72: Telephone

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 6 a.m.

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This week, we just want to be left alone, dammit. We're looking at fiction picks with characters looking to do their own thing, nonfiction examining why we aren't left alone, and more.\\xa0

Plus, we're watching the world go mad, contemplating our golden years, and starting fights. It's 2020, after all.

Listen to "Telephone," the song from Lady Gaga and Beyonce that inspired this week's episode.\\xa0
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Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 72: Telephone\\xa0

Novels:

Amy: We Went to the Woods, Caite Dolan-Leach

Erin: Everywhere You Don't Belong, Gabriel Bump

Other Books/Reading:

Amy:\\xa0

\\u201cWhy Won't Men Leave Me Alone When I'm Reading?\\u201d by Lindsay Merbaum;\\xa0

"Why Men Sexually Harass Women\\u201d by Olga Khazan;\\xa0

\\u201cThe Double Life of the 'Respectable' Men Who Harass Women" by Mimi Kramer\\xa0

(and remember these past picks from Episode 36: Poetic Justice: She Said, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey; Nobody's Victim, Carrie Goldberg)

Erin: Solutions and Other Problems,\\xa0Allie Brosh

Pop Culture:

Amy: Jessica Jones (TV, Netflix)\\xa0

Erin: All In: The Fight for Democracy (Documentary, Amazon Prime)

And hey: don't take your rights for granted. VOTE. Register to vote, and/or sign up to be a poll worker!\\xa0
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