Broads And Books

This week, we're tackling another listener-suggested theme: crime. From Pablo Escobar's Columbia to the IRA's Belfast, from a white Bronco to the Silk Road, our picks are all about criminals doing their thing, and how it impacts the little guy. Also in this episode, Erin talks Geo Metro crime, Amy reveals her criminal syndicate motto, and we tell the story of the cop who got bit.  Thanks to Andrea for this excellent theme suggestion!___________Our picks this week: Fiction Books:Amy: The Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas ContrerasErin: Our Kind of Cruelty, Araminta HallOther Books:Amy: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland , Patrick Radden Keefe (True Crime, Non-fiction)Erin: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, Nick Bilton (True Crime, Non-fiction)Pop Culture:Amy: Believed (Podcast)Erin: The People vs. O.J. Simpson (TV)___________Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And h

This week, we're talking women in charge. Women leading. Women DOING THE DAMN THING. Our books and pop culture picks celebrate what happens when women take over. Also in this episode, Erin reveals her plans for a massive company takeover (with Amy leading the corporate espionage), how emotional intelligence gets a bad rap, why work-life balance is a stupid myth, and the power of mistakes and failure. And of course, our latest criminal ideas that will incriminate us someday. _____________Our picks this week: Fiction Books:Amy: Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler Erin: The Mothers, Brit BennettOther Books:Amy: All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister (Non-fiction)Erin: Mistakes I Made at Work, Jessica Bacal (Essays)Pop Culture:Amy: Pose (TV)Erin: Younger (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 epis

This week, our picks will have you laughing and crying. Maybe even peeing. Like church giggles, these books and pop culture glories celebrate the inappropriate, the mistimed, and the DGAF reactions. Also in this episode, Amy and Erin celebrate their own talent for inappropriate reactions, toss around ideas for a theme song, and reveal their plans for becoming besties with the authors we've chosen. Light stalking is cool, right? ____________Our picks this week: Fiction Books:Amy AND Erin: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail HoneymanOther Books:Amy: Yes Please, Amy PoehlerErin: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined), Chuck KlostermanPop Culture:Amy: Dead to Me (TV)Erin: The Good Place (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 is a book podcas

This week, our picks are from formidable multi-talents. Whether they're lawyers, psychiatrists, economists, musicians, or actors in their day jobs, these over-achievers decided to add "author" or "director" to their accolades. The results are glorious. And also make us feel inadequate. Also in this episode, Amy and Erin reveal their side talents (and failings), wonder how they can get a pair of big scissors for ribbon-cutting (and Christmas gift unwrapping), and praise our listeners to all who will hear. One of our amazing listeners, Adam, is responsible for this wonderful episode. He wanted to hear about one-hit wonders. We took it further: these are the people we're confident are NOT one-hit wonders! _____________Our picks this week: Fiction Books:Amy: Gather the Daughters, Jennie MelamedErin:  Miracle Creek, Angie KimOther Books:Amy: Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon (Memoir)Erin: Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt (Non-fiction)Pop Culture:Amy AND Erin: Booksmart, directed by Olivia Wild

It's summer time, which means it's road trip time. And road trips mean sibling fights, meltdowns over sweaty knees, and driving towards doom (or Disney). This week, we've got picks with vacations, travel, and murder houses, perfect for reading on your own trips. Plus, updates on Podcat's nefarious plans, and a proposal for Keith Morrison. Because, why not. BONUS! Check out the all-new extra episode dropping today! We give you our top rules for road trips, PLUS a Spotify playlist! ____________This week's picks include: Fiction:Amy: The Stand, Stephen KingErin:  How to Start a Fire, Lisa LutzOther Books:Amy: M Train, Patti Smith (Patti performing "Gloria") (Memoir)Erin: The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson (True Crime)Pop Culture:Amy: Thelma and Louise (Movie) Erin: An Idiot Abroad (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

