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Why Do Clothes Suck Now?
Amanda Mull joins the pod to talk about sweaters filled with plastic and why we've stopped ironing
 • Anne Helen Petersen
48:01
A Former Trad Wife on What It Actually Takes To Leave
"I call it the cult without walls"
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Tia Levings
55:55
The Showgirl and the Swiftcourse
Turns out the behind-the-scenes we were promised were pretty normie
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Melody Rowell
31:23
Dozens of New-To-You Books for Your TBR Pile
Fiction Concierge Comes To the Pod
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Maris Kreizman
1:04:53
The Curious Return of 2000s Music
A bop is a bop!
 • Anne Helen Petersen
55:37
The Rise of Therapy Speak
Weaponized Narcissistic Boundaries
 • Anne Helen Petersen
1:04:56
Approximately 72 Old Movies to Fall In Love With
Old Movie Concierge!
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Margaret H. Willison
1:12:20
An Incredibly Well-Timed Ben Affleck Episode
Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Jenn Romolini
52:29
The ACOTAR Chokehold
Is the faerie smut even any good...?
 • Anne Helen Petersen
1:05:34
Let's Unpack Some Intensive Parenting Trends (In a Way That Will Not Make You Feel Like Crap)
We could've made this episode four hours long (and yes we talk about gentle parenting)
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Melinda Wenner Moyer
57:15
Nicole Kidman's Resting Rich Face
No one does it better
 • Anne Helen Petersen
1:06:01
WTF is Going On With That Clothing Brand
And what does it say about me
 • Anne Helen Petersen and Caroline Moss
1:08:14
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