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This week we’re chatting all things cookbooks with our favorite Italian meatball-making-meatballs, Dan Pelosi! Dan is the mind behind GrossyPelosi, the popular Instagram account for all things comfor…

It’s time to discuss our August Book Club Pick, Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo! We talk about how we interpreted the magical elements, the family dynamics, our thoughts on the concept of a living w…

What do we have? Things! How many of them do we have? Three! 

Olivia’s Things

What you do on a ‘life catch up’ day

The year 2013 (sparked by this article in Glamour)

Everything showers

Becca’s Th…

This week, we’re learning all about how libraries work with a BOP listener, Carley! Carley has worked in public libraries for over ten years and has a Master of Library and Information Science and is…

This week we’re talking all about creativity! We talk about creativity’s role in our lives, major misconceptions about creativity, creative people we admire, and share advice for those who don’t know…

This week, we’re chatting with the author of our July Book Club Pick, Annabel Monaghan! 

Annabel is the author of Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels a…

We’re so excited to dive into our July Book Club Pick, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan! 

We discuss our feelings about the book, if we identify with the characters, and how the story surp…

This week we’re talking about things, and guess what!? We’ve each got three of ‘em!

Becca’s things

Summer Bucket List

Definitions of Success

Bringing Author Interviews Back to BOP

Olivia’s things

It’s time for part 2 of our Listener Q&A! This week we’re covering all things shopping, books, and more! 

Olivia’s Holy Grail Makeup Items

It Cosmetics CC Cream 

Thrive Causemetics Mascara

Caliray…

It’s time for a listener Q&A! We’ve gathered questions from you via voicemail, emails, and Instagram, answering a variety of questions spanning from how to start a virtual book club to our favorite s…

Buckle up dragon riders! It's finally time to talk about our June Book Club Pick, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. We share our thoughts on the book, why we think it went so viral, what quadrant we’d p…

It’s time for our June edition of Three Things! We have some fun ones, some thoughtful ones, and even one about hot aliens! Fun times ahead!   

Becca’s Three Things

Celebrity Doppelgangers 

Lobster…

Sorry to your TBR pile, it's time for another reading preview! We brought a few of our favorite book lovers on the pod to share the upcoming releases they’re excited about! And, of course, we ask THE…

How is it halfway through 2023 already!?! In this episode, we revisit the personal and professional goals we made in January and discuss the progress we’re excited about, the goals we’re changing, an…

It’s time to discuss our May Book Club Pick: Happy Place by Emily Henry! We had so much listener participation for this book (and some unexpected mixed reviews!) and we can’t wait to dive in. In addi…

This week we’re speaking with friend of the pod (and previous guest!) Ayana Lage! Ayana is a lifestyle blogger and freelance writer based in Tampa, Florida. She writes about motherhood, mental health…

Summer is on our mind and we are ready to break out the beach reads! This week we talk about what characteristics make up a perfect beach read, share some books we loved reading at the beach and pool…

We’re back with more things!!! This time we’re talking about A.I., time management, Nicolas Cage, our Barbie selves, NYC real estate, and our current hyperfixations! 

Olivia’s things

Thoughts on A.…

This week we brought on our friend (and past podcast guest) Amber Burns to talk all about journaling. We ask Amber about how she got into journaling, why bullet journaling doesn’t have to be fussy, h…

We’re so excited to discuss Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman, a 2 time BOP book club author! This book fits right in the venn diagram of Becca and Olivia’s differing book tastes. We discuss how…