The Smut Report Podcast
by The Smut Report Team
Call us Smut Enthusiasts.Call us Smut Scholars.Call us Smut Evangelists.We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.Blog [https://smutreport.com/] | All show notes [https://smutreport.com/podcast/]Connect with us!Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smutreport] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smutreport/] | bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/smutreport.com]
Episodes
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TSR Book Club: Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace
This month we buddy read Manners and Monsters, mainly because the cover seemed appropriate for spooky season. Spoiler alert: this one was not a winner for team Smut Report. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 40: Duds
In the spirit of "negative reviews can be just as helpful as positive ones", this week the Smut Report team talks about some recent reads that didn't work for them. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 39: Pour on the Sugar
Ingrid's leading Tumblereads this week—and the team is talking about books they read recently that they really enjoyed. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 38: Loose Threads
This week on Tumblereads, Erin is asking Ingrid and Holly about lack of follow through. Full show notes (lots of links to books whose titles we didn't remember in this one!) at smutreport.com/podcast.
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TSR Book Club: The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn
This month on book club, Holly, Erin, and Ingrid buddy-read The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn. They talked about metaphors and how much every single person in this book needs therapy. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 37: Spanky Hanky Panky
This episode of Tumblereads was inspired by this excellent piece by Rien Grey. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 36: How to Ruin a Meet Cute in 10 Ways
Ingrid loves a good craft list, so we're talking about how authors ruin the meet cute. Want more episodes like this? Check out "How to Ruin a Bleak Moment in 10 Ways" and "How to Ruin a Kiss in 10 Ways." Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 35: Series and all their Permutations
This week on Tumblereads, Erin wanted to talk about book series, which is a very large topic, so we kinda went all over the place. Full show notes (including links to all the many many series we discussed) at smutreport.com/podcast.
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TSR Book Club: Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon
This month, Ingrid is leading book club, and the team is talking about Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon. There was a lot of discussion of the line between laughing at something and laughing with something. Buy on Amazon Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 34: Let's Talk Tropes - Best Friend's Sibling
This week on Tumblereads, we're revisiting an old post deep from the blog archives to spark the discussion on the Best Friend's Sibling trope. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 33: Load Bearing Sex Scenes
This week on Tumblereads, Ingrid asks the Smut Report team to think about load bearing sex scenes. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 32: Cheat Codes
We're back from our summer hiatus, which means more weekly discussions of romance books with the Smut Report Team! Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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TSR Book Club: Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall
After a summer break, the Smut Report team is back with book club! This month was Erin's choice, and we read Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast. Buy Iron & Velvet: Amazon | Libro.fm
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TSR Book Club: A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant
Our June book club pick was A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant. It was Holly's choice, and ended up being a very Holly book. Erin and Ingrid were less enthused. Buy A Lady Awakened:: Amazon | Bookshop | Libro.fm Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 31: The Darkness of Dark Academia
Apparently Holly is new here, because she was surprised when the teachers started murdering the students. Full show notes (inluding recs!) at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads: Sometimes You Just Want to Talk About the Books You Just Read
This week on Tumblereads, Ingrid just wanted to talk about the duology she just binged, so that's what we did. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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TSR Book Club: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
This month for book club, we're talking building tension and intimacy. And repetition. Note: This episode contains SPOILERS. Second note: This is a slightly edited / reuploaded version of this episode. Buy The Everlasting: Amazon | Bookshop | Libro.fm Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 29: What Would You Spend Your Money On?
The Smut Report team talks about what would entice us to buy special editions (TL;DR: annotations). Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 28: Fancy Special Editions
We're talking about fancy special editions today. Show notes (with copious links and other fun things) at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 27: Tools in the Genre Toolbox
It's Ingrid's week to host, so it should not come as a big shock that we're talking about craft. However, Holly hijacked the conversation a wee bit, so we spent a lot of time talking about historical fashion. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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TSR Book Club: You Complicate Me by Isabel Jordan
This month, we dig deep on the reasons this fluffy romcom didn't work for us, because you can do literary analysis on any piece of media if you read it carefully. (Note: this is a slightly edited version of the episode) Buy You Complicate Me: Amazon | Bookshop | Libro.fm Show notes at...
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Tumblereads 26: Is it even a romance if…
We are extra chaotic this week. Sorry, not sorry. Show notes (including a link to that pineapple / chicken abomination) at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 25: How We Pick Books
Holly asks Erin and Ingrid: how do they decide what to read? Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 24: Reading Old Books
AKA culture shifts and reader preference shifts and how they play together. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 23: That's Not Cute
When family members (in romance books!) stomp on boundaries but the characters in the book shrug it off…that's not cute. But what's actually going on with these scenes? Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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TSR Book Club: Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro
Are you ready for some poly pirate action? Are you also ready for lots of detail (in a good way) about 19th century naval warfare? Join the Smut Report team as we discuss Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 22: Whatchu Reading?
