Killing the Tea
Hosted by Gare Billings and Steph Lauer and Brian Watson and Halley Sutton and MacKenzie Green and Erin Ashley and Kate · Kate Hergott, Bookwild Collective
4.7from 37 ratings
- 434
- Episodes
- 47
- Transcribed
- 37
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 59K
- YouTube views
About Killing the Tea
On Tuesdays, Kate Hergott talks with authors about their books and writing processes. On Fridays, Kate talks with different co-host Bookstagrammers and BookTubers about a variety of bookish topics.
- Publisher
- Kate Hergott, Bookwild Collective
- Category
- fiction · tv & film · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 22 Dec 2021
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
47 of 434 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
True Crime, False Memories, and Family Secrets: Tara Goedjen's Please Enjoy Your Stay
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Books That Have Been on Our TBRs for TOO LONG with Erin Ashley and Kayla Hardy
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
When Folklore Meets Colonial Horror: Mathilda Zeller's It Looks Like You in the Dark
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True Crime, False Memories, and Family Secrets: Tara Goedjen's Please Enjoy Your Stay
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But then I went and sort of had to go back and do research and sort of get some inspiration for the castle as well through like studying specific castles in that region. Wow, that was so cool. Well, the other like a big plot point is that our main character basically was a witness to a murder. and basically said like this person did it. And now she's like, now there's someone starting a true crime investigation into it because they're like, maybe we didn't get, maybe that wasn't the right person. And so that's like the very direct plot line, but we also have like this castle that's being renovated into basically a hotel somewhere where you can stay. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Killing the Tea
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- Tara Goedjen
- Kayla Hardy
- Mathilda Zeller
- Sara Fashandi
- Tessa Wegert
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 58,752
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 27 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 91 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 82
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Who hosts Killing the Tea?
Gare Billings and Steph Lauer and Brian Watson and Halley Sutton and MacKenzie Green and Erin Ashley and Kate host the show. Published by Kate Hergott, Bookwild Collective.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Killing the Tea take guests?
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