The Fake Ass Book Club

This week, F.A.B. sits down with the creators of Perpetual Motion Podcast for a conversation about connection, creativity, and creating content with purpose. The guests share the story behind their relationship, the origins of their podcast, and the media company they’ve built around meaningful, organic conversations rather than chasing clicks. Moni and Kat share their own F.A.B. journey, discovering the ways their missions overlap in creating space for genuine connection and conversations. The ladies get to know thier guests through a round of This or That questions, favorite books and media, and a guessing game that puts Perpetual Motion to the test. Can they guess what’s Moni, what’s Kat, and what’s both? What starts as a conversation about content and creativity turns into a fun, natural exchange full of laughs. Cheers!

Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you! Join us for ArcFest, hosted by Free Press Indiana, on Saturday, Oct. 3, at IU Indianapolis. It is FREE!! Come check us out live on the PlayList performance stage @3pm and stick around for the other activities happening throughout the day. 
Check out the schedule and register: https://fpinews.org/arcfest/ 
Moni:  To my parents for giving me life and to Kat for always connecting us to great guests and opportunities. You inspire me to be more fearless. 
KAT: To the Center for Black Literature and Culture for sending 2 representatives to the Newfields book club event I attended so it was a more diverse crowd and discussion. Shout out tp Hallie/Halley and Jasmine and their book club hosted at the Central Library “Soulful Pages Book Club” Monday Otober 19th 6pm-7:30 PM.
Mark Carsley: To theTech and Crispus Attucks Girls flag football team. 

Perpetual Motion Podcast:
https://www.instagram.com/perpetualmotionpod?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Presented by @cohab_collab_studios
Perpetualmotionpod[email protected] 
Mark Harsley @kitemailceo
Zeke Graves @kutboii

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

This week, F.A.B. is back with another Fake Episode, and the ladies are catching up on some of the current events and pop culture conversations making noise right now. They talk about Solange and her virtual library, Colin Kaepernick and the ongoing conversation surrounding Jay-Z,  Chris Brown’s latest headlines involving Jasmine Crockett and more!  As usual the ladies had a lot to say so listen in and join the conversation. Cheers! 

*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you!
Moni: To ArcFest, Ebony Chappel, & Free Press Indiana (the organization that publishes Mirror Indy).They are hosting a one-day community festival centered on the themes of civic engagement, democracy, and freedom of speech in honor of the country's 250th birthday. As part of the event, we were invited to be part of a podcast row where we will interview speakers, performers, and attendees.The event will be held the afternoon of Saturday, 3 pm LIVE Oct. 3 at Hine Hall on the campus of IUI. Check out the schedule and register: ArcFest
https://fpinews.org/arcfest/

Kat: To legends Bob Mackie (American fashion designer) and Yayoi Kusama (Japanese artist) who have both passed on. Your life's work and art is amazing! Thank you!

Notes:
Solange Virtual Library Saint Heron https://library.saintheron.com/
https://www.abhmuseum.org/solange-opens-free-digital-library-of-rare-black-books/
Solange-opens-free-digital-library-of-rare-black-Books
Chris Brown/Jasmine Crockett Controversy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/us/video/crockett-brown-controversy-digvid-vrtc
Jay-Z vs Colin Kaepernick
https://youtu.be/Jay-Zvs Colin Kaepernick
Macklemore and Ed Sheeran 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-macklemore-and-ed-sheeran-situation-explained-updated/

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

This week, there is no book, but there is plenty to talk about! Kat takes the ladies inside her current love affair with Threads and tackles some of the conversations, debates, and current events that have been keeping her scrolling. From the NFL dating scammer, to Green Lantern casting debates, and more! The ladies also discuss roasting as an important part of the culture and how being read, teased, and lovingly called out is not always about being mean. Sometimes humor is how we engage with each other, learn to laugh at ourselves, and get an honest reminder that none of us are above criticism. Tap in for a fun conversation! Cheers.

*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only. 

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you!
Moni: To my Gigi who will be celebrating her 91st birtdhay this week!! ✨💜🥂
Kat:  To my dad and Indy's own Crispus Attucks High School where he went to school . https://indyencyclopedia.org/crispus-attucks-high-school/

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you! 

