Podcasts by Bad On Paper

The Advice Episode: Personal Style, Wedding Guest Resentment, Friend Breakups&More. from 2023-03-08T05:02

We’re here to bring you our best and brightest advice, responding to your questions about everything from professional jealousy to writing productivity to wedding planning to personal ...

A Day in the Life from 2023-03-01T05:02

This week, we’ll be sharing a day in our life. We each picked a specific day in our past week to break down in EXTREME detail (including the dreams we had the night before). We talk ab...

Before I Let Go Book Club from 2023-02-22T05:38

We’re excited to discuss our February Book Club Pick Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan! We really enjoyed this book (as did many ...

February 2023 Q&A from 2023-02-15T05:01

Today we’re pretending to be guests on our own podcast and letting YOU ask the questions! We fill you in on our thoughts about the pressures to be on social media, our long-term goals,...

A Romcom Roundup! Books, Movies, Tropes, and more! from 2023-02-08T05:01

Valentine’s Day coming up and we are rounding up our favorite romantic comedies (in both book and movie form!)  On top of our recommendations, listeners called in...

February 2023 Three Things from 2023-02-01T05:15

We have some THINGS to talk about today (3 each to be exact!) spanning from makeup, to movie casting, to a personal Pinterest renaissance, and more! 

The Villa Book Club from 2023-01-25T05:01

It’s time for our first book club of 2023! This month we’re talking about Listen

2023 Spring Bookstagram Preview from 2023-01-18T14:32:51

It's time for a 2023 book preview! We brought on some of our favorite book people on the internet to share 2 books they’re excited about this year, and boy has ou...

January 2023 Three Things from 2023-01-11T05:01

Time for our first Three Things in 2023! We have a fun grab bag of things to discuss! P.S. Does Anybody else want to crawl into a hole for the rest of the year al...

Our 2023 Goals! from 2023-01-04T05:01

For our first episode of the new year, we’re talking about our 2023 goals! We reflect on what we achieved and what didn’t pan out in 2022, and we’re giddy to shar...

Best of Books 2022 from 2022-12-14T05:01

We’re finishing 2022 on a strong note by talking about our favorite books of 2022! We cover our favorite reads spanning 6 different categories, and play voicemail...

Best of 2022! from 2022-12-07T05:02

It's time for us to look back on our best of 2022! We’re talking about our personal best moments and also our best purchases, entertainment favorites, and more! T...

The Cloisters Book Club from 2022-11-30T05:02

It’s our final book club of the year! Today we’re talking about The ...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide with Grace Atwood from 2022-11-23T05:01

This week we’re catching up with friend of the pod (and former co-host) ...

A Conversation with Nora McInerny! from 2022-11-16T05:01

This week on the podcast we’re chatting with Nora McInerny! ...

What Hyped Products Are Worth It? from 2022-11-09T05:02

This week, we’re sharing our reviews on products that have gotten a lot of internet hype and answering the question: IS! IT! WORTH IT! Our listeners requested ite...

Three Things: November 2022 from 2022-11-02T04:02

We’re back with this month’s three things—hopefully a new monthly-ish tradition. We each brought something fun, something productive, and we both wanted to talk a...

When We Were Bright And Beautiful Book Club from 2022-10-26T04:02

This week we’re discussing our October Book Club Pick: When We Were ...

Our favorite childhood reads! from 2022-10-19T04:02

This week we’re talking about the books we loved when we were growing up! We highlight our favorite books from Elementary, Middle, and High School, and hear from ...

Three Things from 2022-10-12T04:01

It’s time for Three Things: our new series where we each bring three miscellaneous topics that we want to talk about, but don’t need a full podcast episode to bre...

Ask BOP! Advice about friendships, dating, major life changes, and more! from 2022-10-05T04:01

It's time for an advice episode! We’re excited to answer your questions about staying motivated while writing a book, maintaining long-distance friendships, learn...

Killers of a Certain Age Book Club from 2022-09-28T04:01

We’re so excited to finally discuss our delightful and surprising September Book Club Pick: Listen

All Things Fall (The Sequel) from 2022-09-21T04:01:12

This week we’re releasing our inner foliage sluts and soup fiends to talk about all things FALL! We discuss our favorite things about fall, and our favorite fall ...

What Books are Taught in High School English Classes Today? from 2022-09-14T04:01:41

This week we’re excited to interview two English teachers about what books are taught in High School English classes right now. We chat about what books are in th...

The Indoor Kid Episode: Fall 2022 TV&Movie Recs from 2022-09-07T04:01:17

We’re preparing for indoor time this fall and talking TV and Movie recommendations! Becca and Olivia share their recommendations, and our listeners call in to sha...

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty Book Club from 2022-08-31T04:01:14

So excited to discuss our August book club pick: You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beau...

