Episode 206 – Straight
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
With Saturation Day (and spooky season!) upon us, Kait retreated to her queers-only bunker with returning guests Wren and Laura to discuss Chuck Tingle’s horror novella Straight. Listen to see what happens when three type-A planners read a book about the type of people who don’t google the menu before going to a new restaurant.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Nightfire Proves Love is Real With Chuck Tingle’s Horror Novel, Camp Damascus
Coming up next: Blessings from the Other Side by Sylvia Browne.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about straight people so you don't have to. |
| 0:18.1 | I'm Kate and I'm going solo for this episode. And for this one, we read |
| 0:24.0 | Straight by Chuck Tingle. Joining me to discuss this queer horror novella are Laura and Ren |
| 0:30.8 | Friends of the Pod. Hello, Laura. Hello. Great to be here, Kate. Hi, Wren. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, it's so good to be back as a voice from the past. |
| 0:42.9 | That's true. |
| 0:44.1 | You may recognize both Laura and Ren. |
| 0:46.8 | I think you guys have both done regular episodes for us, too, right? |
| 0:51.0 | Yes. |
| 0:52.2 | Yes, but also for past episodes where we talk about queer things without Renata. |
| 1:00.4 | Sorry, Renata. |
| 1:02.1 | And we're back to read this spooky queer book without Renata, who's taking a break. |
| 1:09.4 | No cisgender straight people allowed today. |
| 1:13.5 | It's overwhelmed. |
| 1:14.0 | It's not safe. |
| 1:19.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.9 | So it's spooky season. |
| 1:21.3 | I've been wanting to read this for a while. |
| 1:23.1 | It seemed like a good excuse to read it. |
| 1:25.6 | And the second I came up with the idea, I was like, I feel like this is an awkward |
| 1:31.6 | episode to record with a cisgender straight person. |
| 1:36.7 | You know, obviously there are going to be cis straight people who are listening to it. |
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