Too Stupid to Live: Romance Reviews $5 and Under
"Too Stupid to Live" is the smartest podcast to ever review romance novels $5 or less. It's basically if a comedy podcast fell in love with a romance novel podcast and had an unhinged and horny romance reader -- Becky Feldman -- hosting. Actually that's EXACTLY what it is. But it's so much more! The show also includes special episodes featuring your favorite and soon-to-be favorite romance authors talking about their latest books and careers. Come! (Happy endings guaranteed.)
Episodes
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!
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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.
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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.
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Chapters: Interactive Stories -- Check out Becky's game Something to Yacht About.
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...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.
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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!
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The funniest bookworm on the planet returns to TSTL! In this special Hanukkah episode, Becky’s pal Nina Emkin joins the show to review The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah. They chat about whether Jews need a story that’s in the vein of A Christmas Carol, how Mariah Carey is an honorary Jewish rock star, and a fictional Jewish rock star named Jared Sparks.
This episode is so fun it’s basically whatever the opposite of a migraine is!
What is cozy, NAUGHTY, and can warm you up ALL OVER? It’s KRAMPUS, baby! And this holiday hunk is FINALLY getting his XXX-mas wish! Punish me, please! Author Kelly Reynolds joins the show today to kick off TSTL’s holiday season by reviewing RESCUING KRAMPUS by Robin Jo Margaret.
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Oh the things Suzy Smith can do with only two hands! But with those two appendages, she gripped the bookswag world by the BALLS with Cockmark. On today’s episode of TSTL with a Little Extra Spice, Becky chats with the owner and designer behind the pop-up bookmark sensation! SCHWING!
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Happy Hallow-PEEN month has the happiest of endings with the return of Becky’s best pal Courtney Davis! On today’s bonus episode, they discuss The Scarecrow’s Queen by Mel Braxton and Naomi Lucas. Even better, horny heartthrob Leatherface makes a cameo!
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SURPRISE! It’s a special EARLY-IN-THE-WEEK Halloween episode! And today it’s all about those weird d*ngs, baby! Today, Peach from Creature Feature Toys brings their expertise on fantasy adult toys to the world of knots, claspers and more! Peach and Becky discuss the monster why-choose romance CARNAL CRYPTIDS by Vera Valentine.
* Because of technical issues, there are a few audio quality issues with this record. It doesn’t detract fr...
It’s ALWAYS a happy ending when two romance novel podcasts COME TOGETHER! In part 3 of the rom-pod crossover discussing Amazon’s Scared Sexy originals, Mel from Heaving Bosoms and Becky from Too Stupid to Live tag-team a joint mission to the RUBYVERSE to chat about Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon.
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Boo-oing!! Why the ghost b*oner? It's Too Stupid to Live's "Happy Hallow-Peen" Month! And our horny Halloween starts off with some EXXXXTRA SPICE! On this romance MOVIE review episode, the hilarious Mark Rennie brings his love for cinema and monster torsos to discuss LISA FRANKENSTEIN.
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You know what they say about men with big shoes… THEY MUST BE SWEET, DEADLY CLOWNS?! To celebrate the start of your unofficial sexy spooky season, the hilarious and clown-positive Julie Brister joins the show to discuss the BOZO-horny erotic thriller, Send in the Clowns by Molly Likovich.
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Josh Simpson puts aside Le Guin for some HONEY, honey! (As in Honey Phillips, the author.) He joins Becky to review the Mars-based love story of a cyborg cowboy and a human homesteader with The Cyborg Way ($3.99). And, ladies, let’s just say that Mars may not be as DRY as we thought!
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Two horny romance pods that sound even HORNIER together?! Yes, please! TSTL and Reading Smut have the romantic podcast team-up of the CENTURY. Together, they revisit the sex-saturated paradise of Cambric Creek as they review SWEET BERRIES by C.M. Nascosta.
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LISTEN and FOLLOW READING SMUT
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Much like Erik Patterson’s “Write a Romantasy”, this latest episode of TSTL has ALL THE INGREDIENTS required for a most SEX-cellent time! The writer and creator Your Daily Writing Prompt joins Becky to review “Prince and Assassin” by Tavia Lark.
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That scorching heat you feel? It may just be Andrea D’Alessio’s SPARKLING debut romance HOLD ME INSTEAD. Today, she and Becky get HOT AS HELL with TSTL as they talk about how her writing and healing journey coincided to create something special (and SIZZLING).
CONTENT NOTICE: While this episode will make you feel like a snuggly warm cat relaxing in a sunbeam, there is a discussion of pelvic pain. If you find yourself wonderin...
Do you remember the 7th grade classmate who snuck a dirty book into school? Of course you do. And guess what?! She’s today’s guest! Deanna Russo (a.k.a. Pe-TREE-ta) joins Becky to review the mind-and-time-bending romance, "Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon" by Annie Mare.
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Ready to get extra spicy and extra STUDIOUS? Romance editor, instructor and writer (a.k.a. Professor of Smut) Jeanne De Vita returns to TSTL to talk to Becky about what it’s like to teach romance to new and experienced writers. They talk story structure, keys to writing intimacy, and NOT ONCE does the teacher give Becky a detention for not raising her hand.
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Marlene is happy to talk about bras and boobs so OBVIOUSLY she had a be guest on TSTL with a Little Extra Spice! In this bonus episode, Marlene talks about what it’s like working at Jenette’s Bras in Los Angeles, how everyone deserves something pretty, and much more!
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