Babes in Bookland
A podcast celebrating women's memoirs, one story at a time!
Podcasting since 2024 • 51 episodes
Babes in Bookland
Latest Episodes
AUTHOR CHAT: Amanda McCracken's "When Longing Becomes Your Lover"
What if the high you’re chasing isn’t love at all, but the thrill of uncertainty? On pub day, we sit down with author Amanda McCracken to unpack limerence (the obsessive, anxious fixation that can masquerade as romance) and how nami...
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Season 3
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Let's Talk About Death, Baby // Alua Arthur's "Briefly, Perfectly, Human"
Are you living your most authentic life?Mortality has a way of cutting through noise. My friend, Cara, and I open season three with Alua Arthur’s memoir Briefly Perfectly Human and ask how getting real about death can help us li...
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Season 3
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Moon Math and Quiet Confidence // Katherine Johnson's "My Remarkable Journey"
How far could you go if you believed in yourself?Katherine Johnson’s memoir My Remarkable Journey is more than a space-age origin story; it is a study in how confidence, education, and community can shape history. Ea...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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BONUS: "The Holiday" Deep Dive with Jackie and Danielle of the No More Late Fees Podcast!
Ready for a holiday watch that actually holds up? We close the year with Jackie and Danielle from No More Late Fees and dig into why Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday still hits. It's a rom-com where self-respect is the twist, friendship is...
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Season 2
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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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