Sapphire, Michelle and Joseph chat about what they’ve been reading, watching, and listening to this week including Sean Michaels’ sensitive existential comedy Do You Remember Being Born?, Clementine Ford’s inspiring feminist manifesto Fight Like A Girl, Nathan Hill’s portrait of marital dysfunction Wellness, and Julian Fellowes’ historical drama The Gilded Age.

This week’s deep dive book is the best-selling bookclub favourite Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. 

This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Leigh who enjoyed Bliss Montage by Ling Ma and is looking for other quirky and interesting short story collections. Sapphire recommends Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, Objects of Desire by Clare Sestanovich, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez, Where The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson, Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele, Old Babes In The Wood by Margaret Atwood, Send Nudes by Saba Sams, and 19 Claws and a Black Bird by Augustina Bazterrica. Michelle recommends Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle. Joseph recommends Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin. 

Also mentioned in this episode:

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Severance by Ling Ma

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

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