Broads And Books

Every week, in our regular Broads and Books episodes, we tell you about our favorite books based on different weekly themes. And we got to thinking: the authors that write the books we love? They probably love books too. We should ask them about it! So welcome to our new BONUS series: The Broads Talk Books With. This is where we talk to some of the authors we’ve recommended, or will recommend soon, and nerd out about books.Today, we’ve got Angie Kim. She wrote Miracle Creek, which we recommended in Episode 17! We've got some great authors coming your way in this new BONUS series. Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct. Like magic. _____View all the books and authors Angie mentions at this episode's page: The Broads Talk Books with: Angie Kim _____ Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. And one of the BEST podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction b

What happens when gifts go bad? Some great books, and comedy gold. We're talking about gifts in every form this week, gifts that backfire spectacularly. Along the way, Erin and Amy remember their worst gifts, wonder why kids always smell like syrup, and propose a new investigation podcast, just for an excuse to dig into weirdness. _____Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Power, Naomi AldermanErin: Him Her Him Again The End of Him, Patricia MarxOther Books:Amy: The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury(Short story collection and graphic novel)Erin: American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land, Monica Hesse(True crime, nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Motherhacker(Movie)Erin: The Laundromat (TV)Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life! Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surpr

Every week, in our regular Broads and Books episodes, we tell you about our favorite books based on different weekly themes. And we got to thinking: the authors that write the books we love? They probably love books too. We should ask them about it! So welcome to our new BONUS series: The Broads Talk Books With. This is where we talk to some of the authors we’ve recommended, or will recommend soon, and nerd out about books.Today, we’ve got Jami Attenberg. We recommended her book The Middlesteins in Episode 23: We Are Family, and she has a new book out called All This Could Be Yours. Jami mentions a number of books in our discussion, and you can find them all below! We've got some great authors coming your way in this new BONUS series. Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct. Like magic. _____Books mentioned by Jami in the interview: Favorite book as a kid: D'Aulaires' Book of Greek MythsA book that made her want to be a w

What time is it? Time to TREAT YO' SELF. Holiday season can be stressful AF. So we're offering you some picks that are just damn fun and satisfying. Along the way, Erin and Amy propose new holidays to treat your damn self, propose a write-in mayoral campaign for Erin, and set up the newest franchise for Real Housewives, with Podcat as chief shit stirrer. Plus: Have you visited our shelf at Plain Talk Books? If you're in Iowa, get over there!_____Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Girl Who Would Be King, Kelly ThompsonErin: The Arrangement, Sarah DunnOther Books:Amy: Tequila Mockingbird, Tim Federle AND Free the Tipple, Jennifer Croll (Nonfiction)Erin: Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson(Humor, Essays)Pop Culture:Amy: Singles (Movie)Erin: The Real Housewives (TV)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future e

Every week, in our regular Broads and Books episodes, we tell you about our favorite books based on different weekly themes. And we got to thinking: the authors that write the books we love? They probably love books too. We should ask them about it! So welcome to our new BONUS series: The Broads Talk Books With. This is where we talk to some of the authors we’ve recommended, or will recommend soon, and nerd out about books.Today, we’ve got Adrienne Brodeur. She has a new book out called Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me, which we recommended in Episode 40! Plus: All the books she mentions? Find them below! We've got some great authors coming your way in this new BONUS series. Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct. Like magic. _____Books mentioned by Adrienne in the interview: First books she loved: Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, E.B. WhiteTheir Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston (Recommended in Broads and Books E

Who in the hell are we?? That's the question in our picks this week. And along the way, Erin and Amy do some deep introspection. Erin reveals why she'll never be a marine biologist or someone who wears Lipsense, and Amy reveals something from her past that will blow your mind. _____Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Need, Helen PhillipsErin: Property, Lionel ShriverOther Books:Amy: Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me, Adrienne Brodeur (Memoir)Erin: The Fact Of A Body, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich(True Crime / Memoir)Pop Culture:Amy: Moonface (Podcast)Erin: The Big Sick (Movie)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique t

The holidays are here. And if you're like us, there are some traditions we detest. So we're taking over, offering you better alternatives to 12 traditions, including: Black Friday shopping, Elf on the Shelf shenanigans, pictures with Santa, and even mistletoe. Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. Along the way, we

