Pop Fiction Women

NO SPOILERS in this conversation with #1 NY Times Bestselling author Susan Wiggs!! *** Susan has published almost 60 novels, and we loved hearing her describe the backstory behind her newest, The Lost And Found Bookshop, which she shared was “a title in search of a book and also a fantasy in search of a story.” (00:47) *** Her novel is a heart-warming story of a woman discovering her true self, bu...

We've launched a platform at patreon.com/popfictionwomen to keep making the podcast you love -- and to make it even better. For a one time contribution to support this episode, use venmo @ carinn-jade. Thank you and enjoy the show!! 'Hamilton: The Musical' & Vanessa Nadal  *** The Schuyler Sisters (“Angelica, Eliza & Peggy”): For a musical about the Founding Fathers, this show provides us with viv...

NO SPOILERS in this conversation with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Serle discussing IN FIVE YEARS. *** Carinn & Kate introduce their conversation with author Rebecca Serle, whose book, In Five Years, held strong on the New York Times bestseller list! We get personal and introspective with Rebecca, who we dubbed a self-help guru plus fiction writer extraordinaire. It’s one of those int...

Kate and Carinn discuss I May Destroy You Episode 3, the brain child of Libra creator, Michaela Coel. **Spoilers** *** In a flashback to three months ago, Arabella and Terry are in Italy having fun and showcasing the complexity of their friendship. Kate senses some jealousy from Terry, but Carinn thinks she's just frustrated she hasn't gotten hers yet. Bella tells Terry to “control what you can, n...

We've launched a platform at patreon.com/popfictionwomen to keep making the podcast you love -- and to make it even better. For a one time contribution to support this episode, use venmo @ carinn-jade. Thank you and enjoy the show!! *** Little known secret: the original concept for this podcast was inspired by our reaction to an episode of Bill Simmons' podcast, The Rewatchables, and his recent ep...

We've launched a platform at patreon.com/popfictionwomen to keep making the podcast you love -- and to make it even better. For a one time contribution to support this episode, use venmo @ carinn-jade. Thank you and enjoy the show!! MAJOR SPOILERS as Kate and Carinn discuss I May Destroy You Episodes 1 & 2, the brain child of Libra creator, Michaela Coel. *** We were stunned and surprised by the b...

NO SPOILERS in this conversation with author Emily Temple. *** Carinn & Kate introduce their conversation with Lit Hub editor and debut author, Emily Temple. We recount the highlights from this thoughtful, introspective chat about a book that invites BIG questions. (00:45) *** Emily describes The Lightness in her own words, what it is like to debut a novel during a pandemic and how it feels for he...

NO SPOILERS in this conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin discussing THE LIES THAT BIND. *** Carinn & Kate introduce their conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin, whose tenth book, The Lies That Bind, was released last week. (:45) *** Introducing Emily! We discuss what an incredible and unprecedented time we are all experiencing in this co...

We've launched a platform at patreon.com/popfictionwomen to keep making the podcast you love -- and to make it even better. For a one time contribution to support this episode, use venmo @ carinn-jade. Thank you and enjoy the show!! We deep dive into this iconic movie, an eminently rewatchable cultural phenomenon with not one, but two, complicated and strong female leads played by the brilliant Me...

Ladybird & Greta Gerwig *** Complicated Woman Rating - Lady Bird. Ladybird is a perfectly imperfect depiction of a young woman coming of age: complicated, unique, excitable, impossible to control, dramatic, angsty and totally relatable. (1:47) *** Complicated Woman Rating - Marion. Lady Bird’s mother has a tough exterior, a biting wit, and the weight of her family’s struggles on her shoulders. She...

It’s the six month anniversary of Pop Fiction Women! In podcast time that's like a decade, so we wanted to celebrate, have some fun, and get personal.   *** We play a hilarious game of F*ck, Marry, Kill with the love interests of the complicated ladies we've covered over the first six months of the podcast. Our choices surprise even each other, but it’s highly entertaining and hard to get through...

In CARRY ON, WARRIOR Glennon Doyle saved herself from addiction, then in LOVE WARRIOR she saved her marriage, but now we deep dive into her new memoir, UNTAMED, where she lets it all go wild and untames her inner cheetah. *** Kate settles in on the couch and opens herself up to guidance and wisdom and Carinn shares much of her own personal journey to becoming untamed. *** We end with a debate abou...

