Broads and Books

Note: The Des Moines Book Festival on March 28 has been canceled. We won't be coming at you live there, but we've got lots of other stuff in store for you amazing fans.
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This week we're talking about the end of the world, a theme idea suggested by our amazing listener, Amy W! 

Our name this week of course comes from "It's the End of the World As We Know It (But I Feel Fine)," by R.E.M. 

Also in the episode, we're talking about Amy's obsession with apocalypse, what Erin would help destroy at the end, and embarrassing mixtape stories. 

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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Rending and the Nest, Kaethe Schwehn

Erin: The Heap, Sean Adams

Other Books:

Amy: Love is a Mixtape, Rob Sheffield (Memoir)

Erin: Safety Tips for Living Alone, Jim Shepard (Short Story / Kindle Single)

Pop Culture:

Amy: JoJo Rabbit (Movie) 

Erin: Frontline: Amazon Empire(TV, Documentary) 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Meet your new favorite writer and human being: Mathieu Cailler. 

In this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Mathieu, a poet, short story and children's book writer, and teacher. And he entertains the hell out of us with stories about stand up comedy, garage sales, and his love for a certain friend of the podcast. His most recent book, Catacombs of the Heart, is out now!

This bonus series is where we talk to some of the authors we’ve recommended, or will recommend soon, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Julia Phillips, Mona Awad, Angie Kim, and more! Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct. Like magic.
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View all the books and authors Mathieu mentions at this episode's page:
The Broads Talk Books With: Mathieu Cailler

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Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. And one of the BEST podcasts.

Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.
 
Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, and so much more. 
 
Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Live in or near Iowa? Come us see us LIVE AND IN PERSON at the Des Moines Book Festival on March 28. Plus, submit your questions to the Broads for the chance at a live answer!
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This week we're talking about cult classics, a theme idea suggested by our amazing listener, Kaileah! 

We're also starting a new way of naming our episodes. And this week's name comes from "Cult of Personality," the song from the men who knew how to make 1980s neon unitards werk, Living Colour. 

Also in the episode, we're talking about Amy's school for nerds and terrible taste in boots, Erin's love of khakis, and why internet trolls should learn to read. Also, we're pretty convinced the Broads and Books studio has a new ghost. 
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino

Erin: The Dublin Murder Squad, Tana French

Other Books:

Amy: Best. Movie. Year. Ever, Brian Raftery (Nonfiction)

Erin: Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain (Memoir)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Party Down (TV) 

Erin: Don't Fuck with Cats (Documentary, Netflix) 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Live in or near Iowa? Come us see us LIVE AND IN PERSON at the Des Moines Book Festival on March 28. Plus, submit your questions to the Broads for the chance at a live answer!
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It's our one-year anniversary!! So we're revisiting one of our favorite themes: characters we love to to hate. 

Listen to the original Haters Gonna Hate episode!

Since it's our anniversary, we're also thinking about some of our favorite surprises from the past year, what we're looking forward to in Year Two, and Satan in overalls. Because why not. 
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark

Erin: Problems, Jade Sharma

Other Books:

Amy: The Wicked + The Divine, Kieron Gillen (Graphic novel)

Erin: Fire Sermon, Jamie Quatro (Hybrid)

Pop Culture:

Amy: American Psycho (Movie) 

Erin: Fleabag (TV) 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Welcome to our BONUS series: The Broads Talk Books With. This is where we talk to some of the authors we’ve recommended, or will recommend soon, and nerd out about books.

In this episode, we’ve got Julia Phillips! We recommended Disappearing Earth in Episode 51. She's got great recommendations to add to your TBR pile. 

We've got more great authors coming your way in this new BONUS series. Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct. Like magic. 
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View all the books and authors Julia mentions at this episode's page:
The Broads Talk Books with: Julia Phillips

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Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. And one of the BEST podcasts.

Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.
 
Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, and so much more. 
 
Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Live in or near Iowa? Come us see us LIVE AND IN PERSON at the Des Moines Book Festival on March 28. Plus, submit your questions to the Broads for the chance at a live answer!
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Anything you (men) can do, we (women) can do better. Just read our picks this week for proof. 

