6: You Can't Handle the Truth!

Published: April 10, 2019, 6 a.m.

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This week we're recommending picks with scandals, exposes, or other good dirt.\\xa0

Along the way, the Broads tell stories about champion horses, fingernails in jars, J Lo rapping, and, of course, the nightmare of the school drop-off line. Can you handle this truth??

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Fiction:
Amy: Those Who Knew, Idra Novey

Erin: In a Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware

Other Books:

Amy: American Pharoah: Mayor Richard J. Daley \\u2013 His Battle for Chicago and the Nation, Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor

Erin: God'll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of a White Supremacist, a Black Hustler, a Murder, and How I Lost a Year in Mississippi, John Safran

Non-books:

Amy: Veronica Mars (TV)

Erin: The Staircase (TV)

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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.

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