Broads and Books

The perils of love! These books and pop culture picks lay it all out in incredible ways. 

Plus, we consider how we'd fare on the ultimate battlefield of love, The Bachelor. Spoiler alert: we'd bring a certain unforgettable energy.

Watch "Love is a Battlefield," the Pat Benatar masterwork with an epic dance fight, which inspired this week's theme.  
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A Broad's book: 

Pre-order DIG ME OUT by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! 

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 90: Love is a Battlefield

Novels:

Amy: Let's Get Back to the Party, Zak Salih  

Erin: The Five Wounds, Kirstin Valdez Quade

Other Books:

Amy: Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History, Lauren Marino  (Nonfiction)

Erin: Fangs, Sarah Andersen (Graphic novel)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Sound of Metal (Movie) 

Erin: A Dangerous Son (HBOMax)

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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, 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 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!

In this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Anna North! We recommended her book Outlawed in Episode 83, and her book The Life and Death of Sophie Stark in Episode 86.

We talked to Anna about her unique way of reading Moby Dick, terrific fan interactions, the pressures of reading right now, and more. 

In The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Kate Hope Day, Amy Gentry, Emily Nagoski, Melissa Faliveno, Carter Sickels, and many more!  Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every bonus episode will come straight to you. Like magic.

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View all the books discussed at The Broads Talk Books With: Anna North

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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

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 talking hypocrisy! And these books and pop culture picks lay hypocrisy bare in incredible ways.

Plus, we're considering our own hypocritical behavior, naming our new movie, and recounting the joys of a good book delivery.

Listen to "Sin Wagon," the terrifically catchy song by The Chicks that inspired this week's episode.

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A Broad's book: 

Pre-order DIG ME OUT by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! And add the book to your Goodreads! 

Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com.

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 89: Sin Wagon

Novels:

Amy: A Certain Hunger, Chelsea G. Summers 

Erin: God Spare the Girls, Kelsey McKinney 

Other Books:

Amy: Fairest, Meredith Talusan (Memoir)

Erin: Above Suspicion: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion, Joe Sharkey (True crime)

Pop Culture:

Amy: The Sinner (Netflix) 

Erin: Q: Into the Storm (HBOMax)

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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, 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!

The Broads: Live! We kicked off the DSM Book Fest on March 27 with a live, virtual episode. And you can listen now!

Want to see our faces? Watch the VIDEO! of this episode:
Broads and Books Live at the DSM Book Fest

Whether you listen or watch, you'll hear one of our favorite stories, learn about the authors headlining the DSM Book Fest, answer reader questions, and open our new Broads and Books store!
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A Broad's book: 

You can pre-order Amy's book, DIG ME OUT, now! 

Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com!
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Books and authors we mentioned at The Broads Live at the DSM Book Fest:

• Tayari Jones, An American Marriage. Hear more about this book in Episode 51!
• Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept. Hear more about this book in Episode 52. 
• Chuck Klosterman, I Wear the Black Hat. Hear more about this book in Episode 18.
• Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (hear more in Episode 1) and Daisy Jones and the Six (hear more in Episode 25). 

Check out all our author conversations in The Broads Talk Books With!

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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

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!

Follow us down the rabbit hole into full-on conspiracy land! These books and pop culture picks have conspiracies you can't put down.

Plus, we're considering our own rabbit holes and dissecting conspiracy vs fact. And we uncover THE major conspiracy of our time, featuring the Podcats. 

Listen to "White Rabbit," the terrifically trippy song by Jefferson Airplane. 
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A Broad's book: 

Pre-order DIG ME OUT by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! And add the book to your Goodreads! 

Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com.
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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 88: White Rabbit

Novels:

Amy: Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer 

Erin: Necessary People, Anna Pitoniak 

Other Books:

Amy: The Low Low Woods, Carmen Maria Machado (Graphic Novel)

Erin: The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, An Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece, Sarah Weinman (True crime)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Mr Robot (Prime) 

Erin: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (Netflix)

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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, 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 wee

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!

Cringey moments - we love them and hate them. And these books and pop culture picks have some of the best stories of cringe around.

Plus, we're considering our own cringey moments, our wise old owls that guide us, and making a last bid for HBO Max sponsorship.

