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Each week on Smart Podcast, Trashy Books, Sarah Wendell interviews authors, readers, reviewers, bloggers, publishing professionals, editors, and librarians about romance novels, which are am...
Nalini Singh is back to talk about Archangel’s Eternity , which I have been calling “Archangel’s Finale.” We’ve got questions from readers a...
Programming note: this week's episode is dropping on 30 April 2026. Smart Bitches Trashy Books, LLC, is withdrawing our labor on May 1, 2026...
Thanks for Geoffroy in the podcast Patreon (merci, Geoffrey!) my guest this week is Claire Trottier, owner of Joie de Livres , a romance and...
When you subscribed to this podcast, I bet you thought, “When is Sarah going to interview an expert on theoretical physics ?” Today is your...
My guest this week is podcast community favorite Alisha Rai! We start off catching up on our history of podcasting together, our life change...
You’ve been hearing me talk about this book for awhile, and I am so excited to share with you my conversation with Fortesa Latifi, author of...
We are back in the time machine, heading to July 2000 to check out the Ads & Features from Romantic Times Magazine! We’re going to talk abou...
Riss M. Neilson joins me today to talk about her new romance, The Bridge Back to You. This is a second chance love story between two exes wh...
We're back in the time machine, heading to July 2000 - for real this time - to check out the reviews in this issue of Romantic Times magazin...
Thank you for joining me for a “from the vault” episode! This is episode 147, originally aired June 26, 2015, so almost 11 years ago. Drs. J...
Amanda and I are traveling back to June 1997 to discuss: Touring inside author’s homes and whether we think it’s kinda intrusive and uncomfo...
Kate Quinn’s new book, The Astral Library , is out this week and I was so excited to not only get an advanced copy but an opportunity to int...
Amanda and I are back, deep diving into romance and pop culture history with issue 1997 of Romantic Times Magazine. The cover reads Love, Lu...
My guest this week is Julia Quinn and we are talking about, of course, JQ Editions, a new subscription service creating special limited edit...
Kayleigh Donaldson is back! She is the guest on some of the most popular episodes, and I know what that is: she’s brilliant. We recorded thi...
Candy recapped Heated Rivalry , and is that enough? No, of course not. We had MANY things we wanted to exclaim at each other about, so why n...
It’s never too late for Holiday Wishes, right? We had such a record number of interviews for the Holiday Wishes episodes this year, and I tr...
Happy 700th Episode!! Amanda Matta is a debut author (her book is coming in 2027!), media commentator, royal analyst, and an art historian....
Happy New Year! This week we are talking with Katie, Kate, and Adam – we’ve got book recs, wishes, spreadsheet discussions, dungeons, and so...
This week we are talking with Jenna Grinstead, Stephanie Violet, Lisa, and Bull! Yup, we’re visiting Norway this week. Bring a hat. As alway...
This week we are talking with Shana, Sue, and Rhonda about book recs and wishes, plus fantasy and magical bureaucracy, grief in romance, sch...
We’re back with more Holiday Wishes! This week we’re talking with Rae A., Josephine, and Sneezy! This week we are talking romance bookstores...
We’re back with more Holiday Wishes! This week we’re talking with Garlic Knitter, Claudia, Christine, and Jo. A few notes: First, my voice i...
Ready for more wishes and recs? And bad jokes? I bet you are! This week we’re talking with Agnes, Emily, Sarah Jane, and Jenn – and Min the...
It’s time for our annual Holiday Wishes episodes! Every year I connect with listeners around the world, where we talk about books, wishes, a...
Amye Archer, host of Little Miss Recap, was a guest on a recent paywalled episode of Fixing Famous People talking about soap operas. I was e...
After mentioning Heather Graham, one of the Grande Dames of RT, so many times while recapping issues of Romantic Times, I got to sit down wi...
My guest today is Lux Raven, author of the Siren’s duology that starts with Siren’s Mark , which came out – together – in early October. Lux...
We’re going back to May 2016 to look at the Ads & Features in Romantic Times magazine. The kilts are kilting and the abs are ab-ing, and we’...
I’m bringing back a classic episode from the archives of the show, and because she has excellent taste, Amanda said it should be this one. W...
Grab your carry on, your snacks, and a blanket, because we’re hopping in the time machine again to go back to the May 2016 issue of Romantic...
Alexandra Vasti is back, because her new historical romance Ladies in Hating is out this week! We are going to talk about: Good angsty yearn...
It’s the 90s so the Ads and Features from the August 1996 issue of Romantic Times are a treasure trove of confusion. We’ve got: A tour of Ju...
The second book in Holly Black’s Night duology, Thief of Night , is out now, and I was so excited to talk with her about it.We start right o...
We’re going back to August 1996 – that’s a bit of distance – to take a peek at the new releases and the book reviews in Romantic Times magaz...
Valerie Bowman returns to talk about her new book, The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn , out September 9. Valerie has written over 30 historical nove...
It’s July 2016, and we’re back in the time machine to check out the ads & features from this issue of Romantic Times Magazine! We spot an SB...
Molly Horan is a YA author, playwright, and professor who is writing a dissertation on aromantic and asexual characters in YA literature. Mo...
We’re back! Amanda picked this month’s issue and so we are journeying back to July 2016! We tackle vague reviews that tell us no things. I t...
Recently, I posted a collection of cozy, mostly British mysteries that all mimic the Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club covers in just about...
Jo Piazza’s new book, Everyone is Lying to You , is a trad wife influencer murder mystery out this month. I loved this book. Jo has been cov...
When I record with Nalini Singh, since she’s in New Zealand and I’m on the east coast of the US, it’s weird hours for both of us – so thank...
Danielle Allen is the author of 55 books, including the new release Plus Size Player, part of the Curve series alongside Curvy Girl Summer ,...
You may know Gaby Leon as HappyGabyCooking on TikTok and Instagram . She’s also the author of a new cookbook! The Enchanted Feast is a gorge...
This is a delightfully unhinged issue. We’ve got a plethora of old-skool covers, weird language about China and Taiwan, Poconos hot tubs, an...
Every now and again, I get to do a crossover episode with the Heaving Bosoms podcast . We pick a truly bonkers sexy book, and recap it acros...
Amanda and I are traveling back to May 1995 – yes, thirty years ago. I know, me too. We’ve got weird reviews, outstanding side character nam...
One of Chelsea Devantez’s listeners connected her to my show after my interview with Joanna Shupe .Meanwhile I’d been working up the nerve t...
At the suggestion of some listeners, I split the Ads & Features into two parts, in part because it was very long, and also because there are...
Inspired by a recent episode of The Sam Sanders Show, Amanda and I are sharing our own hot takes and possibly controversial opinions about r...