harriet and Ayesha on the lessons learned from series 7 and how the real winner this year is self-love, it’s...
Week 8 2021 with Chris Paouros - Heterosexual on Steroids
August 21, 2021 23:01 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBIt's been a tearful final week in the villa, with the start of new relationships and the end of old ones. Harriet is joined by activist Chris Paouros to answer the important questions, like is it damaging that the villa is so heterosexual? And, what football team would each of the islanders be? Your host is Harriet Minter - @harrietminter and this weeks guest is Chris Paouros - @chrispaouros Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Week 7 2021 with Afua Adom - The Guarantee of More Extraordinary Love
August 14, 2021 23:01 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBIt's been a tumultuous (and a bit dull) few weeks in the villa. What with the downfall of Jiberty and the worst bombshell we've ever seen. So Harriet's invited Afua Adom to unpack everything that's been going on. The two also discuss their own ways they'd bring sexy to the island, and much like Toby, dish out their own relationship advice. Your host is Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter and this weeks guest is Afua Adom - @afuathescot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Week 6 2021 with Victoria Sanusi - The One Where There's Sexual Attraction....
August 07, 2021 23:01 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBToxic femininity, do we need to flip the conversation? After “mad movies” really did stir the pot in the villa, Harriet and her guest Victoria Sanusi discuss Faye’s behaviour toward Teddy and how it may have created an unsafe space in the Love Island villa. They also discuss a different side of Kaz that we have only just seen this week as things with herself, Tyler and Mathew got a tad complicated. Harriet and Vic do a -u-turn on Chloe and Toby. All in all, it really has been a hectic wee...
Week 5 2021 with Stephanie Yeboah - Moving Mad Or Feeling Sad?
August 01, 2021 09:11 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBIn the week when the nation cringed as Hugo got the "job done" Harriet Minter and guest Stephanie Yeboah a Writer, Blogger and Content Creator mull over the goings-on in the Love Island villa, oh and Casa Amour! As things started to get heated this week with THE postcard that sent the villa wild and the aftermath of Casa Amour, Stephanie and Harriet chat over whether Faye and Teddy can recover from being done dirty by the producers and if Toby has actually seen the error of his ways? Your ...
Week 4 2021 with Michelle Elman - Let’s call it off
July 24, 2021 23:01 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBThings are really getting going in the villa this week, we’ve seen everything from breakups to our first official boyfriend/girlfriend couple. This week Harriet has pulled aside Life Coach and queen of boundaries Michelle Elman for a chat. The two discuss all the breakups there’s been this week and why there could be an orgasm gap in the villa. Your host is Harriet Minter - @harrrietminter and this weeks guest is Michelle Elman - @ScarredNtScared Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Week 3 2021 With Kate Cocker - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
July 17, 2021 23:01 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIt's a game of "should I stay or should I go?" with Lucinda and Brad having to choose between each other this week. Harriet is joined by Presenter Coach and host of the Everyday Positivity podcast, Kate Cocker, to dissect the goings on in the Love Island villa, including the question - "hang on - doesn't sexual chemistry need to include both people fancying each other?" Plus - every year Love Island brings up a huge social issue - you might not be surprised to hear that this year Kate and...
Week 3 2021 With Kate Cocker - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
July 17, 2021 23:01 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIt's a game of "should I stay or should I go?" with Lucinda and Brad having to choose between each other this week. Harriet is joined by Presenter Coach and host of the Everyday Positivity podcast, Kate Cocker, to dissect the goings on in the Love Island villa, including the question - "hang on - doesn't sexual chemistry need to include both people fancying each other?" Plus - every year Love Island brings up a huge social issue - you might not be surprised to hear that this year Kate and...
Week 2 2021 with Fi Wishart - Too Fake to Handle
July 10, 2021 23:01 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBWe've learnt a lot about our cast in the past week. We’ve learnt that apparently, Aaron doesn't like women with hairy arms, or a career! And poor Hugo's come under heavy fire for saying he doesn't like women who are fake... despite going after the girls who've had work done. Harriet is joined by co-host of the Love Bites podcast Fi Wishart, to unpack all this and more, including what that Chloe has been up to. Your host is Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter and this weeks guest is Fi Wishart -...