Holly didn't have a plan, so she asked Erin and Ingrid what they were reading and they excitedly yelled about books for the entire time. As we do. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 21: How to Ruin a Kiss in 10 Ways
Ingrid challenges the Smut Report team to come up with 10 ways authors can ruin a kiss. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 20: The Fanfic to Romance Pipeline
The Smut Report Team talks fanfic, and honestly, we barely skimmed the surface on this one. Show notes (including a link to the infamous Ask a Manager story) at smutreport.com/podcast
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TSR Book Club: Swordheart
Ingrid leads this month's Book Club discussion, in which we talk about whether Swordheart is a romance and get deep into the reasons Erin didn't like the bleak moment. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 19: Identifying with the Characters
Holly got big mad at a hero, which prompted the team to talk about identifying with the characters in a book. This conversation could have been five hours, but we kept it to 30 minutes. Shownotes at smutreport.com
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Tumblereads 18: How to Ruin a Black Moment in 10 Ways
In which the team comes up with 10 ways to ruin a black moment. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 17: Snowstorms and Thunderbangs
This week, we chatted for a while about what we're reading, and then Ingrid got real nerdy about how weather can impact the tension in a book. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Welcome to the first Smut Report book club! We’ve done buddy reads before, of course, but this year we’re going a little more unstructured. Our plan is for each of us to take a turn picking a book to read—any book, for any reason—and our discussion may be based on a specific idea or it may simply...
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Tumblereads 16: A Moment of Reflection
We cannot believe that we've been Smut Reporting for 8(!) years on the blog, and 2 years on the podcast! Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 15: Euphemistic Bits
In which Ingrid embraces her brave side and leads the Smut Report team in a conversation about the words we use to talk about those parts of our bodies. NSFW. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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6th Annual Smut Report Superlatives
It’s a new year, which means it’s time to look back on the past year. We were tired and found comfort in books. We were tired and struggled to read books. But no matter what, we reaffirmed how much we love to read and talk about books. So instead of a best-of list, we bring you without further…
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Tumblereads 14: The Subtleties of Artistry and Expertise
Isn't it amazing how some people are good at making and analyzing art?!? Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 13: COVID and Trauma in our Reading
We went serious this week and are talking COVID in contemporary romance. (This is a slightly modified version of the previously-posted Tumblereads 13) Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 12: Heated Rivalry and Hot Takes
Erin squees about Heated Rivalry and Ingrid leads the Smut Report team in a game of This or That. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Found Family and Forced Family
In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about family in romance book today: the families we leave behind, the families we reconcile with, and the families we make ourselves. Full show notes (which this month is a long list of all the books we mentioned) at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 11: HEATED RIVALRY IS COMING TO HBO MAX! Slash bowdlerization
Erin had a plan to talk about something serious and erudite but got distracted by *big television announcements* and spent the first half squeeing. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 10: Chores
We're talking about characters doing chores in romance books today: what purpose they might serve, and if we like reading about them. If you know if a romance book where characters clean the toilet, please tell us about it. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 9: Dark Heroes
In which the Smut Reporters talk about dark heroes, and the line between hotness and troubling. This conversation was inspired by Ingrid reading the Alliance series by S.J. Tilly. Show notes at smutreport.com
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Tumblereads 8: Self-Publishing, Trad-Publishing, and Art in Society
This week on Tumblereads, the Smut Report Team is talking about self-publishing powerhouses getting picked up by Big 5 Publishers. Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Monster Mash Redux
We're revisiting Monster Romance (read about the first time we did so here)! Buddy reads: Maneater by Emily Antoinette Ready for Her Yeti by Neva Post Mail-Order Minotaur by Lilith Stone Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 7: Good Sex Writing
This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about what makes some sex scenes so great—and some of the authors make it happen. Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast
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Tumblereads 6: Random things that give us the ick
This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about things we don't like. Full list of books we mentioned can be found on the show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Tumblereads 5: What is a "diverse" book anyway?
Today we talked about diversity in books. What does it mean when someone calls a book "diverse"? (Turns out, different things to different people.) Shownotes (aka a list of the books we talked about) at smutreport.com/podcast
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Ingrid Explains Hottie McScotties
This month on the podcast, we're talking about Hottie McScotties and why Ingrid loves Highlander Romances. We buddy read The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast
About this show
Call us Smut Enthusiasts.Call us Smut Scholars.Call us Smut Evangelists.We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.Blog [https://smutreport.com/] | All show notes [https://smutreport.com/podcast/]Connect with us!Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smutreport] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smutreport/] | bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/smutreport.com]
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