Killing the Tea

On Tuesdays, Kate Hergott talks with authors about their books and writing processes.On Fridays, Kate talks with multiple co-host bookstagrammers and booktubers about a variety of bookish topics.

Pyschological Thrillers, Reality TV, and a Tornado with Marishka Lunde and Gare Billings
Apr 18, 2025 – 01:13:26
Saumya Dave's The Guilt Pill: Mom Guilt, Ambition and Maintaining Your Individuality
Apr 15, 2025 – 00:52:32
White Lotus Season Three Reactions with Halley
Apr 11, 2025 – 01:46:30
White Lotus Finale Predictions and Writing Catchup with Halley
Apr 6, 2025 – 01:19:08
Single POV Thrillers with Gare and Steph
Apr 4, 2025 – 01:08:16
Olesya Lyuzna's Glitter in the Dark: 1920s Harlem, Prohibition, Showgirls and Noir
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:49:11
Elizabeth Rose Quinn's Follow Me: A Thrilling Takedown of Mommy-Influencer Culture
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:45:13
More Kindle Unlimited Thrillers We Love
Mar 28, 2025 – 01:00:30
Emily Carpenter's Gothictown: Southern Hospitality Turns Out to Be Anything But Hospitable
Mar 25, 2025 – 00:39:29
Ashley Winstead's This Book Will Bury Me: A Roman à Clef About Processing Grief, and True Crime Obsessions
Mar 25, 2025 – 01:23:33
Marshall Karp's Don't Tell Me How to Die: A Family Saga, A Dying Woman Looking for Her Replacement, and A Wild Third Act
Mar 23, 2025 – 01:15:03
Books to Read if You Love White Lotus
Mar 21, 2025 – 00:50:33
Nick Kolakowski's Where The Bones Lie: Bodies in Barrels, An LA Fixer and Smugglers
Mar 18, 2025 – 00:51:03
Popcorn Thrillers We Love!
Mar 14, 2025 – 00:52:16
Keeping the Paint Wet: A New Writing Series with Halley Sutton (aka I said I would finish my book this year so I need to get on it)
Mar 11, 2025 – 01:15:06
Books We Wish We Could Erase From Our Memory And Read Again
Mar 8, 2025 – 00:39:10
Spring 2025 Thrillers We're Excited About
Feb 28, 2025 – 01:29:53
Books You Can Easily Escape Into with Gare and Steph
Feb 21, 2025 – 01:06:42
Dark Valentine Thrillers with Halley Sutton
Feb 14, 2025 – 00:50:14
Heather Levy's This Violent Heart: Mystery, Romance, and Coming of Age
Feb 11, 2025 – 00:57:36
Thrillers with Romance with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Feb 7, 2025 – 00:41:12
Carter Wilson's Fast Paced Podcast Thriller Tell Me What You Did
Feb 4, 2025 – 00:44:59
Going Bookwild in Manhattan with Jamie Hergott
Jan 31, 2025 – 00:34:34
Jakob Kerr's Gritty Technothriller Dead Money
Jan 28, 2025 – 00:42:31
Our Next 3 TBR Picks with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Jan 24, 2025 – 00:43:21
Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part Two
Jan 17, 2025 – 01:21:48
Layne Fargo's The Favorites: Wuthering Heights Meets Figure Skating
Jan 14, 2025 – 01:12:37
Mind Benders and Cold Cases with Gare Billings
Jan 10, 2025 – 00:48:04
Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part One
Jan 7, 2025 – 01:13:27
More Backlist Thrillers We Want to Read with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Jan 3, 2025 – 01:34:15
The Ways I Went Bookwild in 2024
Dec 31, 2024 – 00:48:14
2025 Books We Can't Wait to Read with Gare Billings and Halley Sutton
Dec 27, 2024 – 01:06:09
Hyped Books Recommendations with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Dec 24, 2024 – 00:54:39
Some of Our Favorite Subgenres with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Dec 20, 2024 – 00:49:36
Sagit Schwartz's Broken Threads: Ageism in Publishing and Social Media, And the Writer's Battle Against AI
Dec 17, 2024 – 00:35:59
Some of Our Favorite Books We Read in 2024 with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Dec 13, 2024 – 01:30:04
You're Never Too Old to Start Writing with Karen E. Osborne
Dec 10, 2024 – 00:49:23
The Difference Between Twists and Reveals, But Also, Gladiator II, A Man on the Inside and a Writing Challenge with Halley Sutton
Dec 6, 2024 – 00:56:26
Pip Drysdale's The Close Up: Hollywood, A Stalker, and A Book Within a Book
Dec 3, 2024 – 00:27:29
Victor Methos' The Silent Watcher: A Guardian, A Survivor, A Detective and a Terrifying Serial Killer
Dec 3, 2024 – 00:42:03
BONUS: Explaining What Can Be Explained in We Used to Live Here *SPOILERS*
Nov 29, 2024 – 02:21:31
Winter Thriller Releases We Are Excited for with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Nov 29, 2024 – 01:07:17
Emma Dues' Return to Midnight: A Massacre in a Victorian House, Dual Timelines and Ballerinas
Nov 26, 2024 – 00:21:01
Female Rage Thrillers with Halley Sutton
Nov 22, 2024 – 01:31:53
Jan Gangsei's Dead Below Deck: A Backwards Timeline, A Deadly Cruise and Complex Female Friendships
Nov 19, 2024 – 00:35:32
Thrillers from Indigenous Authors with Vanessa Lillie and Gare Billings
Nov 15, 2024 – 01:11:32
Emma. C Wells' This Girl's a Killer: A Feminist Vigilante, Preying on Male Predators, And Chosen Family
Nov 12, 2024 – 00:57:30
Backlist Books We Want to Read with Gare and Steph
Nov 8, 2024 – 01:26:50
Katherine Greene's The Lake of Lost Girls: Mixed Media, Missing Girls and The 90s
Nov 5, 2024 – 00:40:53
Scandals: Evelyn Hugo, Hollywood Babylon, and More with Halley Sutton
Nov 2, 2024 – 01:10:35