We see your unachievable body standards. And this week we've got picks that deliver a big FU to all of it. Plus, we talk about the magic mirrors we wish we had, our adolescent beauty disasters, and advice for all the young women who think all this stuff matters. ____________Fiction:Amy: Dietland, Sarai WalkerErin:  13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Mona AwadOther Books:Amy: The Fuck It Diet, Caroline DoonerErin: Smashed: Stories of a Drunken Girlhood, Koren ZailckasPop Culture:Amy: Shrill (TV) Erin: Embrace (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 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 (

Graphic novels. Illustrated memoirs. Instagram wonders. This week, we're all about picks that have pictures. You'll also hear about the B. Dalton guy that haunts Erin's dreams, the terror of geese gangs, the horror of student artists with one name, and how we are erasing SnoCaps from existence. Plus: two of our picks are listener-recommended!__________Fiction:Amy: Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnickErin:  Good Talk, Mira JacobOther Books:Amy: The Best We Could Do, Thi BuiErin: Hyberbole and a Half, Allie BroshPop Culture:Amy: Dirty Computer, Janelle Monae (Music/Movie)Erin: Keith Leans on Things / Please Hate These Things (Instagram)_________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 Broads were issued a challenge this week from one special listener: find classic books that don't suck. Challenge. Accepted. So this week we're giving you picks that are classic in every way, but are also damn good. Along the way we talk about the Broads' classic falls, revisit the great "do you the break the binding" debate, and dissect Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cream pies. For reals. __________________This week's picks include: Fiction:Amy: Jane Eyre, Charlotte BronteErin:  Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale HurstonOther Books:Amy: "Still I Rise," Maya Angelou (Poetry) (and watch her performance of the poem)Erin: "Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller (Play)Pop Culture:Amy: Splendor in the Grass (Movie)Erin: The Royal Tenenbaums (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

We're broads, and we like books. Sometimes better than the movie. And sometimes, we like the movie better. We're crazy that way. So this week we're looking at books better than the movie, and for our pop culture picks, movies/shows better than the books. Along the way, we dissect the worst of movie annoyances, our favorite Batmans, and a bunch of other delightful nonsense. ------Fiction:Amy: The Color Purple, Alice WalkerErin:  This is Where I Leave You, Jonathan TropperOther Books:Amy: Watchmen, Alan Moore (Graphic Novel)Erin: Jarhead, Anthony Swofford (Memoir)Pop Culture:Amy: Game of Thrones (TV)Erin: Molly's Game (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 t

Sometimes a sequel is actually BETTER than the original! This week's picks are about the magic that can sometimes happen when you revisit a good thing. Plus, the broads talk fashion trends that could stand to be revisited, and that creepy Doublemint commercial from back in the day. And Erin evades Podcat's attempt at murder. AGAIN.-----Fiction:Amy: Invasion of the Tearling, Erika JohansenErin:  The Child, Fiona Barton Other Books:Amy: Y: The Last Man, Bryan K. VaughnErin: Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Jen MannPop Culture:Amy: Thor: Ragnarok (Movie)Erin: Narcos: Mexico (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 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

Yes, those words are all horrible. And they reveal this week's theme: The horrors of the workplace. These picks will have you nodding along in cringing solidarity. Plus, the broads talk their own personal work horrors, ideal workplaces, and our newest business venture involving gladiator matches. _______________Fiction:Amy: Severance, Ling MaErin: Company, Max BarryOther Books:Amy: "I Was a Playboy Bunny," Gloria Steinem Erin: Bad Blood, John Carreyrou Pop Culture:Amy: "9 to 5" (Movie)Erin: "Business Wars" (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 the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction b

This week, our picks will have you asking: what the actual what?!These picks are genre-bending, category-defying, and all-around delightfully different. Plus, the broads talk animal hybrids, bread pudding restaurants, and jury foreman-ing, and Amy finally nerds out over her favorite chameleonic performer. ___________Fiction:Amy: Eleanor, or, the Rejection of the Progress of Love, Anna MoschovakisErin: Water, Jennifer WilsonOther Books:Amy: The Argonauts, Maggie NelsonErin: Best American Non-Required ReadingPop Culture:Amy: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie (Album)Erin: Fyre and Fyre Fraud (Documentaries)___________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. Ea

