Broads and Books

Every week, in our regular Broads and Books episodes, we tell you about our favorite books based on different weekly themes. And we got to thinking: the authors that write the books we love? They probably love books too. We should ask them about it! 

So welcome to our new 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.

Today, we’ve got Jami Attenberg. We recommended her book The Middlesteins in Episode 23: We Are Family, and she has a new book out called All This Could Be Yours. 

Jami mentions a number of books in our discussion, and you can find them all below!

We've got some 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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Books mentioned by Jami in the interview:

Favorite book as a kid: 

• D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

A book that made her want to be a writer:

• Joyce Carol Oates story collections

Recent reads she recommends: 

• Good Talk, Mira Jacobs (Graphic memoir - Recommended by Broads and Books in Episode 14)
• Hoodwitch, Faylita Hicks (Poetry)
• Medallion Status, John Hodgman (Essays)
• Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson (Novel)
• Pachinko, Min Jin Lee (Novel)

A favorite book about families: 

• Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout 

A book she demands you read: 

• Mercy, Lucille Clifton (Poetry)

Her current pop culture obsessions: 

• Two Hands, Big Thief (Music)
• Bojack Horseman (TV)

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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!

What time is it? Time to TREAT YO' SELF. 

Holiday season can be stressful AF. So we're offering you some picks that are just damn fun and satisfying. 

Along the way, Erin and Amy propose new holidays to treat your damn self, propose a write-in mayoral campaign for Erin, and set up the newest franchise for Real Housewives, with Podcat as chief shit stirrer. 

Plus: Have you visited our shelf at Plain Talk Books? If you're in Iowa, get over there!
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Girl Who Would Be King, Kelly Thompson

Erin: The Arrangement, Sarah Dunn

Other Books:

Amy: Tequila Mockingbird, Tim Federle AND Free the Tipple, Jennifer Croll (Nonfiction)

Erin: Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson(Humor, Essays)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Singles (Movie)

Erin: The Real Housewives (TV)
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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of

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!

Every week, in our regular Broads and Books episodes, we tell you about our favorite books based on different weekly themes. And we got to thinking: the authors that write the books we love? They probably love books too. We should ask them about it! 

So welcome to our new 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.

Today, we’ve got Adrienne Brodeur. She has a new book out called Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me, which we recommended in Episode 40! 

Plus: All the books she mentions? Find them below!

We've got some 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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Books mentioned by Adrienne in the interview:

First books she loved: 

• Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, E.B. White
• Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston (Recommended in Broads and Books Episode 13: Classics that Don’t Suck!)
• Animal Dreams and The Bean Tree, Barbara Kingsolver
• Dalva, Jim Harrison

Favorite bookstore: 

• Explore Booksellers in Aspen 

Books that made her want to be a writer:

• The Lover, Marguerite Duras
• Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

Books on her TBR pile:

• The Most Fun We Ever Had, Claire Lombardo
• Ask Again, Yes, Mary Beth Keane

A book that surprised her recently: 

• Know My Name, Chanel Miller

A book she demands memoir writers read: 

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!

Who in the hell are we?? That's the question in our picks this week. 

And along the way, Erin and Amy do some deep introspection. Erin reveals why she'll never be a marine biologist or someone who wears Lipsense, and Amy reveals something from her past that will blow your mind.
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Need, Helen Phillips

Erin: Property, Lionel Shriver

Other Books:

Amy: Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me, Adrienne Brodeur (Memoir)

Erin: The Fact Of A Body, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich(True Crime / Memoir)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Moonface (Podcast)

Erin: The Big Sick (Movie)

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

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!

The holidays are here. And if you're like us, there are some traditions we detest. So we're taking over, offering you better alternatives to 12 traditions, including: Black Friday shopping, Elf on the Shelf shenanigans, pictures with Santa, and even mistletoe. 

Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

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!

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We're talking chosen families in this week's picks, the kind that may not be related by blood, but who just GET YOU. 

Along the way we talk about about the weird families on Amy's childhood street, how Erin wants nothing to do with your boxed DNA kits, and how dentists might be hiding something real shady. 

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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Theodora Goss

Erin: Normal People, Sally Rooney

Other Books:

Amy: Alex + Ada, Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn (Graphic Novel)

Erin: What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, Michele Filgate(Essay Collection)

Pop Culture:

Amy: The Bright Sessions (Podcast)

Erin: The Kitchen (Movie)
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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, atBroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

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 are hitting you hard with some TRUTH. Whether it's fictional retellings of stories we thought we knew, nonfiction dives into a misrepresented past, or some multimedia revisionist history, we got it. 

Along the way, we talk about who Amy would catfish, Erin's alter ego, and how our faces just won't support that damn pixie cut. 
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Novels:

Amy: Circe, Madeline Miller

Erin: The American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld

Other Books:

Amy: A Woman of No Importance, Sonia Purnell (Nonfiction)

Erin: Fatal Charms and Other Tales of Today/The Mansions of Limbo, Dominick Dunne (Nonfiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Fosse/Verdon (TV)

Erin: Swindled (Podcast)
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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

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, our characters have run out of F's to give. We're talking about curmudgeonly characters, the kind that will defy your norms and yell at you to get off the lawn. 

Along the way, we talk Erin's favorite neighborhood curmudgeon, Amy as Cruella Deville with an army of shirtless dudes, and our suspicions that the remaining video stores out there are for sure money laundering operations. 

Also: Statler and Waldorf are our our mood board for this episode. 
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Last Werewolf, Glen Duncan

Erin: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Fannie Flagg

Other Books:

Amy: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice (2005, Movie)

Erin: Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout

Pop Culture:

Amy: Living with Yourself (TV)

Erin: Scrubs (TV)
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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at Bro

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, karma is a B-I-T-C-H. We're talking about picks that dig into matters of justice, and come up with a sense that something might actually be right in the world. 

Along the way, we talk about Erin's perfect day with Keith Morrison, how Amy will cover up any crimes Erin gets into, and how we'd do in a bar fight. Obviously, we'd be amazing. 
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Gone Dead, Chanelle Benz

Erin: The Last Place You Look, Kristen Lepionka

Other Books:

Amy: Nobody's Victim, Carrie Goldberg (Nonfiction)

Erin: She Said, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (Nonfiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Fargo (TV)

Erin: Over My Dead Body (Podcast)
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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

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!

Let's talk about sex! This week's picks are all about sexcapades, sexual desire, and the complications and joys of sexy sex.  

Along the way, we consider joining a nudist colony, talk through our sex education curriculum, and rehash Erin's nanny job that put her face-to-face with a giant portrait of genitalia. 

Listen and learn how you're a sexual snowflake.
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor

     Bonus! Amy's review for Entropy Magazine

Erin: Fleishman is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner

     Bonus! Read the author's take on Goop

Other Books:

Amy: Three Women, Lisa Taddeo (Nonfiction)

Erin: Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski (Nonfiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Easy (Netflix series)

Erin: Hustlers (Movie)
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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're 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. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

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!