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The Smut Report Podcast

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 | All show notesConnect with us!Facebook | Instagram | bsky

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28:15

Tumblereads 25: How We Pick Books

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/04/13

Holly asks Erin and Ingrid: how do they decide what to read?Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

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29:46

Tumblereads 24: Reading Old Books

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/04/06

AKA culture shifts and reader preference shifts and how they play together.Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

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29:35

Tumblereads 23: That's Not Cute

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2026/03/30

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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59:25

TSR Book Club: Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/03/23

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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30:53

Tumblereads 22: Whatchu Reading?

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2026/03/16

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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33:24

Tumblereads 21: How to Ruin a Kiss in 10 Ways

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/03/09

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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30:48

Tumblereads 20: The Fanfic to Romance Pipeline

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/03/02

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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57:38

TSR Book Club: Swordheart

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/02/23

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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31:53

Tumblereads 19: Identifying with the Characters

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/02/16

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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31:59

Tumblereads 18: How to Ruin a Black Moment in 10 Ways

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/02/09

In which the team comes up with 10 ways to ruin a black moment.Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

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29:00

Tumblereads 17: Snowstorms and Thunderbangs

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/02/02

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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47:52

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/01/26

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 be a discussion of what the book is doing on its own merits.Our first book discussion is An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole.Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

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29:20

Tumblereads 16: A Moment of Reflection

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/01/19

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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35:22

Tumblereads 15: Euphemistic Bits

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2026/01/12

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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68:18

6th Annual Smut Report Superlatives

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2025/12/31

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 ado: The Sixth Annual Smut Report Superlatives.Superlatives in list form can be found at smutreport.com/podcast

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32:15

Tumblereads 14: The Subtleties of Artistry and Expertise

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2025/12/22

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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31:12

Tumblereads 13: COVID and Trauma in our Reading

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2025/12/16

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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32:27

Tumblereads 12: Heated Rivalry and Hot Takes

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2025/12/08

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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59:12

Found Family and Forced Family

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2025/11/24

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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34:14

Tumblereads 11: HEATED RIVALRY IS COMING TO HBO MAX!...

The Smut Report Podcast ·

2025/11/24

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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