This week, F.A.B. is talking all things BUTTER! The ladies recently attended BUTTER Fine Art Fair, Indianapolis’ annual celebration of Black visual artists created by GANGGANG, and they have plenty to say about what they saw, what caught their attention, and what they thought of the experience.From the artwork and artists to the atmosphere, the culture, and the people, Moni and Kat share their favorite moments and get into what makes BUTTER different from a traditional art fair. They also talk about the importance of creating spaces where Black artists are not only celebrated but supported, paid, and given opportunities to build sustainable careers. With plenty of opinions, a few disagreements, and the usual F.A.B. tangents, the ladies explore what happens when art, community, culture, and a good time all come together. Cheeers!
*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you!
Moni: To actual Butter 🧈 for making everything better. To my husband and I for making 20 years of marriage, to Kyra and Niya, my beautiful nieces who celebrate their bdays in Sept, and all the Sept b-day baddies.
Kat: To Star Trek day, Star Trek and all the creators and producers. 
Want to learn more about BUTTER?
Website: https://butterartfair.com/
About GANGGANG:
https://ganggangculture.com/

Mentioned on the show:
Kat’s fave at Butter 2026  https://lnkd.in/p/gcB5EZ7W
Duchamp's Urinal on the Block: https://share.google/8L6pVmGw3HduR9NXR
'The tactics of a master mischief-maker':The hidden history of a controversial $6m banana: https://share.google/5cqzCBn53izXsEuIY
I can't define it, but I know it when I see it - Scholarly Communications@ Duke:https://share.google/VPZNVuIPk5n8Ffsov
Watch Black Art: In The Absence of Light | HBO Max:https://share.google/RpVxH1OV2li4p4Ahj

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you! 

This week, F.A.B. was fake in the best way. Our hosts talk Law Roach, Ziwe, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Project Runway, then get into the Tuskegee dress code controversy and the very different conversation surrounding Penn State’s cocaine ring. What do these stories say about what we choose to focus on in college, and what we ignore? The ladies also talk about the serious issue of SA on college campuses, gush over the incomparable Dolly Parton and her incredible legacy, and close things out by remembering Tim Curry, Hayden Panettiere, and Dolly Parton. Cheers!

*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you!
Moni: To the illustrious Dolly Parton and the beautiful legacy she leaves behind.
Kat: To the Minnesota Spiderman 🕷️watch-spider-man-punch-a-racist & anti-lgbtq-protestor-in-the-face/

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

This week, F.A.B. sits down with Eric Dizzy, creator of the Black Widow Podcast, for a conversation about creativity, storytelling, and what it really takes to keep creating. He shares his origin story in the audio and media space, what creating art means to him, and the very real struggle of life getting in the way of the things we want to create. From balancing fatherhood, self-care, and the demands of being a creator, to pushing through whatever life decides to throw at you, they reflect on the challenges, growth, and evolution of the creative journey. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Fake Ass Book Club conversation without a few funny sidebars and unexpected tangents along the way. Listeners can expect plenty of laughs as always. Cheeers!

*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you!
Moni: To creating art you love!
Kat: To animation, one of my favorite art forms.
Eric Dizzy: To Moni & Kat for their consistency.

About our guest:
Eric Dizzy is a creator, audio storyteller, and the man behind Black Widow Podcast, a scripted audio series centered on immersive storytelling and stories created with women in mind. A longtime podcast and media creator, Eric is also the host of Ignorant Philosophy. 
Website: https://blackwidowpodcast.com/
Instagram: Eric Dizzy https://www.instagram.com/ericdizzy.audio/
Instagram: Black Widow Podcast https://www.instagram.com/blackwidowpodcast/
X (Twitter): Black Widow Podcast https://x.com/BlackWidowPod
Facebook: Black Widow Podcast https://www.facebook.com/blackwidowpodcast/
Patreon: Black Widow Podcast https://www.patreon.com/blackwidowpodcast
Linktree: Black Widow Podcast https://linktr.ee/blackwidowpodcast

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you! 

