Textual Tension

Podcast Host

We are a bi-monthly podcast that over-analyzes and over-thinks the world of romance novels. Every other week one of your co-hosts, Rachel or Margie, will summarize a romance novel. The other co-host will listen in on the story for the first time along with our listeners. Then, we both rate, review, and unpack what (the f#^%) just happened. Together we dive headfirst into these incredible works of fiction. Whether you’ve never picked up a romance novel or read one a week, please come join us on our wild adventures into Atlantis, the Scottish highlands, the world of steampunk, and many many other…spicy places.

Margie is a marketing and media professional in Cincinnati who travels way more than she should considering she can literally hear her wallet crying. She reads across the board, from fantasy to science fiction to histories to Stephen Hawking but has also been known to get addicted to the occasional k-drama.

Rachel is an engineer living in Dayton with her husband and their cat children, Carlos and Bitsy. She is an avid fantasy reader, a great cook, and a lover of tea and rainy days spent inside.