Eek! It’s time to check in on our 2024 goals. Did we book that doctor’s appointment? Are we journaling more? Did we reduce our screen time? Keep listening to find out! Obsessions Olivia - Target striped linen pants Becca - Industry on Max What we read this week Olivia: Dear America A Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky This Month’s Book Club Pick - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at ba...
Jun 19, 2024•56 min•Ep 324•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Three Things Day! We technically only have Five Things total this time, but we’re excited to dive into them all the same. Becca’s Things Follow-up questions about Olivia’s Debut Week The Song of the Summer ( Espresso ? Lunch ? Share your thoughts!) A Teen TV era, Geek Girl , Maxton Hall Olivia’s Things Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1 Social etiquette in public places Obsessions Becca: Maxton Hall Olivia: New Billie Eilish What we read this week Becca: The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl This Month’s...
Jun 12, 2024•55 min•Ep 323•Transcript available on Metacast Summer is pretty much here, so we’re gathering bookish friends to talk about the books they’re excited to read this season! Olivia’s books I Shouldn't Be Telling You This by Chelsea Devantez. (June 4) Youthjuice by EK Sathue (June 4) Becca’s Books Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors (September 3) When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson v (September 24) Lyndsay Rush’s books Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Out June 18) Should We Go Extinct? By Todd May (Out August 6) Her poetry collection, A Bit Much, is ...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep 322•Transcript available on Metacast It’s time to talk about The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley ! We talk about our thoughts on the book’s love story, the real-life historical inspiration, what we thought of the ending, and more! Obsessions: Olivia - Lance the local toad Becca - A customer service experience with Windmill Air What we’ve read this week: Becca - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari and The Ministry of Time Olivia - The Ministry of Time This Month’s Book Club Pick - Such A Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter (have thoughts ab...
May 29, 2024•58 min•Ep 321•Transcript available on Metacast This week we’re talking phone habits and setting boundaries with our devices with Leslie Stephens , creator of the popular newsletter Morning Person and author of You’re Safe Here , out June 25, 2024. Books Leslie recommends about setting phone boundaries Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier How to Break Up with Your Phone Catherine Price Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle Stolen Focus by Johann Hari If you like...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep 320•Transcript available on Metacast By popular demand, we’re diving deep into Taylor Swift with Sarah Chapelle, the creator of the blog and Instagram account @taylorswiftstyled . Sarah’s Things Include: The Jack Antonoff Cinematic Universe Fashion as Easter Eggs and Red Herrings AI Songs Her book Taylor Swift Style comes out on October 8! Obsessions: Becca - Last Stop Larrimah Olivia - Albanese Gummy Bears Books: Olivia - Wellness by Nathan Hill Becca - Filterworld by Kyle Chayka This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time ...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep 319•Transcript available on Metacast This week we’re sharing our Three Things! From movies to comfort shows (to discomfort shows) and more! Becca’s things @Lucyontheground ’s Romcom Mash Sundays on IG. Spice World Gilmore Girls Olivia’s things The Swan Last Stop Larrimah Self Promotion Obsessions: Olivia: Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter Becca: Our BOP Terrence Sticker ! Books: Becca: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Olivia: All The Summers In Between by Brooke Lea Foster This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kalian...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep 318•Transcript available on Metacast This week we’re talking Things with Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After , and This Summer Will Be Different , out May 7, 2024. Carley’s Three Things Are: Spring Dressing Our relationship with social media (sparked by “Is there a sane way to use the internet” episode of Search Engine ) Her 3rd book This Summer Will Be Different , and Anne of Green Gables. Also…we finally have MERCH ! Obsessions: Becca: Just Bare Spicy Chicken Nuggets Olivia: Diet Coke/...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 The Only One I Know” by The Sundays What we read this week Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects ...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep 316•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Olivia: Duluth women’s gardening overalls Becca: ilovemahj.com What we read this week Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood Olivia: Till Deat...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 315•Transcript available on Metacast 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 You , the Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers Video , Project Hail Mary ) Common bucket list items we have zero...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr•Ep 214•Transcript available on Metacast 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’s Things Cold Plunging Costco Underwear Teaching herself how to make cannoli Obsessions Olivia: Harry’s...
Apr 03, 2024•51 min•Ep 313•Transcript available on Metacast 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 What we read this week Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter Olivia - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez This Month’s Boo...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep 312•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Idea Of You Trailer Our favorite Substacks Feed Me by Emily Sundberg After School by Casey Lewis Publishing Confidential by Kathleen Schmidt Extracurricular by Tembe Denton Hurst Morning Person by Leslie S...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast 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 - Chobani Cinnamon French Toast Creamer Olivia - American Fiction What we read this week Olivia: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel ...
Mar 13, 2024•57 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast 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 for Ricki Wilde just came out last month! We also ask Tia for beauty recs, which include...
Mar 06, 2024•51 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ! Obsessions Olivia - Lavender shower bombs Becca - Kindle Paperwhite Signature What we read this week Olivia - The...
Feb 28, 2024•58 min•Ep 308•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Renaissance Act ii 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 ) Everyone’s a sellout now on Vox Favorite acts of self-kindness Obsessions Becca: Substack as a place to scroll Olivia: Face Globes What we read this week Olivia: The Wild One...
Feb 21, 2024•55 min•Ep 307•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Becca: Still Writing by Dani Shapiro This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-40...
Feb 14, 2024•58 min•Ep 306•Transcript available on Metacast 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 2024 Picks Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander J...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast 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 O: The Trust on Netflix B: Slow Horses on Apple TV+ What we read this week Becca: Daisy Haites , The Great Undoing , and Magnolia Parks into the Dark by Jessa Hastings Olivia: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman ...
Jan 31, 2024•57 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Welcome to Plathville Going idle on AIM Obsessions Becca: NY Times Connections Olivia: Josiah & The Bonnevilles Lemming What we read this week Becca: One-Star Romance by...
Jan 24, 2024•50 min•Ep 303•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Saltburn Becca This NYT Article about Michael Stipe Naked Attraction The Pantone Color of the Year 2024 Obsessions Becca: Vick’s Sinus Steamer Olivia: Kaweco Sport Fountain Pen What we read this week Becca: First Lie Wins By Ashley Elston This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals...
Jan 17, 2024•53 min•Ep 302•Transcript available on Metacast 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: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham The Last Murder at The End of the World by Stuart Turton Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Becca: Snowed In by Catherine Walsh This Spells Love by Kate Robb Novelist as Vocation by Haruki Murakami All About Love by Bel...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep 301•Transcript available on Metacast For the last episode of 2023, it’s time to talk about the best books we read in this year! Becca and Olivia each share their top 10 books they read, and we play calls from listeners sharing their favorite books from 2023! Becca’s Best Books of the Year: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett You Again by Kate Goldbeck Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler All ...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep 300•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Best (New to us) Podcast Becc - Writer’s Routine , Publishing Rodeo Olivia - Writer’s Routine Best Concert Olivia - The Eras Tour , Noah Kahan Best Album Becca - You’ll Get It When You’...
Dec 06, 2023•58 min•Ep 299•Transcript available on Metacast 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 lighthearted tone with big emotions, and what book-related questions she wished she got asked more. Becca a...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep 298•Transcript available on Metacast 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, Colorful/fancy matches + match strikers Co-worker/casual acquaintance - 5 $1 scratch-off tickets + Le Pe...
Nov 22, 2023•57 min•Ep 297•Transcript available on Metacast Lotion! Books! Earplugs! Dried-up contact lenses! This week, we’re talking about our nightstand essentials from the things that improve our nighttime routine to the things that are just weird. Olivia’s Nightstand: Weleda Skin Food , Aquaphor stick , books (currently: Rooms of Our Own by Louise Pennington , Talking at Night by Claire Daverley , The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue ), Necessaire Body Serum , a pile of dried contacts, glasses, claw clip graveyard, water bottle graveyard. Becc...
Nov 15, 2023•59 min•Ep 296•Transcript available on Metacast Time for a fun batch of Things! Three from each of us, to be exact. Olivia’s Things What are your holiday vibes for 2023? Opinions on New Year’s Eve as a Holiday Is long hair cheugy now? Becca’s Things Becca’s new favorite kitchen tool - a garlic-chopper The Woman in Me by Britney Spears What are your glimmers? Obsessions Olivia - Geneva! Becca - Knitting What we read this week! Olivia: You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose B: 1,000 Words by Jami Attenberg (out 1/9); The Woman in Me by Bri...
Nov 08, 2023•52 min•Ep 295•Transcript available on Metacast 