Recent Reviews

C1244

GET ANOTHER BOOKSHELF

You’re gonna need another bookshelf. My TBR is JAM PACKED thanks to Kate and Bookwild. As a thriller lover, this podcast is the perfect blend of yapping with your best friends about books you’re obsessed with and learning from the authors about how they crafted those books. It’s amazing! My personal favorite episodes are when Kate, Gare, and Steph get together and make recommendations. I like to live dangerously and save these episodes for when I walk around the bookstore. The checkout line hates to see me coming. 😂 5/5 stars!
Bleak Billings

INCREDIBLE

Kate always has an insightful way of talking about books and characters and plots. Her way of interviewing authors makes me anticipate the next episode of this podcast as much as I would my favorite show
J Somo

Love this podcast!

I love this podcast! Kate is so fun and has a lot of interesting guests. I just enjoy the conversations so much. If you’re reading thrillers and not tuning in to this podcast, you’re losing out.
Secondhook

Can’t get enough thrillers!

I am an avid thriller reader so I’m so glad to have found another podcast that focuses on the genre! I really enjoy the book chat and love the author interviews.
Bookish Content

Engaging and Lively Discussions

Kate is a fantastic host, with a natural organic style that is easy to listen too. She is great at bringing out interesting perspectives from her guests.
beachwriter7

Perfect podcast for thriller lovers

I love the thriller book recommendations, the interviews with thriller authors, and the fun banter. As a thriller reader, this is the podcast I was looking for!
SLP916

Just what I was looking for

I needed a podcast that was not news or true crime. This has talk of crime just because thriller books and shows are described, but it’s light and fun! Love it!
Bella2718

So excited for this new podcast!

Happy to have a new book/movie/show podcast to listen to that is all about THRILLERS!