Babes in Bookland
A podcast celebrating women's memoirs, one story at a time!
Podcasting since 2024 • 15 episodes
Babes in Bookland
Latest Episodes
Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles
When is it sexual empowerment versus sexual exploitation? This is the question Kate Flannery’s memoir had me and my friend, Kate, coming back to again and again. With a literary flair, she tells the story of working for and being su...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Do you accept the love you deserve?My friend, Priscilla, and I chat about the incredibly unique and moving memoir In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Carmen illuminates and writes about her own experience with domestic a...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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Educated by Tara Westover
How can we continue to learn and grow?Tara Westover’s Educated is a moving, inspiring, and thought-provoking memoir. My friend, Jaime, and I discuss Tara’s courage to challenge the beliefs she had been conditioned to accept all ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau
What makes you laugh?My friend, Page, and I are in awe of how Michelle Buteau seems to lead her life with laughter. That isn’t to say she hasn’t faced hard things— being a Black woman in America and Hollywood, a body that matured way fas...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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59:09
The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Can you break through the fear to find the hope and the light?I’m so happy to share this episode as our country prepares to make a very important decision this November. My friend Colette and I discuss Dr. Edith Eger’s hellish journey as...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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