We're talking chosen families in this week's picks, the kind that may not be related by blood, but who just GET YOU. Along the way we talk about about the weird families on Amy's childhood street, how Erin wants nothing to do with your boxed DNA kits, and how dentists might be hiding something real shady. _____Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Theodora GossErin: Normal People, Sally RooneyOther Books:Amy: Alex + Ada, Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn (Graphic Novel)Erin: What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, Michele Filgate(Essay Collection)Pop Culture:Amy: The Bright Sessions (Podcast)Erin: The Kitchen (Movie)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you&apo

This week, we are hitting you hard with some TRUTH. Whether it's fictional retellings of stories we thought we knew, nonfiction dives into a misrepresented past, or some multimedia revisionist history, we got it. Along the way, we talk about who Amy would catfish, Erin's alter ego, and how our faces just won't support that damn pixie cut. _____Novels:Amy: Circe, Madeline MillerErin: The American Wife, Curtis SittenfeldOther Books:Amy: A Woman of No Importance, Sonia Purnell (Nonfiction)Erin: Fatal Charms and Other Tales of Today/The Mansions of Limbo, Dominick Dunne (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Fosse/Verdon (TV)Erin: Swindled (Podcast)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of

This week, our characters have run out of F's to give. We're talking about curmudgeonly characters, the kind that will defy your norms and yell at you to get off the lawn. Along the way, we talk Erin's favorite neighborhood curmudgeon, Amy as Cruella Deville with an army of shirtless dudes, and our suspicions that the remaining video stores out there are for sure money laundering operations. Also: Statler and Waldorf are our our mood board for this episode. _____Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Last Werewolf, Glen DuncanErin: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Fannie FlaggOther Books:Amy: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice (2005, Movie)Erin: Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth StroutPop Culture:Amy: Living with Yourself (TV)Erin: Scrubs (TV)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on

This week, karma is a B-I-T-C-H. We're talking about picks that dig into matters of justice, and come up with a sense that something might actually be right in the world. Along the way, we talk about Erin's perfect day with Keith Morrison, how Amy will cover up any crimes Erin gets into, and how we'd do in a bar fight. Obviously, we'd be amazing. _____Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Gone Dead, Chanelle BenzErin: The Last Place You Look, Kristen LepionkaOther Books:Amy: Nobody's Victim, Carrie Goldberg (Nonfiction)Erin: She Said, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Fargo (TV)Erin: Over My Dead Body (Podcast)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're

Let's talk about sex! This week's picks are all about sexcapades, sexual desire, and the complications and joys of sexy sex.  Along the way, we consider joining a nudist colony, talk through our sex education curriculum, and rehash Erin's nanny job that put her face-to-face with a giant portrait of genitalia. Listen and learn how you're a sexual snowflake. _______Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor     Bonus! Amy's review for Entropy MagazineErin: Fleishman is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner     Bonus! Read the author's take on GoopOther Books:Amy: Three Women, Lisa Taddeo (Nonfiction)Erin: Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Easy (Netflix series)Erin: Hustlers (Movie)_____Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future ep

It was only a matter of time. So this week, we're all about witches. Along the way, we wonder about pay disparity between witches and warlocks, worry about splinters when riding a broom, and discuss the nutritional value of what's in Erin's cauldron. And because why not, we dig into Amy's future as a redhead vampire with a bedazzled coffin. _____________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Master and Margarita, Mikhail BulgakovErin: Son of a Witch, Gregory MaguireOther Books:Amy: The Roots of Desire, Marian Roach (Nonfiction)Erin: Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Pop Culture:Amy: Nevertheless She Existed (Podcast)Erin: Witches of Eastwick (Movie)____________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And y

Ghosts, monsters, and all things supernatural are on our minds this week, so our picks are strange, weird, and downright scary. Along the way, we talk about that time Erin sang Shania Twain under hypnosis, who we'll haunt when we're ghosts, and how Amy will announce her ghostly presence (and be a buddy ghost cop with David Bowie). If you're not sure what Podcat is saying when she meows over Erin, here's a translation. _________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana HeadleyErin: Providence, Caroline KepnesOther Books:Amy: The Dark Dark, Samantha Hunt (Short Story Collection)Erin: Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyami (Young Adult)Pop Culture:Amy: Preacher (TV)Erin: Amityville Horror (Movie)________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books is a book