Also this week, we're talking about times we've been shown up, our new masterclass on life, and how we might do in competitive cheerleading. Plus, Erin reveals her secret sauce for recording a killer episode.
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Secrets We Kept, Lara Prescott

Erin: Behind Closed Doors, B.A. Paris

Other Books:

Amy: Burn the Place, Iliana Regan (Memoir)

Erin: Dear Girls, Ali Wong (Memoir, Essays)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Encyclopedia Wommanica (Podcast) 

Erin: Cheer (Netflix) 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Yesterday, we talked about relationships gone bad. Today, we're testing our own relationship. 

And our ride-or-die-ness? SOLID GOLD. 

Listen as we play our own version of the Newlywed Game, predicting how the other will answer the most ridiculous of questions. 

Follow along below: 

1. How would the other Broad get out of a bad date? 
2. What would the other Broad do if she saw a bike being stolen? 
3. What personal characteristic drives the other Broad crazy? 
4. If the other Broad went to a mall, where would she go first? 
5. The other Broad is an animal. What would she be? 
6. If the other Broad was a book character, who would she be? 
7. If the other Broad had to lead a group of people to apocalypse survival, what would be her strength and weakness? 
8. Planning a party for the other Broad: what would be the theme? 
9. The other Broad only has one type of clothes. What would it be? 
10. What three things would the other Broad bring to a deserted island? 
11. How likely is it the other Broad would survive apocalypse? 
12. Would the other Broad survive a Titanic-type shipwreck? 

Check out www.broadsandbooks.com for more great BONUS material! 

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Live in or near Iowa? Come us see us LIVE AND IN PERSON at the Des Moines Book Festival on March 28. Plus, submit your questions to the Broads for the chance at a live answer!
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This week, we're talking about relationships testing the boundaries of "for worse." It's time for relationships gone bad. 

Along the way, we rethink classic love stories, wonder at our own bride prices back in ye olden days, and consider the circumstances where Amy might marry (hint: it's got something to do with her favorite performer). 

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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips (and read Amy's interview with Julia)

Erin: American Marriage, Tayari Jones

Other Books:

Amy: Anti Diet, Christy Harrison(Non-fiction) (and remember our recommendations in Episode 15!)

Erin: Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit (Essay collection)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Sex Education (Netflix TV series) 

Erin: Marriage Story(Netflix movie) (And here's one of our favorite Adam Driver SNL sketches)

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Live in or near Iowa? Come us see us LIVE AND IN PERSON at the Des Moines Book Festival on March 28. Plus, submit your questions to the Broads for the chance at a live answer!
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We're 50, so we can kick, stretch, and kick. And, just in time for Galentine's Day, we can revisit one of our favorite themes. 

Listen to the original Girls Gone Wild episode!

This time around, we're talking girls that have maybe gone wild. Plus, we remember times we've gone wild, Amy's new spa idea, and Erin's super weird teachers. And we check in on Podcat and her organ removal. 

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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: Jane Doe, Victoria Helen Stone

Erin: The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides

Other Books:

Amy: Camgirl, Isa Mazzei(Memoir)

Erin: The Vegetarian, Han Kang; Translated by Deborah Smith (Translated work)

Pop Culture:

Amy: This Way Up (Hulu TV series) 

Erin: Blood Ties (Podcast)

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

This week, we're talking about the pains and perils of motherhood. And some real bad moms. 

Along the way, we discuss the war room strategy for parenting, how Erin earns her son's respect, and how Amy wants a damn co-parent for Podcat. 

Live in or near Iowa? Come us see us LIVE AND IN PERSON at the Des Moines Book Festival on March 28. Plus, submit your questions to the Broads for the chance at a live answer!
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: Idaho, Emily Ruskovich

Erin: Mother Mother, Koren Zailckas

Other Books:

Amy: Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Post-Partum Depression, Teresa Wong (Graphic Memoir)

Erin: The Female of the Species, Joyce Carol Oates (Short story collection)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Root of Evil (Podcast) 

Erin: Generation Wealth(Movie, Documentary)

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!