Reading Smut

Done & Dusted with Amber Nash!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara, Amber Nash) — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000

From Clinch to Cartoons - Romance Covers with Katie Anderson!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara, Katie Anderson) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk to art director Katie Anderson about the history of (and the future of!) romance covers. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Katie Anderson

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Half City

Next month’s book is Done and Dusted!

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Community Spirit - Why Choose with Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara, Jesse Thorn, Jordan Morris) — Fri, 6 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory dive deep with Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn to discuss Queenie and the Krakens, mermen, the appeal of why-choose books, and jeans boners. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Jordan Jesse Go

Free with Ads

Web of Venom

Amazing Spiderman - Spiderversity

Predator Bloodshed

Queenie and the Krakens

Done and Dusted

Desperate for Smut - History of Romance with Cailey Hall!

shows@maximumfun.org (Cailey Hall, Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk to writer and academic Cailey Hall about the history of romance novels! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Next month’s book is Queenie and the Krakens

Cailey Hall

Unsettling Sexuality

Why Do We Love Rakes? A Week to be Wicked with Drea Clark!

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Drea Clark, Brea Grant) — Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk to returning guest Drea Clack about A Week to be Wicked, the appeal of only one bed, and why we all love rakes so much. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Drea Clark

A Week to be Wicked

Next month’s book: Queenie and the Krakens

BONUS - Huge Butts & the Heated Rivalry Adaptation

shows@maximumfun.org (Brooke Seguin, Mallory O'Meara, Tom DeTrinis, Brea Grant) — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about the Heated Rivalry adaptation with Tom DeTrinis and Brooke Seguin!

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Heated Rivalry

Brooke Seguin

Tom DeTrinis

Next month’s book is A Week to Be Wicked

Sexy Comics & Laying Eggs with Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan!

shows@maximumfun.org (Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan, Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about smutty comics with Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan from Oh Joy Sex Toy! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Next month’s book is A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare!

Oh Joy Sex Toy

Slipshine

Filthy Figments

Fantasy Toy Recommendations:

Uncover Creations

Dread the Empire

Funkit Toys

Twilight Meadows Creations

Strange Bed Fellas

Were Dog

Nothosaur

Hello Mr. Pus - Pestilence!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, mallory o'meara) — Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about Pestilence, sexy apocalypses, and why readers love a slow burn so much

The Year in Smut with Heaving Bosoms!

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory go over the year in smut with Melody and Sabrina from Heaving Bosoms! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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HB email: heavingbosomspodcast at gmail dot com

Next month’s book is Pestilence!

Gingerbread Handjobs - A MERRY LITTLE MEET CUTE with Griefcat!

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about A MERRY LITTLE MEET CUTE with Louisa and Annie from Griefcat!

Our Smut Origin Stories

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about their smut origin stories in this special bonus episode. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Next month’s book is A Merry Little Meet Cute!

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

Widow of Rose House

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

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The Best and Worst Romance Tropes with Diana Biller!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Diana Biller, Mallory O'Meara) — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory debate the best and worst romance tropes with author Diana Biller!

Guys Being Nice to Each Other - HEATED RIVALRY

shows@maximumfun.org (Brooke Seguin, Tom DeTrinis, Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about HEATED RIVALRY and sports romance with Brooke Seguin and Tom Detrinis! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Heated Rivalry

Brooke Seguin

Thomas Detrinis

Shoot Your Shot

The Fall

The Prospects

Next month’s book: A Merry Little Meet Cute

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Monsterfucking with Opal Reyne!

shows@maximumfun.org (Opal Reyne, Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk monsterfucking with Opal Reyne! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Opal Reyne

Kresley Cole

Ensnared by Tiffany Roberts

The Ancient Magus’s Bride

Duskwalker Brides Series

Regine Abel

Avina St. Graves

Naga Brides series

Next month’s book is Heated Rivalry!

Banging Demons - Her Soul to Take with Austin Taylor!

shows@maximumfun.org (mallory O'meara, Brea Grant, Austin Taylor) — Fri, 3 Oct 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk to Austin Taylor about Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux! Let’s bang some demons, folks. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Her Soul to Take

Losers

Next month’s book: Heated Rivalry

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries

Selling Smut with Amanda Anderson from The Last Chapter!

shows@maximumfun.org (Amanda Anderson, Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about selling romance and erotica with Amanda Anderson from The Last Chapter bookstore. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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The Boss by Abigail Barnette

Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy

Beautiful Broken Love by Shanora Williams

Sweet Strings by Aly Beck

Next month’s book is Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux!

Dimly Lit Smut - Gothikana with Sydney Steinberg!

shows@maximumfun.org (Sydney Steinberg, Mallory O’Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 5 Sep 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Grab your maxi skirts, folks. Brea and Mallory talk about Gothikana with actor and comedian Sydney Steinberg! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Forever by Judy Blume

Gothikana by RuNyx

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Next month’s book is Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux!

BONUS: This Town F*cks - Sweet Berries with Too Stupid To Live!

shows@maximumfun.org (Becky Feldman, Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory and Becky from Too Stupid to Live talk about Sweet Berries by C.M. Nacosta, low stakes smut, and how millennials long for health insurance. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Sweet Berries

Too Stupid to Live

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Maneater by Emily Antoinette

The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert

Next month’s book is Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux!

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Horny for Dukes - Bridgerton and Smutty Adaptations with Drea Clark!

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Drea Clark, Brea Grant) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk Bridgerton and adapting smut to the screen with Drea Clark! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Drea Clark

Next month’s book is Gothikana by RuNyx! And our upcoming bonus episode book is Sweet Berries!

