{"podcast":{"title":"Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People","slug":"fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367","podcast_index_feed_id":607367,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/fatedmates/","website_url":"https://fatedmates.net","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bf72ead3-5923-498d-8717-800adee158d0/fm-logo-3000-small-file-size.jpg","author":"Fated Mates","episode_count":408,"summary":"The most listened to romance novel podcast, Fated Mates is co-hosted by bestselling author Sarah MacLean and romance critic Jen Prokop. Weekly episodes include romance novel read-alongs and lively discussions of the work of the genre, highlighting the romance novel as a powerful tool in fighting the patriarchy…with absolutely no kink shaming. RSSVERIFY","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:18:56.321303+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367"},"episode":{"title":"RERUN: Trailblazer Beverly Jenkins","slug":"rerun-trailblazer-beverly-jenkins","published_at":"2026-05-18T13:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/rerun-trailblazer-beverly-jenkins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367","url":"https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2021/11/13/s0410-beverly-jenkins-a-trailblazer-episode","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/296d431c-7071-4cf7-8c5b-6f1f5d6bf8db.mp3","summary":"AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each featured author's Trailblazer episode. We're starting with Beverly Jenkins, author of Indigo. If this leaves you hungry for more, we talk about Ms. Bev quite frequently on the podcast, including in this Indigo deep dive . The Historical Trailblazers Kickstarter runs until June 2 and includes not just the Indigo hardcover book, but a full cast audiobook, too! Don't miss out!","meta_description":"AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each featured…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4190,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/episodes/rerun-trailblazer-beverly-jenkins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/rerun-trailblazer-beverly-jenkins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}