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The Smut
by Michelle Ruiz
A new podcast from Vogue and Vanity Fair culture journalist Michelle Ruiz about the sexiest stories in news. Michelle has been reading smut since she was definitely too young to be reading smut. She grew up to be a Cosmo sex editor and believes fading to black is criminal. At her first job at ABC News, an editor referred to a story as “sexy” - not in the literal sense, but the kind that's juicy, colorful and complicated, maybe a little salacious and gossipy. In addition to the actual smut of our times, those are the kind of all-consuming stories and people she'll get into on The Smut.
Episodes
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The Thinking Woman's 50 Shades (w/ Jessica Knoll)
It's the high-class smut of summer! The bestselling author tells ALL about her new erotic thriller, "Helpless," its knife-sharp, nuanced treatment of kinky sex, and why dark romance has so many women in its clutches. Plus: Jess and Michelle reminisce about their days as Cosmo sex editors!
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"Off Campus" (w/ Professor of Yearnalism Hitha Palepu)
The Smut is back to analyze "Off Campus," the latest, greatest entry to the hot hockey romance canon. CEO, author , multi-hyphenate and seasoned "Off Campus" reader Hitha Palepu joins to discuss how the show compares (and doesn't compare) to "Heated Rivalry," its star and newly-minted Internet...
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The Smut Book Club: Flowers in the Attic
Welcome to the very first installment of The Smut Book Club, in which host Michelle Ruiz and a rotating cast of brilliant minds-in-the-gutter break down the best (and worst) smut of our time. Our first selection is smut canon: V.C. Andrews's demented 1979 classic, "Flowers in the Attic!" It's...
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Harry Styles's Sonic Erotica
Whether Harry Styles is engaged or not, a feverish fan base is engaged in him. A new season of Styles is upon us , with his glittering dance party of an album, "Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally" and a long-awaited tour launching in Amsterdam in May. This week, Harry superfan Rocky Cautadella...
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Robinne Lee on the State of Smut
The Bard of High-Class Smut and "The Idea of You" author Robinne Lee sprinkles flirtatious crumbs about her new novel, "Crash Into Me," plus: the state of smut in 2026, the landmark significance of "50 Shades of Grey," writing Duran Duran smut in her teens (naturally), the majesty of sex scenes...
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The Kennedys & The Windsors (w/ Caroline Hallemann)
Welcome to The Smut, a podcast about the sexiest stories in news. I’ve been reading smut since I was definitely too young to be reading smut. A tattered Danielle Steele at a Long Island garage sale hated to see me coming! I grew up to be a sex editor at Cosmo; my desk was littered feather…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A new podcast from Vogue and Vanity Fair culture journalist Michelle Ruiz about the sexiest stories in news. Michelle has been reading smut since she was definitely too young to be reading smut. She grew up to be a Cosmo sex editor and believes fading to black is criminal. At her first job at ABC News, an editor referred to a story as “sexy” - not in the literal sense, but the kind that's juicy, colorful and complicated, maybe a little salacious and gossipy. In addition to the actual smut of our times, those are the kind of all-consuming stories and people she'll get into on The Smut.
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Michelle Ruiz
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What is The Smut about?
A new podcast from Vogue and Vanity Fair culture journalist Michelle Ruiz about the sexiest stories in news. Michelle has been reading smut since she was definitely too young to be reading smut. She grew up to be a Cosmo sex editor and believes fading to black is criminal. At her first job at ABC...
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The Smut is created and hosted by Michelle Ruiz.
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