In this episode Becca and Victoria catch up with actor, writer, voice over artist, and all around wonderful human Lauren B. Leigh to chat about The Dead Romantics, a novel by: Ashley Poston. This episode deals with love, loss, ghosts, sexy forearms, and a whole lot more!

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This month Becca and Victoria discuss The Shining by: Stephen King with friend, Rachel Burson. This book and consequently the discussion about it contains quite a few dark and distressing topics, as any good horror story does, but for your own comfort please note the content warnings below.

violence
spousal abuse
child abuse
racism
sexism
language 

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In this episode Becca and Victoria discuss The Presence of Absence a Novel by: Simon Van Booy and wish Victoria a very happy Birthday month! Tangents abound and spoilers ensue but don't let that stop you from listening or more importantly picking up a copy of this book for yourself! 

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In this episode we discuss four short stories from Kurt Vonnegut's collection, Welcome to the Monkey House. Just to keep it confusing the titular story is not one we discuss. We get into the weeds of Harrison Bergeron, Who and I This Time, Ready to Unwear, and EPICAC. If you are worried about spoilers for sixty year old short stories, probably don't listen, if you are curious and maybe not familiar with Vonnegut (as two of the three of us were) we certainly have some thoughts! 

Rae is a wonderful visual artist and you should totally check out their stuff on instagram @rae.mack.art

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Becca and Victoria sit down with Lisa DeRoberts to discuss Laziness Does Not Exist by: Devon Price, Ph.D. Join us as we learn about the Laziness Lie and discuss the usefulness of self help literature in our own lives. 

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Hey there! Becca and Victoria here, chatting a bit about what this podcast even is and how the idea came about. Thanks for dropping by, hope you stick around!
-B + V

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In this episode Samantha Russell joins Becca and Victoria to discuss Finding Me: A Memoir, By: Viola Davis. The conversation flows from deep tragedy to joyful laughter and touches on the life lived in between, as you will find this book does as well.  As always join us for the journey and pick up a copy of this wonderful read if you haven't already!

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Content warning: Mentions of abuse, sexual assault, and racism are included in this book and occasionally in this episode. Please take care of yourself skip if you need to.

Becca and Victoria enthusiastically chat about a book pulled from the recesses of Becca's childhood, The Van Gogh Cafe by: Cynthia Rylant.  This book is brimming with magic and poetry and just a little absurdism. Tangents abound as our hosts were sipping on salad wine before recording and proceeded to get progressively more sentimental. Enjoy and consider picking up a book from your past if you need to feel something. 

Our theme music was composed by James Allen, you can find more of their work at jamesallencomposer.com

In this episode Becca and Victoria enthusiastically discuss, Night Came with Many Stars, a novel By: Simon Van Booy. Victoria selected this book for us to get into and get into it we did! This novel took us on a heartfelt journey through life in Appalachian Kentucky over the course of several generations. Listen along as we delve into it and occasionally tangent into completely unrelated territory.

Our theme music was composed by James Allen, you can find more of their work at jamesallencomposer.com

Content warning: This conversation and the content it is based on includes mentions of sexual assault, rape, racism, and ableism.  Please take care of yourself and skip this one if you need to.