Big Books & the Body Image Babadook
American Dirt. Plus, our 90s fashion trauma.Reading List: American Dirt, explainedNYT reviewMyriam Gurba on American DirtBrandon Taylor on writing about people who don't look like youAgainst italicizi...
14 Feb 202035min
Winter Books: Critical Histories
In a special edition of our winter books episode, we talk with three of our favorite herstorians about American icons that could use a rewrite: Harriet Tubman, George Washington, and McDonald's. See o...
7 Feb 202057min
Bad Bosses
We discuss some of our worst bosses, the difference between held to a high standard and a toxic environment, and what happens when women are bad bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
31 Jan 202057min
Can a Woman be President?
Coffee is a hard drug. MLK Day is a mindf*ck, especially when brands, the FBI, and the GOP chime in. RIP Mr. Peanut. And the cumulative impact of being told that your gender or race will stop you from...
24 Jan 202048min
How to Get Your Taxes Right
You might be scared. Or you might be gearing up to beat the IRS at its own game. Maybe you're dipping your toe into freelance work and don't know what to ask. We talk to Claudia Yi León, the mastermin...
17 Jan 202047min
Armchair Edibles Experts
How to stay engaged when the news is terrible (more reading less tweeting is always a good start). Ann's review of CATS and our philosophy of which drugs and film genres go well together. Plus who get...
10 Jan 202045min
Time and Memory
How do we remember a decade of life and friendship? How do we visualize time? And how do we have compassion for our past selves? Aminatou and Ann reflect on who they were in the 20s, the pleasure of h...
3 Jan 202048min
2019 in Voicemails
We're truly long distance as we close out the year. Aminatou and Ann leave each other voicemails. Who? Weekly shares the top three Whos who became Thems in 2019, and Emma Straub of Books Are Magic sha...
27 Des 201935min
