Broads and Books

It's time. So Erin and Amy recommend some picks that are all about adolescence and learning. 

But we couldn't miss the opportunity to talk about our love of school supplies, terrible run-ins with bulimic class salamanders and concussed hamsters, and how our adolescent dreams of adulthood have proven quite wrong. Plus, Erin comes in HOT with a few people and things in her burn book. 

Free Book It pizza for all!
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: Push, Sapphire

Erin: Mrs. Everything, Jennifer Weiner

Other Books:

Amy: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan Cain (Non-fiction)

Erin: Spoiled Brats, Simon Rich (Short story collection)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Erin: Trophy Kids (TV, Documentary) 

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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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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!

Peek behind the scenes with this week's picks, featuring traveling performers, fictional bands, true tour stories, feuding ladies, and much more. 

Also this week, we reveal our theme songs, Amy talks about her dream jobs on a David Bowie tour, we plan our pitches for new Ryan Murphy shows, and we completely lose any semblance of control over our guffaws. Prepare yourselves: you may pee a little.
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Erin: Daisy Jones and The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Other Books:

Amy: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Carrie Brownstein (Memoir)

Erin: Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales (NonFiction, Oral History)

Pop Culture:

Amy: The Punk Singer (Documentary)

Erin: Feud: Joan Crawford and Bette Davis (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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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!

Family is great... until it's not. This week, we're talking family gatherings that go terribly awry. Whether it's death predictions, organized dances, interstellar conflict, or family reunions, these picks are all about that most dramatic of drama: family drama . 

Also in this episode, we talk TV and movie families we want to watch, horrifying family traditions, and old-fashioned insults. Plus, we try to do to fruit cups what we did to Sno-Caps: ANNIHILATION.  
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Our picks this week: 

Novels:

Amy: The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin

Erin: The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg

Other Books:

Amy: Saga, Brian Vaughn and Fiona Staples (Graphic Novel)

Erin: Calypso, David Sedaris (NonFiction, Essays, Humor)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Tommy, by The Who (Album and Movie)

Erin: The Goldbergs (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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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, we're scaring ourselves silly. Whether it's the monstrous things we make, the terrors of our inner demons, or a bit of old-school fairy tale fright, our picks are all about the things that will haunt you. 

Also in this episode, we talk about movies that scarred us for life, why horror and terror fascinate us, and the joys of campy gore. Plus, we dive into a truly important topic: Can we eat humans and still be vegan? 

This week's theme was another listener-suggested idea! Thanks Maggie -- you got more than you bargained for, and may never want to talk to us again.
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Our picks this week: 

Fiction Books:

Amy: Bunny, Mona Awad (and read Amy's interview with Mona about the book)

Erin: My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite

Other Books:

Amy: "Reeling for the Empire" in Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell (Short Story)

Erin: Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (Graphic Novel, Short Story Collection)

Pop Culture:

Amy: True Blood (TV)

Erin: The Disappearance of Emily Cox Powell (Documentary) 
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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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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

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!

Need a good cry? 

Step 1: Listen to this episode to hear our stories of crying fits in movie theaters, city buses, and at the hands of Podcat. 

Step 2: Read our picks from this episode! 

Also in this episode, we make plans for our Broads and Books museum, discuss Podcat's delusional overlord-ness, and threaten a David Bowie masterclass. You'll be in a tear cage of joy by the end. 

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Our picks this week: 

Fiction Books:

Amy: The Road, Cormac McCarthy

Erin: The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd

Other Books:

Amy: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, T Kira Madden (Memoir)

Erin: The Lost Girls, Robert Kolker (True Crime, Non-fiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy: "Heroes," David Bowie (Song) (Watch the 2002 live performance in Berlin)

Erin: Blackfish (Documentary)

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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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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, we're tackling another listener-suggested theme: crime. From Pablo Escobar's Columbia to the IRA's Belfast, from a white Bronco to the Silk Road, our picks are all about criminals doing their thing, and how it impacts the little guy. 

Also in this episode, Erin talks Geo Metro crime, Amy reveals her criminal syndicate motto, and we tell the story of the cop who got bit.  

Thanks to Andrea for this excellent theme suggestion!

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Our picks this week: 

Fiction Books:

Amy: The Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Erin: Our Kind of Cruelty, Araminta Hall

Other Books:

Amy: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland , Patrick Radden Keefe (True Crime, Non-fiction)

Erin: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, Nick Bilton (True Crime, Non-fiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Believed (Podcast)

Erin: The People vs. O.J. Simpson (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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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, we're talking women in charge. Women leading. Women DOING THE DAMN THING. Our books and pop culture picks celebrate what happens when women take over. 

Also in this episode, Erin reveals her plans for a massive company takeover (with Amy leading the corporate espionage), how emotional intelligence gets a bad rap, why work-life balance is a stupid myth, and the power of mistakes and failure. And of course, our latest criminal ideas that will incriminate us someday. 

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Our picks this week: 

Fiction Books:

Amy: Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler 

Erin: The Mothers, Brit Bennett

Other Books:

Amy: All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister (Non-fiction)

Erin: Mistakes I Made at Work, Jessica Bacal (Essays)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Pose (TV)

Erin: Younger (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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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 picks will have you laughing and crying. Maybe even peeing. Like church giggles, these books and pop culture glories celebrate the inappropriate, the mistimed, and the DGAF reactions. 

Also in this episode, Amy and Erin celebrate their own talent for inappropriate reactions, toss around ideas for a theme song, and reveal their plans for becoming besties with the authors we've chosen. Light stalking is cool, right? 

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Our picks this week: 

Fiction Books:

Amy AND Erin: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman

Other Books:

Amy: Yes Please, Amy Poehler

Erin: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined), Chuck Klosterman

Pop Culture:

Amy: Dead to Me (TV)

Erin: The Good Place (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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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 picks are from formidable multi-talents. Whether they're lawyers, psychiatrists, economists, musicians, or actors in their day jobs, these over-achievers decided to add "author" or "director" to their accolades. The results are glorious. And also make us feel inadequate. 

Also in this episode, Amy and Erin reveal their side talents (and failings), wonder how they can get a pair of big scissors for ribbon-cutting (and Christmas gift unwrapping), and praise our listeners to all who will hear. 

One of our amazing listeners, Adam, is responsible for this wonderful episode. He wanted to hear about one-hit wonders. We took it further: these are the people we're confident are NOT one-hit wonders! 

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Our picks this week: 

Fiction Books:

Amy: Gather the Daughters, Jennie Melamed

Erin:  Miracle Creek, Angie Kim

Other Books:

Amy: Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon (Memoir)

Erin: Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt (Non-fiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy AND Erin: Booksmart, directed by Olivia Wilde (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, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, 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

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!

As our "Road Trip!" episode says, it's summer, and it's time for all the hilarity and horror of those drives toward doom (or Disney). The Broads are here for you, with our top rules for surviving a road trip.

Plus! We've got a playlist of all the songs we mention, perfect for your next drive. 

Broads and Books is the weekly podcast with one unique theme, four handpicked book recommendations, and two broads. Amy and Erin are two lifelong readers and writers who bond over their (maybe) unhealthy passion for books, and offer you some unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Find links to each book recommendation at our website at www.broadsandbooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week.

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

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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