Trading Pages

Trading Pages

Two siblings with wildly different tastes in books challenge each other to read books outside of the others comfort zone. New episodes air the first Monday of the month so that listeners can read along with us! This is a copyrighted internet broadcast. Any reproduction or rebroadcast without express permission of its creators is strictly prohibited. For more information visit http://tradingpages.pantspending.com Trading Pages is a Pants Pending Studios podcast, for more information on the network go to www.pantspending.com

Episodes

March 1, 2021 88 mins

Episode 12 where we talk about Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya & Welcome to Bordertown (Borderland Shared Universe Anthology) edited by Holly Black and Elle Kushner. 

TeA WiLdIn'. Boba is a lie. Lee has a ~sexy~ voice. It's shifters! Ali the lesbian... Is the statue a good guy? Would you still love me if I was a seahorse?

Stay tuned to the very end for some epic bloopers.

As always, we do talk about spoilers of the plot! S...

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First Official podcast of the new year! Bron and Ali are excited to kick off the new season and are back at it with all new book challenges. In this episode, the siblings recap the hyper-fixations they indulged in over the hiatus. Fresh off a Netflix and Disney Plus bender we are ready for our next book assignments. Ali plays Left 4 Dead 2 and Among Us for the first time (spoiler alert: She sucks at both). How can both siblings lov...

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Ali and Bron do their first live panel and podcast for the mini-convention Sandemonium! We talk about our favorite and least favorite books on the podcast, favorite tropes, and even get a visit from our dad. It's pretty chaotic as it usually is when Bron and I don't have an agenda, but that is what makes it so wonderful. The giveaway mentioned in the episode is now closed. It is not sponsored by Anchor or Facebook, and was the...

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In  today's gigantic episode 50% of Trading pages meets with 66.6% of  N.E.R.D. Bronwyn, with special guests Andrew and Amanda discuss Sandman  Slim by Richard Kadrey.   

Discussion topics: Concrete sprinklers. Nipples have how many holes? Donald Trump jump  scares. The swiss army knife of murder sticks. When ke$ha attacks. ADAM!  Adam I'm talking about your butt! Adam! Notice me!

Stick around aft...

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October 13, 2020 109 mins

Trigger Warning for mentions of blood, vampire sex and kissing, family death, suicide, and grief.

We laugh. We cry. We talk about sexy vampires. 

Bronwyn is bad at trolling, you can hear Ali's dogs barking, get paid to Homestuck, Edward is a bottom, killing your soulmate, Big Dick Energy, Emmet is a Himbo, using vampires as therapy tools, and a surprise guest appearance!

Ali SUCKS at names so a correction for this episode is t...

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September 22, 2020 8 mins
Extra adorable special guests on our patreon this month! This mini episode features the daughters of the sisters! This cousinly poscast is wholesome and cute. Its like listening in on a distance learning zoom call. If you want to hear the rest of the patreon episode featuring the regular sisterly duo. The full length episode on patreon contains NSFW content after the adorable kid content (don't worry. The kiddos were long gone by t...
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September 7, 2020 81 mins

Is this Inception? That's "Nazi Shit". Gifting Cyborg arms. What's a Cyber punk? Our mom shows up for everything we do, even if it's not super-duper her thing.

In this episode we hear Bronwyn's opinions on plagues, cyborgs, and baby droids with her reading of Cinder by Melissa Meyer. Ali still is very confused about surrealism and imaginative fiction, but she is trying to vibe with it with her assigned reading of The Manual of Dete...

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July 28, 2020 77 mins

Wow! It has been a minute and we are back with an exciting new episode. After an exciting family vacation where the sisters got to hang IRL and be guests on another podcast in the network, we are back and ready to talk BOOKS. This episode we talk about a book whose name was too long to put in the title of our episode and a book about a teenage assassin. Aristotle and Danted Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sai...

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June 23, 2020 115 mins

This episode we talk about the steamy, adult romance with firefighters "Hot Head" by Damon Suede and the light novel about who knows what with a made up name "Durarara!!!" by Ryohgo Narita. Topics that came this week: Scuba diving is scary. Meow meow romance. What IS porn? How do you pronounce Izaya. Ali didn't mean "Blindspotting" (It was Crash). Our longest episode to date while we use our fancy new recording system, and we ...

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This episode contains brief discussion of mental illness, substance abuse, and trauma during The Foxhole Court Segment. This episode we talk about a Sports Drama about a fictional sport called Exy in The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic and the Sci-Fi Star Wars romance Galaxy's Edge: Crash of Fate by Zoraida Cordova (Zoey Castile). Stick around after the credits for bloopers! As always, we do talk about spoilers for the plot so if you...
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June 9, 2020 1 min

Brief trailer for our podcast! Find us at tradingpages.pantspending.com!

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May 26, 2020 90 mins

Content Warning for discussion about sexual assault, family trauma, mental illness, and legal issues. If this is not your jam then feel free to skip minute 22-56. This episode features the YA fantasy "Abarat" by Clive Barker and Adult Contemporary Romance "Wait For You" by J. Lynn (Jennifer L. Armentrout). Bron and Ali discuss 'quarinsanity' and the resulting online shopping mistakes that ensued. Stick around after the credits for ...

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April 16, 2020 69 mins

Ali and Bron discuss the mystery and apocalyptic hellscape of Tik Tok, favorite beverages to drink while reading romance, and of course, why the hell are there so many characters in manga. This week features the manga No. 6 by Atsuko Asano and Hinoki Kino and The Raging Ones by Krista and Becca Ritchie. Spoilers abound so make sure that you read these ones before listening if you don't want to be spoiled.  There is a lot of sw...

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Ali has an existential crisis and Bronwyn finds a Happily Ever After. It goes without saying there are spoilers for both books. If you haven't read them, you've been warned! There are brief mentions of trauma and mental health. Let's Get Textual is a Romantic Comedy by Teagan Hunter. I Crawl Through It is a surrealistic coming of age story by A.S. King. 

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March 22, 2020 37 mins
Bronwyn and Ali talk about the inspiration behind their new podcast. They discuss their differences in literary taste and tease their book assignments. We dive pretty deep into romance tropes and teaching Ali how the hell to read Manga because she has no clue (Black Butler by Yana Taboso). Correction to the episode: The book with a hot librarian Ali mentions is Stud in the Stacks by Pippa Grant. Also mentioned is author Tijan, Zora...
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