Bidi Bidi Book Pod

Samantha Saldivar Knocks It Out of the Park

Tue, 26 May 2026 02:00:00 -0400

Today we had the pleasure of chatting with Samantha Saldivar! Tune in for all things Sapphic sports romance, Sam's origin story, and centering our favorite underrepresented stories.

Links:

I Think They Love You

Home Field Advantage

Fun Home

Dragon Hoops

Something to Talk About

Sound credit: WALLA Ballpark Organ Take Me Out to the Ballgame by AshFox -- https://freesound.org/s/191927/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Sunyi Dean Tells Ghost Stories Her Way

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:00:00 -0400

Today we chatted with bestselling speculative author and fellow podcastor Sunyi Dean! Join us as we dive into conversations about publishing, The Girl With a Thousand Faces, and ghost stories, both the ones we write, and the ones we've experienced!

Links:

The Girl With a Thousand Faces

Sunyi's website

Publishing Rodeo

Espíritu

When Sleeping Women Wake

The Emotional Craft of Writing Fiction

The Ghost Bride

Lee Call art

Harbor of Hungry Ghosts

The Everlasting

Japanese Gothic

Leech

Adib Khorram and Loving Our Unlikable Book Kids

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:00:00 -0400

On this episode we got to chat with bestselling and award-winning author, as well as a national leader for Authors Against Book Bans, Adib Khorram! Join us while we talk about his newest release, One Word, Six Letters, and all the uncomfortable truths it brought up for us.

Links:

One Word, Six Letters

You've Found Oliver

The Obelisk Gate

The Bloody and the Damned

Last First Kiss

The City Fling (June 11-13)

Adib's Patreon

AdibKhorram.com

Donate to Authors Against Book Bans

Adib's audiobooks

Coming-of-Age While Religious With Ahmad Saber

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

We had such a blast talking with Ahmad Saber on this episode, from his journey to publication to deep dives into spirituality and queerness, and even coming up with a new book idea together!

Links:

Ramin Abbas Has Major Questions

Ahmad's instagram

LGBTQReads

Devout by David Archuleta

I Kissed Shara Wheeler

Call Me by Your Name

Simon vs. the Homo Sapien's Agenda

Darius the Great is Not Okay

Vincent Tirado Loves Spooky Transportation

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0400

We had a scary good time talking with Vincent Tirado about all things horror: the craft, the tropes, and ALL the hot takes.

Links:

Patreon

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

We Don't Swim Here

Save the Cat Writes Horror

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Where to watch It Ends

Woman of the Hour

Alechia Dow is Our Cozy Queen

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0400

Join us as we welcome the one and only Alechia Dow onto the Bidi Bidi Book Pod! On this episode, we shared about publishing woes, but also took some much needed time to celebrate our wins.

Links:

Signed copies of Until the Clock Strikes Midnight (if they haven't sold out): An Unlikely Story, Mysterious Galaxy, Love & Legends Books

Patreon

Ko-Fi

Podcast recommended books

Truth Bombs With Stefany Valentine

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:00:00 -0400

On this episode, we talked with William C. Morris Award finalist Stefany Valentine about how life imitates art, writing IP, sensitivity readers, Avatar the Last Airbender, and fought over who had the hottest take.

Links:

Podcast recommended books

Julian Winters Believes in Second Chances

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0400

The "second chances" PR team is here to preach!

We talked about Achillean romance, surviving in the publishing industry, representation, and the importance of going to bat for marginalized communities, especially if you read or write about them.

You can access Julian's secret extra question on our Patreon

Links mentioned:

Last First Kiss

Find My Way Down to You

The Summer of Everything

Julian's book recs

Jonny's links

Soni's links

Jonny & Soni Are Cautiously Optimistic

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0400

For our inaugural episode of the Bidi Bidi Book Pod, we talked about the origin and mission of this podcast, how our 2026 is going so far, shared some author goals, and manifested some dreams.

We also talked about what we're currently working on, though some of those bits had to get edited out just for our patrons. For deleted scenes and inside scoops, you can subscribe here.

Mentioned events and links:

Alechia Dow at Mysterious Galaxy

Christen Randall instagram live

Sabina Nordqvist virtual launch party

Love Y'all Book Fest

Tucson Festival of Books

Pima County Library event with Jonny

Jonny's links

Soni's links