Unlikeable Female Characters – The podcast featuring feminist thriller writers in conversation about women who don't give a damn if you like them.

The podcast featuring feminist thriller writers in conversation about women who don't give a damn if you like them.

New episodes every other Wednesday

Interviews

Episode 82: Wuthering Heights: The Musical! with Hannah Gregory

May 18, 2022

Layne welcomes playwright and composer Hannah Gregory for a chat about her original folk musical based on WUTHERING HEIGHTS, classic unlikeable female character Cathy Earnshaw, and the perils of white feminism past and present.
The podcast featuring feminist thriller writers in conversation about women who don't give a damn if you like them.

New episodes every other Wednesday

Interviews

Episode 81: Be Gay, Do Crime with Wendy Heard

May 11, 2022

Our own Wendy Heard returns to the show for a chat about her latest YA thriller DEAD END GIRLS, how to fake your own death for fun and profit, and what’s on her personal gay agenda.
The podcast featuring feminist thriller writers in conversation about women who don't give a damn if you like them.

New episodes every other Wednesday

Interviews

Episode 80: Queen Bees and Judgmental Nerds with Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

May 4, 2022

Kristen and Layne are joined by authors Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson to chat about their new co-written YA mystery THE AGATHAS, why you should never underestimate a teenage girl, and the enduring cultural power of OG Plot Twist Queen Agatha Christie.

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Our own Wendy Heard returns to the show for a chat

Our own Wendy Heard returns to the show for a chat about her latest YA thriller DEAD END GIRLS, how to fake your own death for fun and profit, and what’s on her personal gay agenda. Listen via the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Kristen and Layne are joined by authors @misskathl

Kristen and Layne are joined by authors @misskathleenglasgow and Liz Lawson to chat about their new co-written YA mystery #TheAgathas (out now from @delacortepress!), why you should never underestimate a teenage girl, and the enduring cultural power of OG Plot Twist Queen Agatha Christie.⁠
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Listen at the link in our bio, or wherever you get your podcasts

Layne hosts a rad roundtable with her YOUNG RICH W

Layne hosts a rad roundtable with her YOUNG RICH WIDOWS co-authors Kimberly Belle, Cate Holahan, and Vanessa Lillie. Find out how this literary supergroup teamed up to write a totally 80s thriller about an ex-model, a trophy wife, a stripper, and a brassy broad banding together after their spouses are killed in a suspicious plane crash. Plus: favorite unlikeable female characters of the Decade of Excess. Listen to YOUNG RICH WIDOWS, available now only on @audible, and then download this week’s ep at the link in our bio.

Kristen and Layne are joined by one of their all-t

Kristen and Layne are joined by one of their all-time fave authors, Tara Isabella Burton, to discuss her new queer dark academia novel THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE, writing feverishly-intense female friendships, and what it means to claim the label “unlikeable” out loud. Listen at the link in our bio.

It’s Oscar season, and Kristen and Layne are ful

It’s Oscar season, and Kristen and Layne are full of loathing. Join them for a bitch sesh about the nominated movies they hated, loved, or loved to hate this year, and all the female characters who deserved so much better. Plus: Kristen shares a dramatic recitation of a very special missive from a reader.

What films have you loved or hated this year? Tell us everything.

Kristen and Layne welcome THE Kellye Garrett to di

Kristen and Layne welcome THE Kellye Garrett to discuss her new domestic suspense novel LIKE A SISTER, dish about reality shows they love to judge, and pour one out for the mentoring program that brought them all together. Listen at the link in our bio!

We're chatting with Bethany C. Morrow about her ch

We're chatting with Bethany C. Morrow about her chilling new novel CHERISH FARRAH, crafting scary stories that stick with you, and why we’re all unreliable narrators. Link in bio to listen!

Kristen and Layne provide their expert analysis of

Kristen and Layne provide their expert analysis of Netflix’s satirical domestic suspense series THE WOMAN IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW (and by “expert analysis,” we mean gleeful cackling).

We're back with the first episode of the year, joi

We're back with the first episode of the year, joined by absolute legend @sara__gran for a chat about her new novel The Book of the Most Precious Substance (a globetrotting adventure about rare books and sex magic; yes, you need it), why she decided to step away from traditional publishing to strike out on her own, and whatever happened to the good old-fashioned erotic thriller.

Kristen and Layne close out 2021 by sharing some o

Kristen and Layne close out 2021 by sharing some of the things that have kept them sane during this long (seriously, how is it still happening??), strange year. Shop for your loved ones or treat yourself with the official podcast gift guide. Link in bio to listen (with shoppable links).

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Episode 82: Wuthering Heights: The Musical! with Hannah Gregory

May 18, 2022
Episode 81: Be Gay, Do Crime with Wendy Heard

May 11, 2022
Episode 80: Queen Bees and Judgmental Nerds with Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

May 4, 2022

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