Bad On Paper
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Join Becca Freeman and Olivia Muenter every Wednesday for a dose of books and banter, along with interviews with women who inspire us.
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Join Becca Freeman and Olivia Muenter every Wednesday for a dose of books and banter, along with interviews with women who inspire us.
Language:
English
Website:
http://badonpaperpodcast.com
Episodes
Social Media Habits with Leslie Stephens
5/22/2024
This week we’re talking phone habits and setting boundaries with our devices with Leslie Stephens, creator of the popular newsletter Morning Person and author of You’re Safe Here, out June 25, 2024.
Books Leslie recommends about setting phone boundaries
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
How to Break Up with Your Phone Catherine Price
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
If you liked this ep, you may also like the Search Engine Podcast episode Is there a sane way to use the internet?
Obsessions
Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
Olivia - Chappel Roan performing Casual at Coachella
What we read this week
Olivia - Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Becca - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Such a Bad Influence - pre-order Olivia’s book Such a Bad Influence, out June 4! AND see her on her book tour! Find dates and details below.
Olivia’s Such A Bad Influence Book Tour!
June 6, 6:00 PM - Main Point Books, Wayne PA In conversation with Kirsten and Jackie of @BeyondTheBookends
June 9, 1:00 - 3:00 PM - Rough Draft, Kingston NY Signing & Meet/Greet
June 11, 7:00 PM - Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg FL. In conversation with Ayana Lage
June 12, 7:00 PM - Itinerant Literate at Madra Rua Irish Pub, Charleston SC. In conversation with Grace Atwood
June 13, 6:30 PM - Elm Street Books at Rosie Cafe in New Canaan CT w/ Carola Lovering
June 26, 12:00 PM - Bryant Park Reading Room, New York NY
June 27, 6:00 PM - Liquid Fables Book Club, Beacon NY
July 28, 3:00 PM - 518 Craft Book Club, 518 Craft in Troy, NY
August 17 - Avalon Library, Avalon NJ with Colleen McKeegan
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Duration:01:14:56
A Very Swiftie Three Things with Sarah Chapelle of Taylor Swift Styled
5/15/2024
By popular demand, we’re diving deep into Taylor Swift with Sarah Chapelle, the creator of the blog and Instagram account @taylorswiftstyled.
Sarah’s Things Include:
The Jack Antonoff Cinematic Universe
Fashion as Easter Eggs and Red Herrings
AI Songs
Her book Taylor Swift Style comes out on October 8!
Obsessions:
Becca - Last Stop Larrimah
Olivia - Albanese Gummy Bears
Books:
Olivia - Wellness by Nathan Hill
Becca - Filterworld by Kyle Chayka
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:14:36
Three Things May 2024
5/8/2024
This week we’re sharing our Three Things! From movies to comfort shows (to discomfort shows) and more!
Becca’s things
@Lucyontheground’s Romcom Mash Sundays on IG.
Spice World
Gilmore Girls
Olivia’s things
The Swan
Last Stop Larrimah
Self Promotion
Obsessions:
Olivia: Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter
Becca: Our BOP Terrence Sticker!
Books:
Becca: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Olivia: All The Summers In Between by Brooke Lea Foster
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Duration:01:07:47
Author Carley Fortune’s Three Things: Spring Fashion, Social Media, and Prince Edward Island
5/1/2024
This week we’re talking Things with Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After, and This Summer Will Be Different, out May 7, 2024.
Carley’s Three Things Are:
Spring Dressing
Our relationship with social media (sparked by “Is there a sane way to use the internet” episode of Search Engine)
Her 3rd book This Summer Will Be Different, and Anne of Green Gables.
Also…we finally have MERCH!
Obsessions:
Becca: Just Bare Spicy Chicken Nuggets
Olivia: Diet Coke/Coke Zero Tall Boys
Reading:
Olivia: Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Book of the Month - Get your first book from Book of The Month for $5 with code PETALS at bookofthemonth.com
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
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Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:10:42
Expiration Dates Book Club
4/24/2024
It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more!
Obsessions
Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen
Olivia: “You’re Not The Only One I Know” by The Sundays
What we read this week
Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects by KT Hoffman
Olivia: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18), Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com and use promo code BOP for an exclusive 35% off.
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:03:37
A Spring Life Catchup
4/17/2024
From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE!
Substacks we’re into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris.
(Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that Critter Catcher)
Obsessions
Olivia: Duluth women’s gardening overalls
Becca: ilovemahj.com
What we read this week
Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood
Olivia: Till Death Do Us Part Laurie Elizabeth Flynn out Aug 13
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Prose - Get your free consultation and 50% off at prose.com/bop
Osea - Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BOP at OSEAMalibu.com
Framebridge - Visit Framebridge.com or a local Framebridge store to get started and custom frame just about anything.
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:02:21
Three Things April 2024
4/10/2024
We’re back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE!