Week 1 2021 with Charly Lester – A corridor of farts
July 03, 2021 19:00 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBGrab your bikini and slap on the factor 1 because we're back to dissect everything that's happening in the Love Island villa. Now that week 1 is wrapped up Harriet is joined by dating expert Charly Lester to discuss how diverse this year cast really is. And, after 18-months of pandemic related blue balls, have we all forgotten how to date? Your host is Harriet Minter -@harrietminter and this weeks guest is Charly Lester - @CharlyLester Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Put Your Eggs In My Basket – Love Island 2021
July 01, 2021 17:06 - 3 minutes - 5.37 MBThe TV show you love to pretend to hate is back, and so is Harriet Minter. After 18 months of being in lockdown with one other person, it turns out another season of Love Island is just what we needed. Join Harriet as she hoiks up her feminist morals to dissect who's a peng ting with academic insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Week 8 2019, with Sofie Hagen: "Boy! Finish yourself first, then find someone to build you up!"
July 30, 2019 01:01 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBComedian Sofie Hagen, joins Harriet Minter to review the final of Love Island 2019 in the ways only a feminist and a comedian can! (contains spoilers and a healthy amount of swearing) All hail Maura and her flutters, hoorah for Ovie and his love for Amber, and Anna WILL be held up as a feminist hero till one of the boys actually takes responsibility for his behaviour #itwasntme. Was friendship the real winner here? And what lessons have we learned? Plus we still can't help thinking that El...
Week 7 2019, with Anna Codrea-Rado: "Freckle D**k"
July 20, 2019 23:01 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBIf you're rooting for Elly Belly to get more screen time and a decent plot line, but would never admit it, then this is your tribe, Welcome! As the final flames in the fire pit are dwindling and the final is looming, Harriet is back discussing all of the bits that have been going on in the villa this week! She is joined by Journalist Anna Codrea-Rado, they are getting right into all of this week's factor 50, like: Micheal's oh-so questionable behaviour with Amber, how he has been dealing wi...
Week 6 2019, with Vic Sanusi: OMG! Why is Ovie single?
July 13, 2019 23:01 - 29 minutes - 54 MBIf no one in your life "gets" that Love Island is so much more than bikini clad benal chat, and is actually a microcosm of relationship constructs in real life - then this is the podcast for you! Feminist Harriet Minter, sheds all social shame and dissects ITV's most talked about show with a fellow Undercover Love Island Lover. This week journalist & podcaster Vic Sanusi shares her thoughts on Ovie and Maura's singledom, whether the modern digital attitudes to dating have taken over the vi...
Week 5 2019, with Ayesha Hazarika: The Bitter End of "Curmy"
July 06, 2019 23:01 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBIf you need a hug after all of the break-ups in the villa this week, but simply can’t admit this to any of your friends… this is your shoulder to cry on! This week Harriet is cracking on with Ayesha Hazarika, there is SO much to discuss after this week of action in the villa, together the ladies are talking through the bombshell that was Casa Amour and they are asking where did all of Michael's reasons for breaking up with Amber even come from? Is he in the right to call her childish when h...
Week 4 2019, with Charly Lester: Curtis Is Like a Rubbish Magic 8 Ball
June 29, 2019 23:01 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBDo you know exactly who's coupled up right now but absolutely will not be sharing your secret love for the villa with anyone, this is the podcast for you! Harriet is joined by fellow (slightly guilty) Love island watcher Charly Lester, together they are dissecting all of the bits from the past week of island gossip. They're talking Yewande’s final words for Danny before leaving, her reaction outside of the villa to Arabella being dumped from the island, and why dating for black women is ha...
Week 3 2019, with Kuba Shand-Baptiste: The New Face of Gaslighting??
June 22, 2019 23:01 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week Harriet's head is getting turned by Columnist at the Independent Kuba Shand-Baptiste, they are putting on their grafting boots and talking all about the antics we've seen (and secretly LOVED) in the Love Island villa over the past week! They discussing Joe's exit this week and his gaslighting behaviour, will he learn why his behaviour in the villa wasn’t completely correct, and how has he developed these views by the age of 21?! Yewande and Danny have "taken things to the next lev...
Week 2 2019, with Kate Leaver: "He poo'ed on someone's pillowcase"?!
June 15, 2019 23:01 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBHarriet is cracking on and dissecting all drama that has finally started happening in the villa this week with writer and "new girl" Kate Leaver. Bits have really started heating up this week giving Harriet and Kate a lot to discuss, like: What does it really mean if you say you're a "guy's girl" rather than a "girl's girl"? Is Love Island really the best place to make "friends for life" and why were the girls so bothered about Lucy spending time with them?! Also where the F**k has Sherif ...