The Freelance Episode from 2022-08-24T04:01:19

This week we’re talking about all things freelancing. We share when, why & how we made the decision to go freelance, what our work entails, and if we ever see our...

Jennifer Weiner on Body Diversity in Books from 2022-08-17T04:01:47

We’re taking body diversity in books with Jennifer Weiner Listen

Our Q3 Listener Q&A! from 2022-08-10T04:01:04

It's finally time for another Q&A! We answer some quick questions about how we found our voices as writers, advice for balancing creative projects and a day job, ...

How A Book Gets Made with Marketer Cristina Arreola&Ashley Winstead from 2022-08-03T04:01:09

For the final episode of our series about how a book gets made, we’re talking all things marketing and publicity with Cristina Arreola, Listen

Lessons in Chemistry Book Club from 2022-07-27T04:01

It’s finally time to discuss our listener-picked Book Club selection: Lessons in Chemist...

How a Book Gets Made: Editor Amanda Bergeron and Author Carley Fortune from 2022-07-20T04:01:53

We’re BACK and continuing our series about how a book gets made! This week we’re chatting with Amanda Bergeron, an executiv...

How A Book Gets Made Series: Agent Taylor Haggerty with Author Iman Hariri-Kia from 2022-07-06T04:00:26

We’re so excited to start our summer series about how a book gets made! This week we’re talking all about book agents, from what they do to how authors find an ag...

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti Book Club! from 2022-06-29T04:11:38

It’s FINALLY time to talk about Cover Story by Susan Rigetti! Also, we recommend reading this book spoiler-free, so if you haven’t read it yet, read it then liste...

2022 Mid-Year Goals Check-In! from 2022-06-22T04:01:33

We’re already halfway through the year and it’s time for a 2022 goals check-in! Both Olivia and Becca share the personal and professional goals they set for this ...

Imposter Syndrome with Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin from 2022-06-15T04:01:50

This week we’re discussing a topic we always get requests to cover, imposter syndrome! To help break things down, we brought on Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin, a licensed p...

We’re Writing Books: Talking All About The Process So Far from 2022-06-08T04:00:23

This week we’re (figuratively) ripping our skin off and talking about the books we’re writing! This is an appetizer to a series we’re planning to do this summer a...

14 Summer Reading Recs from Our Fave Bookstagrammers! from 2022-06-01T04:00:47

This week we’re helping you build your summer reading list with recommendations from some of our favorite bookstagrammers! They each share two books they recommen...

Funny You Should Ask Book Club from 2022-05-25T04:01:49

It's finally time to talk about Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman Listen

Author Emma Straub on Time Travel and Owning A Bookstore from 2022-05-18T04:00:37

This week we’re chatting with New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books are M...

Getting Back to Travel: All Things Trip Planning from 2022-05-11T04:00:59

This week, we’re together in person to talk about TRAVEL! Specifically, travel planning. We have travel on the brain, and thought you might, too. We discuss how w...

Ask an HR Rep: Phylicia Jones Answers Your Work Q’s from 2022-05-04T04:00:43

This week we welcome Phylicia Jones, Senior Director of Global People Development at PagerDuty, to answer all your work questions. She shares an overview of her c...

Project Hail Mary Book Club from 2022-04-27T04:00:52

Hi space nuts! It's time to discuss our April book club pick: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. This book is Olivia’s most-recommended read, and Becca (to her surpr...

Getting to Know Olivia: Answering Listener Q’s from 2022-04-20T04:00

Today, we’re continuing to get to know Olivia as she’s answering your questions! 

She answers questions inc...

Our Morning Routines! from 2022-04-13T04:01:02

This week we’re re-visiting a highly requested topic: our morning routines! We discuss the goals behind our morning routine, when we wake up (and when we have to be ...

Olivia's First Episode! from 2022-04-06T04:00:15

Reporting live from our first one-on-one hangout ever, Olivia and Becca are together in person to kick off this new era of Bad On Paper! To start off this month of g...

Black Cake Book Club from 2022-03-30T04:00:08

It’s time to talk about our March book club pick: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerso Listen

Reflecting on Grace’s 4-Years of Podcasting from 2022-03-23T11:48:41

It's the last ‘Just Us’ episode with Grace, and we’re reflecting on our podcast memories throughout the years! We talk about Grace’s highs and lows of doing the podc...

Get to Know Our Incoming Co-Host Olivia Muenter! from 2022-03-16T04:01

This week, we’re getting to know Becca’s new cohost (starting April 6) Ol...

Answering Your Questions! from 2022-03-09T05:01

This week, we’re doing a Q&A! We answer your questions about our favorite (and least favorite) Book Club Picks, future projects we’re excited about, getting motivate...

