Season 1 was such an amazing experience for us — the heart, intellect, and passion our guests brought to the show warmed my heart and made me feel proud to be a part of the industry!
One of the fun parts of the show was digging into what each of our guests was reading and listening to. Before we drop Season 2 on July 1, we wanted to round up all of these recommendations.
Happy reading and listening, see you in Season 2 with a host of new guests, conversations, and recommendations.
Non-Fiction Recommendations
Lucy Bloom, Episode 3
Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth, by Pamela Anderson
Down the Drain, by Julia Fox
The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears
Mary Muse, Episode 5
Sacred Sex, by Gabriela Herstik
Hunny Daniels, Episode 7 (Part 1)
The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions, by Larry Mitchell
Melissa Milk, Episode 7 (Part 2)
Conflict is not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair, by Sarah Schulman
The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself, by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Ty Rose, Episode 8
The Smart Girl’s Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know About Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love, by Dedeker Winston
Pucks A’Plenty, Episode 9
Smile: The Story of a Face, by Sarah Ruhl
Seska, Episode 10
How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self, by Dr. Nicole LePera
Drink: An Intimate Relationship Between Women & Alcohol, by Dowsett Johnston
Phoenix Calida, Episode 11
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective- by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The 2024 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Madeleine Blair, Episode 12
The Courage to Create, by Rollo May
Ramona Flour, Episode 13
Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America’s Origin to the 21st Century, by Geoffrey R. Stone
Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want, by Deborah Castellano
Chloe Nova, Episode 14
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, by Maggie Nelson
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals, by Saidiya Hartman
Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding, by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Allie Awesome, Episode 15
Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership, by Mark Rashid – Allie Awesome
Super Communicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, by Charles Duhigg- Allie Awesome
Ava Adore, Episode 16
Contemporary Prostitution: Study of a Social Question, by Leo Taxil, translated Jack V Parker
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World, by Virginia Postrel
Melodie Garcia, Episode 18
The Holy Hour: An Anthology of Sex Work, Magic, and the Divine, edited by Molly Simmons & Emily Marie Passos Duffy
Manufacturing Freedom: Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Rehab, and the Racial Wages of Rescue, by Elena Shih
White Women Cry & Call Me Angry: A Black Woman’s Memoir of Racism in Philanthropology, by Yanique Redwood
Dr. PJ Patella-Rey, Episode 19
Polywise: A Deep Dive Into Navigating Open Relationships, by Jessica Fern & David
Fiction Book Recommendations
Miss Koda V, Episode 2
My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up, by Stephen Elliot
Jessie’s Mom, Episode 4
The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
Melissa Milk, Episode 7 (Part 2)
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, by Julia Quinn
Madeleine Blair, Episode 12
The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Body by Blunts, Episode 17
The 5th Season: Every Age Must Come to an End, by N.K. Jemisin
Jessie’s Mom, Episode 4
Seska, Episode 10
The Bridge – with Peter Mansbridge
Allie Awesome, Episode 15
Knowledge Fight
The New Abnormal
Pod Save America
Behind the Bastards
Artists:
Orville Peck, Ava Adore, Episode 16
Janelle Monae, Melissa Milk, Episode 7 & Dr. PJ Patella-Rey, Episode 19
Sza, Melodie Garcia, Episode 18
Chappell Roan Dr. PJ Patella-Rey, Episode 19
St Vincent, Dr. PJ Patella-Rey, Episode 19
Songs
River by Bishop Briggs, Pucks A’Plenty, Episode 9
Albums
The Best of Sade, Body by Blunts, Episode 17
Hozier, Unreal, Unearth – Ty Rose, Episode 8