Chelsea and Catherine prepare for the holidays with book recommendations, questionable gift lists, a Chow-chow-filled road trip.  Then: A step-mom is tired of putting on Norman Rockwell-level holidays for her ungrateful step-kids.  An Aussie can’t seem to stay single for long.  And a girlfriend’s family refuses to meet her newest flavor-of-the-week… except this one’s for real.

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Books mentioned on today’s episode:

Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World by Paul Stamets

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Circe by Madeline Miller

 

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Executive Producer Catherine Law

Edited & Engineered by Brad Dickert

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