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MAY 19

The Guardian's 100 Best Novels of All Time: A Hot Take, with Phil Chaffee and Joseph Dance

When the Guardian drops a list of the 100 Greatest Novels in English it's time to drop everything to talk about it. Luckily pod-regular guest, journalist Phil Chaffee and Joseph Dance, host of the Curious Readers podcast, also had views, and were willing to get together on a Sunday evening to share them. You'll hear our hits, our misses, how many we’ve read, whether we should have read more and much musing on whether a list like this is the way to get people excited about reading. We explore the joys of the sub-lists – the contributor lists – all squirrelled away on a sub-section of the Guardian's website, that arguably provide more excitement and inspiration than the fairly canonical top 100. Which is the best Brontë? Which is the best Austen? Do we age into certain books? If you've read all seven volumes of Proust shouldn't that count for more than one entry? All this and much, much more. Enjoy – this was an absolute delight to make and I hope it makes you smile as much as it did me. Have your say: get in touch on Instagram @bookclubreviewpodcast or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com, or head to our website for full shownotes. What would be in your top-10? Check out the Patreon for all kinds of extras, from our monthly book club to extra shows and Kate's reading diaries. Find it at patreon.com/thebookclubreview The Guardian’s List of the 100 Greatest Novels published in English, copied below for ease of reference. *underlined – the ones Kate has read MiddlemarchBelovedUlyssesTo the LighthouseIn Search of Lost TimeAnna KareninaWar and PeaceJane EyrePride and PrejudiceMadame BovaryThe Great GatsbyBleak HouseEmmaMrs DallowayMoby-DickNineteen Eighty-FourOne Hundred Years of SolitudePersuasionThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanWuthering HeightsThe Portrait of a LadyThings Fall ApartMidnight’s ChildrenThe Remains of the DayLolitaDon QuixoteThe TrialThe Brothers KaramazovPale FireFrankensteinThe Prime of Miss Jean BrodieThe God of Small ThingsDavid CopperfieldWolf HallGreat ExpectationsThe Handmaid’s TaleInvisible ManThe Age of InnocenceTheir Eyes Were Watching GodSong of SolomonHeart of DarknessThe Magic MountainHousekeepingGiovanni’s RoomThe Golden NotebookThe LeopardVanity FairThe MetamorphosisA Fine BalanceWide Sargasso SeaMy Brilliant FriendThe Golden BowlThe Transit of VenusOrlandoThe WavesMansfield ParkThe Sound and the FuryDisgraceNever Let Me GoHowards EndThe Rings of SaturnHalf of a Yellow SunWhite TeethThe Good SoldierThe Color PurpleThe Master and MargaritaThe Man Without QualitiesBlood MeridianCrime and PunishmentJude the ObscureKindredOur Mutual FriendAusterlitzNervous ConditionsThe Bluest EyeDraculaThe RainbowA House for Mr BiswasGo Tell It on the MountainRebeccaBuddenbrooksThe End of the AffairA Farewell to ArmsThe Talented Mr RipleyThe VegetarianThe Turn of the ScrewThe Line of BeautyRagtimeThe Left Hand of DarknessJacob’s RoomLife and FateSentimental EducationInvisible CitiesThe Known WorldThe Return of the NativePedro PáramoCatch-22The RoadThe Go-BetweenMy ÁntoniaParticular books we touch on in the show Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeUlysses by James JoyceIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerVillette by Charlotte BrontëOrlando, The Waves and To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMiddlemarch by George EliotPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaNervous Conditions, The Book of Not and This Mournable Body by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Transit of Venus by Shirley HazzardDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian by Cormac McCarthyThe Memory Police by Yoko OgawaThe English Understand Wool by Helen DeWittA Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Princess of Clèves by Madame de LafayetteThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō TanizakiThe Trial and Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Go-Between by L. P. HartleyMoby-Dick by Herman MelvilleA House for Mr Biswas by V. S. NaipaulThe New Life by Tom CreweMiss Marjoribanks by Mrs OliphantThe Palliser novels by Anthony TrollopeThe Warden by Anthony TrollopeThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Known World by Edward P. Jones See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 19

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43 min
6D AGO

#69 THE VALLEY, BEING A MOM & FILMING LAGUNA BEACH WITH JESSICA SMITH EVANS

You guys… I am LITERALLY not okay because Jessica Smith Evans from Laguna Beach just walked into my podcast and I blacked out. We talked about everything — what it was actually like filming Laguna Beach as a teenager, how she got on the show (spoiler: she didn't even want to be on it), the most misrepresented scenes, and where she's at now as a mom of FOUR in DFW. Plus we get into the Valley drama, toxic relationships, raising kids without social media, and why May is basically the new December. Subscribe, leave a review, and drop your favorite Laguna Beach memory in the comments 👇 Follow Alexis: Instagram: @alexiswaters_ TikTok: @alexiswaters_ Follow the Podcast: Instagram: @literallynotokpod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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47 min
1D AGO