Olivia’s Things
The Charmin toilet paper redesign (and the mundane parts of life we’d want to give a makeover)
What you’d want to erase your brain to read/watch ‘for the first time’. (Ours are The Newsroom, The Idea of You, the Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers Video, Project Hail Mary)
Common bucket list items we have zero interest in.
Becca’s Things
This Facebook ad Becca got the other day. (Feat. @myfriendpaige of the My Friend Podcast)
TV highlight: Becca’s is Loot and Olivia’s is Seeking Sister Wife | TV Lowlight: Becca’s is Starstruck and Olivia’s is The Regime
Recommendation culture
Obsessions
Olivia: Spiced Pumpkin Patchouli candle by Bath & Body Works
Becca: Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette
What we read this week
Becca: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Olivia: Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
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Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:00:05
Author and Podcaster Jo Piazza’s Three Things: Costco Underwear, Cold Plunging with the Eagles, and Cannoli
4/3/2024
This week we’re chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more!
We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead!
Jo’s Things
Cold Plunging
Costco Underwear
Teaching herself how to make cannoli
Obsessions
Olivia: Harry’s Grove Body Wash
Becca: Brooklyn Best Peach Iced Tea
What we read this week
Becca: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Olivia: This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Cozy Earth - Use code BOP for 35% off at cozyearth.com.
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
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Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:51:13
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Book Club & Notes App Follow Up
3/27/2024
This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez! We talk about the artists that inspired this story, the themes that impacted us the most, and more! We also share listener-submitted follow ups on our Notes App conversation.
Obsessions
Olivia - Elf Glow Reviver Lip Oil, Rose Envy
Becca - Rhode skincare
What we read this week
Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
Olivia - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Prose - get your free consultation and 50% off at prose.com/bop
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BOP Stuff: Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Or chat with us on Geneva. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast.
Olivia’s Stuff: Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence (out 6/4). Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter.
Becca’s Stuff. Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter! Follow Becca on IG @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:04:03
March 2024 Three Things
3/20/2024
It’s time for Three Things and we have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in!
Olivia’s things
Kate Middleton
A game FMKs
Our Favorite Substacks
Becca’s things
What you do when you’re struggling with procrastination (get the Time Timer Becca mentioned here)
The State of Culture 2024 on Substack
The Idea Of You Trailer
Our favorite Substacks
Feed Me by Emily Sundberg
After School by Casey Lewis
Publishing Confidential by Kathleen Schmidt
Extracurricular by Tembe Denton Hurst
Morning Person by Leslie Stevens
Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe
Obsessions
Becca: Jeffrey Campbell Pearl Mesh Ballet Flats
Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg
What we read this week
Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg
Becca: United by Cory Booker
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Prose - Get your free consultation, then 50% off at prose.com/bop.
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:00:08
What’s in Our Notes App
3/13/2024
The notes App can be used for more than celebrity apologies, so we decided to dedicate an episode to diving into what's in our Notes App! Specifically Notes App organization, the most useful notes we keep, the weirdest notes we find on our phones, and more!
Let us know the innovative/smart/weird ways you use the Notes App by calling in at 843-405-3157.
Obsessions
Becca - Chobani Cinnamon French Toast Creamer
Olivia - American Fiction
What we read this week
Olivia: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
Becca: Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (out 6/11), Bride by Ali Hazelwood
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
McMillan - Listen to Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez wherever you get your audiobooks!
Cozy Earth - Get up to 35% off site-wide when you use the code BOP at cozyearth.com
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:56:34
Three Things with Author Tia Williams: Love is Blind, American Fiction, and Her New Novel
3/6/2024
We’re so excited for another guest Three Things with author Tia Williams! We chat about Love is Blind, American Fiction (with an Oscar movie sidebar), and her new novel A Love Song for Ricki Wilde!
Tia Williams is the author of the novels The Accidental Diva, It Chicks, Sixteen Candles, The Perfect Find (now a Netflix movie starring Gabrielle Union), Seven Days in June, and her latest novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde just came out last month!
We also ask Tia for beauty recs, which include Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer, Tom Ford Soleil de Feu, Rare Beauty Blushes, and Ilia Mascara.
Obsessions
Olivia: Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me.. Now
Becca: Bare chicken tenders
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Cozy Earth - Get 35% off cozyearth.com when you use the code BOP
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:51:12
Good Material Book Club
2/28/2024
We’re so excited to discuss Good Material by Dolly Alderton! This one gave us mixed feelings, which means a great discussion is ahead. We talk about how reading from a man’s point of view impacted our reading experience, our favorite funny parts, what we thought of the relationship dynamics in the book, and MORE!
The article that we thought of while reading this book is linked here!
