Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily

That's hot! Cash in your inheritance, we're checking into Hotel Hilton with OG heiress and miniature canine enthusiast—Paris Hilton—and her appropriately titled new blockbuster "Paris: A Memoir." The inventor of the selfie and lynchpin of modern celebrity is back with a shocking tell-all: from the horrific abuse she's suffered at "troubled teen" schools to becoming the highest paid DJ in the world...

Icons only! EGOT winner and The View's current warden Whoopi Goldberg finally makes her CBC debut with a deeply random book of advice "If Someone Says "You Complete Me," RUN!: Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships." From almost getting married to Ted Danson to actually getting married to three other guys, possibly being asexual, definitely being a lesbian icon, her attraction to Minions, obsession wi...

TGIF, cowgirls! We're giving you the stan breakdown no one asked for—our exclusive review of all 36 tracks of Morgan Wallen's new album "One Thing At A Time," which just went to number one on the Billboard 200. Can you come back from racial controversy? (Yes). Is Morgan really sober? (No). Did God invent the concept of the bar? (Yes). Who is the real Drake of country? (Hint: It's Sam Hunt). All th...

Buongiorno! Hop in a gondola back to 18th century Venice, as we raid the little black book of the most infamous male slut in history—Giacomo Casanova—and the abridged version of his memoirs, "The Venetian Years." From the Spanish Inquisition to dildos of antiquity, incest, male wigs, Catholicism, feminism, and why castratos were the original trans girls, this is a fiery journey through the history...

Paws up, club kids! Sharpen your claws and get out the wet food, we're chasing mice with Jackson Galaxy—star of Animal Planet's "My Cat From Hell"—and his furry folk odyssey "Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean." From the Boulder music scene to feline abortion, how to not anthropomorphize your cat, guardians not owners, not getting hired d...

TGIF, ladies! No tenderqueer is spared in Steven's blow-by-blow review of the new, very expensive haute quisine restaurant HAGS. We also discuss the TikTok phenomenon of "Borgs," why no one leaves their door unlocked anymore, and wonder if any food can really be an aphrodisiac. Please drink responsibly.   Hear the entire 45-minute episode here: http://patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https:...

It's the Baron of Bravo, the King of the Housewives, the Warden of the West Village— Andy Cohen!— and his delirious memoir "The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year." Travel back to 2013/2014 as the inventor of women recounts in painstaking detail every boozy brunch with Kelly Ripa, stays single, loses weight, lives for activations, dishes about Theresa Caputo and Kathy Griffin, and p...

I’ll have what she’s having! Tuck into your favorite Jewish deli with our most iconic New York writeuse, Nora Ephron, and her poignant treatise on aging, “I Feel Bad About My Neck.” From face creams to facing death, the invention of the studiously unfussy dinner party, Rosie O’s happy meal toy collection, and how the simultaneous introduction of Julia Child and birth control changed the world—this...

Calling all bunnies! It’s Canadian Playboy model, softcore pornstar & wife of KISS frontman Gene Simmons—Shannon Tweed—and her sultry “Kiss & Tell.” From growing up on a mink farm in Dildo, Newfoundland (look it up) to becoming Hugh Hefner’s primary partner, this is one turbo-charged trip to tittie-town. AND! For the first time in CBC history, Steven’s iconic cousin Monica calls into the p...

Mama, can you hear me? Say hello, dolly to the OG funny girl— it’s Babs!—and her coffee table book/renovation diary “My Passion For Design.” The siren of stage and screen has compiled a bewildering tome chronicling the painstaking construction of her Malibu Dream Home, including its period-accurate Mill House with antique water wheel, sumptuous screening room, koi pond (with no orange fish), and y...

Fancy a cuppa? It’s part two of our explosive investigation into Prince Harry’s “Spare”— and the tea is piping, innit. From Meghan’s sad dad to Harry’s Botswana tattoo, why Eat Pray Love makes you cultured, the Nazi costume, getting HIV tested with Rihanna, murdering the Taliban, not sitting with your partner at a wedding, and Meghan and Kate’s nuclear cat fight—this is a scorching tale of blood,...

You know the story. You’ve seen the headlines. Now hear the very first episode in our groundbreaking two-part series on the most explosive book of the year—Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex—and his shocking tell-all “Spare.” From Frogmore to Balmoral, Meghan’s traumatized puppers to Meghan pretending not to know who Diana is, their first date at Soho House, is Harry the Kourtney?, poverty cosplay at TK...

