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

Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025
35 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Welcome to the century club Besteas!
"Pretty Girls" by Karin Slaughter is a dark psychological thriller centered around two estranged sisters, Claire and Lydia, whose family was shattered over twenty years ago by the disappearance of their teenage sister, Julia. When Claire's husband is murdered, the sisters reunite and begin investigating not only his mysterious death but also the long-cold case of Julia's disappearance. Their search reveals a web of family secrets, disturbing truths, and connections to a recent missing persons case. As they confront old traumas and the present danger, Claire and Lydia must work together to face a conspiracy more horrifying than they imagined and find redemption and justice amidst the darkness.
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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 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
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📧 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!
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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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#bookrecommendations #booktok #bookworm #books #bookclub #thriller #family
Sep 23, 2025
35 min

Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025
39 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Happy 100th Episode Book Club Besteas!!!!!!!! 🎉🥳👏🏽
Thank you for all the love and support as we slide into this next chapter of our podcasting journal 🙏🏽.
Ike and Buddy Lee had little in common except criminal pasts and a love for their deceased sons. Both men largely failed to accept their sons’ sexuality while they were alive, a fact that haunts them as they embark on a violent quest for revenge. After detectives inform Ike that his son and son-in-law have been killed, both fathers become frustrated by the lack of police progress and decide to investigate the murders themselves.
👩🏽🏫 Tashima's book club pick for next week:
Pretty Girls by Karen Slaughter
📧 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! ___________________________________________________
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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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#bookclubs #booktok #bookreview #books #bookreview #suspense #family
Sep 16, 2025
39 min

Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
22 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Happy Book Club Tuesday!!
"Kill for Me, Kill for You" by Steve Cavanagh is a dark, Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller that has received highly positive feedback from book clubs and readers for its clever plotting, gripping narrative, and complex characters.
Overall, "Kill for Me, Kill for You" is widely recommended by book clubs for those seeking a tense, twisty thriller with emotional depth and a strong discussion potential on morality, trust, and revenge.
👩🏽🏫 Maggie’s book club pick for next week:
Razorblade Tears by S. A Cosby
📧 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. _____________________________________________
📚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 #booktubers #blackgirlpodcast #bookrecommendations #bookreview #thrillerbooks #plot
Sep 9, 2025
22 min

Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
34 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
It's Book Club Tuesday!!!
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a bestselling novel about the hidden life and Hollywood career of the glamorous film star Evelyn Hugo, who reveals her complicated story through a series of interviews with journalist Monique Grant. The novel chronicles Evelyn’s rise to fame, her struggles with identity and sexuality, and her relationships with her seven husbands—each marriage serving a purpose in her journey.
👩🏽🏫 Tashima’s book club pick for next week:
Kill For Me Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh
📧 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 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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#bookpodcast #booktube #blackgirlpodcast #bookclubs #bookcommunity #bookclubdiscussion #lgbt #lgbtqsupport
Sep 2, 2025
34 min

Aug 26, 2025
Aug 26, 2025
27 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Happy Book Club Tuesday!!!! For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga is a Pakistani-inspired romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo that centers on Dania, a young woman betrayed by her lover and wrongfully imprisoned, who escapes and seeks vengeance using dark djinn magic—only to grapple with the cost of revenge and her lingering feelings for the boy responsible for her downfall.
👩🏽🏫 Maggie’s book club pick for next week:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo By Taylor Jenkins Reid
📧 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 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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#bookpodcast #booklover #blackgirlpodcast #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookworm #wrath
Aug 26, 2025
27 min

Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025
24 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast Hi Besteas!!! 👋🏽
AITA for giving my ex wife a large amount of money I won despite the anger of my gf?https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/b43t53/aita_for_giving_my_ex_wife_a_large_amount_of/ __________________________________
☝🏽Bes-teas, send your tea to us at hellobesteas@gmail.com or spill it in the comments below 🫖
🎞️ Stay tuned, we will also drop a reel on Thurs 🎥
Don't forget to subscribe and hit the 🔔 so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great threads, games, and laughs! ___________________________________________________
👉🏾 Check out @YaHamRightPodcast for 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 🤷🏽♀️? Two friends reading popular, funny and shocking threads. This new podcast with two female hosts also discusses everyday topics from parenting, family, life, and everything in between. We love fitness, skincare, haircare, books, book clubs, fragrances, peace, crystals, love, news, relationships, traveling abroad, tips, hacks, laughing, and sharing all of these things as friends 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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#followme #blackgirlpodcast #redditstories #askreddit #subscribe #trending #contentcreator #like #comment #youtubecommunity #explorepage #entertainment #laugh
Aug 19, 2025
24 min

