Readers Digress

We did it. We read Prince Harry's memoir Spare so you don't have to! You're welcome! Join us this month as Kate tells all about Prince Harry's tell-all.

Pop culture pairings: Inventing Latinos by Laura E. Gómez (nonfiction book); The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (fiction book); and The Banshees of Inisherin (HBO Max, Hulu)

We're back in February to talk about our favorite subject of all time—food! Listen in as Mollie recounts Anthony Bourdain's famous debut book, Kitchen Confidential.

Pop Culture Pairings: Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz (cookbook) and The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr

Evidence of Alec Baldwin's astounding vocab

Was your New Year Resolution to drink more caffeine? We knew it! Join us this January as Kate tells Mollie all about plant drugs like caffeine and how our bodies just can't get enough of them.

Pop Culture Pairing: The Bear (Hulu)

Happy holidays from Mollie and Kate! Join us for this sweet and spicy December discussion of "I'd Read Her Grocery Lists" On Cooking With Sylvia Plath, where we talk about our favorite baked goods to make for others (and ourselves) and Sylvia Plath's fraught relationship with baking and domesticity.

Pop Culture Pairings: Wicked Cake (magazine). Don't forget to check out our Instagram for our favorite holiday recipes!

It's September! That means summer is coming to a close (sadly), so today we're sharing some of our summer reading recommendations to make it last juuuuuust a little bit longer. Join us in denial!

The Guest List, Lucy Foley

This Thing Between Us, Gus Moreno

Mouth to Mouth, Antoine Wilson

Join us for August's episode as Kate recounts Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary by Sasha Geffen. They dive into Kurt Cobain's fashion, Prince's vocal performance, and the way Cher uses technology to complete the legacy of cyborg princesses. Plus, an important commentary on low-rise jeans. (We hate them. Please stop the comeback.)

Strap in for another tale of deceit as Mollie reviews Gabrielle Bluestone's book Hype!: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet And Why We're Following. Tune in to this meandering conversation that goes from Fyre Fest to.. Applebee's? You won't want to miss it!

Summary (1:26)

A Fyre Festival Timeline (10:21)

Other Key Highlights (30:05)

Pop Culture Pairings: Normal Gossip (Podcast), Diet Prada (Instagram account)

Learn the answers to life's hardest questions this month as Kate discusses How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by comedian, writer, and producer Michael Schur.

Summary (4:10)

Main Issues, Explained (15:32)

Key Passages (36:00)

Pop Culture Pairings: The Good Place (Netflix), Rutherford Falls (Peacock), BoJack Horseman (Netflix), The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathon Haidt

We're welcoming spring with a new podcast format! This week, Mollie shares a book she read with Kate: Down River: Into The Future of Water in the West by Heather Hansman. Tune in as they talk about river trips, water rights, and vital ecosystems.

Summary (2:42)

Main Issues, Explained (13:27)

Key Passages (47:30)

Suggested donations: The Nature Conservancy and American Rivers

This month we're diving into Sophie Elmhirst's long read in The Guardian, "Brazilian butt lift: behind the world's most dangerous cosmetic surgery," and "The age of Instagram face" by Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker. Listen in as we explore the sociological, racial, and gender influences on how these procedures became commonplace in the year 2022.

Hold on—what's Instagram face look like? Here's a cheat sheet. Okay, now what about a BBL? Check out this Vox article.

Summary (5:27)

Key takeaways (13:00)

Quotes (22:03)

Questions (45:12)

Pop culture pairings: Ingrid Goes West (Hulu), Even The Rich (podcast hosted on Wondery), Under the Influence (podcast hosted on iHeart Radio)