Simon Brodkin: Should All Flags Be Banned, iPhone AI Lies & Report Your Dodgy Barber

In this weeks episode we FOI ourselves silly and ask the question 'does a lanyard stop you from being racist?' with comedian and international prankster Simon Brodkin: His headlines were: Footie fan ordered to stop flying Union Jack by Labour-run council because it was ‘offensive’ to neighbours Apple Could Pay Customers $95 in AI Lawsuit Settlement Report your dodgy barber in London to police if you think it's a crime front, says security minister Dan Jarvis If you want exclusive content, plus an additional good news headline you can become a Patreon member, just search The Truth (In My Opinion) Podcast or follow the link below and join us for £3 a month! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/thetruthimopodcast Follow us on socials: Instagram - @thetruthimopod TikTok - @thetruthimopod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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36 min
MAY 18

Dane Buckley: Snake Charming Angry Wife, A United Ireland On The Cards & Giant Tortoise Crypto Scam

In this weeks episode we learn about a fella in Pakistan who is trying to win his wife back with a snake charmer with the ever so charming and ever so funny comedian Dane Buckley! His headlines were: Man brings snake charmer to in-laws house to take angry wife back home Poll finds more than 60% would vote for united Ireland Women can wait years for an endometriosis diagnosis. New tech could change that If you want exclusive content, plus an additional good news headline you can become a Patreon member, just search The Truth (In My Opinion) Podcast or follow the link below and join us for £3 a month! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/thetruthimopodcast Follow us on socials: Instagram - @thetruthimopod TikTok - @thetruthimopod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 18

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39 min
MAY 9

The Art of the Everyday: Miranda Keeling, The Anthropologists and the books that slow us down

What if the antidote to our increasingly frantic world isn't a grand gesture, but simply the act of paying attention? This week, Kate and Laura are joined by actor, podcaster, and author Miranda Keeling – returning to the pod to talk about her wonderful new book, The Place I'm In, a collection of the small, luminous moments she's gathered from daily life. After her debut The Year I Stopped to Notice, Miranda is back with more of her 'noticings': fragments from parks, supermarket queues, and streets that remind us how much magic is hiding in the everyday. Their book club read is the perfect complement: The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Şavas – a soulful, quietly funny novel following Asya and Manu as they hunt for an apartment, trying on different futures for size in a city far from home. Asya, a documentary filmmaker, spends her days in the park gathering footage – an anthropologist of the ordinary – and her project rhymes beautifully with Miranda's own. Plus recommendations inspired by the art of the everyday. You can find out more about Miranda and her work at mirandakeeling.com, and her podcast Stopping to Notice – over 200 five-minute episodes of binaural location recording – is the perfect companion listen. Find all the books mentioned at our bookshop.org shop. And if you'd like to join Kate's monthly book club and reading community, head to patreon.com/thebookclubreview. Booklist Ashes and Stones by Alison Shaw – a journey through Scotland in search of the women killed in the witch trials Open Book by Jessica Simpson – Laura takes a nostalgic trip back through her twenties No Such Thing as Monday by Sîan Hughes – a brilliantly written novel from the author of Pearl; up there with Eimear McBride ( A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing) and Maggie O'Farrell The Anthropologists by Aysgul Savas The Imperfectionist, Oliver Burkeman's newsletter Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Flesh by David Szalay The Café With No Name by Robert Seethaler Memories of Distant Mountains (illustrated notebooks) by Orhan Pamuk A Nobel Laureate's journals offer much colour but little drama, by Dwight Garner for the NYT (gift link) Look Closer: How to Get More Out of Reading by Robert Douglas Fairhurst The Place I'm In by Miranda Keeling See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 9

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50 min
MAY 11

Hayley Morris: Woman Wins Right To Sterilisation, Hantavirus Cruise Ship Drama & Endometriosis Tech Development

In this weeks episode we overthink the unthinkable state of female healthcare with the thinkably brilliant overthinking comedian Hayley Morris. Her headlines were: British woman wins right to sterilisation after exposing double standards in UK health service Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak Women can wait years for an endometriosis diagnosis. New tech could change that If you want exclusive content, plus an additional good news headline you can become a Patreon member, just search The Truth (In My Opinion) Podcast or follow the link below and join us for £3 a month! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/thetruthimopodcast Follow us on socials: Instagram - @thetruthimopod TikTok - @thetruthimopod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 11

