Victoria is a fervent believer in the importance of intelligent and inclusive children’s literature, and Julia likes to say wheee while she rides a robot bird into a magical land where stories are born. Join us as we laugh and cry and remember why we fell in love with books in the first place.

A 3 and a 5 have a chat about what we have learned from Chris Heuertz’s The Sacred Enneagram and why we sometimes don’t understand each other’s intelligence centers. If that sounds like complete nonsense, we’ll try our best to explain.

Our special guest and published poet Ola Faleti guides us through Queen’s seminal work about personal power and the male gaze, and we all learn new things. Buy the book! Support working poets! You’ll be glad to have this beauty on your shelf.

Victoria is officially back from her travels and ready to learn new things! Julia and Victoria discuss the difficulty of balancing forgiveness and self-advocacy, ponder the validity of essential oils, and get schooled on the importance of education. Take back your power and join us as we dissect this important book.

A lively discourse in which Miss Clausen exhibits her ‘encyclopedic knowledge of Jane Austen’ and Miss Bruick is amused. Have some tea, look at pictures of young Colin FIrth, journal in the third person about who has 10,000 a year, and then join the party for our discussion of Emma and Jane Austen.

When did we start separating stories into truth and fiction? And what does that have to do with women's liberation? This week, we're taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to delve into one of Julia's favorite subjects: The History of the Novel. Get ready, it's Nerd Time!

Any men out there wanna ‘splain this podcast episode for us? Well too bad, because we brought in our mysterious third roommate and resident sustainability expert Rebecca to give us a hand with these two small but mighty feminist texts.

Random tidbits mentioned in this episode:

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Beyoncé - ***Flawless ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - YouTube

Women in the Church - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (1985)

CTCR Review of 2005 Task Force Guidelines for the Service of Women in Congregational Offices (LCMS - 2014)

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Frieden

Simone de Beauvoir

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

Recommendation for further reading (and watching):

Writings by Judith Butler

Veronica Mars (TV Show - streaming on Hulu)

Books by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Shameless: A Sexual Reformation

Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

Books by Rachel Held Evans:

A Year of Biblical Womanhood

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Join the party and read ahead for the next episode:

Emma and Persuasion by Jane Austen

Intro Music by cvffeeshxp

Any men out there wanna ‘splain this podcast episode for us? Well too bad, because we brought in our mysterious third roommate and resident sustainability expert Rebecca to give us a hand with these two small but mighty feminist texts.

A neurodivergent friend and a neurotypical friend walk into a podcast… and then discover too late how much important information is in this very long book. If the 500+ page-length scares you, feel free to listen to this ‘Spark Notes’ version. (Content Warning: ABA, shock therapy, eugenics)

A neurodivergent friend and a neurotypical friend walk into a podcast… and then discover too late how much important information is in this very long book. If the 500+ page-length scares you, feel free to listen to this ‘Spark Notes’ version. (Content Warning: ABA, shock therapy, eugenics)