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Ah, Valentine’s Day! Some of us are preparing for a romantic night with the one (or ones!) we love. Others of us are treating ourselves to a night of self-love—maybe a box of candy, a lovely dinner, or… a book about horny faeries. If that last one made you perk up, you are going to love the newest addition to the MaxFun family of podcasts.
Out Now: Reading Smut with Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara
Reading Smut is your new favorite book club for books that make you blush. Brea and Mallory will answer all of your burning questions about publishing’s hottest and most misunderstood genre: Why do the smartest people you know read the dirtiest books? What’s so appealing about enemies-to-lovers? And… why are readers so hot for faeries?
Reading Smut Podcast
This hot new podcast starts with a tale as old as time: a beautiful woman is pursued by a mysterious stranger who has been watching her every movement and falling for her along the way—and who is, in this case, her sentient front door.
Yep, Reading Smut‘s debut episode is all about Vera Valentine’s wonderfully-titled Unhinged!
Every other week, you can join Brea and Mallory on a steamy journey into all literature that’s erotic, smutty, and oh-so-spicy.
Between dives into literary history and sexual science, interviews with experts, and reading a lot of erotica—like, seriously, a lot—this is the smut review podcast you didn’t know you needed.
“We’re so excited to launch a show for romance and erotica readers! Both of us love reading these books, and more importantly, love interacting with the smut-lover community. Over the years of putting out Reading Glasses, we became fascinated with the culture around erotic books and answering the question of why people adore them so much.”
— Mallory & Brea
If you want to hear more about a sexy sentient door, the first episode of Reading Smut is out now for your listening enjoyment.
Listen to Reading Smut
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What’s going on this month at Maximum Fun?
- In a shocking upset, Triple Click has declared that the winner of the console wars is… PC!
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- Acclaimed writer Emily St. James came onto Maximum Film! to discuss the divisive Emilia Pérez
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- The next season of TV Chef Fantasy League will cover the iconic Top Chef. Members can check out a preview in their bonus content feeds now!
That’s all for now! I’ll be back in your inbox in the not-too-distant future with (drumroll, please)… the dates for MaxFunDrive 2025!
— C.N. and your friends at MaxFun
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