The Smut Report Podcast

This month, the Smut Report team is talking Metaromance. Not romances that take place at Facebook, but romance books that are talking about romance books. To prepare, we all read Unromance by Erin Connor [https://amzn.to/4kEX0pN]. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/06/13/lets-talk-about-metaromance/].

We're wrapping up our Hoedown Showdown! Holly, Erin, and Ingrid all share their Yee Haws and Hell Naws from this project, talk about their favorite microtropes, and share recommendations of other Western Romances.  Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

We're in Week 4 of reading Romance Westerns, and this week we're focusing on queer and poly romances.  We read: * Heart and Hand by Rebel Carter (Amazon [https://amzn.to/3YShjXZ] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9798794771770])   * They Ain't Proper by M.B. Guel (Amazon [https://amzn.to/4iCY4sF] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9781642474824]) Warning: This conversation includes ranting. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

For the third week of the Hoedown Showdown, we're in the 2020s! What's changed in Western romance? What's stayed the same?  We read: * Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins (Amazon [https://amzn.to/4iofSHN] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9780062861719]) * Marrying Off Morgan McBride by Amy Barry (Amazon [https://amzn.to/43ZQbtz] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9780593335598]) Full shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/04/18/hoedown-showdown-westerns-from-the-present/]

For the second week of the Hoedown Showdown, we read two books from the early 2000s:  * Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne (Amazon [https://amzn.to/3XXdeS2] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9780449005163]) * Knight on the Texas Plains by Linda Broday (Amazon [https://amzn.to/4ly8XPg] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9781492646501]) Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/04/11/hoedown-showdown-westerns-from-the-early-aughts/]