Fake Ass Book Club welcomes Jennifer Magley for a conversation about Tayari Jones’ Kin. The group digs into family, identity, abandonment, ambition, and the things we spend our lives chasing. Jennifer’s own experiences with persistence, reinvention, and her 365-day Stooge Quest add another layer to the discussion, creating some connections between the book and the pursuit of our own goals. And while the conversation doesn't go quite where Moni and Kat expected, that's part of what makes this episode of Fake Ass Book Club so much fun. Sometimes the best book conversations aren't about agreeing on the story, but leaning into why it made us feel the way we did. The Book Club is Fake, but the Talk is REAL! Cheers🥂

*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you and thanks!
Moni: To kinship where ever you may find it!
Kat: To the educators out there doing the hard work, thank you!
About the Author: https://www.tayarijones.com
About the Book: Author: Tayari Jones/Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House/Publication date: February 24, 2026 Genre: Literary fiction / historical fiction/ Pages: 368 Audiobook: 13 hours, 11 minutes (it was stated incorrectly by Moni as 11 hours on the show)

About the Guest: Jennifer Magley the self proclaimed "middle-aged, Midwest, melanated mom from the middle of nowhere,”( We were stage 95 of 100 in her 100 stage challenge/part 2 of. her 365-day Stooge Quest)
https://www.magleyjennifer.com
https://www.instagram.com/jennifermagley
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermagley

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you! 

This week on Fake A$$ Book Club, the conversation centers on DeAndra Davis’s All the Noise at Once, a YA novel about Aiden, a Black autistic teenager whose life is upended when his older brother is arrested after a confrontation with police. The book explores race, autism, policing, brotherhood, identity, and Aiden’s journey toward finding his own voice. The episode digs into the story, its characters, and the bigger questions it raises about how Black boys are seen, protected, and treated.
*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love you and THANK YOU!
Moni: To my August baddies, Love you!
Kat: To cousin Amber for speaking up about the the Buc-ee's situation in Beavercreek Ohio, and Jon Oliver for reading Buc-ee's too! https://www.cincinnati.com/john-oliver-buc-ees-beavercreek-lawsuit-buc-off/91253297007/
About the Author:https://www.deandradavis.com/
About the Book: 384 pages, HardcoverPublished April 15, 2025 by Atheneum Books for Young ReadersAudio book :Narrated by Andre’ Santana 9hours 50 mins
 
**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

No book, no problem! With one host out of town visiting family, the F.A.B. Podcast switched things up this week and went live on YouTube for a fun, catch up episode. The hosts spent the hour chatting with friends, welcoming new viewers into the chat, and seeing where the conversation took them. The discussion naturally bounced between current events, pop culture, and personal reflections. They talked about Kat's lively debates on Threads, revisited the Juneteenth episode of Atlanta, reflected on who we choose to take advice from, explored the idea of rest and joy as reparations, and shared thoughts on everything from the week's headlines to self-care. They also announced the next two books coming up on the podcast. Episodes like this are a reminder why the name is the Fake A$$ Book Club. Its not just about books, it is about making space for connection, conversation, and  community! Cheers!
*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only. 

Dedication: To our patrons as always!! We love and apprecitate you!
Moni: To my cousin Essie!! Hang in there, I love you!
Kat: To Ms. Rachel for standing on business!

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

This week the FAB ladies review Doubt by John Patrick Shanley. It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx.
A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. Listen in as the ladies discuss and review this powerful and thought provoking film. Cheers! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubt_(2008_film)—Miramax Films
*Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only. 

Dedication: To our patrons, thank you, thank you, thank you!! 🙏
Moni: To my cousin Essie happy bday, and to all my family in Detroit, love you!💕
Kat:  To the discovery of gut bacteria linked to MS. https://share.google/MSGutBacteriaLink
and to bookish shade posted on Threads!@https://www.instagram.com/everydayisjuneteenth

Notes:
About the movie:
Director and Writer: John Patrick Shanley (adapted from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play).John Patrick Shanley Producers: Scott Rudin and Mark Roybal. Cinematography: Roger Deakins.
Music Composer: Howard Shore. Key Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The 2008 drama film Doubt was directed by John Patrick Shanley, produced by Scott Rudin and Mark Roybal, and grossed $51.7 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/plotsummary/
Plot Summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/plotsummary/
Diarrhea parasite:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2026/07/29/cyclosporiasis-diarrhea-cases-45-states-cdc/91089603007/
Viola Davis and Meryl Streep Scene;https://youtu.be/ViolaDavisScene

**Stranger than Fiction: 💜*Email us at [email protected] with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content and weigh in on upcoming topics. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!