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Kate Hergott, Bookwild Collective
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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.

  1. 2D AGO

    Last, Current and Next Reads with Erin Ashley

    This week, Erin Ashley is back, and we talk about our Last, Current and Next reads, as well as books we are intrigued by on our TBRs. Kate’s BooksKill Show — Daniel Swearen-Becker When the Reckoning Comes — LaTanya McQueen The Future Saints — Ashley Winstead Blade — Wendy Walker Reader Bot — Naomi S. Baron On Sunday She Picked Flowers — Yah-Yah Scholfield Girl Gone Wild — Courtney Kocak Erin’s BooksTruly— Lionel Richie Tiny Experiments — Anne-Laure Le Cunff Little One — Olivia Muenter Heart the Lover — Lily King Deep Cuts — Holly Brickley An American Marriage — Tayari Jones Kin — Tayari Jones Say Everything — Ione Skye Keeper of Lost Children — Sadeqa Johnson The Ballad of Teena Marie — Teena Marie Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    1h 2m
  2. Silicon Valley, Body Horror and Shadowy Visions: Matt Casamassina's Degenerate

    JAN 20

    Silicon Valley, Body Horror and Shadowy Visions: Matt Casamassina's Degenerate

    This week, I talk with Matt Casamassina about his genre-bending sci-fi-horror-thriller Degenerate. He shares his unique approach to audiobook production, how reading Stephen King as a kid influenced his writing, and how one of his co-workers inspired the story. Degenerate by Matt Casamassina Mason Kowalski, a twenty-four year-old copywriter for a San Mateo startup, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown when he inexplicably suffers widespread vision loss in one eye. The doctors say it’s macular degeneration triggered by overwhelming stress, but he wonders if it’s something more, especially when the shadows in his peripheral vision begin to take shape and whisper wonderful and horrible things to him. Is it madness or destiny? The answer could destroy everything and everyone he holds dear. Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    41 min

  3. JAN 16

    2026 Book Releases We Can't Wait to Read with MacKenzie Green

    This week, MacKenzie Green is back, and we talk about 2026 releases we are excited about! Books MacKenzie Talked About 2026 Releases Half His Age – Jennette McCurdy Fear and Fury – Heather Ann Thompson There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood – Rasheed Newson Vigil – George Saunders American Fantasy – Emma Straub Lady Tremaine – Gretchen McNeil Other Books Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Blood in the Water – Heather Ann Thompson The Gods of New York – Jonathan Mahler Challenger – Adam Higginbotham Midnight in Chernobyl – Adam Higginbotham Frostbite – Nicola Twilley Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov My Government Means to Kill Me – Rasheed Newson Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders Girl Dinner – Olivie Blake Books Kate Talked About 2026 Releases Yesteryear – Caro Claire Burke Sublimation – Isabel J. Kim Screen People – Megan Garber Language as Liberation – Toni Morrison Japanese Gothic – Kylie Lee Baker Other Books  Separation of Church and Hate –  John Fugelsang The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison Beloved – Toni Morrison Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir The Martian – Andy Weir Scream With Me – Eleanor Johnson Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    1h 10m
  4. Infiltrating a Wealthy Family for a Missing Friend: Yasmin Angoe's Behind These Four Walls

    JAN 13

    Infiltrating a Wealthy Family for a Missing Friend: Yasmin Angoe's Behind These Four Walls

    This week, Yasmin Angoe is back for the fifth year in a row to talk about here new mystery-thriller Behind These Four Walls! We dive into her inspiration for the story, how she created the wealthy, villainous Corrigan family, and Isla's private investigator adjacent job. Behind These Four Walls Synopsis Isla Thorne had a rough start in life. Orphaned young, she spent her formative years in a group home where she met her best friend, Eden Galloway. At sixteen, they decide to run away to LA…but Eden never makes it. It’s been ten years since Eden vanished. And Isla’s determined to find her. She begins at the last place Eden visited: the Corrigan mansion in Virginia. Eden claimed to have unfinished business there. Posing as an aspiring journalist, Isla insinuates herself into the wealthy family’s home and begins searching for the truth. The more she digs, the more Isla discovers Eden isn’t who she thought she was. Was she even a victim, or did Eden plan this all along? Desperate for answers and to keep her identity hidden, Isla finds an ally in one of the Corrigan sons. But as she wades deeper into this power-hungry family’s secrets and lies, she finds herself in the crosshairs of a bloodline that’s more lethal than loyal. Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    41 min

  5. JAN 10

    January and February Books We Are Excited About with Gare and Steph

    This week, Gare, Steph and I share our 2026 bookish goals, and January and February releases we are excited about! Steph also shares a few backlist she will be reading in January and February. Kate’s Books Kin by Tayari Jones Spies and Other Gods James Wolff Queen of Faces by Petra Lord On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield  Unread: A Memoir of Learning (And Loving) to Read on TikTok  by Oliver James Gare’s Books A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James Dead in the Water by John Marrs Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by Emma Simmerman The Exes by Leodora Darlington Last Seen by Christopher Castellani Steph’s Books Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashimo The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    1h 32m
  6. Fighting Book Bans and Censorship in Louisiana: Amanda Jones' That Librarian

    JAN 6

    Fighting Book Bans and Censorship in Louisiana: Amanda Jones' That Librarian

    This week, I talk with Amanda Jones, a dedicated small-town Louisiana librarian, about the challenges she faces in her fight against book banning and censorship. She discusses her passion for literature, the importance of representation in books, the defamatory posts about her that spread like wildfire, and the impact of misinformation on community perceptions. Amanda has always championed the importance of diverse literature and the role of libraries as safe spaces for all children, particularly those from marginalized communities. Read all about Amanda's journey in her book That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    1h 8m

  7. JAN 3

    2026 Bookish Plans and Goals with Halley Sutton

    This week, Halley and I catch up on what we've been reading and watching, and then dive into bookish plans and goals for 2026! Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    1h 22m
  8. Children Like Us: Family, Heritage & Cultural Erasure with Brittany Penner

    12/23/2025

    Children Like Us: Family, Heritage & Cultural Erasure with Brittany Penner

    This week, I talk with Brittany Penner about her memoir Children Like Us, a haunting, deeply reflective exploration of identity, faith, and survival. Brittany shares what it was like growing up as an Indigenous child adopted into a Mennonite family that fostered dozens of other children, unpacking the long-term impact of the Sixties Scoop, religious indoctrination, and being taught to feel “grateful” for circumstances rooted in colonial harm. We dive into dissociation, self-abandonment, storytelling as a tool for healing, and the complicated reality of holding love for family while confronting the systems that caused lasting damage. We discuss grief, nuance, and reclamation, ultimately asking what it means to trust your own memory, honor your pain, and slowly learn how to walk yourself home. Learn more about Brittany here Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Get Bookwild Merch Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halleysutton25 Brian Watson @readingwithbrian MacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

    1h 8m
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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.

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  • Creator
    Kate Hergott, Bookwild Collective
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    345
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Bookwild Collective
  • Show Website
    Bookwild

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