This week, we've got weddings. We've got marriages. We've got hamsters in tuxes, Podcat's own show, and a gaggle of sister wives. This episode has it all, just in time for summer wedding season. _____Fiction:Amy: Fates and Furies, Lauren GroffErin: Seating Arrangements, Maggie ShipsteadOther Books:Amy: Safekeeping, Abigail ThomasErin: We are Never Meeting in Real Life, Samantha IrbyNon-books:Amy: Kill Bill (Movie)Erin: Queen of Versailles (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 theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry,

This week we're recommending picks for when you just want to wallow. These books and other picks won't make you feel better in any way, but sure do entertain. Along the way, the Broads talk about label-makers, weird phrases involving sticks and body parts, and made-up words. Despite the theme, it's a delight. ___Fiction:Amy: The Bell Jar, Sylvia PlathErin: I Married You for Happiness, Lily TuckOther Books:Amy: Citizen, Claudia RankineErin: So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon RonsonNon-books:Amy: Elliott Smith (Music)Erin: A Star is Born (Movie Soundtrack)_________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

This week we're recommending picks with scandals, exposes, or other good dirt. Along the way, the Broads tell stories about champion horses, fingernails in jars, J Lo rapping, and, of course, the nightmare of the school drop-off line. Can you handle this truth??________Fiction: Amy: Those Who Knew, Idra NoveyErin: In a Dark Dark Wood, Ruth WareOther Books:Amy: American Pharoah: Mayor Richard J. Daley – His Battle for Chicago and the Nation, Adam Cohen and Elizabeth TaylorErin: God'll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of a White Supremacist, a Black Hustler, a Murder, and How I Lost a Year in Mississippi, John SafranNon-books:Amy: Veronica Mars (TV)Erin: The Staircase (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 is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And y

This week we're talking strange character connections and crazy-small worlds. Along the way? The Broads get weird, name-checking Keith Morrison, some Trent Reznor, and even Papa Roach. It all makes perfect sense.  ________________________This week: Fiction:Amy: A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan Erin: Anatomy of a Scandal, Sarah VaughanOther Books:Amy: Sour Heart, Jenny ZhangErin: I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamaraNon-books:Amy: Cloud Atlas (Movie)Erin: A.P. Bio (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 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 collectio

Our picks this week are filled with the best-est of best friends. We're talking strong female friendships, the kind that will truly ride or die for each other. ________________________This week's picks: Fiction:Amy: Stray City, Chelsey JohnsonErin: Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste NgOther Books:Amy: Girls to the Front, by Sara MarcusErin: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy SchumerNon-books:Amy: Bridesmaids (Movie)Erin: Pistol Annies (Music)____________________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, poe

These people SUCK. But they sure do entertain.  Our picks this week have characters that are truly the worst, the ones we just love to hate: ________________________This week we discuss: Fiction:Amy: Tampa, Alissa NuttingErin: You/ Hidden Bodies, Carolina Kepnes Other Books:Amy: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Edward Albee Erin: Dry, Augusten BurroughsNon-books:Amy: Faith of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)Erin: Below Deck (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 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 p

Is crazy bad? If you're a Broads and Books fan, you know we'll respond to that question with profanity. The women in our picks are breaking all the rules, and entertaining the hell out of us, by going a little crazy: __________________This week: Fiction: Amy: I Love Dick, Chris KrausErin: Today Will Be Different, Maria SempleOther Books: Amy: Trainwreck, Sady DoyleErin: Difficult Women, Roxane GayNon-books:Amy: Bust (Magazine)Erin: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (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 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, memo

It’s the first time we’re offering you some badass recommendations. Also? Our picks are all about firsts. Debut authors, first books, first forays into different genres: for our fiction, other books, and pop culture picks, it does feel like the first time. _______________________Fiction: Amy: The Marriage of a Thousand Lies, SJ SinduErin: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins ReidOther Books: Amy: Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahErin: Barrel Fever, David Sedaris  Non-books:Amy: “The Lobster” (Movie)Erin: “Criminal” (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 the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fictio