The Problem with Romance Podcast Coverage of Sci-Fi Romance

I was very disappointed in the recent podcast episode #392 - Earth is Garbage, Space is Horny, on the romance novel podcast Smart Podcast, Trashy Books. I find the coverage on Sci-Fi romance to be equally disappointing on almost all the romance novel podcasts that I listen to.  Please let me explain what I found so disappointing about it.  In the sci-fi romance sub-genre, less than 1/10th of 1% of the sci-fi romance being written and published right now is published by New York publishers or New York published authors. The sub-genre is large, popular, and flourishing, but New York publishing has opted to almost entirely opt out of publishing this sub-genre.  Almost all the most successful sci-fi romance authors writing right now are self published authors entirely, with a very, very small minority of New York published authors also self-publishing sci-fi romance on the side.  Only two currently writing sci-fi romance authors are having their sci-fi romance novels published by New York.  As a consequence, almost all the novels that I read, buy, and review are self published novels, aside from some old paranormal romance authors that New York is still publishing.  I read on average 42 novels per month.  Almost all of them are speculative fiction romance, with a majority of them being sci-fi romance. Only one or two of those novels I read per month are published by New York publishers.  In about a third of those months, I don’t read any New York published romance novels at all. In the recent podcast episode #392 on the podcast Smart Podcast, Trashy Books, Amanda made the comment that she thought there wasn’t enough sci-fi romance being written and published right now, and she wanted there to be more.  That comment was totally false, and is frequently mentioned on a large majority of romance novel podcasts. That comment only works if a podcast ignores almost the entirety of the large, thriving genre because they are only counting New York published books or authors who are also writing for New York publishers.  In order to have a competent discussion of the sub-genre’s current status, they would have to almost entirely ignore the minuscule contribution to the genre by New York publishing and focus almost entirely on self-published or small press authors. I am by no means an expert on this genre, but the tunnel vision of most romance novel podcasters that I listen to about the real cultural and economic status of the genre that I love, because of the almost total absence of New York publishing in my large thriving community is, frankly, infuriating. I have never been interviewed on a podcast before, and I am not an expert in the genre.  I am only a high volume reader, and I am completely not tech savvy enough to know how I might be interviewed on a podcast, but I would like to be interviewed on a romance novel podcast and really talk about the large and thriving self-published sci-fi romance genre to give a more accurate picture of the genre’s current reach and status if anyone would like to interview me.  That is, if they can't find an expert who is better qualified to have that discussion.