About the Podcast

Welcome to Books & Baddies. B&B is a bi-weekly readers’ podcast for hotties who read hot books, ranging from YA slow burns to all-out monster fucking. Join us as we break down shame, embrace sexuality, chase romance butterflies, and find joy in literature that calls to us. If you were that kid reading in the back of the classroom, this podcast is for you.

Lindsay

(she/her)

Lindsay Bell is an under-slept writer, Capricorn, and legal content creator who is passionate about education, good food, and ending the prison industrial complex. You can find Lindsay reading, complaining, being late to things, and cuddling her huge cat at @lindsbaefundeen.

Addie

(she/her)

Addie is a Chicago-based Minnesotan who lives and breathes social media. Through her job as a Social Media Manager and free time spent on TikTok, Addie can usually be found in front of her computer. When she’s not working, Addie obsessively reads fanfiction (Dramione > Everything), fantasy, and romance books, cultivates her sourdough starter and crochets stuffed animals. Addie dreams of the day that she meets her own Rowan Whitethorn and gets a nickname like Fireheart.

Tiff

(she/her)

Tiff is an all-over the Midwest girlie currently stationed in Minnesota. She started on her current path of feminism and active reading by spite-reading every single Hardy Boys book after a boy at school told her she could only read Nancy Drew in the 1st grade (Note: she also read every Nancy Drew). Now she continues enjoying her reading experiences by reading all the fantasy and science fiction she can get her hands on. She’s a Certified Twilight Expert, lover of overly complex and plot-busy fantasy novels, and has very strong Star Wars opinions. Tiff can be found more often reading an audiobook while playing a video game.

Mary

(she/her)

Mary first projected her love of romance onto Meet Felicity: An American Girl. As far as she knew, Ben was the one. Mary quickly moved on to any Nicholas Sparks novel she could get her hands on. Then, because she’s just like other girls, Mary transitioned into young adult dystopian and eventually new adult fantasy. Her favorite books have a girl protagonist who has no idea why she is the “chosen one.” But any morally grey, tattooed, and dark-haired bad boy is always a bonus. Mary’s probably reading a book she meant to start two months ago.

Kelcie

(she/her)

Kelcie is a writer, editor, and artist who is passionate about feminism, local activism, queer representation, and reading smut. Like all the smut. (Though sometimes you’ll catch her with a romantasy or soft romance read.) She blames the knee hook scene in the Twilight Saga’s Eclipse for her spice obsession. Kelcie is Catcall’s Editor-in-Chief and she works with Midwest writers and creatives to uplift stories about women, non-binary folks, the queer community, and allies.

Krossland

(he/him)

Krossland is the host of Words and Whiskey. He lives near the sun swept beaches of North Carolina, and enjoys sand between his book pages. Enjoying all forms of media, Kross enjoys being a critic of things and of people’s taste in things (especially when they’re incorrect). Particular favorites from a spectrum of media include Bioshock, The Thief of Always, and Looper. He also completed an Ironman, and will probably tell you about it whether or not you ask him.