Join us on the beautiful Cape Cod National Seashore as we explore Kennedy family royalty Maria Shriver's new book of poetry— yes, poetry— "I Am Maria." From growing up as the niece of JFK to marrying Arnold Schwarzenegger, always being a horse girl, and ultimately getting railed by a former Bush campaign strategist, this is one very American tall tale. Hear the whole ep at http://patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Jul 02, 2025•2 min
It's part deux of our epic journey into Keith McNally's new memoir, "I Regret Almost Everything." To hear the whole episode, subscribe at http://patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 14, 2025•6 min
Call the reservationist, we're popping champagne with downtown restaurateur Keith McNally and his spankin' new memoir "I Regret Almost Everything." From his homosexual relationship with British playwright Alan Bennett to hitchhiking across Turkey, suic*de, medical crises, class anxieties, retro revanchist Americana aesthetics, sex with unnamed celebrities, zinc bars, and of course, Patti Smith being a bitch—it doesn't get any more NEW YORK than this. Stay tuned for Part 2 next Wednesday! To hear...
May 07, 2025•46 min
Miss us? Enjoy this unlocked Patreon episode from November, 15, 2025— "No One Touched The Water." To hear today's all new episode, and get another one just like it every Friday, subscribe at http://patreon.com/cbcthepod. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 3 min
TGIF! Reminder—the only way to hear CBC now is on http://patreon.com/cbcthepod On today's ep—Oscars recap, Anora discourse, Meghan Markle's new show, Hilaria and Alec Baldwin's new show, and HBO's John Wilson joins us to talk the Ridgewood restaurant scene. Join us at patreon.com/cbcthepod xoxo Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 07, 2025•4 min
TGIF, Club Kids! It's part deux of our epic final episode at iHeart—and we're going down kicking and screaming! To hear the whole story, and continue to get Steven & Lily in your ears every Friday—join us at http://patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 28, 2025•4 min
Well, the cat is out of the bag. We've reached the end of our iHeart era. But fear not—CBC will continue! Get new episodes every Friday at http://patreon.com/cbcthepod . For our final day in the red studio, we're going meta with famous thorn in the side of corporate radio—Howard Stern, and his book "Private Parts." In true Stern style, we bring in our producers on the mic and take the show out into the office—including an iHeart fridge mukbang. Don't worry, Club Kids. This isn't the end. It's th...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 199
CBC is in Chicago on 2/27! Get your tickets here . Yooo, who wants to drink some turpentine under a starry night with me? This week we hunkered down in the studio and read OG struggling artist Vincent Van Gogh's book, " The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh." Stretch your canvas as we discuss glamorizing peasants, immersive exhibits, eating overcooked quail, wholesale paint brushes, his dope Dutch sister-in-law Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger, the nostalgia of drawing, and brothels. Plus, we try to get to the...
Feb 19, 2025•58 min•Ep. 198
Come see us in Chicago on 2/27! Get your tickets now . Hello, Lover! Slip into an ethically made negligee and get comfortable because we are back in the boudoir with our annual Club Kid LOVELINE call-in episode. We don our Esther Perel hat and discuss how to find sperm, s**tting on the first date, greater Boston love triangles, squirting (again), off-grid courtship, how to get over a toxic crush, and–last but not least–ethical non-monogamy. BESOS! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthe...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 197
Dear Mr. Club Kid, you're the one in the corner of the coffee shop listening to my podcast with no headphones on because you don’t give a f**k, who orders a black coffee and drinks it all day while writing in a red notebook with a pen that hardly works... Umm sorry, we got carried away. This week we dive into acclaimed actress Mary Louise Parker’s semi-autobiographical book of letters, "Dear Mr. You ." We discuss the longing for strangers, retro Coke, getting railed in the East Village, the erot...
Feb 05, 2025•55 min•Ep. 196
Jabba the what?! A long time ago in a gay club far, far away... Princess Leia was slaying the house down BUNS! Hop in your Millennial Pink Falcon—we're imbibing "Wishful Drinking," the one-woman show-turned-memoir from Hollywood (and galactic) royalty Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Debbie Reynolds, Carrie is Hollywood to her imperial core—and that's on Whobacca! From cocaine addiction and electroshock therapy to gay best friends dying in your bed and Lily's pronunciation of Tatooine, this is one...