Aug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 2025
28 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Welcome back Besteas!!!
1. $25,000 anytime you want it, but the cost of living for everybody else dramatically increases https://www.reddit.com/r/hypotheticalsituation/comments/1flfl21/25000_anytime_you_want_it_but_the_cost_of_living/
2. I don't want to tell my ex that his wife is hitting on my husband https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1f2as86/i_dont_want_to_tell_my_ex_that_his_wife_is/
3. Your car can turn into any car you want, but you must park like a douchebag https://www.reddit.com/r/hypotheticalsituation/comments/1fltwun/your_car_can_turn_into_any_car_you_want_but_you/
4. AITA for refusing to let my brother’s fiancée wear my late mother’s wedding dress? https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/1fm0wpt/aita_for_refusing_to_let_my_brothers_fiancée_wear/
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☝🏽Bes-teas, send your tea to us at hellobesteas@gmail.com or spill it in the comments below 🫖
🎞️ Stay tuned, we will also drop a reel on Thurs 🎥
Don't forget to subscribe and hit the 🔔 so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great threads, games, and laughs!
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👉🏾 Check out @YaHamRightPodcast for 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 🤷🏽♀️? Two friends reading popular, funny and shocking threads. This new podcast with two female hosts also discusses everyday topics from parenting, family, life, and everything in between. We love fitness, skincare, haircare, books, book clubs, fragrances, peace, crystals, love, news, relationships, traveling abroad, tips, hacks, laughing, and sharing all of these things as friends 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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#followme #blackgirlpodcast #redditstories #askreddit #subscribe #trending #contentcreator #like #comment #youtubecommunity #explorepage #entertainment #family #aita
Aug 12, 2025
28 min

Aug 5, 2025
Aug 5, 2025
25 min
@HelloBesteaPodcast
Happy Tuesday Besteas!!!
1. AITAH for suggesting that my hookup went to see a doctor about her vagina https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1flzz25/aitah_for_suggesting_that_my_hookup_went_to_see_a/
2. What's the worst date you've ever been on? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2eaipb/whats_the_worst_date_youve_ever_been_on/
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☝🏽Bes-teas, send your tea to us at hellobesteas@gmail.com or spill it in the comments below 🫖
🎞️ Stay tuned, we will also drop a reel on Thurs 🎥
Don't forget to subscribe and hit the 🔔 so you're notified each time we spill ☕️ with more great threads, games, and laughs!
___________________________________________________
👉🏾 Check out @YaHamRightPodcast for 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
_____________________________________________
Who Are We 🤷🏽♀️? Two friends reading popular, funny and shocking threads. This new podcast with two female hosts also discusses everyday topics from parenting, family, life, and everything in between. We love fitness, skincare, haircare, books, book clubs, fragrances, peace, crystals, love, news, relationships, traveling abroad, tips, hacks, laughing, and sharing all of these things as friends 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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Audio Bes-teas:
-Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-bes-tea/id1714180162
-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2gJYsi2zB7fj1fgvCSDqP7?si=1cb00c65934b4ca5
-Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a58c2126-b880-4018-932b-5c482da2d30a/hello-bes-tea
-Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/PxSXnq1PkT9khNpk6
-iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-hello-bes-tea-126667167/
-Podcast Addict: https://feed.podbean.com/hellobesteas/feed.xml
-Podbean: https://feed.podbean.com/hellobesteas/feed.xml
-Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/hello-bes-tea-5512588
-TuneIn + Alexa: https://feed.podbean.com/hellobesteas/feed.xml
You can also find us at: Overcast Pocket Cast Castro Castbox Podfriend Goodpods
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#followme #blackgirlpodcast #redditstories #askreddit #subscribe #trending #contentcreator #like #comment #youtubecommunity #explorepage #entertainment #breakup #jokes
Aug 5, 2025
25 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.