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36 min
MAY 18

EP #111 | Kaitlin Butts says “Your Husband Wouldn’t Do That”

This week on Girls In Low Places, Katie is joined by her soulmate Kaitlin Butts for a conversation that spirals from musical theatre and Avril Lavigne to dating red flags, TikTok trolls and how she used to invite Tinder dates to her gigs to make up numbers. Kaitlin opens up about the viral success of You Ain’t Gotta Die, the emotional crash that came with sudden internet attention, touring with Lainey Wilson, and why women taking up space still makes people uncomfortable. The pair also discuss Ella’s Fellas, chaotic dating stories, airport club with her husband Cleto…. You Ain’t Gotta Die to listen to this episode, so you should listen and watch. Subscribe for more country music interviews like you’ve never seen them before. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 18

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45 min
MAY 13

#68 GROWING UP MILLENNIAL, DRINKING JUNGLE JUICE & BEING A BRIDESMAID WITH JADE BRANDT

You guys… I had the BEST time recording this one. This week I sat down with pop culture connoisseur and social media queen Jade Brant and we literally did not stop talking. We get into her divorce, her upcoming second wedding (bigger, better, no bridesmaids), surviving your late 20s, and why being a millennial hits different than anything Gen Z could ever understand. Oh, and we talk Taylor Frankie Paul, Summer House drama, the Alex vs. Alex situation, and why men should not be allowed to have bachelor parties. Trust me — send this to your group chat immediately. Subscribe, leave a review, and drop a comment telling me why YOU'RE literally not okay this week Follow Jade: @itsmeJadeB on TikTok & Instagram See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 13

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47 min
APR 28

how to get over a breakup: the psychology behind heartbreak & healing ft. Sabrina Bendory

Turns out we can’t rush healing…but we can understand it. Consider this episode your comprehensive breakup guide—Sabrina Bendory, author and relationship coach, is back on Unwineding and is breaking down the psychology of heartbreak so we can learn how to ACTUALLY heal and move on. Sabrina is helping us make sense of why heartbreak hurts so much and giving us tangible steps to heal without hardening. We talk about why breakups can feel like withdrawal, why you miss someone even when you know they’re not right for you, and why short-term relationships (or situationships) can sometimes hurt even more than long-term ones. Sabrina shares practical tools to help you move on, rebuild self-trust, and stop tying your worth to someone else’s inability to choose you. Whether you’re fresh out of a breakup or still holding onto something that ended a while ago, I promise this episode will help you feel less alone and more grounded in your healing process. We also chat:• the right (& wrong) way to get through a breakup• the psychology behind heartbreak and emotional pain• why heartbreak feels like physical pain• no contact: why it works and how to stick to it• why you still miss your ex (even when they weren’t right for you)• situationships and why they can be harder to get over• rebuilding self-worth and self-trust after a breakup• letting go of the “why wasn’t I enough?” narrative• healing without becoming closed off or guarded• how to stop romanticizing the beginning of a relationship If you’re in the middle of heartbreak right now, I hope this episode feels like a conversation with a friend who gets it—and reminds you that you will be okay. I PROMISE. As always, take whatever resonates & leave the rest. LOVE YOU. Listen to Sabrina's previous episode on Unwineding on mastering detachment & becoming magnetic SAY HI: follow Lisa on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ follow Lisa on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ follow Sabrina on Instagram follow Sabrina on TikTok follow Unwineding on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ follow Unwineding on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ subscribe to Unwineding on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ shop Unwineding’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠storefront Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 28

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48 min
MAY 4

EP #110| Ashley McBryde Says “Become a Difficult Woman”

Katie is hanging on by a thread after a wild night hosting her Tucker Wetmore pre-party… and there’s no one better to debrief with than Ashley McBryde. From hangovers and bad decisions to sobriety, self-control and learning how to actually sit with your own thoughts, this one goes deep… fast. Ashley opens up about her journey from bar gigs to the Grand Ole Opry and performing at the Royal Albert Hall, plus the reality of building a career without losing yourself along the way. There’s honest talk about alcohol culture in country music, losing friends when you get sober, and why your inner critic needs a seat… just not the steering wheel. They also get into navigating trolling, comparison, and what it really means to “stay in your own lane” when everyone online seems to be copying each other. Ashley doesn’t hold back on being labelled “difficult” in the industry… and why that might actually be the key to getting what you want. If you’ve ever felt behind, burnt out, or like your brain won’t switch off… this one might hit harder than expected. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 4

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47 min

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