Shit We’ve Read is a sci-fi & fantasy book podcast hosted by geeky friends Laura Benson, Jason Rico, and Bella Romero.
Each month, we get together to discuss a new-to-us book or graphic novel, sometimes giving it a spicy, adult twist with our After Dark episodes featuring co-host Emma Skies. Along the way, we’re joined by occasional guest hosts and noteworthy authors for insightful interviews, along with other fun surprises.
So, join us on our latest book journey and tell us – what shit have you been reading?
Our Hosts
Shit We’ve Read is hosted by three friends who love to geek out about everything. Learn a bit about us below.
Laura Benson
(she/her)
When it comes to reading, Laura is an avid fan of sci-fi featuring space travel, aliens, robots, artificial intelligence, futuristic technology, and enhanced humans. However, she also has an appreciation for urban fantasies that boast well-developed characters, intricate world-building, and captivating magic systems.
Beyond her love of reading, Laura enjoys video games and movies/tv shows, is a professional graphic designer and a stay-at-home dog mom of five. Laura has also dabbled in entrepreneurship, film production, animation, and music.
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Jason Rico
(he/him)
Video specialist by day, avid relaxer by night, Jason is a lifelong geek who grew up on equal parts comic books, novels, and cartoons. When reading, he loves traveling among the stars, enrolling in magical schools, solving murder mysteries, and encountering things that go bump in the night.
Jason has studied at Battle School, Brakebills College, and Miskatonic University, and his passport includes stamps from lands such as Earthsea, Panem, Fillory, Ravka, and Trantor.
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Bella Romero
(they/she)
Bella grew up in public libraries, binging books and escaping reality. They joined the podcast to spread the joy of reading and to justify their book collecting habits.
Bella can always be found with their kindle, reading anything fiction. Their favorite genres by far are historical fiction and fantasy. Or really anything that includes fairytale reimaginings, romance, dystopian societies, dark academia/secret societies, mythology, mystery, and bildungsroman.
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Emma Skies
(she/her)
From long-time guest host to now official SWR After Dark co-host, Emma is a reader of fantasy, sci-fi, and romance. You can find her discussing all the things she loves (and hates) in books and bookish things on tiktok and instagram.
She’s also a co-host on the podcast BYLO Watch where she and a friend dissect book-to-TV show adaptations. Seven seasons are currently available to listen to, including HBO’s His Dark Materials, Netflix’s Shadow & Bone, and the first season of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
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Want to learn more about us? Listen to Minisode: Meet the Hosts to get to know Laura and Jason and learn more about Bella in Minisode 04: Meet Bella!
Credits
Hosted & Recorded by Laura Benson, Jason Rico, and Bella Romero
Edited by Jason Rico
Music by Joshua Chilton joshuachilton.com
Headshots © Eddie Ostrowski eddieostrowski.com
Shit We’ve Read is a proud member of the BYLO Network.
Please visit bylonetwork.com for more geeky podcasts like us.
What is Oblivion Geeks?
Oblivion Geeks is a group of geeky friends getting together to create geeky online content.
Founded by Laura and Jason, Oblivion Geeks was originally the online presence for Oblivion Comics & Coffee, a comic book/coffee shop located in Sacramento, California. Laura and Jason hosted livestreams and shared review videos under Oblivion Geeks as another way to connect to customers and friends who were not able to regularly visit the shop.
Sadly, Oblivion had to permanently close its doors late 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we hope Oblivion’s spirit will live on starting with our first official podcast, Shit We’ve Read.