S05.01: Season Five! Romance World Domination!

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 8 a.m.

Season One gave us a full lAD deep dive (if you\u2019ve never read Kresley Cole\u2019s Immortals After Dark, general existential malaise is a really good reason to start), and Season Two gave us The Books That Blooded Us -- the books that made us the romance readers we are. Season Three was during a pandemic, so just let us live (but also, there was a Roy Kent episode). Season Four introduced the Trailblazer episodes, where we featured interviews with the people who have built the romance house over the last fifty years. \n\nSeason Five will build on all this \u2014 Deep diving on books that are new and fabulous, old and transformative, and generally reveal how vast and magnificent the romance pool can get. We\u2019ve got great interstitials planned, trailblazer episodes already recorded and waiting for you, and a few new episodes that will focus on the books that are putting romance on the map these days\u2026and where readers should go from there. \n\nWe\u2019re excited! Aren\u2019t you? Head over to your favorite podcasting app and subscribe so you don\u2019t miss a moment of it!\n\nIn the meantime, today\u2019s episode covers some of the romance new that happened while we were away the publishing DOJ trial, the absolute explosion of great books on August 23rd, and what on earth is happening with TikTok? There's a new theme song! And Jen broke her arm!