Off The Shelf - Episode 9 with Kirsten Karchmer

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 Website

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

KirstenKarchmer.com

Forever Brazen

The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

5 Love Languages

Masters of Sex

Baroness Von Sketch Show - Pap Exam Skit 6:45

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 Website

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

KirstenKarchmer.com

Forever Brazen

The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

5 Love Languages

Masters of Sex

Baroness Von Sketch Show - Pap Exam Skit 6:45

Previous Episode

They Called Me Number One -Episode 6

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 Website

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

Indigeneyez

A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

Willow

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples

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Season Two Recap

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