In the name of Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini and the Liz Feldman we are in television HEAVEN. Consider this your hype episode, prepping you to binge the whole delicious season. Only MINOR spoilers as to what happens in the first episode. No major spoilers at all. Dead To Recap *** The cast's live Facebook table read last night sucked us totally back in. We were completely dazzled and neede...

NO SPOILERS in this conversation with New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight discussing A GOOD MARRIAGE. *** Carinn and Kate chat about the interview highlights with Kimberly: her writing process and nuggets of wisdom for writers, her obsession with baking, our mutual love of astrology, her leaving the law to follow her true calling as a writer and, most importantly, her explorations...

Kate and Carinn recap the finale of Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu. We tried not to cry, we did not fully succeed. And then we tried to do the show notes, but that made us cry again. You should really listen to this entire episode, but if you really want to skip to specific parts here’s a guide: *** We start at the end. Because we can’t not begin by talking about the fire and how the show burns i...

A DOUBLE EPISODE: Fleabag One Woman Show and Recap of Vicky Jones’ Premiere of Run *** Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s original one woman stage show of Fleabag was released to the public for the first time on streaming services to support COVID relief organizations! Talk about silver linings!!! *** Kate and Carinn compare and contrast the TV series and the play, then tie it together with the premiere of Ru...

RECAP Part 3, Episodes 4 & 5: the past begins to catch up with them *** Mia and Elena Showdown. Elena now knows Mia is involved in helping Bebe and she takes the gloves off. Mia doesn’t back down, and we get two rounds of the battle royale between these powerful matriarchs. It culminates with one of the best lines in the show, when Mia tells Elena: “You didn’t make good choices, you had good choic...

Jessica Simpson: complicated but an open book Our second episode of Pop NON-fiction Women, there are no real spoilers as we highlight Jessica Simpson's Bombshells, Baller moments and Boys ** Carinn "accidentally" read this book in 48 hours. She had low expectations, but once she started reading it Jessica drew her right in with her honesty, vulnerability and over-the-top stories of love, addiction...

Carinn, Kate and Kathryn recap Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere Episodes 2 & 3 *** There is a lot going on with Mia. What’s with the attitude? Without some context or a big reveal, we wonder whether we are going to feel differently about her at some point. We hope so. (1:06) *** The Vagina Monologues book club does show us another side of Mia when she comes to Elena’s defense and, unlike the book, g...

Carinn, Kate and Kathryn recap Reese Witherspoon vs Kerry Washington on Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere Premiere episode. *** Kate felt it perpetuated some of her issues with the one-dimensional nature of our matriarchs, but Carinn had the exact opposite reaction. Kathryn, who joins us today as the perspective of someone who hasn’t seen the book, felt the show made her empathetic towards the almost...

Complicated Conversations with Mary Adkins: Privilege In Complicated Conversations, we add authors as creators into our discussion about complicated women, digging into their first-hand experiences, process and passion in bringing these women to life. ** Carinn and Kate discuss words of wisdom shared by Mary Adkins' 7th grade English teacher -- “Remember, the arc was built by amateurs and the Tita...

**Complicated Woman Rating (Jen & Judy) Kate unpacks the many layers of grieving widow Jen, including her defining characteristic: anger. Carinn describes Judy a liar and a murderer, but acknowledges her other positive attributes, particularly as she relates to Jen. Both agree these two women are complicated and that their friendship is the heart of this show. (01:38) **Jen or Judy - who do we rel...

Quick Cap #5: Fleabag monologues, Jessica Simpson's new book, Brit Marling's NYT essay, and Natalie Portman claps back at Rose McGowan **We can’t get enough of Fleabag. There were two monologues from Season Two that didn’t fit into our standard format -- we tried to let them go, but we couldn't. Kate applauds the relatability of the speech on womanhood delivered by Kristen Scott Thomas on women's...

Something’s Gotta Give & Nancy Meyers: crying at your computer complicated **Quick Cap Intro: We’re trying something new in this episode! Before we get to Erica Barry and Something’s Gotta Give, we dissect the New York Times Opinion piece by Brit Marling with the incendiary title, “I Don’t Want To Be The Strong Female Lead”. We couldn’t resist this teaser: “In pop culture, women are often objectif...

Little Fires Everywhere & Celeste Ng: Complicated Dueling Matriarchs **The Matriarchs — Mrs. Richardson and Mia Warren — could not be more opposite, one lives by her rules and regulations and the other is a free spirited artist living a nomadic life. (Starts at :40).  **Carinn relates to both of them and how they made her analyze the difference between power and control while Kate admits (sadly) s...