This week we're talking all things cultified. Whether it's fundamentalists, polygamists, or even sports teams, our picks are all about what happens when you join that group that promises all the answers (and needs your bank account. And your genitals.)Along the way, we talk about the cult that made Erin pee her pants, the glass ceiling among cult leaders, and how our hatred for bunk beds might affect our ability to be brainwashed. _____________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Incendiaries, R.O. KwonErin: The Book of Essie, Meghan Maclean WeirOther Books:Amy: Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, Tom O'Neill (Nonfiction)Erin: The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice, Rebecca Musser (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Dear Franklin Jones (Podcast)Erin: Roll Red Roll (Documentary)___________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while

Where in the world are Amy and Erin? In this week's episode, we're EVERYWHERE. Our picks this week were originally written in Persian, Swedish, Catalan, Korean, Spanish and Cantonese. And through the brilliant work of some super smarty pants translators, we get to read/view them in English. Along the way, we talk poor grammar, the pronunciation of a specific Spanish city, and Amy's dream of drunk dancing glory to a certain song. Semper ubi sububi. _______________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur; Translated by Faridoun FarrokhErin: Millenium Trilogy, Stieg Larssen; Translated by Reg KeelandOther Books:Amy: Selected Stories of Merce Rodoreda, Merce Rodoreda; Translated by Martha Tennent (Story Collection)Erin: Diary of a Murderer, Young-Ha Kim; Translated by Krys Lee (Story Collection)Pop Culture:Amy: La Piel Que Habito / The Skin I Live In (Movie)Erin: The Departed  (Movie)______________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your

To get that book into your bookshelf, most authors have to deal with a lot of rejection first. This week we're reading amazing authors who persisted past the rejection in order for greatness. Along the way, we're sharing our adolescent and adult rejection stories, and considering what Podcat would be like as a teenage girl. Pro tip from Amy and Erin: Beware Panera or State Fairs. There's far too much potential sex. __________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: The Book of Night Women, Marlon JamesErin: Kite Runner, Khaled HosseiniOther Books:Amy: Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Story Collection)Erin: American Housewife, Helen Ellis (Story Collection)Pop Culture:Amy: Back to the Future (Movie)Erin: Robot Chicken (TV)________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  Broads and Books

Think Iowa is all fields of corn and State Fair antics? Get your head in the game (and keep that corn away from Erin). This week we're highlighting Iowa authors and local big deals. Come for the great picks, stay for our time capsule ideas involving Herky the Hawk that take a deadly turn. We're nice in Iowa. But that doesn't stop us from trying to get Erin on Dateline. ____________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: Lila, Marilynne RobinsonErin: Some Other Town, Elizabeth CollisonOther Books:Amy: We the Interwoven: An Anthology of Bicultural Iowa, Volume 1, Sadagat Aliyeva, Melissa Palma, and Chuy Renteria, Edited by Andrea Wilson (Collection from the Iowa Writer's House Bicultural Fellowship)Erin: Midnight Assassin, Patricia Bryan and Thomas Wolf (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Missing in the Metro (Podcast)Erin: Raygun: Overheard in the StorePlus! Other Iowa authors you should know and love: Kali Van BaaleJulie StoneFrancis SparksJames ErwinJennifer WilsonIowa Writers and Illustrators ________

One amazing listener (with the amazing name of Amy) suggested the theme of "sports." The Broads, as uncoordinated and afraid of competition as we are, went real loosey goosey on this theme. And this glorious episode was born. We've got picks that are about rivalries and head-to-head combat. Plus, we talk about our own sports misadventures and dreams, debate the merits of baking competitions, and imagine the possibilities of a magic bullet in Erin's head. It all makes sense in the end. ______________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: American War, Omar El AkkadErin: Beartown, Fredrick BackmanOther Books:Amy: Too Fat Too Slutty Too Loud, Anne-Helen Petersen (Nonfiction)Erin: The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: GLOW (TV)Erin: Team Foxcatcher (Documentary) ___________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you

"Cocaine's a helluva drug," said Rick James. We, as klutzy control freaks who have never tried the hard stuff for obvious reasons, will assume he's right. We're featuring picks this week that have all sorts of drug hijinks. Along the way, we talk about our ideal drugs, how Erin's cartel will be run, and check in on Huey Lewis. Plus, listen close for the sound of Podcat on some serious uppers. ___________Our picks this week: Novels:Amy: My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Otessa MoshfeghErin: A Million Little Pieces, James FreyOther Books:Amy: My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Ed Brubaker (Graphic Novel)Erin: Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town, Nick Reding (Nonfiction)Pop Culture:Amy: "Great Day" (SNL Digital Short by Lonely Island)Erin: Weeds (TV) __________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, a