Kyrie and AJ catch up on their recent reads, other media, and then dive into the history of memoirs and the memoirs that have made them feel big feelings. They talk about conflicting feelings on Jennette McCurdy’s recent memoir, and the sluts get vulnerable diving into Jenny Slate’s Little Weirds.
Books from today’s episode:
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
This Will Only Hurt A Little by Busy Philipps
Educated by Tara Westover
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Everything Is Flammable by Gabrielle Bell
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir
Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Other Media Referenced:
Stage Fright by Jenny Slate (Netflix)
Sources
Tracing the Evolution of Celebrity Memoirs from Charles Lindbergh to Will Smith