Podcast Episodes

RERUN: Spooky Stuff! Halloween Romance

Season 9 Episode 6

Spooky stuff is timeless, so we're sharing a Halloween episode from back in season five.

Please consider contributing to our Fated States Project Givi…

14 hours ago

View Episode

Sweet Treats: Bakeries and Patisseries in Romance

Season 9 Episode 5

We’re talking about romance with baking and sweet treats today! This is one of romance’s most common Romance Jobs, and we’re getting to the bottom of…

4 days, 3 hours ago

View Episode

RERUN: I Read Dead People: Ghosts, Morticians, and the Dead in Romance

Season 9 Episode 5

Just revisiting an episode from last autumn. Enjoy!

The Rest

For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer,…

1 week ago

View Episode

Fall 2026 Preview

Season 9 Episode 4

It’s discoverabilibuddy time! We're dropping our Fall 2026 reads, in which we talk about an outrageous number of romance novels coming out in October…

1 week, 4 days ago

View Episode

RERUN: Sweater Weather: Romance Novels with Fall Vibes

Season 9 Episode 4

Today we're celebrating the season with some help from season six. Enjoy!

The Rest

For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fat…

2 weeks ago

View Episode

Hammered, Nailed & Drilled: Romancing the Tool

Season 9 Episode 3

As they say on the Discord, this year’s theme is…Themes! This week, we’re talking about hammers, nails, drills, pipes and more — literal characters w…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

View Episode

Romance by Numbers

Season 9 Episode 2

This is a fun one! We’re talking romance novels with numbers in the titles today, a wide collection of books from zero to infinity! While we came pre…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

View Episode

Cloud Nine: Romance in the Sky

Season 9 Episode 1

Nine seasons of talking about romance, and no signs of quitting! We’re starting a new season, full of much of our same old nonsense, now with more no…

1 month ago

View Episode

RERUN: Men in Fur: Aliens, Warlords, and Vikings

Season 8 Episode 49

Today we're revisiting a 2023 episode. It's a fun one. While the episode is unchanged, we did spend a full hour of our morning updating the Men in Fu…

1 month, 1 week ago

View Episode

A Rogue By Any Other Name

Season 8 Episode 48

It’s the end of Season 8 (what! how!), and we usually celebrate the end of the season with a read along of Sarah’s new book, but since there is no ne…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

View Episode