Up the Smut Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
S2/E5: Award Ceremony 2023
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla gives their 2023 reads awards like: best covers, best fight/grovel, most awww, and most sxx scenes.
S2/4: Best Reads of 2023
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss their favorite reads of the 2023 bookish year.
S2/3: Seasons Greetings & Cookie Fcking
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss holiday novellas (both the cute and the wtf) and debate whether the term krampussy should be in our lexicon.
S2/2: Unhinged, the Door Episode
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate and Mikayla discuss the book Unhinged by Vera Valentine where the heroine has intimate relations with her front door. Please note this e...
S2/1: Tangents and Recommendations
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate and Mikayla catch up after their two month break, go off on a bunch of wild tangents, and drop their favorite reads from their time apar...
25: Take Me Away, E.T. (Alien Romance Recs)
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate and Mikayla discuss the existence of aliens, give some great alien recommendations, and talk about how Mikayla accidentally read...
24: They're WHAT Now? Step-Sibling Romances
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss the taboo (is it really?) of step-sibling romances & then drop some hot recommendations on the subject.
23: Mikayla, Where You Been, Loca?!
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate and Mikayla discuss Mikayla being knocked the fuck out by COVID & her ACOTAR fever dream, Kate's string of bad pregnancy...
22: Touching the Surface of Monster Romances
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate has a discussion with the Queen of monster romance recommendations, @carmenreadsromance (on Instagram). They discuss how monstrous is to...
21: Don't Fck Where You Work (Work Place Romance Recs)
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate drops a massive portion of her "work place romance" Goodreads shelf on you without breathing. Recommendations span subgenres: ...
20: Interview with my Mom About my Taste In Smut
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate interviews her own mother about her reading habits, book recommendations, and what it's like being the mother of a proud, shameless ...
19: He Kidnapped You Because He Loves You (Dark Romance Recs)
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate and Mikayla talk about their favorite and most absurd dark romance recommendations. Kate also provides a very personal and very elaborat...
18: How to Get Free Books & Review Them
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate lets you in on all the secrets of the life of a book reviewer including: how to start and grow your bookstagram account, how to s...
17: Shooting the Shit
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla reconnect after a week of mundane messaging and illness, talking about cat's middle names, how many times is too ...
16: Get Pucked, Hockey Romance Recommendations
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla rattle off their top recommendations for hockey romances (MM and MF), discuss the popularity of the subgenre, and mak...
15: Interview with Emily Rath
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate (AND MIKAYLA) interview Why Choose Hockey Romance author Emily Rath about her book Pucking Around in which three NHL hockey playe...
14: Eat the Rich, Billionaire Romances
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Mikayla goes on an expected and welcome anti-billionaire tirade and then we bring you our favorite and most tolerable billionaire romance rec...
13: Unlikable Heroines We Love
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss heroines who get a lot of hate but who we absolutely adore. And go off on like 15 different tangents per usua...
12: Interview with Cate C Wells
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate interviews her obsession Cate C Wells, an author who writes whatever the fuck she wants including psychopathic mafia books, rejected mat...
11: Praise Be The Lord
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss their love of Praise Kink and shove one million recommendations down your throat. Have a pen ready. Or check ...
10: Horny for Hooves
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla talk about their regretful bookish choices (centaurs, really?), their reads from this week, and then have a heated di...
09: (Over) Hyped Books
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate and Mikayla talk about hyped books (the good and the bad) and then make judgement calls about the books our followers voted as the books...
08: Interview with Talia Hibbert
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kate interviews the amazingly talented and spectacularly kind and brilliantly accented Talia Hibbert about her books. If you're interested in...
07: MM Romance Recommendations
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate mostly talks AT Mikayla about her favorite MM romance recommendations and occasionally Mikayla gets a word or fire rec in. Don't...
06: Interview with Audiobook Narrator, Connor Crais
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate interviews audiobook narrator, Connor Crais, who has worked with authors such as AL Jackson, Mariana Zapata, Meghan Quinn, Serena...
05: Book Slump Causes and Cures
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mikayla breaks down her reading trends from 2016-2022 and identifies common slump trends while Kate battles her own on-going, unending...
04: Glad That's Ogre
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We read ogre smut and regretted every second of it. Listen to us recount these bizarre and not-so-good stories in this rant masquerading as a podcast ...
03: Suspense But Make It Sexy
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla discuss the romantic suspense genres (their likes, their dislikes, the tropes that drive them crazy) and then dish ab...
02: New Year, New Books, Same Us
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kate and Mikayla talk about their most anticipated reads of 2023, their bookish goals, and their trend predictions for the romance gen...
01: What Is Even Happening
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Up the Smut, Kate and Mikayla talk favorite and least favorite tropes, their Zodiac signs, and whether they can keep a plant a...