May 8, 2026
Have you ever read a book written in the present tense? Candice is reading one right now and it’s weird. Meanwhile Steph is watching bummers of movies with her son and reading beautiful prose.
May 8 The Lecture on Being featuring Cory Doctorow
May 12 - 13 Forest of Reading
May 14 Stranger than...
Apr 20, 2026
Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she’s got other books on the go. Candice continues her monthly genre challenge with a Canadian historical fiction book. Meanwhile both have a lot to say about the end of the world.
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Mar 23, 2026
This month we cover the end of the world, and how sports can be beautiful. We also both watched Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie and how much we loved it.
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Feb 16, 2026
Steph and Candice did not get a lot of reading done between the last episode and this, but we did watch some sports, some music, and some movies. Times are tough right now, but we agree that finding joy is an act of resistance!
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Jan 25, 2026
Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read.
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck