082 Take a Hint, Dani Brown! by Talia Hibbert

11/19/21 • 62 min

Julia and Victoria, and special guest Chelsea Kuchik, return to the spicy world of contemporary romance fiction with Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. They find their favorite tropes and consider what Bridgerton did for the acceptance of romance novels.

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Mentioned in the Episode:

Sarah Dessen (author)

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Bridgerton on Netflix

The Bridgerton novel series by Julia Quinn

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

The Newsroom

The X Files

Schitt’s Creek

The Princess Switch on netflix

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

We Coach (non-profit)

Sidelined USA (non-profit)

Recommendations:

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert

Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams

Big Mouth

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

The Bright Sessions podcast

The Untamed on Netflix

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (listen to our episode!)

Currently Obsessed:

Sex Education on netflix

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

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Mentioned in the Episode:

Sarah Dessen (author)

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Bridgerton on Netflix

The Bridgerton novel series by Julia Quinn

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

The Newsroom

The X Files

Schitt’s Creek

The Princess Switch on netflix

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

We Coach (non-profit)

Sidelined USA (non-profit)

Recommendations:

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert

Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams

Big Mouth

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

The Bright Sessions podcast

The Untamed on Netflix

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (listen to our episode!)

Currently Obsessed:

Sex Education on netflix

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

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081 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Julia and Victoria get super excited about sentence structure and contemplate the chaotic nature of grief with The Year of Magical Thinking by the queen of nonfiction, Joan Didion.

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Mentioned in the episode:

“The Second Coming” poem by Yeats

Book Club episode: Gold Plated Girls

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Joan Didion’s website

Run River by Joan Didion

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

“My Universe” by Coldplay and BTS

Red by Taylor Swift

Recommendations:

Still Alice on Hulu

The Center Will Not Hold documentary

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano

Currently Obsessed:

Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay

The Financial Feminist podcast

Lucy Dacus

Our Gold Plated Girls guest essay!

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083 The Wisdom of Your Body by Dr. Hillary McBride

Julia and Victoria plumb new psychological (and physiological) depths on the subject of embodiment with The Wisdom of Your Body by Dr. Hillary McBride.

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Mentioned in the Episode:

Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image Dr. Hillary McBride

The Liturgists podcast

Other People’s Problems podcast

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (listen to our episode!)

Concept of “the second arrow” in Buddhism

Recommendations:

You’re a Miracle (And a Pain in the Ass) by Mike McHargue

Headspace app

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk

Currently Obsessed:

Parks and Recollection podcast