Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast

Jess Rothschild is a podcaster and journalist, one of the founding writers at Autostraddle, and her latest project is a documentary podcast called Finding Fire Island , about the history of Fire Island, Cherry Grove...

We are back in the early 90s, when the mullets were epic and the covers were sumptuous. Come on back to July 1992 with us as we explore the ads & features of the 100th issue of Romantic Times Magazine! This issue...

Dylan MarcAurele is the writer and composer behind The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Musical Parody , and I am extremely excited to share this interview with you! We’re going to talk about writing musical theatre, his...

It’s RT Rewind time again! This month, we’re going back to July 1992 to check out the new releases reviewed in…the 100th issue of Romantic Times magazine! Yup, the cover is memorable, and so are the book covers. We...

The re-release of The Luckiest Lady in London has arrived, and Sherry Thomas joins me to talk about the writing of that book more than 13 years ago, how romance and historicals have changed, and how this book is a...

Hey, where are you going? Get in the time machine – we want to bring you back to March 2009 to check out the ads & features from Romantic Times Magazine. We’ve got: Snippy letters to the editor! Covers that look like...

Jo Piazza is my guest this week to discuss her new book, The Parisian Heist . This book is a dual timeline story weaving together a 1990s heist at the Orsay museum with the story of Jo van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh’s...

We’re back in the time machine heading to March 2009 to check out the new books reviewed in Romantic Times Magazine. We’ve got: Hot dog shrines Alpha heroines PT Cruisers Allegories for the siege of Leningrad Whore’s...

A few months ago, Kayleigh Donaldson joined me to discuss Oscar predictions and other pop culture stories, and we decided to connect quarterly to discuss popular culture. We discuss the misogyny attached to Timothy...

My guest this week is Kirsty Greenwood, whose new book Romantic Hero is out now everywhere, all over the world. Kirsty writes what she calls “speculative romantic comedy,” and I really loved her first book, Love of my...

The time machine is all charged up, and we’re headed back to May 1996 to take a look at the ads & features from Romantic Times magazine. It’s the late 90s, so you know that means Incredible Cover Art. We also discover...

My guest today is bestselling author Ashley Poston, whose new book, The Someday Garden , is out this week. The Someday Garden was inspired by The Secret Garden , so we’re going to talk about inspiration, gardening...

<p>We love the 90s, and that’s where we’re headed this month, gazing at the impossible mullets from Romantic Times magazine.</p><br><p>We’re talking about the newest books from May 1996, including the second book in...

<p>Martha Wells is back, and we are taking a deep spoilery dive into Platform Decay.I want to be clear here: if you haven’t read Platform Decay, we are about to spoil the dickens out of it. Yes, Charles Dickens is in...

<p>We’re back in the time machine, heading to December 2012 to look at the ads and features from Romantic Times magazine. </p><br><p>This episode features a high amount of extreme zany. We’ve got so many treats for you...