Too Stupid to Live: Romance Reviews $5 and Under

Rom-Pod Crossover: Reading The Flame and the Flower (Chapters 1 and 2)

TSTL is tag-teaming with Reading Under the Covers to get ripped and ravished! In this episode brought to you by Under the Covers, Becky and joins UTC reviewer and content creator Francesca to chat about chapters 1 and 2 from the groundbreaking novel that shaped the modern romance genre – The Flame and Flower! SHOW NOTES: Check out Reading Under the Covers: * Blog: https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/ [https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/] * Podcast: https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/podcast/# [https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/podcast/#] * Discord: https://discord.com/invite/JfHWVdYz5U [https://discord.com/invite/JfHWVdYz5U] Purchase the Flame and the Flower: * Kindle: https://amzn.to/4a6tC9r [https://amzn.to/4a6tC9r] * Paperback: https://bookshop.org/a/110809/9780380005253 [https://bookshop.org/a/110809/9780380005253] Check out Claimed By... TBD: * https://claimedbytbd.substack.com/ [https://claimedbytbd.substack.com/]

A Little Extra Spice: Netflix’s The People We Meet on Vacation

The HOT TAKES get even SPICIER when Torry from Ready to be Romanced and Ready to Be Petty joins Becky to discuss the film adaptation of Emily Henry’s The People We Meet on Vacation. They address the controversial (non!) sex scene and other UN -HORN-I-FIED  changes that happened from book to screen. SHOW NOTES: Ready to Be Petty Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ready-to-be-petty-a-pop-culture-podcast/id1440850797] * Instagram: @rtbppodcast [https://www.instagram.com/rtbppodcast/?hl=en] Ready to be Romanced Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ready-to-be-romanced-a-romance-novel-podcast/id1722401851] * Instagram: @readytoberomanced [https://www.instagram.com/readytoberomanced/?hl=en] TSTL Storefront on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/shop/tstlpodcast [https://bookshop.org/shop/tstlpodcast] Become a TSTL Sponsor: https://www.tstlpodcast.com/sponsors [https://www.tstlpodcast.com/sponsors]

Mastering the Minotaur with Erin Whitehead

Erin Whitehead returns to the show to discuss the femdom monster romance, Mastering the Minotaur. She and Becky also ponder the age-old question, “Do minotaur butts have fur?” While the answer may be (fur-ever) unsolved, what IS solved is who’s the Dom and who’s the sub in Becky and Erin’s silly BDSM bit. SHOW NOTES: Chapters: Interactive Stories ⁠ [https://chaptersapp.onelink.me/Fopm?pid=Share_link&af_og_title=Chapters%3A%20Interactive%20Stories%20App&af_og_description=Download%20Chapters%3A%20Interactive%20Stories%20by%20Crazy%20Maple%20Studio%2C%20Inc.See%20screenshots%2C%20ratings%20and%20reviews%2C%20user%20tips%2C%20and%20more%20games%20like%E2%80%A6&af_og_image=https%3A%2F%2Fis1-ssl.mzstatic.com%2Fimage%2Fthumb%2FPurple211%2Fv4%2Fe1%2Fdc%2F65%2Fe1dc654c-ff4b-fb9a-a963-31be810cbc14%2FAppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png%2F1200x630wa.jpg&af_dp=chapter%3A%2F%2F&deep_link_value=chapter%3A%2F%2F%3Ftype%3D4%26storytype%3D2%26bookid%3D10194357%26bottomid%3D2%26isugc%3D1]-- Check out Becky's game Something to Yacht About. Purchase Mastering the Minotaur: * Kindle [https://amzn.to/4jQbvaF] * Audio [https://amzn.to/3NU3nKl] * Paperback [https://amzn.to/4jMOdTc ] Become a TSTL Sponsor [https://www.tstlpodcast.com/sponsors] VIDEO: Sub or Dom! [https://tstlpodcast.substack.com/p/discussion-on-fine-art-are-minotaurs] (Check out the minotaur art featured in the episode!)

Ember & Ice (Starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams) with Carla Cackowski

The Heated Rivalry discourse continues with another episode that's not ABOUT Heated Rivalry, but, let's face it, still IS about Heated Rivalry. Becky's pal Carla Cackowski returns to the show to chat about this cultural phenomenon as well as the audio erotica story Ember & Ice, narrated by their twin sons Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams. SHOW NOTES: Claimed by TBD on Substack [https://claimedbytbd.substack.com/] -- A fictional podcast about a romance podcaster who gets stranded on a foreign planet Ember & Ice [https://www.tryquinn.com/series/ember-and-ice](narrated by Heated Rivalry's Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams) -- Available on the Quinn App. Chapters: Interactive Stories [https://chaptersapp.onelink.me/Fopm?pid=Share_link&af_og_title=Chapters%3A%20Interactive%20Stories%20App&af_og_description=Download%20Chapters%3A%20Interactive%20Stories%20by%20Crazy%20Maple%20Studio%2C%20Inc.See%20screenshots%2C%20ratings%20and%20reviews%2C%20user%20tips%2C%20and%20more%20games%20like%E2%80%A6&af_og_image=https%3A%2F%2Fis1-ssl.mzstatic.com%2Fimage%2Fthumb%2FPurple211%2Fv4%2Fe1%2Fdc%2F65%2Fe1dc654c-ff4b-fb9a-a963-31be810cbc14%2FAppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png%2F1200x630wa.jpg&af_dp=chapter%3A%2F%2F&deep_link_value=chapter%3A%2F%2F%3Ftype%3D4%26storytype%3D2%26bookid%3D10194357%26bottomid%3D2%26isugc%3D1]-- Check out Becky's game Something to Yacht About.

A Little Extra Spice: Heated Rivalry

How could you end 2025 without an EXTRA SPICY discussion of the icy hot TV show and book -- HEATED RIVALRY! On this bonus EMERGENCY episode of TSTL, Allyn Pintal returns to bring her hockey romance expertise to this HEATED discussion! Yes, there are spoilers. Yes, there is swooning. Yes, there is butt talk! This is one shot (as in “episode”) not to miss! SHOW NOTES: Read Heated Rivalry * Paperback [https://bookshop.org/a/110809/9781335534637] * Ebook [https://bookshop.org/a/110809/9780369748898] * Audiobook [https://amzn.to/4pPhEX1] Follow Allyn Pintal! * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/heyallyn] * TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@heyallyn] Mentioned in this episode: Buy TSTL a Happy Ending [https://too-stupid-to-live.captivate.fm/single-donation] Claimed by TBD Listen to Claimed by TBD -- a fictional sci-fi comedy podcast written and performed by TSTL host Becky Feldman Claimed By... TBD [https://too-stupid-to-live.captivate.fm/claimedbytbd]