Crank the twee-meter up to Wes Anderson—we’re playing house with Cobble Hill’s eensiest weensiest comedienne, Jenny Slate, and her absurdist memoir “Little Weirds.” Magical realism meets Freshman year personal essay in this Dickinsonian teacup of cuteness, as the self-described “rabbit” unloads her colonial Massachusetts sexual anxieties and processes Trump’s election via poetic non-fiction about...

Kung who? Pour one out for the original Drunken Master—global action superstar Jackie Chan—and his high-flying 2015 memoir “Never Grow Up.” From his childhood class dysphoria to becoming the most toxic millionaire in Hong Kong, buying watches for all your boys, cheating on your wife, why Mao was a narcissist, shitting on set, Communist Party propaganda, and Lily’s tween foray into karate—this one’...

Happy New Year! The gals eviscerate end-of-year Instagram carousel culture, Lily revisits Atlantic City and has size dysmorphia in the Big & Tall section, Steven reviews Monkey Bar, and we learn that sometimes the best table in the restaurant… is the one you’re already at.   Subscribe here to listen http://patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio...

Grab your Leica, we’re steaming up the dark room with Brooklyn Beckham and his fine art photography coffee table book, “What I See.” The eldest son of Posh Spice and David Beckham takes us on a journey of family vacations, having a hot mom, having hot siblings, dressing like a Bieber lesbian, why it’s hard to photograph elephants, and ultimately proves to us that he is capable of vision.    Plus!...

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 syn...

Brat Pack Boots! We finally read Rob Lowe’s semi-scandalous memoir like you’ve been begging us to. From bro-crushing on JFK Jr. to shtupping the princess of Monaco, Tom Cruise’s gay ass, making love to your wife at Sting’s castle, and why everyone on the West Wing thinks they literally worked at the White House—this is one conventionally attractive episode. Vote!    PLUS! In the VIP Lounge out on...

Your table is ready! Tasty snack Amiel Stanek, editor at Bon Appetit, joins us for a three-course meal as we dive into cuisine queen Ruth Reichl and her delicious memoir, “Save Me the Plums.” A salacious journey through her time editing Gourmet magazine until Condé shuttered it for good, we talk industry gossip, the Condé cafeteria, Lily’s stint cleaning the Saveur test kitchens, 9/11 chili, picky...

In today's VIP Lounge, Lily goes on an epic saga to secure a Popeye’s Cajun Turkey. To hear an extra episode every week, you’ll simply have to subscribe— patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS EPISODE AT HOME.   It’s everyone’s favorite “Professional Idiot”— Steve-O! From growing up randomly rich to landing MTV’s Jackass, stapling your nutsack, pissing in public, sizing up small dicks, why Johnny Knoxville was Lily’s beard, clown college and nihilistic positivity— this is a wild ride through male history. We also shotgun beers and Lily forces Steven to eat c...

PRAISE BE! It’s the book you've all been waiting for to us read— Demi Lovato's mom’s memoir, “Falling with Wings.” Get in the Ford minivan and join us on the twisted American journey that is Dianna De La Garza's life— from leaving her Pentecoastal family to becoming a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, driving to Barney auditions, losing her fingers, Eva Longoria's sudoku addiction, and finding peace at...

1110101010001, anyone? Mask your IP and tear down your firewall, we’re torrenting global hacktivist, local DJ and infamous whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s bombshell new memoir “readme.txt.” From growing up gay in Oklahoma to uploading the biggest government leak in history over Barnes & Nobles’ slow ass wifi, exposing US crimes to DJ’ing raves in Bushwick, twink lounges, baby edge lords, and H...

Top o’ the Friday, club kids! Our epic trip to the Emerald Isle continues—from Dublin’s best restaurants to its worst *******, ranking the hotness of Irish lads and lasses, haunted innkeepers, living ghosts and the trauma of sharing a bed. Shamrock and roll, ladies!    Hear the entire ep at patreon.com/cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

Cocktails, anyone? It’s time to think outside the glass as we welcome podcast impresario Jason Stewart of How Long Gone, aka DJ Them Jeans, for a boozy ride down libations lane. The gals shake up four unique creations, each representing a different era in modern mixology—from the unnaturally sweet sensations of the early 2000’s, to the maple-bacon masculinity of the mid 2010s—as we trace Jason’s j...