Reads and Weeds

Reads and Weeds
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Hanging with friends, smoking weed, and talking about books is just the best idea ever!

  1. The Librarians 2025 Film

    FEB 12

    The Librarians 2025 Film

    I recently attended a screening of this 2025 documentary about book banning efforts and the librarians on the front lines. I love books.....obviously. I love librarians. I have a bestie who is a librarian. Libraries are nurturing communities. Go watch this documentary. Host a party. Invite friends. Hug a librarian. They are fighting for your right to learn. Book banning seems so archaic and certainly fear based......but here we are again. Let me know what you think. Also, we are of course wanting to do episodes on as many of the 850 books on the list as we can. What are your favorites?

    8 min
  2. 2025 Year End Round up with Claire

    12/31/2025

    2025 Year End Round up with Claire

    Happy New Year. Claire and Shelly catch up on books, rant about AI and give 2025 a TALKIN TO!!! We smoked Mafia Funeral. And something about butt breathing.

    1h 24m
  3. Episode 117-The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins w/Nicole Melynk

    12/23/2025

    Episode 117-The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins w/Nicole Melynk

    Michigan comedian Nicole Melynk and I talk about her favorite book series, how art imitates life, the current comedy scene, and winter. Right after this we recorded her podcast 'What's your favorite dinosaur?' so go listen to that also.

    1h 22m
  4. Episode 116-White Noise by Patrick Dunn

    09/28/2025

    Episode 116-White Noise by Patrick Dunn

    Author, editor and now PUBLISHER of Concentrate Media Patrick Dunn, is back with me to talk about White Noise, his second mini 'graphic nightmare'. Ever had trouble sleeping because you can't calm your mind? We get it. Listen to Patrick's podcast 'EHMON' (Every Horror Movie on Netflix) and grab one of these little books at https://graphicnightmares.art/

    41 min
  5. Episode 115-Holy Scripture with Steve Widzinski

    09/10/2025

    Episode 115-Holy Scripture with Steve Widzinski

    I talk with Steve about scripture, how we have come to understand it, and how cannabis shifts that perspective. It's a beautiful late summer day. I feel so lucky to have conversations like this and to learn with friends. Pure pleasure. I found my Bible. Shout out to our whole comedy scene.

    1h 27m
  6. Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea-Tommy Cook's favorite Little Golden Book

    08/08/2025

    Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea-Tommy Cook's favorite Little Golden Book

    I hope I didn't ruin Tommy's favorite book from childhood, but we had to get to the bottom of the messaging of 'Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea'. He's a cutie and has a bird friend. Cori's dogs were good the whole time.

    28 min
  7. Episode 113-Thumbs Up-Memoir of a Joyful Organizer-by Ken Wachsberger

    07/09/2025

    Episode 113-Thumbs Up-Memoir of a Joyful Organizer-by Ken Wachsberger

    Ken Wachsberger is back with Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer, Ken’s stories of the joyful life he has built as a writer and activist. Initially motivated in the Nixon years as a pioneer of the antiwar underground press, Ken's passion for telling the stories no one else was telling shaped his next five decades. While building his family with his dear Emily and working every job from vegan caterer to writing coach, he was also building a community to advocate for improvements in his first neighborhood, supporting the court cases of abused women accused of murder, creating the first bargaining unit in Michigan for adjunct faculty, and, most recently, helping establish his temple as a sanctuary in support of immigrants. He finds himself involved with so many national events, we joked he had a Forrest Gump thing going. The book launches July 14 with a launch party at Third Mind Books in Ann Arbor at 7pm! Available at https://books2read.com/ThumbsUpMemoir.

    1h 13m
  8. Episode 112-Murder and Merlot by Heather Jay Harris

    07/02/2025

    Episode 112-Murder and Merlot by Heather Jay Harris

    Claire and I were so honored and excited when Heather Jay reached out with an early draft of her new book and asked us for specific feedback. Oh boy! Honest specific feedback is so hard to get when your friends love you. Haha. Heather also wrote the screenplay for the upcoming movie so we talked about process, pace, reveals, characterization, and what you learn by studying LOTS of best sellers. My equipment is still gone so YES it was recorded on an iphone in the middle of the table. Enjoy.

    1h 23m
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Hanging with friends, smoking weed, and talking about books is just the best idea ever!

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  • Creator
    Reads and Weeds
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    122
  • Rating
    Explicit
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