Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Trixie Belden #1: The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
Episode 221 – Help! I’m Trapped In My Teacher’s Body
Help! We’re trapped in the bodies of millennial podcasters! Andrew and Craig from the Overdue podcast joined us to discuss the classic switcheroo tale Help! I’m Trapped In My Teacher’s Body by Todd Strasser. Listen to this episode while your coworker makes you breakfast!
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Footnotes: A Taste of Spongey: Help! I’m Trapped in the First Day of School
Overdue #590 – Super Mario Bros movie adaptation
Coming up next: The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden #1) by Julie Campbell.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 221 – Help! I’m Trapped In My Teacher’s Body
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Episode 220 – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
It’s–hey, calm down, no, put down your pitchforks, we’re not calling Judy Blume a “worst” bestseller! Absolutely not, just, please, let me finish this intro–it’s Flashback Summer! The time when we chill out and revisit childhood favorites, even when they are iconic classics that absolutely do not match the name of our podcast. We were joined by writer and comedian Sarah Aswell (@seaswell), also known as the Scary Mommy behind Scary Mommy Book Club, to discuss Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by the one and only Judy Blume. Listen to this episode while increasing your bust!
Readers advisory: Here.
“God to Margaret: Always with wings!” by Rebecca Traister
Judy Blume embraces renewed interest in her work from her Florida book store
Coming up next: Help! I’m Trapped in my Teacher’s Body by Todd Strasser.
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Episode 219 – Without You
Hey, we’ll be honest: we kind of phoned this one in. On a landline. You screened it? On your answering machine? Haha, a topical reference. See, we read Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and The Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp. He was in Rent! Listen to this episode while waiting in line for rush tickets for Rent. Or, honestly, don’t listen to this episode if you don’t care about Rent the musical. You’ve been warned!
Content warning: Sexual assault, death of a parent.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: This American Life: Hoaxing Yourself
‘Without You’ Review: Anthony Rapp’s Seasons of Love, and Loss by Elisabeth Vincentelli
“Actor Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14” by Adam Vary
Coming up next: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume.
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Episode 218 – Love, Pamela
Pamela Anderson: model, actress, activist…poet. Dame Karen Corday (of Two Bossy Dames and elsewhere on the internet!) joined us to read Love, Pamela, which…we kinda loved. Join us as we revisit the 90s with increased feminist rage!
Content warning: Child abuse/child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault.
Readers advisory: Here.
Pamela Anderson Blue Zone Girl ad
Pamela Anderson’s Playboy Covers Through the Years
Coming up next: Without You by Anthony Rapp.
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Episode 217 – Spare
As Americans, it’s our right to not pay attention to the British royal family. However, we’re waiving that right in order to read Spare by Prince Harry. We were thrilled to be joined by Dame Sophie of Two Bossy Dames–even more thrilled than Harry was to meet Will Arnett at a party at Courtney Cox’s house. Listen to this episode on your way to throw more tea into Boston Harbor.
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Footnotes: Prince Harry Holds Spike the Echidna
The Victorian Society in America
“Royal Bodies” by Hilary Mantel
Jimenez’s “Wolverine” Savages the Poaching Trade
Coming up next: Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson.
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