Jan 29, 2025•54 min•Ep. 195
Somebody call 9-1-1 because it’s getting hot in here! We finally listened to all you horny club kids, and read Hot Mugshot guy's memoir " Model Citizen: The Autobiography of Jeremy Meeks." This book may be triple spaced but it’s actually an important text that looks into the prison industrial complex, fame, class, B-movies, marrying into money, Morocco, and what it’s like to be raised a lesbian Naval officer. Cleanup on aisle CBC! CBC LIVE IN CHICAGO 2/27 TICKETS Support the show: https://www.pa...
Jan 22, 2025•57 min•Ep. 194
We’re back, babe! Welcome to Part 2 of "Cher: The Memoir, Part One," ya dig? We dive into how Cher became a gay icon, making love to David Geffen, Chaz Bono’s lumbering lesbian walk, when Aspen was weird, what Gregg Allman was packing, and how Cher got out of her bad deal with her cigar smokin' no-good hubs Sonny. Do you believe in life after love? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 15, 2025•57 min•Ep. 193
This week on the VIP Lounge— Meghan Markle's new Netflix show, The Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie's "comeback," Justin Trudeau's resignation, and a ski accident. Subscribe to get more of us every Friday (and ad-free main eps every Wednesday) at http://patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 10, 2025•3 min
Gypsies, Tramps, and Podcasts! We are kicking off 2025 by studying the goddess known as Cher and her new boo k "Cher: The Memoir, Part One" in two parts…ya dig, babe? We attempt to discuss everything from her mother’s five marriages, swimming with Warren Beatty, fur vests, Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, how to shop with men, the rise of Sonny and Cher, dining with Dalí, and why Cher cantered so Kim Kardasahian could gallop. I Got You Babe - there’s more Cher next week. Support the show: https://w...
Jan 08, 2025•59 min•Ep. 192
Heyeth, best friends in Christ! The Lord hath sent us His Most Fabulous Messenger—Catherine Cohen of the village of Houston—to discuss His “Second Testament,” aka The New Testament, aka Season 2 of the Holy Bible. From weeping for thine Jewish friends who will burn in the fires of Hell to why Jesus resembleth a member of Fleet Foxes, the divine sex workers of Nazareth, Jesus having only child syndrome, TEDxBethlehem, and addressing if the Virgin Mary was a liar (yes). This is the Book of All Boo...
Jan 01, 2025•51 min•Ep. 191
Get on your knees, ladies! Toxic gay Twitter frenemy Ben Mora joins our favorite Massholes for the world’s biggest celebrity—God—and his 1300 B.C. bestseller, The Bible. From everyone on the pod having COVID (God’s work) to which Bible characters are non-binary, Nazareth’s circumcision obsession, Noah’s red carpet, Lily and Ben’s Unitarian Universalist pasts, and why God is a JAP—this is a journey of biblical proportions. Amen, brother. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omn...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 190
I was rooting for you!! We were ALL rooting for you!!! This week we read Jay Manuel's "novel"/self-insertion fan fiction about what it was like to work on America’s Next Top Model in " The Wig, the Bitch and the Meltdown." We dive into this burn book and discuss the 2000’s hot spots Tao and Buddakan (and why Jay chose to put them in a novel that takes place in 2020), doing Tyra dirty, Miss J's d*ck pics, why Janice Dickinson is our favorite, and that scene where Jay gets to pretend that Nigel Ba...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 189
Come in and kick off your boots, y’all! This week we read and ate our way through Reba McEntire’s new cookbook " Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots." Between bites of her lip smackin’ ribs we discuss what it’s like to be a single mom who works two jobs, loves her kids, and never stops. Plus, how she became a camp icon, revitalized a small Oklahoma town, and overcame her fears to become the first-ever female KFC Colonel Sanders. Amen! CW: Eating d...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 188
What if Einstein was a chick??? This week we read wildly popular millennial comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s book "Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity. " You might be asking, "What the hell is GL ™ ?" Well, my liege, we’ll explore together. In this research project we discuss white jeans, nose jobs, awesome stepfathers, backup boyfriends, Emerson College, study abroad behavior, how to get female friends, and a time when Sarah Silverman was the hottest comedian. Plus, we'll address the age old qu...
Dec 04, 2024•51 min•Ep. 187
Namaste, chicas! It's everyone's favorite yoga wife, mompreneur, Hamptons homemaker & flamenco queen—Hilaria Baldwin—and her spiritual how-to guide, "The Living Clearly Method." Roast some poblanos for the Spanish Rachel Dolezal as we dive into chair pose, having 30 children, how Lily literally went to high school with her, the power of breath, meeting your husband while grabbing tapas, and what happens when you really do make studying abroad your personality. Olé! Support the show: https://...
