Babes in Bookland
A podcast celebrating women's memoirs, one story at a time!
Podcasting since 2024 • 47 episodes
Babes in Bookland
Latest Episodes
AUTHOR CHAT: Danilyn Rutherford on Her Memoir "Beautiful Mystery"
Does love need words? I sit down with anthropologist and author, Danilyn Rutherford, to explore Beautiful Mystery, her memoir about raising Millie, a luminous daughter who communicates beyond speech, and the radical shift t...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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1:10:35
AUTHOR CHAT: Ashley Russell's "What's Cooking Good Looking"
How do you honor the ones you love?Our guest, author and maker Ashley Russell, brings her grandmother, Wanda’s, kitchen back to life with a cozy, retro-modern cookbook that feels like a hug and reads like a memoir. We dig into how a gran...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:05:36
Choosing Hope // Michelle Obama's "Becoming"
What does it take to keep becoming? We dive into Michelle Obama’s memoir with a candid, hopeful conversation about where identity starts, how it stretches, and why purpose, not pageantry, changes lives. Becoming is more tha...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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1:10:58
Coming Back to Life // Bethany Joy Lenz's "Dinner for Vampires"
If belonging feels like love, purpose, and family… how do you tell when it’s actually something darker?In this episode, we sit with the hard truths behind Bethany Joy Lenz’s memoir Dinner for Vampires. Through the quiet metaphor of a “me...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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1:15:21
Power and Pride // Geena Rocero's Memoir "Horse Barbie"
How can you reclaim your truth and your power?We’re diving into Horse Barbie, Geena Rocero’s radiant and illuminating memoir that shows her journey from a one-room home in Manila, Philippians, to trans pageants, from the perfume counter ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:07:44