Obsessions
Olivia - Lavender shower bombs
Becca - Kindle Paperwhite Signature
What we read this week
Olivia - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, The Comeback by Ella Berman
Becca - Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering (out March 5) and Good Material by Dolly Alderton
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:57:55
February 2024 Three Things
2/21/2024
It's time for another round of Three Things! Including things we’re reading, listening, and watching that we had to talk about…and Paul Giamatti.
Becca’s Three Things
Renaissance Act ii
Pastries
A Paul Giamatti X Cher anecdote
Olivia’s Three Things
One Day on Netflix (And a companion to One Day by Farrah Storr from Becca)
Everyone’s a sellout now on Vox
Favorite acts of self-kindness
Obsessions
Becca: Substack as a place to scroll
Olivia: Face Globes
What we read this week
Olivia: The Wild One by Colleen McKeegan, Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody
Becca: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (June 11); Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan (June 4)
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Prose - Get 50% off your first subscription order today PLUS 15% off and free shipping on every subscription order after that at Prose.com/bop
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:54:36
Obscure Erotica Part 2
2/14/2024
Romance is in the air! We were feeling adoorable this Valentine’s Day and thought we’d Linc up and dive back into some obscure erotica. Join us…if you dare!
Obsessions
Becca: Norah Ephron, specifically I’ll Have What She’s Having and Everything is Copy
Olivia: @poppincandyofficial, Hvladimir the Beluga Whale
What we read this week
Becca: Still Writing by Dani Shapiro
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
Cozy Earth - Get up to 35% off sitewide when you use the code BOP at cozyearth.com.
Better Help - Visit betterhelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month.
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:58:21
2024 Reading preview!
2/7/2024
It’s time for one of our favorite episodes of the year, our 2024 reading preview! We chat with Jordyn Walker, Haley Jakobson, Tomi Obebe, Steven Rowley, and Amanda Montell about their most anticipated reads of 2024! We also ask them the very important question: If you could have a meal with any fictional character at any chain restaurant, who are you going with and where are you taking them?
Olivia’s 2024 Picks
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander
Jordyn’s 2024 Picks
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Haley’s 2024 Picks
Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore (out August 20)
The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia (out May 7)
Tomi’s 2024 Picks
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan (our March 5)
Steven’s 2024 Picks
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley (out February 27)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Amanda’s 2024 Picks
All Fours by Miranda July
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
Becca’s 2024 Picks
One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin (out June 18)
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (out June 11)
Obsessions
Olivia: NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour
Becca: Cadbury creme egg season
What we read this week
Becca: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (May 14); Crescent City 3 by Sarah J Maas
Olivia: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:01:16:44
Four Thousand Weeks Book Club
1/31/2024
This week, we’re discussing our January Book Club pick, Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. We discuss how the book compared to our expectations and our relationships with time, as well as the book’s takes on perfectionism, control, “The joy of missing out,” and more!
Obsessions
O: The Trust on Netflix
B: Slow Horses on Apple TV+
What we read this week
Becca: Daisy Haites, The Great Undoing, and Magnolia Parks into the Dark by Jessa Hastings
Olivia: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
February’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
Duration:00:56:45
Podcast Host & Author Kate Kennedy’s Three Things
1/24/2024
This year we’re shaking up our guest interview format, and bringing in highly requested guest Kate Kennedy to share her Three Things! Kate is the host of Be There in Five and the author of One in a Millenial, an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, and the millennial zeitgeist.
Kate’s Three Things
TikTok aesthetic microtrends
Welcome to Plathville
Going idle on AIM
Obsessions
Becca: NY Times Connections
Olivia: Josiah & The Bonnevilles Lemming
What we read this week
Becca: One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin (out 6/18), Still Writing by Dani Shapiro
Olivia: The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
Sponsors
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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
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Duration:00:49:30
January 2024 Three Things
1/17/2024
It’s time for our first Three Things of 2024! We’re so excited to share what we’ve been watching, reading, and questioning lately.
Olivia’s things
In & Out lists
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Saltburn
Becca
This NYT Article about Michael Stipe
Naked Attraction
The Pantone Color of the Year 2024
Obsessions
Becca: Vick’s Sinus Steamer
Olivia: Kaweco Sport Fountain Pen
What we read this week
Becca: First Lie Wins By Ashley Elston
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
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Duration:00:52:40
Our 2024 Goals
1/10/2024
We’re back! And we’re so excited to kick off 2024 by setting out goals for this year! But first, we check in on how our 2023 goals went.
Obsessions
Becca: Her Vibes board phone background
Olivia: Bear Brook Podcast
What we read this week
Olivia:
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
The Last Murder at The End of the World by Stuart Turton
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Becca:
Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
This Spells Love by Kate Robb
Novelist as Vocation by Haruki Murakami
All About Love by Bell Hooks
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
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Cozy Earth - Get 35% off sitewide at cozyearth.com when you use the code BOP.
Framebridge - Visit Framebridge.com or a retail store to custom frame just about anything!
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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!
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Duration:01:07:26