Broads and Books

This week, we're breaking free and choosing ourselves, just like the characters in our picks. 

Plus, the Broads talk backlash, self-care, icon status, the sadness of Daddy Long Legs, our submarine plans, Elon Musk, and the ghosts of founding fathers haunting us. Plus much more. 

Links mentioned in the episode: 

• Banned video from Queen: "I Want to Break Free" 
• Daddy Long Legs on SNL 
• Patrick Radden Keefe on Seth Meyers 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 118: I Want to Break Free

Novels:

Amy: Sea of Tranquility, Emily St John Mandel 

Erin: The Latecomer, Jean Hanff Korelitz  

Other Books:

Amy: Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, Laura Jane Grace (Memoir)

Erin: Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks, Patrick Radden Keefe (Nonfiction, True Crime) 

Pop Culture: 

Amy: Severance (Apple TV+) 

Erin: Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall (HBO)

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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

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 have a supersized episode about that most American of concepts: hypocrisy.

Our picks are taking on religion, capitalism, marriage, climate, and so much more.

Plus, the Broads discuss the ultimate hypocrisy of celebrating independence day in a country where women are not independent. With lots of things to laugh about along the way, including Giulani, lingering hugs, Amy's love for Winona Ryder, and our newest business idea.

Listen to "Born in the USA," the song from Bruce Springsteen that inspired this week's theme. 

Links mentioned in the episode: 

• Abortion Access Front (with an Operation Save Abortion event July 17 on how to take action)
• Iowa Abortion Access Fund 
• Lizzo in Carpool Karaoke 
• Dropps - order with discount here 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 117: Born in the USA

Novels:

Amy: The Town of Babylon, Alejandro Varela 

Erin: The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver 

Other Books:

Amy: The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love Is Broken, Aimée Lutkin (Memoir)

Erin: Things You Can Do: How to Fight Climate Change and Reduce Waste, Eduardo Garcia (Nonfiction) 

Pop Culture: 

Amy AND Erin: Under the Banner of Heaven (Hulu) 

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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

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 following the glorious Janet Jackson's lead: taking control, and letting others' opinions go. 

Plus, the Broads talk the joy of planners, self-appointed titles, mind bullets, and so much more. 

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "Control," the song from Janet Jackson that inspired this week's theme. 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 116: Control

Novels:

Amy: The Change, Kirsten Miller 

Erin: Counterfeit, Kirstin Chen  

Other Books:

Amy: A Ghost in the Throat, Doireann Ni Ghriofa (Memoir)

Erin: Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean, Karen Berman and Joe Knight (Nonfiction)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: Heartstopper (Netflix)

Erin: The Deep End (Hulu)

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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, Twitter, and

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 summer: summer reads, summer rites, summer sweat and grossness. It's a mixed bag for the Broads.

Plus, we detail our riders for a boat trip, declare 'beach reads' a stupid category, and heap praise yet again on public libraries for their summer programs. We stay on theme. 

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "Cruel Summer," the song from Bananarama that inspired this week's theme. 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 115: Cruel Summer

Novels:

Amy: Real Life, Brandon Taylor 

Erin: The Disappearing Act, Catherine Steadman 

Other Books:

Amy: Off Assignment (Online Magazine) (Plus: Amy's Letter to a Stranger)

Erin: Strange Planet, Nathan W. Pyle (Comics)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: Candy (Hulu)

Erin: Big Brother 

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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,

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!

We're kicking off a summer of '80s pop vibes! This week we're listening to Paula Abdul, and talking about books and pop culture that deal with being radically honest. 

Plus, the Broads talk dangers of honesty, religious insults, and clinger anthems. And much more.

Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 

Listen to "Straight Up," the song from Paula Abdul that inspired this week's theme. 

Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now!

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 114: Straight Up

Novels:

Amy: The Manningtree Witches, AK Blakemore 

Erin: Embassy Wife, Katie Crouch 

Other Books:

Amy: The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, Eleanor Janega (Graphic nonfiction)

Erin: My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety, Georgia Pritchett (Memoir)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: Those You've Known: Spring Awakening (HBO Max)

Erin: White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie and Fitch (Netflix)

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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,

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 channeling Lizzo, talking about books and pop culture with characters that have been through it (and come out stronger). 