Writing Advice and Self-Care Picks with Forever35’s Kate Spencer from 2022-03-02T05:00

This week, we got the chance to chat with Kate Spencer, co-host of Listen

Greenwich Park Book Club from 2022-02-23T05:01

This week, it’s finally time to talk about Listen

Our Amazon Favorites! from 2022-02-16T05:01

We can’t believe we haven’t done this episode before, but today we’re sharing our favorite Amazon finds! To get a full list of our favorites, check out the show n...

An Announcement! from 2022-02-09T05:01

So today we have some bittersweet news. In this episode, we talk about this big news, the future of the podcast, and our podcast highs from the last 4 years.   Listen

Candles and Beauty faves with Hotel Lobby Candle Founder, Lindsay Silberman from 2022-02-02T05:01

It’s time for our first guest of 2022! This week we’re speaking with Lindsay Silberman, blogger, and founder of Listen

Wish You Were Here Book Club from 2022-01-26T05:01

This week our Book Club is BACK and we’re discussing Wish You Were Here by Listen

2022 Goals Extravaganza from 2022-01-19T05:01

Now that we’ve caught up from our winter break, it’s time to think about one of our favorite topics: goals! We reflect on how we did with our 2021 goals, talk abo...

Catching Up On Our Winter Break from 2022-01-12T05:01

After a restorative break, we’re back and ready to fill you in on what we were up to over the holidays! We talk about our high highs (Becca finishing the first dr...

The Great 2021 Holiday Episode! from 2021-12-08T05:01

This week is our last episode of 2021 and we’re covering holidays past and present! We talk about our favorite holiday memories, recipes, movies, books, gifting a...

Ghosts Book Club from 2021-11-24T05:01

This week we finally get to discuss our November Book Club pick, Ghosts by Dolly Alderton. This book captured modern dating in a way we haven’t seen before, and h...

The Best Books of 2021! from 2021-11-10T05:01

It’s been a big year of reading, and today we’re talking about our favorite books from 2021! We each picked a top 5 and also had our listeners weigh in on the bes...

Grace Bonney on her New Book, Design Sponge, and Career Changes! from 2021-11-03T04:01

This week we interviewed Grace Bonney, founder of Design Sponge Listen

A Special Place for Women Book Club from 2021-10-27T04:01

It’s book club week and this month we’re talking about A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin. Capturing start-up culture can be a hit or miss, and we really t...

All About Birthdays! from 2021-10-20T04:01

Since we both celebrated our birthdays recently, we thought it would be fun to spend today’s episode reminiscing and looking forward.

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Casey Balsham on Infertility, Zoom Comedy, and her First Standup Set! from 2021-10-13T04:01

This week, we’re chatting with our friend and standup comedian, Casey Basham! We talk about how we met, how she got into standup comedy, and how she adjusted to d...

Some More Personal Thoughts On Burnout from 2021-10-06T04:11:59

After our episode with Anne Helen Petersen about burnout, we realized that we also have a lot to say on the subject and wanted to do a follow-up episode about our...

The Magic of Found Objects Book Club from 2021-09-29T04:13:59

It’s finally time for The Magic of Fou...

Anne Helen Petersen on the Ins and Outs of Burnout from 2021-09-22T04:00

This week, we got the chance to talk with Anne Helen Petersen, writer of the newsletter Listen

Quarterly Q&A! from 2021-09-15T04:22:01

This week we’re answering all your questions! We cover some quick things like apartment decor wins (and regrets), what to ask for when you get a facial, dream vac...

Brightland Founder, Aishwarya Iyer, on Olive Oil and Imposter Syndrome from 2021-09-08T04:01

This week, we chat with Aishwarya Iyer, founder of Brightland. We talk about what motivated her to start an olive oil company, her tips for finding high-quality c...

A Check-In on Our 2021 Goals! from 2021-09-01T04:00

This week, we looked back on our Listen

Ace of Spades Book Club from 2021-08-25T04:01

This week, we finally get to talk about our August Book Club Pick, Listen

Back To School With BOP: How We Strive To Be Lifelong Learners from 2021-08-18T04:01

This week’s episode is all about lifelong learning! While we’re not going back to school ourselves, we talk about how we try to incorporate learning into our live...

Nell Diamond Chats Nap Dress Mania, Hill House Home, and More! from 2021-08-11T04:18:40

This week we’re speaking with Nell Diamond, Founder & CEO of Hill House Home, and the brain behind the much-beloved Nap Dress! We talk about her life before found...

We’re Back! A giant catch up episode. from 2021-08-04T04:01

We’re baaaack! This week we’re catching up on what we’ve been up to during our summer hiatus! We also break down everything we’ve been reading and watching, our I...

People We Meet on Vacation Book Club, with Emily Henry! from 2021-06-30T04:01

This week on the podcast we’re talking all things People We Meet on Vacation with the author, Emily Henry! For such a light, fun read the conversation gets quite ...

