We talk with authors Mary HK Choi and Liana Finck about their delightful new books. Plus, what we're reading: fiction, memoir and actionable non-fiction about climate change. Share your reading list on instagram with #cygbooks. Links: Permanent Record by Mark HK Choi Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self by Liana Finck We are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer Inconspicuous Consumption by Tatiana Schlossberg A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Grace Dunham In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fall Books 2019

A podcast for long distance besties everywhere. Co-hosted by BFFs Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow. Produced by Gina Delvac. Brand new every Friday.

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We say goodbye, in the final episode of Call Your Girlfriend. In typical fashion, we're going out talking about how friends have been helping us get through the pandemic, the never-ending furor over Joe Rogan, and what podcasts we're loving. If you're looking to subscribe to something new, check out Do You Know Mordechai, Sweet Bobby, and Like a Virgin. Plus, what we're going to do next, and some of your voicemails.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farewell

We're not dead yet! Aminatou talks with legendary podcast, poet and essayist Nichole Perkins about navigating relationships as a Black woman, desire, boundaries, longing, and much more as we chat about her new book, Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm the Bad Guy Sometimes

Is there anything you miss from before the internet? Reading, focus, getting lost, filing cabinets, are just a few of the things New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul discusses with us. Her new book is 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See You on the Nostalgia Tour

A different kind of newsy episode with Aminatou, Ann and Gina. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big Announcement

We talk with one of our favorite writers, The New Yorker's Ariel Levy, about dynastic wealth, how we experience grief, and big surprises in life, including the joys of getting older and having children. Her podcast that chronicles maternity wear icon Liz Lange, of the New York Steinbergs is The Just Enough Family.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fall Books 2019

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