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Books Mentioned:

Wallflower Series by Lisa Kleypas

Difficult Duke Series by Loretta Chase

Spindle Cove Series by Tessa Dare

The Heart of a Duke Series by Christi Caldwell

Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill

Erotic Shows/Movies: Bound, Body Heat, Rivals, Sinners, Babygirl, Love Lies Bleeding, The Handmaiden, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Outlander, Secretary, Thomas Crown Affair, Out of Sight

Splenda for Inc*st - Credence!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara) — Fri, 1 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory get familial with Credence by Penelope Douglas!

Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

Next month’s pick: Gothikana by RuNyx!

Live Maas with Natalie Jean and Jackie Zebrowski!

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk to Natalie and Jackie from the LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City Podcast about the appeal of Sarah J Maas and the horny fairy community.

Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City

Natalie Jean

Jackie Zebrowski

https://www.instagram.com/lastpodnetwork/

LPN Romantasy YouTube

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Fantastique Starfall Ball

Quinn

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

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Next month’s book is Credence by Penelope Douglas!

Permission to Go F*ckwild - Bull Moon Rising

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant) — Fri, 4 Jul 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory discuss Bull Moon Rising, the appeal of knotting, and how to schedule a minotaur rut. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon

Next month’s book is Credence by Penelope Douglas

J***ing Into the Void - Gay Fanfiction with Kit Williamson!

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant, Kit Williamson) — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about Nifty and online fanfiction with Kit Williamson!

Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Kit Williamson

Unconventional

Nifty

Next month’s book is Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon!

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Horny for Pomegranates - Drag Me Up with Aubrey Shea!

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant, Aubrey Shea) — Fri, 6 Jun 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory read Drag Me Up with actor/musician Aubrey Shea and talk about Greek retellings and why people are so horny about them. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Good Story Guild

Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club

Aubrey Shea

Drag Me Up

Unconventional

Circe by Madeline Miller

Next month’s book is:

Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon

Maps Are My Smut - Romantasy with Jackie Jennings!

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant, Jackie Jennings) — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about the meteoric (or is it??) rise of romantasy and what’s its appeal with writer Jackie Jennings! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Next month’s book is Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues!

Jackie Jennings

Sponsor

Good Story Guild
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club

Sorry, Mommy - Mistakes Were Made with BJ & Harmony Colangelo

Fri, 9 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory discuss Mistakes Were Made with BJ & Harmony Colangelo and get into age gaps, MILFs, and secret relationships. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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This Ends at Prom

Sleepaway Camp by BJ and Harmony Colangelo

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

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Smut as a Cultural Barometer with Alyssa Morris!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara, Alyssa Morris) — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talking about smut as a cultural barometer with Alyssa Morris. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Romancing the Phone

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Planet F**k - I Got Abducted by Aliens & Now I’m Trapped in a Rom Com with Briana Venskus-Vazquez!

shows@maximumfun.org (Mallory O'Meara, Brea Grant, Briana Venskus-Vazquez) — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory discuss I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom Com with Briana Venskus-Vazquez! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

I Got Abducted by Aliens & Now I’m Trapped in a Rom Com by Kimberly Lemming

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

Briana Venskus-Vazquez

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Johnny Appleseed of Smut - Growing Up Reading Romance with Amber Benson!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara, Amber Benson) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:30:00 +0000

On this special MaxFunDrive episode, Brea and Mallory talk to writer and filmmaker Amber Benson about growing up reading smut! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

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Amber Benson

Next month’s book is I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming!

Norma Klein

Judy Blume

The Enchantment by Betina Krahn

Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon

A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton

Blob by Maggie Su

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

BONUS - The Most F*&kable Fantastical Creatures with Comfort Creatures!

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory discuss which fantasy creatures are the sexiest (and least sexiest!) with Alexis and Ella from Comfort Creatures! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Comfort Creatures

Bonus Content Sample! SQUEAK By Vera Valentine!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Sample of our bonus content! Mallory and Brea discuss Vera Valentine's Squeak, the balloon animal shape shifter erotica. To hear the entire episode, join Maximum Fun at maximumfun.org/join!

The Forbidden Lube - Priest with Jordan Morris!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara, Jordan Morris) — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory talk about Priest by Sierra Simone with Jordan Morris!

Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Priest by Sierra Simone

Jordan Morris

Youth Group by Jordan Morris and Bowen McCurdy

Godzilla vs LA

Next Month’s Book

Why Are Readers Horny for Fairies?

shows@maximumfun.org (brea grant, mallory o'meara) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory get to the bottom (heh) of why readers are so wild for sexy fairies! Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J. Maas

Links:

Guardian Article 1

Guardian Article 2

Unhinged with Chelsea Devantez!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara, Chelsea Devantez) — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Brea and Mallory discuss Unhinged by Vera Valentine with Chelsea Devantez and decide what the sexiest type of door is. Email us at readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com!

Priest by Sierra Simone (next month's book)

Vera Valentine

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going to Anyway) by Chelsea Devantez

Chelsea Devantez

Reading Smut - Coming on February 14!

shows@maximumfun.org (Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Reading Smut is a show about spicy books and the people who love them! Join hosts Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara as they explore the world of romance and erotica. In each episode, they discuss a sexy title or dive into a hot topic from the world of horny literature. What’s so appealing about enemies to lovers? How come the smartest people you know are reading the dirtiest books? And why are readers so hot for fairies?

Smut it up with us starting February 14!