Hello Bes-tea!
Hello Bes-tea! is a podcast centered around two friends having candid conversations on the couch. Reddit stories are shared along with personal experiences involving parenting, relationships, home organization, and life in general. Kick back and get cozy on the couch with us to think, laugh, or cry. It’s friend therapy, bes-tea style!
Hello Bes-tea! is a podcast centered around two friends having candid conversations on the couch. Reddit stories are shared along with personal experiences involving parenting, relationships, home organization, and life in general. Kick back and get cozy on the couch with us to think, laugh, or cry. It’s friend therapy, bes-tea style!
Episodes

Jan 13, 2026
Jan 13, 2026
42 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
A 23-year-old Lily Bloom moves to Boston to start fresh after growing up watching her father abuse her mother, determined not to repeat that cycle. She opens a floral shop and falls for Ryle Kincaid, a charming neurosurgeon whose violent temper slowly emerges, echoing the abuse from her past. As their relationship worsens, Lily reconnects with her first love, Atlas, now a successful chef, whose presence highlights the contrast between real safety and toxic passion. After Ryle seriously assaults her and she discovers she is pregnant, Lily realizes love is not enough to excuse abuse and decides to leave him to protect herself and her baby. She chooses to co-parent with Ryle but ends their marriage, telling her daughter “it ends with us,” breaking the generational cycle of violence and leaving the door open to a healthier future with Atlas.
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club.
Don't forget ☝🏽 to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads! ___________________________
👉🏾 Make sure you check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and more great content! ___________________________________________________
🛋️ Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Hosts
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN:
TikTok: @hellobesteas
Instagram: @hello_bestea_podcast
Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast
Lemon8: @hellobestea
Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne ______________________________________________
🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by: Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#onlinebookclub #audiobook #books #booktube #itendswithus #colleenhoover
Jan 13, 2026
42 min

Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025
25 min
Hosts Maggie and Tashima break down book two of Kirsten Moglen’s The Arrangement series, The Amendment, giving a recap of Ainsley and Peter’s fraught marriage, shocking plot twists, and the novel’s darker turns from infidelity to murder.They discuss narration, reader reactions, Goodreads ratings, and whether the sequel holds up—offering their candid takes, a middle-of-the-road rating, and whether it’s worth a quick listen as a palate cleanser.
Dec 30, 2025
25 min

Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
26 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
A young shepherd leaves his quiet life in Spain to chase a recurring dream of treasure at the Egyptian pyramids, meeting thieves, mentors, and a mysterious alchemist who teaches him to listen to his heart and follow his “Personal Legend.” Along the way he discovers that true wealth lies in pursuing one’s destiny with courage, faith, and attention to the signs life offers, even when the path is uncertain.
Chasing dreams across deserts ✨
“The Alchemist” is a reminder that when you truly follow your heart, the whole universe moves with you. 🌙🐑
Have you read it? What’s your “Personal Legend” right now? 💭👇🏾
#TheAlchemist #PauloCoelho #Bookstagram #BookClubReads #ReadingJourney📚
📖 Upcoming Reads:
The Amendment by Kiersten Modglin
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
It Ends With Us by Coleen Hoover
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club. Don't forget ☝🏽 to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads! ___________________________
👉🏾 Make sure you check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and more great content! ___________________________________________________
🛋️ Chapters 0:00 Intro
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN:
TikTok: @hellobesteas
Instagram: @hello_bestea_podcast
Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast
Lemon8: @hellobestea
Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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Who Are We? This podcast with two female hosts discusses books, books and more books. Including topics on parenting, family, life, mystery, thrillers, spice and everything else in-between. They enjoy fitness, skincare, haircare, fragrances, love, relationships, traveling abroad, a good life hack, laughing, and sharing all of these things as Besteas on a comfy sofa.
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📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne ______________________________________________
🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by: Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#books #reading #subscribe #destiny #personalgrowth
Dec 16, 2025
26 min

Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
44 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
At ultra-elite Niveus Private Academy, the only two Black students—ice-queen overachiever Chiamaka and quiet music prodigy Devon—are on track for glittering futures when an anonymous texter called Aces starts blasting their darkest secrets to the entire school, turning senior year into a deadly game of exposure and sabotage where no one can be trusted and survival means tearing the whole system down.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42603984-ace-of-spades
📚 Upcoming Reads:
The Amendment by Kiersten Modglin
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
It Ends With Us by Coleen Hoover
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club. Don't forget ☝🏽 to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads! ___________________________
👉🏾 Make sure you check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and more great content! ___________________________________________________
🛋️ Chapters 0:00 Intro
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN:
TikTok: @hellobesteas
Instagram: @hello_bestea_podcast
Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast
Lemon8: @hellobestea
Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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Who Are We? This podcast with two female hosts discusses books, books and more books. Including topics on parenting, family, life, mystery, thrillers, spice and everything else in-between. They enjoy fitness, skincare, haircare, fragrances, love, relationships, traveling abroad, a good life hack, laughing, and sharing all of these things as Besteas on a comfy sofa.
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📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne
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🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by: Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#books #reading #audiobook #booktube #subscribe #aceofspades #mustread #plottwist #shocking
Dec 2, 2025
44 min

Nov 11, 2025
Nov 11, 2025
23 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
"The Boyfriend" by Freida McFadden is a psychological thriller that follows Sydney Shaw, a single woman in New York struggling with the pitfalls of modern dating. Sydney finally meets Tom, a charming doctor who seems perfect, but her luck takes a sinister turn when a brutal murder occurs in her social circle and police suspect a mystery man who dates women before killing them.
📚 Upcoming Reads:
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
The Amendment by Kiersten Modglin
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club. Don't forget ☝🏽 to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads!
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👉🏾 Make sure you check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and more great content! ___________________________________________________
🛋️ Chapters 0:00 Intro
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN:
TikTok: @hellobesteas
Instagram: @hello_bestea_podcast
Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast
Lemon8: @hellobestea
Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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Who Are We? This podcast with two female hosts discusses books, books and more books. Including topics on parenting, family, life, mystery, thrillers, spice and everything else in-between. They enjoy fitness, skincare, haircare, fragrances, love, relationships, traveling abroad, a good life hack, laughing, and sharing all of these things as Besteas on a comfy sofa.
_____________________________________________
📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne ______________________________________________
🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by: Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#bookworm #reading #audiobook #bookclubs #support #suspense #mustread #plottwist
Nov 11, 2025
23 min

Oct 28, 2025
Oct 28, 2025
30 min
@hellobesteapodcast
"Stolen Tongues" by Felix Blackwell is a horror novel by Felix Blackwell, originally published as a viral series titled “My Romantic Cabin Getaway” on the NoSleep subreddit, which later gained popularity as a self-published book in the indie horror community. The story centers on Felix and his fiancée Faye, who travel to a secluded mountain cabin to celebrate their engagement, only to be tormented by inexplicable voices, unsettling noises, and supernatural phenomena that focus particularly on Faye's sleep disorder.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35524932-stolen-tongues
Felix Blackwell first posted the story in the NoSleep community as a series of entries inspired by his fiancée’s real-life sleep disorder. The original thread quickly amassed a following for its blend of supernatural horror and psychological suspense, characterized by a slow build of dread and ambiguous threats lurking just outside the cabin. The story’s popularity led to its expansion and eventual release as a full-length novel and even inspired an upcoming feature film adaptation.https://thewilsonbillboard.com/2025/04/from-forums-to-publishing-a-chilling-internet-horror-story/
📚 Upcoming Reads:
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
The Amendment by Kiersten Modglin
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club. Don't forget ☝🏽 to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads!
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👉🏾 Check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and more great content!
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🛋️ Chapters 0:00 Intro
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN:
TikTok: @hellobesteas
Instagram: @hello_bestea_podcast
Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast
Lemon8: @hellobestea
Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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Who Are We? This podcast with two female hosts discusses books, books and more books. Including topics on parenting, family, life, mystery, thrillers, spice and everything else in-between. They enjoy fitness, skincare, haircare, fragrances, love, relationships, traveling abroad, a good life hack, laughing, and sharing all of these things as Besteas on a comfy sofa. _____________________________________________
📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne ______________________________________________
🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by: Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#booktube #booktok #bookclubs #supernaturalthriller #support #horrorbooks
Oct 28, 2025
30 min