Elin Hilderbrand Chats Beach Reads, Nantucket Eats, and More from 2021-06-23T04:01

This week on the podcast we’re chatting with one of our favorite authors, Elin Hilderbrand! We talk about the origin story of her first book, how she found her wa...

Summer Shopping Favorites! from 2021-06-16T04:01

It’s been a minute since we’ve done a shopping episode so today we wanted to give you a big shopping update. This week’s episode is all about the clothes, skincar...

(Career) Change Is In The Air! from 2021-06-09T04:01

This week is all about career changes! We talk about our career paths and answer your questions including: How do you know it’s time to change careers? How do you...

Katie Sturino On Her New Book "Body Talk" from 2021-06-02T04:01

Today we are joined by our dear friend Katie Sturino, body acceptance advocate and founder of Megababe Beauty. This episode is basically a three-way phone convers...

The Last Thing He Told Me Book Club from 2021-05-26T04:01

This month we read The Last Thing He Told Me ...

Our Interior Designers, Erin Gates&Emma Beryl, Chat All Things Home Decor. from 2021-05-19T04:01

Whenever either one of us do a Q&A we get asked about working with an interior designer, so today we wanted to invite our friends (and interior designers!) Erin G...

Post Vax Life: What We’re Wearing&Where We’re Going from 2021-05-12T04:01

Last week we reflected back on quarantine and the positive things that came from it. Now that we are both fully vaccinated we thought it would be fun to look forw...

Favorite Snacks, Chores That Give Us A Rush, and The Brighter Side of Quarantine. from 2021-05-05T04:01

Today’s episode is a real grab bag! We start out with a topic close to Grace’s heart: snacks. We compare our snacking habits, our favorite snacks, and more. We al...

Delicious! By Ruth Reichl Book Club from 2021-04-28T04:01

Today is Book Club, and this month we read Del...

Clark’s Botanicals Founder, Francesco Clark, on How Vanity Saved His Life from 2021-04-21T04:01

In today’s episode we are joined by Francesco Clark, the founder of the clean beauty brand Clark’s Botanicals. Francesco shares the origin story of Clark’s Botani...

Listener Q&A: Big Life Decisions, Career Moves, Daily Routines, + More! from 2021-04-14T04:01

Grace has made it safe and sound to Charleston and we were due for catch up! We put a call out in the Listen

Childhood Nostalgia: Pogs, Beanie Babies, Starter Jackets, and Mall Culture from 2021-04-07T04:01

Today’s episode was the last one we recorded together while Grace was living in Brooklyn! As we embark on a new (remote) era of the podcast we thought it would be...

The Midnight Library Book Club from 2021-03-31T04:01

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Unpopular opinions: controversial things we love + hate from 2021-03-24T04:01

Between Grace’s upcoming move to Charleston and Becca’s immersion in RomComPods Season 3 production, we realized we haven’t had much time to catch up! So this wee...

Julia Turshen on Home Cooking, Body Image, and the word “Healthy” from 2021-03-17T04:01

Home chef and New York Times bestselling author Julia Turshen joins us to talk about her journey to writing cookbooks, her relationship with her body, and her per...

Spring 2021 Edition: Everything we are watching and listening to right now! from 2021-03-10T05:01

It has been a year in pandemic purgatory and if you are like us (which we assume you are, because you’re here!) then you might be running out of ways to entertain...

Jackie Loughlin on Boundaries, Negative Self Talk, and Hard Conversations. from 2021-03-03T06:01

Today we are joined by Jackie Loughlin. You’ve probably heard Grace talk about her before, so we really wanted to have her on the podcast! Jackie is an intuitive life and business coach who practic...

An Interview with Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face from 2021-02-25T05:01

Today we spoke with Frances Cha, the author of our February book club pick -  If I Had Y...

If I Had Your Face Book Club from 2021-02-24T05:01

For this month’s book club we read If I Had Your Face Listen

How We Read So Much + Hidden Gem Books (With Listener Recs!) from 2021-02-17T05:01

One of the things we get asked about most is how to read more. So we tackle that during the first fifteen minutes of this episode. (Spoiler alert: being single an...

Small Business School with Luv Scrub Founder, Caroline Owusu-Ansah from 2021-02-10T05:01

Today we are joined by Caroline Owusu-Ansah, the founder of Luv Scrub! If you have been listening for a while you know that Grace is obsessed with her Luv Scrub—a...

Quarantine Winter: Updates From 11 Months Indoors from 2021-02-03T05:01

With almost a full year of quarantine life under our belts, we’re checking in with each other on how we’re feeling, what’s giving us hope, and how we are staying ...

An Interview with Elizabeth Gilbert from 2021-01-28T05:01

Today we are joined by Elizabeth Gilbert the New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, City of Girls, and (of course!) our January Book Club pick Big...

