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Off The Shelf - Episode 10
Book Interrupted
02/20/23 • 16 min
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss Valentines Day, hickeys, merkins, and the British naked dating show: Naked Attraction. Do individual body parts matter in choosing a partner? Do you like hickeys?
Discussion Points:
- Naked Attraction -British naked dating show
- Genitals
- Do individual body parts matter in choosing a partner?
- Kissing your own beloved body parts
- Merkins
- Hickeys
- Valentines Day
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
The Handmaids Tale - Episode 2
Book Interrupted
02/02/23 • 59 min
Forms of freedom, cliffhangers, Team Edward, telomeres, intimacy, the relationship between power and empathy, banshees, and historical notes. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood and then share their final book reports.
Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, violently graphic, and morally corrupt.
Discussion Points:
- First edition book covers
- The freedom to choose and the freedom from choice
- Cliffhangers in books and tv shows
- How time and perspective can change your memory of a story
- Twilight, vampire love and banshees
- Telomeres and chromosomes
- Is intimacy an intrinsic need?
- Does power make you less empathetic?
- What makes a person?
- Is passion a choice?
- The Testaments and suggestions for a third novel
- Historical notes are part of the novel
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaids Tale - Episode 1
Book Interrupted
01/01/23 • 55 min
The Book Interrupted women kick-off Seasons Three: The Banned Book Season with “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, violently graphic, and morally corrupt. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book, and continue in the group discussion while joined by Lindsay. The women discuss the parallels between the book and current reality, women’s rights, fertility, gift giving, penis imagery, and the end of the world.
Discussion Points:
- Fiction based on reality
- The importance of a name, and women changing or keeping theirs after marriage
- What’s in the name Offred?
- Superfans reading deeply into books
- Cyndi Lauper’s response to overturning of Roe v. Wade
- Everyday toxins, and fertility of both men and women
- Abstaining from having children for environmental reason
- Pollution, capitalism, consumption, and gift giving
- Penis metaphors or just your dirty mind
- Pooping during labour and loss of modesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Season Two Recap
Book Interrupted
12/19/22 • 65 min
Re-reading, recycling, finishing, audio, and our books. Welcome to our recap of Book Interrupted Season Two! What are the members’ favourite moments? What authors do we want on the podcast? And we wouldn’t be Book Interrupted if we didn’t go off on at least a couple tangents!
Discussion Points:
- What do we remember from season two? What were the books from Season One versus Season Two?
- What is the funniest/most uncomfortable/favourite moment/episode?
- What books didn’t you finish?
- What was the best and worst audio book?
- What was your favourite and least favourite book from this season?
- Playlists and photos for the website (www.bookinterrupted.com)
- Do you re-read books?
- Have you ever recycled a book?
- If you could have another author on the podcast, who would it be?
- Sneak peek at Season Three
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Off The Shelf - Episode 9 with Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted
12/12/22 • 45 min
Another follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” What has she been up to since we last spoke to her?
Discussion Points:
- Fertility in the world and changing issues surrounding fertility
- Skinny jeans
- Puberty
- Plastics/BPA affecting fertility
- Periods
- Men and love languages
- Sex toys and the history of the vibrator
- Raising children with honesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
They Called Me Number One -Episode 6
Book Interrupted
12/05/22 • 34 min
Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Voicemails
- Ducks
- Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures
- Truth and Reconciliation summary
- Mom stories
- Australian residential schools
- Making the “other” scary
- Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
- Being late
- Other fan feedback and followups
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples
They Called Me Number One -Episode 5
Book Interrupted
11/28/22 • 38 min
Reconciliation, the climate crisis, and Bev Sellars’ life. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, then share their final book reports.
Discussion Points:
- Reconciliation
- Climate crisis
- Would they recommend the book?
- Bev Sellars’ life and accomplishments
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
They Called Me Number One -Episode 4
Book Interrupted
11/21/22 • 32 min
Rotten food, freezing temperatures, seven generations, truth, healing and reconciliation. The women continue their chat inspired by “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars.
Discussion Points:
- Did they finish the book?
- The Orange Shirt story
- The structure and storytelling style of the book
- Painting the whole picture
- Rotten food and below freezing temperatures
- The lasting impacts of residential schools survivors
- Epigenetic markers based on trauma, cultural genocide - it takes seven generations to heal
- Good starter book
- Truth, healing and reconciliation - the long road and why are things not getting done?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad, Brock Nicol
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
They Called Me Number One -Episode 3
Book Interrupted
11/14/22 • 33 min
Orange Shirt Day, the loss of language, land and climate change. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars and finish with a group discussion.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Truth and Reconciliation Day/Orange Shirt Day - September 30th
- Evolving language and the loss of languages
- Climate change
- Owning land
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild
Hidden Brain - Watch Your Mouth
When Dad Killed Mom Episode 1
Book Interrupted
03/01/23 • 60 min
The Book Interrupted ladies are joined by Ashley for our first fan book of our banned book season. Ashely’s book pick is “When Dad Killed Mom” by Julius Lester. This novel has been banned for sexual content and genital references. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book and continue in the group discussion. The women discuss how this book is a fiction, two perspectives, murder, saunas, hair porosity, vagina acceptance and phallic symbols.
Discussion Points:
- This is a fiction not a memoir
- Two perspective and alternative point of view books
- Hard to get books
- The topic of murder
- Teenage argumentative behaviour
- Sauna’s, hot tubs, and water spas
- Climate and temperature preferences
- Hair porosity and mold
- Vagina acceptance and differences
- Phallic symbols and dick drawings
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
Google Book: When Dad Killed Mom
Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
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How many episodes does Book Interrupted have?
Book Interrupted currently has 111 episodes available.
What topics does Book Interrupted cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Podcasts, Books and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Book Interrupted?
The episode title 'Off The Shelf - Episode 10' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Book Interrupted?
The average episode length on Book Interrupted is 41 minutes.
How often are episodes of Book Interrupted released?
Episodes of Book Interrupted are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Book Interrupted?
The first episode of Book Interrupted was released on Jan 4, 2021.
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