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
It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more!
Obsessions
Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen
Olivia: “You’re Not Th...
From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE!
Substacks we’re into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris.
(Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that Critter Catcher)
Obsessions
We’re back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE!
Olivia’s Things
The Charmin toilet paper redesign (and the mundane parts of life we’d want to give a makeover)
What you’d want to erase your brain to read/watch ‘for the first time’. (Ours are The Newsroom, The Idea of...
This week we’re chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more!
We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead!
Jo...
This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez! We talk about the artists that inspired this story, the themes that impacted us the most, and more! We also share listener-submitted follow ups on our Notes App conversation.
Obsessions
Olivia - Elf Glow Reviver Lip Oil, Rose Envy
Becca - Rhode skincare
Read more
It’s time for Three Things and we have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in!
Olivia’s things
Kate Middleton
A game FMKs
Our Favorite Substacks
Becca’s things
What you do when you’re struggling with procrastination (get the Time Timer Becca mentioned here)
The State of Culture 2024 on Substack
The notes App can be used for more than celebrity apologies, so we decided to dedicate an episode to diving into what's in our Notes App! Specifically Notes App organization, the most useful notes we keep, the weirdest notes we find on our phones, and more!
Let us know the innovative/smart/weird ways you use the Notes App by calling in at 843-405-3157.
Obsessions
Becca - Ch...
We’re so excited for another guest Three Things with author Tia Williams! We chat about Love is Blind, American Fiction (with an Oscar movie sidebar), and her new novel A Love Song for Ricki Wilde!
Tia Williams is the author of the novels The Accidental Diva, It Chicks, Sixteen Candles, The Perfect Find (now a Netflix movie starring Gabrielle Union), Seven Days in June, and her latest novel, A Love Song ...
We’re so excited to discuss Good Material by Dolly Alderton! This one gave us mixed feelings, which means a great discussion is ahead. We talk about how reading from a man’s point of view impacted our reading experience, our favorite funny parts, what we thought of the relationship dynamics in the book, and MORE!
The article that we thought of while reading this book is linked here!
Obse...
It's time for another round of Three Things! Including things we’re reading, listening, and watching that we had to talk about…and Paul Giamatti.
Becca’s Three Things
Pastries
A Paul Giamatti X Cher anecdote
Olivia’s Three Things
One Day on Netflix (And a companion to One Day by Farrah Storr from Becca)
Romance is in the air! We were feeling adoorable this Valentine’s Day and thought we’d Linc up and dive back into some obscure erotica. Join us…if you dare!
Obsessions
Becca: Norah Ephron, specifically I’ll Have What She’s Having and Everything is Copy
Olivia: @poppincandyofficial, Hvladimir the Beluga Whale
What we read this week
It’s time for one of our favorite episodes of the year, our 2024 reading preview! We chat with Jordyn Walker, Haley Jakobson, Tomi Obebe, Steven Rowley, and Amanda Montell about their most anticipated reads of 2024! We also ask them the very important question: If you could have a meal with any fictional character at any chain restaurant, who are you going with and where are you taking them?
Olivia’s 202...
This week, we’re discussing our January Book Club pick, Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. We discuss how the book compared to our expectations and our relationships with time, as well as the book’s takes on perfectionism, control, “The joy of missing out,” and more!
Obsessions
What we read th...
This year we’re shaking up our guest interview format, and bringing in highly requested guest Kate Kennedy to share her Three Things! Kate is the host of Be There in Five and the author of One in a Millenial, an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, and the millennial zeitgeist.
Kate’s Three Things
TikTok aesthetic microtrends
Going idle on...
It’s time for our first Three Things of 2024! We’re so excited to share what we’ve been watching, reading, and questioning lately.
Olivia’s things
In & Out lists
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Becca
This NYT Article about Michael Stipe
The Pantone Color of the Year 2024
Obsessio...
We’re back! And we’re so excited to kick off 2024 by setting out goals for this year! But first, we check in on how our 2023 goals went.
Obsessions
Becca: Her Vibes board phone background
Olivia: Bear Brook Podcast
What we read this week
Olivia:
As the year comes to a close, we want to look back at the good stuff and discuss our best of 2023! We dive into our personal best moments and talk about some of our favorite things from this year!
Best Entertainment
Best TV Show
Becca - The Diplomat
Olivia - Shrinking
Best Movie
Becca - Barbie
Olivia - Past Lives
Read more
This week, we’re diving into Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! This is the ONLY time we’ll be spoiling this book for a while, so if you haven’t read the book yet and don’t want to get spoiled, save this episode for when you finish the book!
We talk about what elements of the book were there since Becca’s first draft, the highs and lows of their writing process, how she balanced the lighthearte...
Happy gift guide season! This week we’re talking all things gifts with Sarah of @my.sister.made.me.buy.it, an account full of fashion, undergarment, blanket, travel, and pen recommendations. We share gift ideas for BFFs, Co-Workers, Significant Others, Tweens, People who have everything, and what we’d gift ourselves!
Our Picks:
BFF - Rainbow Splash Cups from Coming Soon, Fancy Friend Dates...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.
A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.