Big Magic Book Club from 2021-01-27T05:01

We found it fitting that Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert was our first book club of 2021. Becca reads this book every January to jumpstart her year, and we wanted ...

Azora Zoe Paknad, founder of Goldune, talks Sustainability from 2021-01-21T05:01

In today’s episode we are joined by Azora Zoe Paknad, the founder of Goldune. Before starting Goldune in the middle of the pandemic (in the short span of 5 months...

2021 Resolutions from 2021-01-13T05:01

It’s the time of year where we reflect on past resolutions and create new ones for the new year ahead. As we look back on the insanity of 2020 and the way that it...

Your 2021 Tarotscope with Kelley Knight from 2021-01-06T05:01

We’re back with our first episode of a brand new year! To kick off 2021 we are joined by Kelley Knight, author of Spells for the Modern Mystic Ritual Guidebook an...

The Cousins Book Club from 2020-12-16T05:01

For the last book club of 2020, we chose The Cousins Listen

The Best of 2020 from 2020-12-09T05:01

2020 is coming to a close and we are not going to let this year end on a negative note. There were really some great things about this year (politics and pandemic...

The Holiday Episode from 2020-12-02T05:01

How is it possible we’ve never done a holiday episode?! Let’s fix that starting… now! In this episode we talk about our favorite holiday traditions, how we decora...

Bonus Episode with Diksha Basu from 2020-11-27T05:01

Today we are joined by Diksha Basu, the author of our November Book Club pick, Destination Wedding. We are so excited to get the inside scoop on this book! Diksha...

Destination Wedding Book Club from 2020-11-25T05:01

For our November Book Club we read Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu. This book is exactly what we needed as we are both missing travel, meeting new people, and ...

Holiday Gifting with Caroline Moss from 2020-11-18T05:01

Welcome to our holiday gift guide episode with Caroline Moss. Caroline is the host of “Gee Thanks, Just Bought it,” a podcast about all things shopping. Her podca...

Royal Fashion with Elizabeth Holmes from 2020-11-11T05:01

Elizabeth Holmes, the author of HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style joins us to talk about royal fashion moments and her new book. Elizabeth shares the analytica...

Just Us: Our favorite movies + TV shows. from 2020-11-04T05:01

For today’s episode, in honor of the cooler temps coming our way, we are sharing our favorite TV shows and movies. Hopefully this list will make your winter quara...

Bonus: Alexis Daria on writing complicated LatinX families and the evolving romance genre from 2020-10-29T04:01

Alexis Daria is a native New Yorker, award winning author, celeb sighting specialist, who wrote our October Book Club pick, You Had Me at Hola. We get the inside ...

You Had Me at Hola Book Club from 2020-10-28T04:01

For this month’s book club, we read  You Had Me at Hola Listen

Becca Interviews Grace. from 2020-10-21T04:01

This week it’s Grace’s turn in the hot seat. Becca is getting the answers to all of your most burning questions: will she get another cat? What are her trash pers...

All Things Fall, with Olivia Muenter! from 2020-10-14T04:01

Disclosure: This episode is NOT sponsored by Bath & Body Works. We wish it was, but sadly that is not the case. This week, we are joined by our “fall corresponden...

Bad on Politics #8: Yvanna Cancela from 2020-10-09T04:01

Yvanna Cancela represents Nevada’s 10th district in the State Senate, and is the first latina to ever serve in the chamber. Today she joins us to share all the wa...

Grace interviews Becca! from 2020-10-07T04:01

Today’s guest was a huge get for the podcast… JK, it’s Becca! Last December, we took turns interviewing each other and had such a great time doing it that we deci...

Majesty (American Royals #2) Book Club w/ Guest: Katharine McGee from 2020-09-30T04:01

Today we’re discussing our September book club pick: Listen

Career Q&A Part 2 [Corrected] from 2020-09-23T13:06:57

We are back to answer more of your career questions! In this episode we dig a little deeper into some of your more specific situations and hear from a listener lo...

Gross on Paper is here! from 2020-09-16T04:01

It’s finally here - the Grossy Pelosi / Bad on Paper crossover episode (AKA Gross on Paper). Dan Pelosi is the creator behind the Instagram account @grossypelosi ...

Career Q&A Part 1! from 2020-09-09T04:01

It’s been a while since we have talked about our jobs and answered your career questions so today… we’re doing it! We got so many questions that we split ‘em up i...

Venita Aspen on her new podcast, cooking, and Charleston living. from 2020-09-02T04:01

In this episode we are joined by Venita Aspen, an influencer, model, creative, and co-host of the newly launched podcast, Group Chat Realness. Venita tells us abo...

Bad on Politics #7: Stef Feldman, Biden Harris 2020 National Policy Director, on Joe Biden’s Policies from 2020-08-28T04:01

Joining us today is Stef Feldman, the National Policy Director for Vice President Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign. Stef walks us through her career path from lo...