Nov 27, 2024•54 min•Ep. 186
<br>INPUT (prompt), var1, var2!</br> This week we read Apple computer inventor/Kathy Griffin's ex-boyfriend's memoir "iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It." We create a code in order to discuss the evolution of Mac, insane tension between Woz and Steve Jobs, early Silicon Valley, scam-ass printers, how we used to fix our own TVs, Freemasons, and ask the ultimate question: does technology really help us or has i...
Nov 20, 2024•59 min•Ep. 185
We are 2 blessed 2 be stressed because this week we have lesbian pop superstar King Princess up in the studio to discuss Mass chanteuse JoJo Levesque and her new book " Over The Influence: A Memoir." We talk about JoJo's rocky musical journey from being a breakout teen star in the early 2000’s to the trappings of a bad record deal with Aaliyah’s shady uncle, Coolatas, Galentines at Taylor Swift's house, the pressure to be pop, and--damn--just figuring out this crazy ass business. AGAPE! Support ...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 184
I couldn’t help but wonder if Samantha should be the one writing a book about sex. Maybe she could finally explain where the G-spot is, or would it just end up being an episode of CBC? This week, we are pleasuring ourselves with Canadian sex god Kim Cattrall’s book "Sexual Intelligence." We go deep inside the part history-part outsider art photography book and discuss ancient aphrodisiacs, what Toronto singles really want in bed, the phallus in art, oysters, female Viagra, bundles of nerves, out...
Nov 06, 2024•58 min•Ep. 183
Tomato, Garlic, Basil, Simmer. This week we read beloved actor-turned-food journalist Stanley Tucci’s new book "What I Ate in One Year: (and related thoughts)." Join us at the market as we select the perfect ingredients to pair with this delicious diary—including his possibly open marriage to Emily Blunt's sister, dining with King Charles, bad Italian food in Italy, discovering tequila with Blake Lively, under-seared scallops, parenting toddlers at 60, shopping for a group vacation, loving hotel...
Oct 30, 2024•56 min•Ep. 182
Noted cyberbully Ben Mora joins us to discuss Slovenian fashionista Melania Trump and her not-that-revealing new memoir " Melania." From a bucolic childhood in Sevnica to strutting the catwalks in Milan, renovating marble floors, being confused on January 6, her failed caviar moisturizer, battling Rosie O'Donnell, and of course, the infamous Zara jacket—this is a high-octane story of cheekbones, checkbooks, and the American Dream. You can find Ben’s podcast here: Patreon.com/seekingderangements ...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 181
LGBTGIF! Internationally renowned platinum recording artist King Princess is in the VIP Lounge! From bisexual foreigners to Kamala's Glock, vaginal births, shingles, homosexual Allegiant airlines flight crew, pilates, whether butches should pay on the first date, and all your harness questions answered—this is herstory in the making. Hear the whole thing at patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 18, 2024•4 min
Babe, can you grab my hobo bag and a Venti Valium Latte from Starbs??? I’m headed to the Golden Globes to style Debra Messing, and there’s crazy traffic on the 405. This week we are studying iconic stylist to the stars Rachel Zoe’s book " Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour." We cover layering camisoles, altering Nicole Richie's size 10 dress in Vegas, her revolutionary TV show, Anne Hathaway's views on denim, not eating, and how she invented pairing a vintage Ch...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 180
Wet your quills, boys! The year is 1660. England has a monarchy again, and a certain London-based naval bureaucrat has a LOT of secrets. This week, we dive wig-first into the most famous chronicle of life during the Stuart Restoration—The Diary of Samuel Pepys. The Forrest Gump of his era, the horny civil servant takes us through the Great Plague of 1665, the Great Fire of 1666, kissing mummies, burying parm in your garden, shtupping your maid, beating your houseboy, and swilling tankards of Lon...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 179
Childless Cat Ladies, assemble! Save your debate hot takes for the couch, mawmaw. We're reading hated holler hottie JD Vance’s bestselling memoir " Hillbilly Elegy." We try to cover this book, U.S. history, immigration, Amy Adams, the decline of the industrial Midwest, China’s labor policies, the opioid crisis, coastal elitist Appalachian cosplay, and everything else NOT in Kamala’s plan--all in 63 minutes. Holla! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 178
