914: Good as Hell with Kirsten King

Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

Lez Hang Out

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 545 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Join our Patreon for less than a bubble tea and unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that fully supports hexing your terrible ex. This week, co-hosts Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with screenwriter (Hulu’s Crush, Amazon Prime’s The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy) and return guest Kirsten King (@kirstenlking) to discuss her debut novel, A Good Person, which will be released on March 31, 2026. We chat with Kirsten about pro-bono exorcisms, Boston socioeconomic class divides, performative white activism, and leaning into being a “bad bisexual”. Heads up for light spoilers ahead (nothing that you couldn’t figure out from the book jacket). A Good Person follows the story of Kirsten’s unhinged protagonist Lillian, a deeply flawed bisexual millennial that she describes as a “soup of personality disorders”. Lillian is the type of character we love to hate-watch as she charges from one questionable decision to the next leaving mess after mess in her wake. When Lillian’s situationship with Henry leads to a crushing breakup instead of lifelong romance, she reacts the way anyone would– by getting drunk and casting a hex on him. Unfortunately for her, she becomes the prime murder suspect when Henry is found dead the very next day. She really should have gone for one of those protection spells from Etsy after her drunken foray into witchcraft. Instead, Lillian is flung headfirst into a twisting psychological thriller as she seeks to clear her name and discover the truth. You can pre-order A Good Person wherever you get your books, but we highly recommend choosing an independent bookstore. We received advance copies and honestly could not put it down. If you enjoy books about unreliable, unlikeable narrators where you’re never quite sure what is going to happen next, you’ll love Kirsten’s A Good Person. Don’t forget to show your support for our tiny team by shopping small at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Email us @lezhangoutpod@gmail.com. Connect with us individually: Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	Les Hang out.
0:43.6	Hey, everyone.
0:44.7	Welcome back to Les Hang Out, the podcast where, Ellie, I'm going to need your help on this one.
0:49.9	Okay.
0:51.0	I get my hair done.
0:53.3	Check my nails. Baby, how you feeling? Feeling good as hell. I have a cold. Yeah, there you go. I literally was like, I can't do this. Yes, you can. It sounded great. There you go. There you go. Thanks for always having my back, even when you're sick. Even when I was like, this is actually terrifying. Thanks, Lee.
1:27.8	You're welcome. From the West Coast, I'm Lee Holmes Foster. And from the East Coast, I'm Ellie Bridgeta. To those you've been with us to this whole journey, thank you as always for listening. If you're a new listener, welcome, we're excited to have you here. Here's what's happening this week. This week in the Lesdom. This week in the Lesdom is a place we can touch base each episode about things going on with the podcast or otherwise.
1:32.6	In season nine, we are continuing to release our Patreon bonus episodes.
1:36.0	Our last episode was a little bit of a personal episode.
1:38.9	To me, we dove in a little bit on queer friend group and queer friend group dynamics.
1:44.9	Little too much in my personal life to share with the general public.
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