The Comeback Book Club from 2020-08-26T04:01

For our August Book Club we read The Comeback Listen

A game of ‘Would You Rather’ from 2020-08-19T04:01

We decided to do a lighter episode this week. On instagram we asked you to propose some fun ‘would you rather’ scenarios and boy, did you deliver! Some are crazy ...

Carly Heitlinger talks Pandemics, Proposals, and Politics. from 2020-08-12T04:01

She’s baaaack! Our most popular guest Carly Heitlinger (of the lifestyle blog Carly the Prepster!) joins us this week to catch up on how she is feeling at this po...

Traci from The Stacks joins us for a great conversation about books, podcasting, and more! from 2020-08-05T04:01

This week we are joined by Traci Thomas! Traci is the host of The Stacks Podcast, a mom to twin girls, and an avid non-fiction reader. We get a behind the scenes ...

The Vanishing Half Book Club from 2020-07-29T04:01

This month, we read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. This the story of identical twin sisters (and their daughters) spanning the fifties through the nineties. ...

Aminatou Sow + Ann Friedman on their book Big Friendship from 2020-07-22T04:01

In this week’s episode, we chat with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, the co-hosts of Call Your Girlfriend, about their new book, Listen

How We’re Surviving “Quarantine Summer”! from 2020-07-15T04:01

It’s been a little while since we have talked about quarantine life, so we thought it was time to circle back and share what we have been doing to stay safe, sane...

Nicolette Mason on Activism, Anti-Racism, and Using Your Social Platform to Support Your Values from 2020-07-08T04:01

In this episode, our long-time friend Nicolette Mason joins us! Nicolette is a fellow blogger who is also a writer, strategist, body positivity content creator, a...

Our Favorite Quarantine Purchases (With Special Guest: YOU!) from 2020-07-01T04:01

In today’s episode we share all of our favorite quarantine purchases, and we also hear from you! Now that we have been in quarantine for months, and shifted seaso...

Bonus Episode with Elizabeth Acevedo from 2020-06-25T04:01

Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth Acevedo, the author of our June book club pick, Clap When You Land. Elizabeth is a NYT best-selling author ...

Clap When You Land Book Club from 2020-06-24T04:01

For this month’s book club, we read Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. We absolutely loved this book. It’s prose, written in verse, which makes the story ev...

Ayana Lage on Anti-Racism on Social Media, Going Viral, and Being a Black influencer Right Now from 2020-06-17T04:01

Ayana Lage is a freelance marketer and writer in Tampa. More recently, a few of her videos about Black Lives Matter went viral. (We highly recommend her as a reso...

Work Wife Summit: Rachael King - Becca’s RomComPods Co-creator joins us! from 2020-06-10T04:01

This week our friend Rachael King joins us! Rachael is the co creator of RomComPods, Founder and CEO of PodPeople, a podcast producer, and host of TWO podcasts -<...

Sneak Preview: RomComPods is LIVE! from 2020-06-08T22:37:44

Get a sneak peek of Becca's new podcast project, which debuts TODAY! If you love it (and I really hope you do!), you can ...

Our Favorite Books By Black Authors from 2020-06-03T04:01

This week we are using our platform to spotlight the incredible Black authors that we love. We have gathered some of our favorite books and also invited our past ...

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires Book Club from 2020-05-27T04:01

For this month’s book club we’re discussing The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendricks. This book came highly recommended by Grace’s mo...

Listener Q&A Part 2: Pop Culture, Beauty, and Books! from 2020-05-20T04:01

We loved all of your listener questions! We had so many that we split them into two episodes and today we are back with a part 2! We saved the most fun ones for t...

Celebrity Tanner&Isle of Paradise Founder, Jules Von Hep, on Body Positivity, Self Tanning, and Building his Brand. from 2020-05-13T04:01

After a highly requested (micro) deep-dive into Normal People (we loved the show maybe even more than the book!), we chat with Jules Von Hep! Jules is a celebrity...

A grab bag of listener questions… a little bit of everything! from 2020-05-06T04:01

In today’s episode, we polled you to come up with a big grab bag of questions. We cover a wide range of topics from college life to cooking (Becca’s carbonara!). ...

Bonus: Rebecca Serle on In Five Years and More! from 2020-04-30T04:01

Yesterday we talked about In Five Years by Rebecca Serle and today she is joining us to give a behind the scenes look at how she wrote the book! Rebecca is an aut...

In Five Years Book Club from 2020-04-29T04:01

This month, we read In Five Years by Rebecca Serle. We both absolutely loved this book and read it in under 24 hours. Before diving into the book, we do our usual...

Whatcha cooking (in quarantine)? from 2020-04-22T04:01

Is it just us, or is quarantine making home chefs of us all?! In this episode we share our favorite recipes, favorite food inspiration accounts to follow, and our...

