Books with Big Feels

Something Culty

Dr. Amanda dives into cults - these bizarre but powerful organizations. Books discussed include Cultish (Amanda Montell), Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom (Christine Brown Woolley), Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father - Warren Jeffs - Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult (Rachel Jeffs), Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology (Leah Remini), The Last Housewife (Ashley Winstead), and A History of Wild Places (Shea Ernshaw). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Housewife

Dr. Amanda discusses the housewife story. Following the buzz about Yesteryear, she starts with a discussion of the current fad by Caro Claire Burke. She also features The Devil and Mrs. Davenport (Paulette Kennedy), The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett), Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (Balli Kaur Jaswal), and The Best Way to Bury Your Husband (Alexia Casale). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

All Atwood

Dr. Amanda starts this episode discussing Margaret Atwood's recently published memoir, moving into four of her fictions works, all referenced throughout the memoir. Fiction works discussed include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Testaments. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Reading for Community

Dr. Amanda approaches community support and mutual aid starting with Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Other books discussed include Whisper (Tal Bauer), The Nineties (Chuck Klosterman), Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Friere), Mutual Aid (Dean Spade), Let This Radicalize You (Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba), Across that Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future (John Lewis), and Our History is the Future (Nick Estes). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ghostly Romance

Dr. Amanda takes a lighter tone, talking about...ghost sex? Sort of. Sometimes. Once. These paranormal romances feature ghosts and their people. Books discussed include The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston), The Love of My Afterlife (Kristy Greenwood), Cemetery Boys (Aiden Thomas), Seeing Other People (Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka), and The Gravedigger's Handbook (Jern Tonkoi). Also that time Dr. Amanda got star struck and couldn't talk to Ashley Poston at a book convention authors attend literally to meet their readers. Anxiety is a bummer. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.