Maxx Joy
Bio
Producer/husband/co-host of Cheap Smut. Co-founder of Smutco Industries. Heart of a punk, soul of a dancer.Appears in 131 Episodes
Episode 108 - Taking The Step
To Maxx's delight, the darkness of Sinful Signings is behind us (Producer's Note: LOVE YOU, SINFUL BESTIES!!!), and now things can get back to normal, with "normal" me...
Sinful Signings Recap, A Soft Reboot, And A Giveaway!
Producer's Note: we understand that this isn't a normal episode, and that you may not be interested in hearing us talk about Sinful Signings again. If you would like t...
Episode 107 - Wicked Games (Cheap Smut Live at Sinful Signings 2025)
Producer's Note: given the difficult nature of capturing live sound, this episode's volume levels are going to be higher than what you are used to. For our first Sinfu...
Episode 106 - Only Her (wsg/ Kelly and Branden of Blush Podcast)
Our last pre-Sinful Signings episode is here and it is a WILD one! This week, Katie and Carl are joined by fellow Sinful Signings attendees Kelly and Branden of Blush ...
Episode 105 - The Three Ring Scavenger
We are SO. CLOSE. To Sinful Signings 2025 (July 19-20 in Roanoke, Virginia), and the dark parade of attending authors covered on our show marches on with The Three Rin...
Episode 104 - Their Goddess
This week, Katie caught Carl slipping and forgetting what Sinful Signings is all about. (Spoiler: the dark stuff.) Luckily, Katie read Their Goddess by Sabrina G. this...
Episode 103 - Concussion Protocol
We know that Sinful Signings celebrates the darker side of the romance world, but sometimes you gotta lighten up and let a little sunshine in! That's exactly what we'r...
Episode 102 - Draga & the Savage: Dragobete
Sinful Signings 2025 is on the horizon (July 19th-20th in Roanoke, Virginia), so things are getting dark here at Smutco Industries! We're kicking off our coverage of t...
Episode 101 - Cold Nights In A Warm Cave
This week, Katie and Carl continue to gush about their time at Monsterotica Book Con, including how delighted they were to meet B.C. King and Phantom Dame, co-creators...
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Katie and Carl Mizell are Smutco Industries. Together, they create Cheap Smut, a podcast for people who would never let anyone see their Kindle library. Each week, Kat...
Episode 100 - Pounded By The Classics
When we debuted Cheap Smut in February of 2023, there was no way we could have imagined that we would make it to one hundred episodes. And yet, not only did we make it...
Episode 99 - Spread Offense
Things are hectic at Smutco Industries as we prepare for Monsterotica Book Con, so this week we're letting off some steam and revisiting our beloved New York Nighthawk...
Episode 98 - Blood Moon
Monsterotica Book Con is right around the corner (DO NOT REMIND US WE ARE NOT READY!!!), but we had time to get one more attending author's book in front of Katie! And...
Episode 97 - The Curious Incident of the Great Cookie Snackcident of 979
Katie has never hidden her love for the cozier books we cover, and this week the cozy gets cute with Kass O'Shire's The Curious Incident of the Great Cookie Snackciden...
Episode 96 - Stiff
Katie was such a fan of Thea Masen's My Date With a Rubber Duckie (which we covered in our March Patreon bonus episode) that she wanted to do ANOTHER Thea Masen book! ...
Episode 95 - Shoulda Swiped Left
Were K.L. Hiers still able to attend Monsterotica Book Con, we would lay upon them the biggest of hugs for Shoulda Swiped Left. They can no longer attend, so instead w...
Episode 94 - Gotten By The Gator
We're gearing up for Monsterotica Book Con here at Smutco Industries, and this week we're featuring another MBC author: Lizzie Strong! Katie could not stop gushing abo...
Episode 93 - How to Land an Alien Boyfriend
Spring Break at Smutco Industries brought in some bad vibes, but we're shaking them off and going out of this world with How to Land an Alien Boyfriend by Cassie O. Pe...