Week 1 2019, with Lucy Vine: "Stop trying to make 'bev' happen Gretchen"
June 08, 2019 23:01 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBHarriet Minter invites writer Lucy Vine to dissect and over analyse the first week of Love Island 2019. Love Island is back, and if you've been all "I'm not watching it this year" and now are TOTALLY watching it this year - this podcast is for you. A safe space to discuss that "it is what it is" so crack on! And it's cracking on in the villa already, raising some interesting chat. Like: do relationships require "Insta Staus" these days? How long do you have to be dating, before your boyfr...
Week 1 2019, with Lucy Vine: "Stop trying to make 'bev' happen Gretchen"
June 08, 2019 23:01 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBHarriet Minter invites writer Lucy Vine to dissect and over analyse the first week of Love Island 2019. Love Island is back, and if you've been all "I'm not watching it this year" and now are TOTALLY watching it this year - this podcast is for you. A safe space to discuss that "it is what it is" so crack on! And it's cracking on in the villa already, raising some interesting chat. Like: do relationships require "Insta Staus" these days? How long do you have to be dating, before your boyfr...
2019: Peng Sorts Unite! We're Back! June 9th
June 02, 2019 23:01 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MBHarriet Minter's loving, feminist take on ITV's Love Island is back for 2019! Harriet Minter (Journalist, Broadcaster and Feminist), will be rounding up some of the smartest, funniest women she knows, to talk about the goings on of the 2019 Villa. Thus providing a quasi-support group for all those who think they shouldn’t love Love Island, but they do. Which is you, yes? 2018 guests included: Elizabeth Day (Author 'How To Fail'), Kate Leaver (Author 'The Friendship Cure'), Laura Jane Willi...
2018 Christmas Reunion: OMG Eyal & Kendall! with Anna Codrea-Rado
December 18, 2018 01:18 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBHarriet Minter spent a whole summer in love with Love Island, even though as a feminist journo she's not supposed to like Love Island. Time to find out if this was just a holiday romance, a #showmance or true love: It's the Undercover Lover Love Island Christmas Reunion! In their own mini re-union Harriet is joined by previous guest Anna Codrea-Rado and they break it down: did the Christmas Reunion work? Who was the Christmas Angel and who gets coal (*cough* Charlie *cough*)? Should any man...
Finale: But Are They Funny? with Lucy Vine and Pandora Sykes
July 31, 2018 00:36 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBHarriet Minter sees off the Love Island Finale with fellow writers Lucy Vine & Pandora Sykes (and some wine). Time to put Love Island 2018 to bed. And let's face it: Babes - you got to the end of the season! Well done. You now have a new vocabulary for your relationships (mugs and pies feature), an attitude to dating you never thought you'd have and you can't deny that (even though you know it's wrong) there is now something niggling: could you be happier? Is Wes right after all? It's been...
Week 8: Is Alex a VIP Incel? with Alexandra Heaminsley
July 28, 2018 23:01 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBIt's all sex, lies and videotape this week in the Love Island Villa. That might be as it seems, but if you are still telling people it's a fascinating depiction of human nature, you are listening to the right podcast. This week Harriet Minter (journalist and feminist) welcomes fellow journalist and author Alexandra Heminsley to dissect the shenanigans of a bunch of 20 somethings trying to get it on in the most intense dating exercise ever. Of course, it's more complicated than that as this...
Week 7: Snogging Britney Spears with Farah Kabir and Charlotte Jonsdottier Biering
July 21, 2018 23:01 - 40 minutes - 73.4 MBIf you're still chatting in the lift in hushed tones cos you can’t admit you like Love Island – then this is the podcast for you. Journalist Harriet Minter hoiks up her feminist morals and grabs a couple of like mindeds to dissect the human love experiment... *cough* sorry - the human love experience that is “The Villa”. Laying on the Factor 50 of love for Love Island with Harriet this week, is co-founder of Hanx condoms, Farah Kabir and creator of the "legendary" Love Island Whatsapp gro...
Week 6: Will You Be My Girlfriend? with Anna Codrea-Rado
July 15, 2018 08:09 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBLike you, Harriet found herself watching through her fingers as grown men dry humped a fireman pole this week in the Love Island Villa. But oh hell, isn't it about time we all just admit we’re enjoying it. Just be true to yourself yeh?... yeh? This week your host, journalist, feminist Harriet Minter is joined by fellow journalist, colleague and buddy Anna Codrea-Rado to discuss the 18 to 30 infused shenanigans from the Love Island Villa. Farewell to gorgeous Samira. How much editing is rea...