FMK: Quarantine Edition from 2020-04-15T04:01

Today, we poured ourselves a glass of wine and play a remote game of FMK (Fuck, Marry, Kill) with YOUR prompts! But first, we catch up on how we are holding up in...

Bad on Politics #6: Stacey Abrams on Voting Rights from 2020-04-13T04:01

Stacey Abrams, needs no introduction but we’ll give her one anyway. She’s a New York times bestselling author, non profit CEO, and political leader.. and today sh...

Investing 101: Sallie Krawcheck on the gender wealth gap from 2020-04-08T04:01

In today’s episode, we chatted with Sallie Krawcheck (founder and CEO of Ellevest) about the relationship women have with investing. Sallie has been one of our dr...

Bonus: Discussing Jessica Simpson’s Memoir (with guest Katie Sturino) from 2020-04-06T04:01

We couldn’t stop thinking (or talking) about this book and our friend Jess, so we asked friend of the pod, Katie Sturino to join us to discuss Jessica Simpson’s m...

The Distraction Zone: How We’re Staying Entertained While Distancing from 2020-04-01T04:01

First of all, it’s our 2 year podcasting anniversary! In today’s ep we’re sharing all our best quarantine distractions and recommendations. Between all the family...

I’ll Give You The Sun Book Club from 2020-03-25T04:01

Our March Book Club Pick is I’ll Give you the Sun by Jandy Nelson. Before we get into the book, we talk a little bit about Coronavirus and how we’re feeling. This...

Alisha Ramos, Founder of Girls Night In, talks Self Care, Career Changes, and Confidence from 2020-03-18T04:01

Alisha Ramos, Founder and CEO of Girls Night In, and self proclaimed indoor kid/introvert,  joins us to share her journey to create her company and the ways her b...

Bad on Politics #5: Planned Parenthood’s Kelley Robinson on Reproductive Rights from 2020-03-16T04:01

Kelley Robinson, Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund joins us to answer all of our questions about the state of reproductive rights. Kelley e...

All Things Reading! Nostalgia, How We Manage To Read So Much, + More. from 2020-03-11T04:01

In this episode we dive into our personal reading histories and talk about our reading lives. We share stories about how we became readers, our favorite childhood...

Tara Foley, founder of Follain, tells us everything we need to know about clean beauty from 2020-03-04T05:01

In this episode we talk clean beauty with the founder of Follain, Tara Foley. Tara, a self-described “activist-at-heart” shares with us her journey from discoveri...

Followers Book Club from 2020-02-26T05:01

Followers by Megan Angelo is a thought provoking take on influencer culture. The book alternates between the present day story of Orla and Floss living in modern ...

Taylor Lorenz on Internet Culture, Influencers, Trolls, and TikTok. from 2020-02-19T05:01

Taylor Lorenz is a journalist at the New York Times covering Internet Culture. In our conversation, she maps out the jobs that led her to where she is today and h...

Being Single Doesn’t Have to Suck! from 2020-02-12T05:01

In this (highly requested) episode we are talking about being single in your thirties! We answer all of your questions about dating, and give the best advice we c...

Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo on work wifing, closing their business, and the decision whether to have kids from 2020-02-05T05:01

This is hands down one of our favorite interviews yet! Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur, founders of Of a Kind (RIP!), join us to talk about founding and running a b...

Good Girls Lie Book Club from 2020-01-29T05:01

This month we read Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison. This book combines some of our favorite things: rich unsupervised teens at a boarding school, secret societies…...

Bad on Politics #4: Alyssa Mastromonaco on congressional elections and a grab bag of questions! from 2020-01-24T05:01

We welcome back friend of the pod (and former Obama Deputy Chief of Staff), Alyssa Mastromonaco to answer our burning questions about this presidential election. ...

How we organize everything from our inboxes to our closets! from 2020-01-22T05:01

We’ve got that January motivation and are talking all about organization in this ep! We share about how we organize our lives (both physically in our homes, and o...

The Veronica(s) Beard talk to us about building their brand! from 2020-01-15T05:01

We’re thrilled to have sister-in-law duo Veronica Swanson Beard + Veronica Miele Beard with us today! Besides being two of the most stylish women we know, they ha...

New Year, Same Us: Reflecting on 2019 and Setting Goals for 2020! from 2020-01-08T05:01

It’s a brand new year (and a brand new decade!).  While neither of us are huge fans of setting “resolutions,” (it just sounds so drastic!) today we wanted to refl...

Kellie Brown on body positivity, her #fatatfashionweek hashtag, confidence, + more! from 2020-01-01T05:01

Happy New Year! Today our friend Kellie Brown joins us. Kellie is the founder of And I Get Dressed, a brand consultant, blogger + Youtuber, fashion industry PR pr...