Listen to "Ice Ice Baby," the horrifically cringey song by Vanilla Ice that inspired this week's episode. 

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A Broad's book: 

Pre-order DIG ME OUT by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! And add the book to your Goodreads! Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com.

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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 87: Ice Ice Baby

Novels:

Amy: No One is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood 

Erin: Darling Rose Gold, Stephanie Wrobel 

Other Books:

Amy: Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, Ijeama Oluo (Nonfiction)

Erin: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw (Short story collection)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Love Life (HBOMax) 

Erin: How to Fix a Drug Scandal (Netflix)

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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, 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.broads

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!

Last chance! Register for Broads and Books live at the DSM Book Fest by March 23 at midnight CT.

See the Broads live at the DSM Book Festival! 

Book recommendations. Crazy stories.  Listener Q&A. 

See it all at our free virtual event on March 27.

Register here!

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!

News for you! 

Broads and Books at the DSM Book Fest:

See the Broads live at the DSM Book Festival! Book recommendations. Crazy stories.  Listener Q&A. See it all at our free virtual event on March 27. Register here!

A Broad's book: 

Add Amy's book to your Goodreads! Dig Me Out by Amy Lee Lillard 

Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com

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Broads and Books Episode 86: Obsession
Objects of our affection! Motherhood! Our bodies! Follow us down the rabbit holes into books and pop culture picks about obsessive relationships and behavior. 

Plus, we're considering our own snack obsessions, weighing a world without internet rabbit holes, and bringing back a Broad's particular obsession with a certain icon. And Ziggy the Podcat once again makes himself known in the studio. 

Listen to "Obsession," the song by Animotion that inspired this week's episode. 

Novels:

Amy: The Life and Death of Sophie Smith, Anna North 

Erin: The Push, Ashley Audrain 

Other Books:

Amy: Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded, Jason Heller (Nonfiction)

Erin: Starvation Mode: A Memoir of Food, Consumption, and Control, Elissa Washuta (Memoir)

Pop Culture:

Amy: Promising Young Woman (Prime) (and check out the IG post Erin mentions about 'notallmen')

Erin: Who? Weekly (Podcast)

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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, memo

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!

News for you! 

Broads and Books at the DSM Book Fest:

See the Broads live at the DSM Book Festival! Book recommendations. Crazy stories.  Listener Q&A.  See it all at our free virtual event on March 27. Register here!

A Broad's book: 

Add Amy's book to your Goodreads: Dig Me Out by Amy Lee Lillard. Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com!

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The Broads Talk Books With: Kate Hope Day
In this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Kate Hope Day! Her new book, In the Quick, will be an upcoming recommendation from the Broads. 

We talked to Kate about her love of Victorian literature, weird Instagram ads and gross dude fans, and writing while being a mother. 

In The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Amy Gentry, Emily Nagoski, Melissa Faliveno, Carter Sickels, and many more!  Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every bonus episode will come straight to you. Like magic.

View all Kate's recommendations and picks in The Broads Talk Books With: Kate Hope Day

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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

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!

News for you! 

Broads and Books at the DSM Book Fest:

See the Broads live at the DSM Book Festival! Book recommendations. Crazy stories.  Listener Q&A.  See it all at our free virtual event on March 27. Register here!

A Broad's book: 

Add Amy's book to your Goodreads: Dig Me Out by Amy Lee Lillard. Plus, sign up for bonuses (and more Podcats) at www.amyleelillard.com!

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Broads and Books Episode 85: If The World Was Ending
The end of the world. Whether it's a full on apocalypse, or the end of a relationship, this week's picks are all about endings.

Plus, we're celebrating the return of a Broads and Books tradition, considering how we'd fare in world ending scenarios, and revisiting Larry Comeuppance. And Ziggy the Podcat makes himself known in the studio.

Listen to "If the World Was Ending," the song by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels that inspired this week's episode.


Our picks: 

Novels:

Amy: The Book of M, Peng Shepherd 

Erin: This Close to Okay, Leesa Cross-Smith 

Other Books:

Amy: Abandon Me, Melissa Febos (Memoir / Essays)

Erin: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames, Justine Cowan (Memoi

Pop Culture:

Amy: It's a Sin (HBO) 

Erin: The Lady and the Dale (HBO)

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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

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!