Black Romance Podcast

The Black Romance Podcast features weekly conversations with Black writers, editors, and scholars of historical and contemporary popular romance fiction. Julie Moody-Freeman and guests talk about a range of experiences: their difficulties trying to publish love stories with Black characters; their favorite books; writing and teaching about black romance fiction; traditional vs self-publishing; publishing queer romance fiction; and their recently released books.

Black Romance Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Julie Moody-Freeman, with 52 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Julie Moody-Freeman hosts Black Romance Podcast, a arts show with 52 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  Sarah Dass

  Nov 26, 20241h 6mS4

  <p >Dr. Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview Sarah Dass, award-winning writer of Where the Rhythm Takes You.</p> <p>Sarah Dass Sarah Dass is a young adult fiction author from Tobago that is best known for her debut work of fiction Where the Rhythm Takes You.<br /> <br /> While she was born in Trinidad, her family moved to Tobago when she was two years old. Dass has been telling stories since she was a young child. At the age of eight years old, when she ran out of Nancy Drew novels to read, she tried to...

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  Episode #13

  Rufaro Faith Mazarura

  Nov 5, 20241h 17mS4

  <p >Dr. Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview Rufaro Faith Mazarura, award-winning writer of Let the Games Begin.</p> <p>Rufaro Faith Mazarura is a British Zimbabwean writer who grew up in Birmingham and studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Surrey. She works as a podcast producer, bringing stories to life through audio, and has written and produced podcasts for the BBC, iHeartRadio and Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books. Let The Games Begin is her debut novel.</p> <p >Dr. Julie E. Moody-Freeman is the Director of the Center for Black...

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  Episode #12

  Vivian Stephens-Part two

  Sep 24, 202446 minS4

  <p >In part 2 of the Vivian Stephens birthday special, she discusses the following: her work at Dell; her transition as editor from Dell to Harlequin; Harlequin’s release of her; her subsequent work with Black romance writers; marketing an all-Black line of Vivian Stephens romance; and her own publication Second Act. This episode originally aired on September 15, 2020.</p> <p >Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this episode.</p>

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  Episode #11

  Vivian Stephens-Part one

  Sep 23, 202455 minS4

  In honor of Vivian Stephen’s birthday, we are sharing her podcast episode, which first aired on September 8, 2020.    In this podcast, Vivian Stephens discusses her experiences as an editor at Dell Publishing, and she talks about her role in the founding of The Romance Writers of America.    Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at for sponsoring this episode. <p> </p>

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  Episode #10

  Vanessa Riley

  Sep 17, 20241h 43mS4

  <p >Dr. Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview Vanessa Riley, award-winning writer of A Duke The Lady and A Baby.</p> <p > </p> <p >Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author of over twenty-five novels like Island Queen (a GMA buzz pick), A Duke The Lady and A Baby, and the Lady Worthing mystery series (2024 Georgia Author of the Year for Mystery). Her works spotlight hidden narratives of Black women and women of color, emphasizing power, sisterhoods, and family sagas across historical fiction, romance, and mystery genres. With a doctorate from Stanford University and other engineering degrees from P...

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