One Day in December Book Club from 2019-12-25T05:01

For our December book club, we’re reading One Day in December by Josie Silver. This was one of our favorite books from last year, so we had to make it a book club...

Grace Interviews Becca! Decorating Her Apartment, The Term “Influencer”, and Freelance Life from 2019-12-18T05:01

For this month’s “Just Us” episodes, Becca had the idea to interview each other! This week Grace interviews Becca. We crowdsourced the questions from you and had ...

Kate Kennedy of Be There in Five on podcasting, influencer culture, and why her husband is blocked on Instagram. from 2019-12-11T05:01

We’re so excited to have our friend Kate Kennedy join us today! You probably know her from her podcast, Be There in Five… OR her book Twinkle, Twinkle Social Medi...

Bad on Politics #3: WTF is Medicare for all? Margot Sanger-Katz gives us a healthcare primer from 2019-12-09T05:01

In this episode of Bad on Politics we dive into one of our most-requested topics… healthcare!

We’re joined by New Yo...

Becca Interviews Grace! The blogging biz, dating stories, + more! from 2019-12-04T05:01

For this month’s “Just Us” episodes, Becca had the idea to interview each other! This week Becca interviews Grace and in two weeks, Grace will interview Becca. We...

Andrea Dunlop (the author of We Came Here to Forget) talks to us about her book! from 2019-11-28T05:01

Yesterday we talked about We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop and today we’re so happy to have her with us for a special bonus episode where we talk about the...

We Came Here to Forget Book Club from 2019-11-27T05:01

For this month’s book club, we’re talking about We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop. The book follows ex-professional skier, Katie Cleary as she starts a new ...

Lauren Chan on modeling, her new plus-size luxury clothing brand, and leaning into what makes you unique. from 2019-11-20T05:01

Today we are joined by Lauren Chan, the founder and CEO of Henning, a newly launched luxury plus-size clothing brand. We’re completely in love with this brand and...

Personality Tests! A deep dive into the 5 love languages, The Enneagram, + Myers Briggs from 2019-11-13T05:01

We don’t know about you but we are both personality test obsessed. Today we’re taking a look at three of our favorites: the 5 love languages, the Enneagram, and M...

Eva Chen on writing children’s books, meeting Oprah, and why “balance” is a myth (and that’s okay)! from 2019-11-06T05:01

Today we are joined by Eva Chen! Eva probably needs no introduction but she’s the Director of Fashion Partnerships at Instagram. What you may not know is that she...

Carly the Prepster: Unfiltered. Carly answers ALL your questions. from 2019-10-31T04:01

“We have all sent a DM we regret” - Carly Heitlinger, carlytheprepster.com Listen

How Could She by Lauren Mechling w/ Special Guest Carly Heitlinger from 2019-10-30T04:01

Our October Book Club pick is How Could She by Lauren Mechling, and we are joined by friend of the pod, Carly Heitlinger (Carly the Prepster)! The three of us exp...

Cindy Crawford shares her supermodel secrets + takes us inside the modeling biz! from 2019-10-23T04:01

Today’s guest needs no introduction… it’s Cindy Crawford! Besides being Grace’s dream guest, Cindy is also an absolute expert when it comes to skincare. She talks...

Travel Routines, Tricks, Recs, and Some Very Strong Opinions! from 2019-10-16T04:01

We have been traveling quite a bit for our live shows and more, so we thought it was time to share some of our vastly differing opinions when it comes to travel. ...

Bad on Politics #2: Clare Malone Gives us a pre-Debate Primer! from 2019-10-14T04:01

Friend of the pod and political writer for FiveThirtyEight, Clare Malone joins us to help sort through the top ten Democrat...

Mollie Chen on changing careers, maintaining a balance, all things FOOD, and lazy girl skincare. from 2019-10-09T04:01

We are back from San Francisco and off to Philly + DC next week! This week we’re joined by our friend Mollie Chen! She’s a brand consultant (and one of the Co-Fou...

Graham Norton on Fanboy Moments, Best-Smelling Celebs, and Becoming a Novelist at 52 from 2019-10-02T04:01

This week, we are joined by Graham Norton, the beloved UK talk show host and author of a brand new novel! We talk to him about his show—everything from the funnie...

Katharine McGee on the Behind the Scenes of American Royals and the Ins and Outs of the Publishing Industry from 2019-09-26T04:01

Katharine McGee, the author of our September Book Club Pick, American Royals joins us to talk about the making of the book. We chat about the long road to publish...

American Royals Book Club + Everything Royal from 2019-09-25T04:01

Our September Book Club is here and we are so excited to dig into Katharine McGee’s American Royals, but beware it’s sprinkled with spoilers! This book posits a w...

Bad on Politics #1: Alyssa Mastromonaco on How The Primary Process Works&How To Get Involved In Politics from 2019-09-23T04:01