21: I'm Not Crying, You're Crying!

Published: July 24, 2019, 6 a.m.

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Need a good cry?\\xa0

Step 1: Listen to this episode to hear our stories of crying fits in movie theaters, city buses, and at the hands of Podcat.\\xa0

Step 2: Read our picks from this episode!\\xa0

Also in this episode, we make plans for our Broads and Books museum, discuss Podcat's delusional overlord-ness, and threaten a David Bowie masterclass. You'll be in a tear cage of joy by the end.\\xa0

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Our picks this week:\\xa0

Fiction Books:

Amy: The Road, Cormac McCarthy

Erin: The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd

Other Books:

Amy: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, T Kira Madden (Memoir)

Erin: The Lost Girls, Robert Kolker (True Crime, Non-fiction)

Pop Culture:

Amy: "Heroes," David Bowie (Song) (Watch the 2002 live performance in Berlin)

Erin: Blackfish (Documentary)

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Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.\\xa0

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.\\xa0

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Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

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