Spill The Spice Podcast

About Spill The Spice Podcast

Spill the Spice Podcast is for readers who crave the dark, the dirty, and the deeply personal. Each week we explore books that wreck us, heal us, and the kinks that stir something deeper. Every month, we sit down with incredible indie and traditionally published authors. Diving in to their creative process, their stories, and the fire that fuels their work. We dive into mental health, trauma, identity, and how stories become sanctuaries. This is a space for passion and permission. For book lovers who want more than just spice, they want meaning in the burn.

Publisher

Spill the Spice Podcast

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Jul 2024

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

86 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Special Guest Author Billie Nicks

   Our special TWO-HOUR episode with the incredible Billie Nicks is officially LIVE, and trust us, we had a LOT to talk about! 😂📚 From dark romance, feminine rage, morally gray characters, Greek mythology, secret societies, and some seriously questionable fictional men, Billie brought all the chaos we could have hoped for. But this conversation goes so much deeper than the books. 💜 We’re spilling the spice on the creative process, the power of storytelling, trauma and healing, empathy for flawed characters, identity and representation, and why fiction can provide such a meaningful space to explore the darker parts of life. Plus, our shared obsession with true crime, hilarious bookish tangents, unexpected life adventures, the importance of finding your people in the book community, and plenty of moments that had us laughing along the way. What started as a conversation about books turned into two hours of laughter, vulnerability, meaningful discussions, and the kind of connection that reminds us exactly why we started this podcast. 🥹💜 Billie, thank you for bringing your stories, your humor, and all three raccoons to Spill the Spice! 🦝😂 This episode is sponsored by Bloom Stories.

2. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Special Guest Author M.J. Etkind

   Paranormal romance… but make it a little deeper than witches and werewolves. 👀🐺🔮🌶️ We’re spilling the spice with M.J. Etkind, and this conversation goes EVERYWHERE in the best way. We’re talking about her journey from writing fanfiction to becoming a published romance author, creating paranormal worlds that still feel incredibly human, and writing characters who are allowed to be messy, complicated, and in charge of their own happiness. We get into mental health and ADHD representation, relationships and career, addiction, reproductive rights, writing heavier real-life experiences into romance, and why an HEA doesn’t have to mean every part of someone’s life is suddenly perfect. Plus, we obviously talk The Witch of Wall Street, The Lone Wolf Paradox, cozy small-town werewolves, world-building, indie publishing, what she might be writing next, and all the wonderfully chaotic bookish tangents you expect when you give us microphones. A little magic. A little spice. A lot of heart. This episode is sponsored by www.bloomstories.com (www.bloomstories.com) www.heathensandheartbreakers.com (www.heathensandheartbreakers.com)

3. 

   19 Sept 2026

   Curses, Candlelight, & Dark Desires

   CURSES, CANDLELIGHT & DARK DESIRES 🕯️🖤 This week, we’re stepping into the shadows and spilling the spice on Gothic Romance. From haunted castles and dark academia to curses, monsters, complicated love interests, and stories that blur the line between fear and desire, we’re talking about what makes Gothic Romance so damn captivating. We dive into the books we’ve been reading, including Gothikana, Fairydale, The Cruel Dark, One Dark Window, Necromance, My Darling Dreadful Thing, and Crown Me Dead, and unpack everything from atmosphere and timelines to morally complicated characters, magic systems, emotional devastation, and the difference between Gothic Romance and Dark Romance. But naturally, we had to go deeper. Why are we drawn to darkness? Why can fictional monsters feel so alluring? What happens psychologically when fear, curiosity, attraction, and desire collide? And why does our moral compass suddenly become a little questionable when you add a haunted manor and some candlelight? Plus, we talk spooky season, audiobooks, dark academia, our own fears, questionable fictional men, and play a little Red Flag or Gothically Romantic? Grab your headphones, light a candle, and come into the darkness with us. 🕯️🌶️🖤 Sponsored by Bloom Stories and Heathens & Heartbreakers Book Bash.

Who has been a guest on Spill The Spice Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amelia Mist
• Karlee Berrios
• Dana Sweeney

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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