Plus, the Broads talk annoyingly delayed outrage, rejections, squirrels, and the trouble with numbers. We're recording on a different day, and we're coming in HOT. 

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "About Damn Time," the song from Lizzo that inspired this week's theme. 
• Watch Lizzo on SNL: Orchestra, Beanie Babies, Writer's Block 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 113: About Damn Time

Novels:

Amy: The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood 

Erin: Tell Me An Ending, Jo Harkin 

Other Books:

Amy: Blow Your House Down, Gina Frangello (Memoir)

Erin: The Nineties, Chuck Klosterman (Nonfiction, Essays)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: Somebody Somewhere (HBO Max)

Erin: Something Was Wrong (Podcast)

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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.

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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!

This week, we're looking at books and pop culture picks that feature characters living their truths, no matter how hard others deny it. 

Plus, the Broads talk book banning, people-watching while invisible, and billionaires' midlife crises. And we say GAY. A lot. 

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "We Exist," the song from Arcade Fire that inspired this week's theme. 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 112: We Exist

Novels:

Amy: Cloud Cuckoo Land,  Anthony Doerr 

Erin: Ocean State, Stewart O'Nan 

Other Books:

Amy: I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, Maggie O'Farrell (Memoir)

Erin: Binge: 60 Stories to Make Your Brain Feel Different, Douglas Coupland (Short stories)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)

Erin: Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix)

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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, Twitter, and

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!

It's a meme, it's a phenomenon, and it's the ultimate creeper anthem! So this week, we're looking at books and pop culture picks that look at unhealthy attachments and obsessions.

Plus, the Broads talk gross dating rituals,        relationship showboating on Instagram, and how we would do as stalkers. And much more.

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "Never Gonna Give You Up," the song from Rick Astley that inspired this week's theme. 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 111: Never Gonna Give You Up

Novels:

Amy: So Happy for You, Celia Laskey 

Erin: Cherish Farrah,  Bethany C. Morrow 

Other Books:

Amy: Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All, Laura Bates (Nonfiction)

Erin: The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice, Benjamin Gilmer (Nonfiction, True Crime)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: The Afterparty (Apple+)

Erin: Joe vs. Carole (Peacock)

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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

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 looking at books and pop culture picks that explore what we should do with our one life. 

Plus, the Broads talk terrible life advice, the true crime benefits of immortality, and redesigning the human body for more time. And much more.

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "It's My Life," the song from Talk Talk (and covered by No Doubt) that inspired this week's theme. 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 110: It's My Life

Novels:

Amy: The Wanderers, Meg Howrey 

Erin: Dream Girl, Laura Lippman 

Other Books:

Amy: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness, Kristen Radtke (Graphic nonfiction) 

Erin: How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question, Michael Schur (Nonfiction)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: The Tourist (HBOMax)

Erin: Twin Flames (Podcast)

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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,

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!

It's the question we grapple with constantly: persist, or run for the hills. So this week, we're looking at books and pop culture picks that engage with the essential choice: should I stay, or should I go?

Plus, the Broads talk Midwest goodbyes, trash states, new relationship services, and killer mosquitos. And much more.

• Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. 
• Listen to "Should I Stay or Should I Go," the song from The Clash that inspired this week's theme. 
• Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 
• Like the Podcats? Want to see Ziggy's cult? Follow @catcultcolony on Instagram. 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 109: Should I Stay or Should I Go

Novels:

Amy: The Fifth Season,  N.K. Jemison 

Erin: The Verifiers, Jane Pek 

Other Books:

Amy: Cosmoknights, Hannah Templer (Graphic novel)

Erin: Scoundrel: How a  Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative  Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free, Sarah Weinman (Nonfiction, True Crime)

Pop Culture: 

Amy: tick tick...BOOM (Netflix)

Erin: Pam and Tommy (Hulu)

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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

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!