All Episodes

Stoner rom-coms & chronic illness with Laura Piper Lee

TJ Alexander Returns! Queer love means breaking the rules

BDSM romance, power exchange & consent with Kate Hawthorne

Joy vs liberation in queer romance with Adib Khorram

Black heroines deserve to be treasured with LaQuette

Ella's publishing hot takes on the 'It's a Lot' podcast

Ashley Herring Blake wants to know your star sign

Primal play & the catharsis of Dark Romance with Allie Oleander

Does "historical romance" need a new name? With Katherine Grant

A marriage of convenience for health insurance & housing, with Marisa Kanter

Rachel Runya Katz on the rom-traum-com

Julian Winters on queer self-discovery and demisexual representation

Sexy unionized ballet dancers with Chloe Angyal

Sample: Portland's Romance Bookstore with Katherine Morgan

Alexandria Bellefleur won't stop writing queer romance

Cozy witchy romance with Celestine Martin

Elissa Sussman on grief, horniness & movie stars

HEAs for sad girls! Depression rep with London Sperry

Eva Leigh on female rage, witches and pirates

Olivia Dade on vampires, zombies and editing sex scenes

Sample: Publishing sapphic romance with Nina Haines

Disability rep, coming out, and self-love with Keah Brown

A rom-com for gamers (and gaymers) with Tara Tai

Joyful M/M Rom-Coms with Chip Pons

Love outside of the gender binary in hist-rom, with Joanna Lowell

PREMIUM PREVIEW: Spring 2025 Discourse Round-up

Historical romance is the best escape, with Harper St. George

Is "miscommunication" even a trope? With Betty Cayouette

Sexy & grounded celebrity romance, with Myah Ariel

Autistic people are hot, with Leanne Schwartz

How Allison Raskin turned her broken engagement into a rom-com

Is self-publishing actually better than a book deal? With Georgina Kiersten

How readers react when authors talk politics, with Joanna Shupe

Queer adulthood and bisexual rep with Amy Spalding

Why romance must be braver, with Adriana Herrera

Trans identity & polyamory in romance with TJ Alexander

The "smut" discourse with Andie J. Christopher

Abortion in historical romance with Elizabeth Everett

Healthy relationships and conspiracy theories with Mallory Marlowe

The case for historical romance with Liana De la Rosa

Reality TV satire and sapphic romance with Lydia Wang & Annabel Paulsen

Writing genuinely funny romantic comedies, with Laura Piper Lee

Black love and romance with Jessica P. Pryde

Anti-capitalist romance with Nellie Wilson

Cursed bonus episode: Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni

Danica Nava on writing Native rom-coms

Jenny L. Howe on plus-size representation and masculinity in romance

Shelly Jay Shore on escapism vs. resistance in romance

Erin Baldwin on writing rivals-to-lovers romance for teens

Becca Grischow on writing broke, queer 20-somethings

Crash-launching Rebel Ever After!