Bad On Paper
Join Becca Freeman and Olivia Muenter every Wednesday for a dose of books and banter, along with interviews with women who inspire us.
Episodes
Happy Three Things Day! Reporting live post Becca's move and Olivia's book tour, and we can't wait to dive into bookish topics, pop culture Q's, perfect relaxing solo days, and more!
Becca's Thing
What is your all seasons, all moods song?
Book Tour 101
The Traitors Dream Casting
Olivia's Things
Plans for Becca's new place
Re...
Happy Valentine's Day from our twisted brain to yours. It's time for the third annual Obscure Erotica episode 💞 If this series taught us anything, it's that you can make comedy erotica featuring just about anything! Tune in to see what new delights (horrors?) we've brought for you this time. NSFW content ahead!
Becca's Pick - Cold Sweat by Vera Valentine
Olivia's Pick - My Macaroni And C...
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Highly requested, highly desired, it's TIME for our Heated Rivalry episode! We feel a lot of pressure to adequately express how much we love this show, and we have multiple pages of notes at the ready with all of our thoughts. 🏒
Obsession
Olivia - My bed
Becca - Splits Extra Salt pretzels
What We Read This Week
Becca - The Long Game by Rachel Reid
Time for our first Book Club of the year! Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino was such an exciting read, and we can't wait to discuss!
We talk about how we relate to the house hunting process in this book, what makes an unlikable main character work, and the story's class dynamics, twists, ending, and more!
If you want to read something similar, books that came to mind include A Good Person...
New year, new additions to our TBR! We spoke with some of our bookish pals about the 2026 releases they're most excited about. Great recommendations ahead!
Olivia's Picks
Missing Me by Ayana Lage (Out March 17)
Whidbey by T Kira Madden (Out March 10)
Grant Ginder's Picks
George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett (Out January 20)
New year, new things! We're so excited to dive into what's been exciting us this month, like romance adaptations, medium joys, events, moving quandaries, and our 2026 mood boards!
Becca's Things
Heated Rivalry
People We Meet on Vacation
When you move, do you bring your condiments with you?
Olivia's Things
Dolphins/Medium Joys
We are so BACK!!! Soak in the new year energy and listen to us break down our 2026 goals. But first, we reflect on what we accomplished in 2025 and share how we're feeling at the start of the new year.
Olivia's Personal Goals
Continue strength routine and scale to heavier weights
Start a young writers program in the community (or volunteer for one that already exists)
Read more
It's time for us to share our favorite books of 2025! Get your notebooks ready because WE! HAVE! RECS! 📚
Becca's Fave Books
The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
The holidays are (almost) here! We're talking about all the things we're excited about this season, from most anticipated events, white elephant gifts, holiday movie rankings, festive FMK's, and more!
Olivia's Things
Most anticipated holiday events
Admin Advent calendar
Holiday Movie Battle
Becca's Things
White elephant gift ideas
The year is coming to a close, and you know what that means! It's time to look back at our highs of 2025. We reminisce on work wins, new hobbies, mantras, and more!
Best New Artist Discovery of The Year (Author, Artist, Filmmaker, Dancer, etc.)
Olivia - Allegra Goodman, Joshua Burnside
Becca - Francis Featherstone, Anna Kwan, Sarah Martinez, Barbara Bourland
Bes...
It's time for our final book club episode of 2025! We're discussing a book we've been seeing everywhere, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. We talk about why we think this book has become so popular, if we've read epistolary novels before, our thoughts on the novelty of the mother/daughter relationship, how it brought up feelings about retirement for us both, and more!
It's time for this year's Bad on Paper Gift Guide! We're so excited to dive into our picks that are very us-coded.
Becca-Coded Picks
Gifts for People Who Love NYC
Katie Kime NYC Toile Tea Towels ($58)
Chefanie - I Love NY cocktail napkins ($48)
All the restaurants prints (5x7 $55) - John Donahue - also Paris, London, DC, Philly, Chicago, Napa
This week, we're talking all about portfolio careers! We discuss the current iteration of our own careers and then chat with Leigh Stein and Ali LaBelle—two other professionals with portfolio careers—to break down the work they do, time management, and advice for people interested in transitioning to a portfolio career.
Obsessions
Becca - West End Girl
Olivia - Beth's Dead
November Things are coming in HOT! Keep listening for podcast recs, supernatural talk, guessing games, and more!
Also, donate to your local foodbank! Find one local to you here.
Olivia's Things
Emma Straub's newsletter about David Harbor's pseudonym
Do you believe in ghosts?
1 new habit we like, 1 that we want to kick to the curb
Becca'...
We can't wait to discuss our October Book Club Pick, Heart The Lover by Lily King! We're talking about Lily King's favorite shape (the triangle!), the surprising crossover with Writers & Lovers, crying on airplanes, male friendship, and so much more.
Obsessions
Becca - The Diplomat Season Three
Olivia - Twinless
What we read this week
This week, we're chatting with 4 debut authors about their experience bringing a book into the world in 2025! They share the pitch for their book and what surprised them about their debut experience.
Our debut authors & their books!
Katie Yee - Maggie; Or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar
We're so excited for you to hear our conversation with Nic Stone! We chat with Nic about her author origin story, why she made the jump from YA to adult with her (very!) adult debut Boom Town, writing off her strip club visits for research, and more!
Obsessions
Becca - Shonda Rhimes on Call Her Daddy
Olivia - Floor lamp from Wayfair
What we read thi...
This week, we're sharing an inside look at our reading habits! We dive into how we choose what to read, our favorite times to read, who we talk about books with IRL, our rules of thumb for DNF-ing, and more!
Becca's TBR - The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck, Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
What we read this week
Becca - Boom To...
Time for another round of three things! And this one's very bookish: we're talking about 2025 books that flew under the radar, plot twists, mood writing, what we want to learn about this fall, and more!
Becca's Things
Underrated Books of 2025 Becca's - Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine, Loved One by Aisha Muharrar | Olivia's - Tilt by Emma Pattee, Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild.
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