Oct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025
23 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Imagine a ticking clock, not a regular day, but your very last. Would you spend it frantically checking off a bucket list, or savoring every mundane moment you usually rush past?
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera is a young adult contemporary novel set in a near-future version of New York City where an organization called Death-Cast can predict when people are going to die and notifies them by phone on the day of their death. The story follows two teenage boys — Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio — who both receive a call informing them that they will die within the next 24 hours.https://vickywhoreads.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/drc-they-both-die-at-the-end-by-adam-silvera/
The novel explores mortality, love, friendship, and the value of living authentically despite life's unavoidable end. With alternating points of view, Silvera delivers an emotionally charged narrative that celebrates human connection and the urgency of embracing life while it lasts. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33385229-they-both-die-at-the-end
Upcoming Reads:
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club. See you next week Bes-Teas 😊 Don't forget ☝🏽to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads! ___________________________
👉🏾 Check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and great content!
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🛋️ Chapters 0:00 Intro
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN:
TikTok: @hellobesteas
nstagram: @hello_bestea_podcast
Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast
Lemon8: @hellobestea
Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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Who Are We? This podcast with two female hosts discusses books, books and more books. Including topics on parenting, family, life, mystery, thrillers, spice and everything else in-between. They enjoy fitness, skincare, haircare, fragrances, love, relationships, traveling abroad, a good life hack, laughing, and sharing all of these things as Besteas on a comfy sofa. _____________________________________________
📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne ______________________________________________
🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by:
Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#bookreview #booktok #bookclubs #friendship #bookclub #lgbtq #lovestory
Oct 14, 2025
23 min

Sep 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025
22 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
🎙️Tea Time With The Besteas 🫖 Let's talk and catch up besteas.
What are you currently watching? What are you reading? What's on your TBR? How's life? (loaded question, we know 🫠)
📚Upcoming Reads:
10/7 They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
10/14 Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
10/21 The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
10/25/25 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
📧 DM, email: hellobesteas@gmail.com. Let us know in the comments a book recommendation for book club. See you next week Bes-Teas 😊
Don't forget ☝🏽to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great reads!
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👉🏾 Check out @YaHamRightPodcast for current events and great content! ___________________________________________________
🛋️ Chapters 0:00 Intro ________________________
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🤳🏾F0LloW Us oN: TikTok: @hellobesteas Instagram: @hello_bestea_podcast Facebook: @Hello Bes-tea Podcast Lemon8: @hellobestea Pinterest: @hellobesteapodcast
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Who Are We? This podcast with two female hosts discusses books, books and more books. Including topics on parenting, family, life, mystery, thrillers, spice and everything else in-between. They enjoy fitness, skincare, haircare, fragrances, love, relationships, traveling abroad, a good life hack, laughing, and sharing all of these things as Besteas on a comfy sofa.
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📚Check Out Our Goodreads: Tashima: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/181760074-always-sunshyne ______________________________________________
🎧Listen to our Personal Spotify Music Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/31l7zs6w4cnrxeskjnoh3nwybm24?si=a7dd9ce6c7834ef8 ________________________________
Produced by: Tashima Aust and Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Social Media Management By: Maggie Hamilton Lilly
Youtube Management By: Tashima Aust
Edited By: Tashima Aust
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#currentlyreading #bookclubs #blackgirlpodcast #books #movie #friends #contentcreator
Sep 30, 2025
22 min

Meet Tashima
Living in the Sunshine State most of her life; Tashima is a mom of two wonderful crazy kids, while also working full-time in the healthcare industry for almost 20 years and counting. However, her passion is in creative writing, screenwriting, and whatever else the flavor of the week is. Never a dull moment and always keeping busy.

Meet Maggie
When she is not keeping up with her two rambunctious boys or working, Maggie can be found creating various things, crafting or reading. A lifelong Floridian, she enjoys spending her leisure time at the beach and revels in the year round sunny climate. Maggie is a hardcore goal setter and thoroughly enjoys checking items off of her constantly growing to-do list.





