Celebrity Memoir Book Club
New York comedians Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton are reading celebrity memoirs so you don't have to. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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August 5, 2025 • 71 mins
Backstreet’s back… alright? Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys member and brother of Aaron Carter, did a low to medium amount of emotional work and wrote a whole book about what you can learn from him.
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July 29, 2025 • 58 mins
Head into the 90210, make a left at Tori Spelling and you’ll run straight into Jennie Garth. The 90210 cast member has been in the center of some of Hollywood’s biggest tabloid stories but none of it was her fault.
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July 22, 2025 • 108 mins
What’s there to say about Scheana Shay that hasn’t already been said? In her wildly anticipated memoir, Scheana finally gets to talk about herself in the one place it’s most allowed. From her childhood, to a long list of celebrity flings, to how Scandoval affected her most of all, it’s hard to believe she’s left anything out.
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July 15, 2025 • 80 mins
The queen of Survivor. The Black Widow. The Traitor from Traitors. Parvati Shallow is a legendary winner of Surivor and a reality show expert. She’s survived Survivor, a childhood in a cult, and the chaos of life.
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July 8, 2025 • 86 mins
If you’re someone who thinks social media is super evil and Facebook heavily influenced the 2016 election and now most of the world’s leaders are in the pocket of Mark Zuckerburg… you need to take your tinfoil hat off and read the TRUTH. Because it will confirm all those things. Sarah Wynn-Williams is a lawyer and one of the early members of Facebook’s global policy team and she’s even more horrified about all that stuff than you a...
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July 1, 2025 • 82 mins
In the aftermath of her breakup from Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon tells her story. She won’t really get into her relationship but if you want to know why everyone’s always pissed at Courtney Love this is the book for you!
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June 24, 2025 • 68 mins
Take a look at the shoes on your feet do you know who cooked them up????? There’s a chance it was the one and only Steve Madden. The legendary shoe brand is kind of just a guy who loves to look at feet and make you the shoe of your dreams as fast as humanly possible. Did he invent fast fashion for shoes?? Who’s to say! Did he do illegal money stuff?? Definitely yes! But he did his time and now he’s churning out fresh pumps once aga...
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June 17, 2025 • 70 mins
What does it take to be one of the world’s best soccer players??? Goodness in your heart and also drive. Olympic and World Cup soccer champ Megan Rapinoe tells us everything she knows about fighting for the gold and also fighting for equality because she does both a lot.
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June 10, 2025 • 67 mins
Would you call this a memoir? Only if you’re feelin loose like a modern woman!!! Aziz Ansari wrote a book, not about himself, but about love. He tackles tough topics like is dating harder now because of apps and social media?? Does reading a very boring book make you more or less likely to find love??
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June 3, 2025 • 81 mins
Do you remember Kelly Oxford? If you had twitter in the early 2010’s dig through your brain archives. Surely you remember the funniest Canadian mom on twitter turned LA scenester turned book writer turned show writer turned divorced person who crashes out on Instagram all the time?
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June 14: New York
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May 27, 2025 • 98 mins
It’s Nora Ephron anthology week! We took a look at two of her essay collections, I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing to remember what proper storytelling looks like.
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June 14: New York
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May 20, 2025 • 113 mins
Who’s that girl doin yoga next to Alec Baldwin?? It’s Hilaria and she’s ready to tell her side of the story. And only her side. You won’t get most of the story. But you will find out who she feels wronged her in their coverage.
With special guests Eliza and Julia from Binchtopia!!!!
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May 16: London
May 18: Dublin
June 14: New York
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May 13, 2025 • 101 mins
Have you ever wondered how the hell Beyoncé and Solange Knowles found their ways to becoming the most talented people on the planet earth? It’s because they were raised and styled by Tina.
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May 16: London
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June 14: New York
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May 6, 2025 • 75 mins
Conclave starts tomorrow lets go girls!!! This week the gang goes Catholic as we dive into the life of the recently departed sweetie pie Pope Francis. From his early days of doing science to his later years of writing letters and popeing he was an interesting character and a twist on the standard popal situation.
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May 16: London
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June 14: New York
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April 29, 2025 • 86 mins
Warm up your fists of Fury a new memoirist has entered the villa!!!! Tommy Fury is a boxer and reality star who takes his boxing soooo seriously while the rest of the world takes his reality stardom much more seriously.
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May 1: Chicago
May 16: London
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June 14: New York
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April 22, 2025 • 87 mins
There’s a scorching hot tune burning at 182 degrees- the only way to cool it down is with an incredibly chill and normal story. Enter Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus. A founding member of one of the biggest bands of the 00s, he’s also just a guy who loves friendship.
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April 24: San Francisco
May 1: Chicago
May 16: London
May 18: Dublin
June 14: New York
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April 15, 2025 • 82 mins
From page three to the centerfold of UK televisions, Katie Price is both an absolute mystery and apparently an open book. The reality star and model has written 8 memoirs and her most recent clarifies both everything and nothing. If you want to know who Katie Price is and isn’t listen on.
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April 24: San Francisco
May 1: Chicago
May 16: London
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June 14: New York
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April 8, 2025 • 71 mins
Diane Guerrero was barely a teenager when her family was separated by the US immigration system. She was completely disregarded by the system and managed to graduate from a performing arts school, go to college, and act in some of the biggest shows of the decade while using her voice to advocate for families in situations like hers.
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April 4: Toronto
April 10: Philadelphia
April 11: Washington DC
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April 1, 2025 • 121 mins
You’re life isn’t bad you just haven’t found the right guru!!! First, become a multi millionaire and then you’re going to want to hire Jay Shetty, celebrity monk, to brush your hair and tell you it’s okay to make getting richer your only goal!!! Jay Shetty uses his experience as a monk to remind us all that it’s good to be a celebrity.
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March 25, 2025 • 95 mins
You can’t mention Sutton Foster’s several Tony Awards without talking about the blankets she crocheted along the way. Well maybe you can but Sutton wrote a memoir about the crafts she completed while becoming a Broadway legend, a Bunhead, and so much more. If you want to read a book about someone who is insanely talented and accomplished, this is it. If you just want to hear our thoughts on it, listen up.
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