Books, Broads, & Booze

Books, Broads, & Booze

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Books, Broads, & Booze episodes

  • The Bees by Laline Paull

    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Join me in our discussion of the novella The Bees by Laline Paull. The Bees won the 2015 Orin Book Award for Fiction. Additionally, it was nominated for 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.


    Drink responsibly!


    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]


    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

    17 min
  • Adore by Doris Lessing
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Join me in our discussion of the novella Adore by Doris Lessing. Doris Lessing is a Nobile Prize Laurent. Her novella was released as a major motion picture in 2013.
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    27 min
  • The Age of Wonder
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Join me at my wonderful guest, Stephanie, in our discussion of The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science.
    Awards: 2009 Before Columbus Foundation-ABA, 2009 National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    26 min
  • White Noise by Don DeLillo
    Join Monica and I as we discuss the classic, White Noise. The book describes an academic year in the life of its narrator, Jack Gladney. It’s a strange and funny book about death.
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    30 min
  • The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. The Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    35 min
  • Time to Dance
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. A Time to Dance by Padema Venkatraman is ALA Notable and ALAIVALSA best book for young adults. Listen to our lively discussion about women and able bodies!
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    26 min
  • Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Best book of 2020 for several newspapers, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. Listen to Monica and I look through lives of Shakespeare’s family.
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    31 min
  • When You Trap a Tiger
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Winner of the 2021 Newberry Medal and The 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature is When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller. Walk into the magical world of Korean folktales with us.
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    21 min
  • Eat Drink Vote
    Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! We finished our theme of identity last season. This season, we are focusing on award winning books. Next on the list is National Book award Eat Drink Vote by Marian Nestle. Listen to our discussion of food politics!
    Drink responsibly!
    Questions and comments may be sent to [email protected]
    Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay
    35 min

About Books, Broads, & Booze

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The aim of this podcast will be to describe a book, which will include spoilers. Followed up with a discussion of the book between a guest and myself. All while, my guest and I enjoy booze. There may also be suggestions of the booze consumed.