Week 5: Let's Get Grafting with Daisy Buchanan
July 07, 2018 23:01 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB*Tactics not recommended in real life Harriet Minter is here for equality, women's rights, and reality TV. You've not heard a more interesting discussion about Love Island before! Every week Harriet invites another Undercover Lover of Love Island to discuss the Islanders who've been mugged off, joined the Do Bits Society and pied. This week the amazing journalist Daisy Buchanan is on the show and talks about personal branding, grafting, and Dr Alex (who DOES he remind her of?!). You can g...
Week 4: It IS a (Sex) Game Guys* with Laura Jane Williams
June 30, 2018 23:01 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB*Tactics not recommended in real life Harriet Minter is a feminist & journalist and "should" not like Love Island at all. But we "should" also get over 7 hours of sleep a night & eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day... so... whatevs. Every week Harriet invites another Undercover Lover of Love Island to discuss the Islanders who've been mugged off, joined the Do Bits Society and pied. This week author, journalist and accidental influencer Laura Jane Williams guests and gets #deep about sex a...
Week 4: It IS a (Sex) Game Guys* with Laura Jane Williams
June 30, 2018 23:01 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB*Tactics not recommended in real life Harriet Minter is a feminist & journalist and "should" not like Love Island at all. But we "should" also get over 7 hours of sleep a night & eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day... so... whatevs. Every week Harriet invites another Undercover Lover of Love Island to discuss the Islanders who've been mugged off, joined the Do Bits Society and pied. This week author, journalist and accidental influencer Laura Jane Williams guests and gets #deep about sex a...
Week 3: Formidable Breadstick Panic with Hattie Crisell & Kuba Shand-Baptiste
June 23, 2018 23:01 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBHarriet Minter loves Love Island, but don’t tell anyone. If you are quietly saying to people “I know I’m not supposed to like Love Island but… “ then you are in the right place. Every week Harriet meets with unlikely Love Island fans to analyse the lust driven shenanigans from the ITV2 show. This week Harriet hosts a viewing party at her house with journalists Hattie Crisell and Kuba Shand-Baptiste, and her best mate Emma Newbank. After covering themselves in gold tattoos and drinking a c...
Week 2: Smell My Beads with Elizabeth Day
June 16, 2018 23:01 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBHarriet Minter loves Love Island, but don’t tell anyone. If you are quietly saying to people “I know I’m not supposed to like Love Island but… “ then you are in the right place. Every week Harriet meets with an unlikely Love Island fan to analyse the lust driven shenanigans from the ITV2 show. Journalist Elizabeth Day is a huge champion of this “anthropological experiment” and will defend its existence till her grave (even on Good Morning Britain). Hear Harriet and Elizabeth get hash...
Week 2: Smell My Beads with Elizabeth Day
June 16, 2018 23:01 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBHarriet Minter loves Love Island, but don’t tell anyone. If you are quietly saying to people “I know I’m not supposed to like Love Island but… “ then you are in the right place. Every week Harriet meets with an unlikely Love Island fan to analyse the lust driven shenanigans from the ITV2 show. Journalist Elizabeth Day is a huge champion of this “anthropological experiment” and will defend its existence till her grave (even on Good Morning Britain). Hear Harriet and Elizabeth get hash...
Week 1: Watching Beautiful Idiots with Kate Leaver
June 10, 2018 02:08 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBExtraordinary #deep chat about ITV2's Love Island with feminist Harriet Minter. Broadsheet journalist, feminist & thirtysomething Harriet Minter is not supposed to enjoy Love Island. But she does. Join her every week as she invites her (also intellectual) guest into her kitchen to analyse the lust driven shenanigans from the ITV2 show. This week fellow journalist Kate Leaver joins Harriet to mug off narcissism, decide what happens when feminism meets watermelons, and ogle at who pies off ...
Love Island fandom: the intro
June 07, 2018 19:48 - 3 minutes - 5.25 MBWelcome to the unofficial podcast of Love Island 2018, a weekly recap of all the comings and goings in the villa, plus some serious analysis of the not-so-serious business that is finding true love in a Mallorcan villa surrounded by camera. #mytypeonpaper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.