Best Mariana Emma And Brandi Podcasts (2024)

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Live Your Life - Part 4 56:22

2+ y ago56:22

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66 - Join your happy hour BFFs for our last happy hour of Season 2 and our last happy hour discussing Live Your Life by Amanda Kloots with Anna Kloots. This week, we're sipping on an aptly named Guardian Angel as we talk about all of the wonderful things we'll take away from Amanda's and Nick's tragic story, favorite books of our second season and …

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Live Your Life - Part 3 1:01:28

2+ y ago1:01:28

1:01:28

65 - Welcome back for another happy hour with your book club BFFs! This week we continue our chat about Live Your Life by Amanda Kloots with Anna Kloots while sipping on an Oh Canada. We talk about moments that epitomize the love between each of us and our spouses, the meanings behind our special numbers and play a fun game of Hooray For... in hono…

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Live Your Life - Part 2 47:06

2+ y ago47:06

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64 - Grab a much-needed cocktail and join us for part 2 of our chat about Live Your Life by Amanda Kloots with Anna Kloots. We're sipping on a caffeinated cocktail to help Wake Up Nick as we talk about the importance of religion to Amanda and answer some questions about the role religion does or doesn't play in our own lives, reminisce on meeting o…

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Live Your Life - Part 1 1:01:27

2+ y ago1:01:27

1:01:27

63 - Come join us for another happy hour discussing our last book of Season 2! This week we start our discussion about Live Your Life by Amanda Kloots with Anna Kloots while sipping on a decandently sweet From Broadway With Love. Mariana is officially back from maternity leave and rejoins us as we chat about small NYC memories that make it home, ho…

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The Wife Upstairs - Part 4 1:01:13

2+ y ago1:01:13

1:01:13

62 - Happy Thirsty Thursday!! Time for one last happy hour discussing The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. This week we're sipping on a smoky & spicy Up In Smoke as we RATE THE BOOK(!), talk parasitic friendships and manipulation, and catch up with a very special guest who just drops in for a chat. We also find out whether Brandi's epic theory from…

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The Wife Upstairs - Part 3 1:04:13

3y ago1:04:13

1:04:13

61 - Time for another happy hour chatting about The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. This week we're...taking it easy and drinkin' A Glass of Wine. It's par for the course in an episode where we realize in real time that Brandi thought she'd read all of the pages....but didn't. We speculate some more on Brandi's theory from last week, play a fun li…

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The Wife Upstairs - Part 2 1:00:10

3y ago1:00:10

1:00:10

60 - Welcome back for another happy hour with your book club BFFs as we continue our chat about The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. This week we're savoring the emerald green Mrs. Rochester. We talk about our own experiences of a contradiction Jane seems to be experiencing within herself: loving the comfort she gets from Eddie and yet hating that …

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The Wife Upstairs - Part 1 55:14

3y ago55:14

55:14

59 - Happy #ThirstyThursday! This week we start The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins while sipping on The Great Jane. Emma gives a very comprehensive list of red flags that should send you running the other way while we divulge some of our own red flags of dating lives past. We chat about times in our pasts when, like Jane, we've been in positions o…

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The Devil in the White City - Part 4 49:06

3y ago49:06

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58 - Grab your cocktail and join us for our final chat on The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. This week we're drinking a punny Cereal Killer while discussing endings we pre-mourned as all of Chicago seems to have pre-mourned the end of the fair, and our mixed feelings of empathy for people who do bad things. AND since it's our final chat on…

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The Devil in the White City - Part 3 53:16

3y ago53:16

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57 - Pull up a barstool, grab a drink and join us for Part 3 of our chat about The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. We're sipping away on a My Fair Lady this week as we discuss the magic of the fair, things that could have gone very wrong if we hadn't listened to what our "guts" were telling us and story elements that need closure as we fini…

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The Devil in the White City - Part 2 50:39

3y ago50:39

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56 - Welcome back for another happy hour chatting away about The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson while sipping away on a Chicago Cocktail. We discuss the unfair treatment of women and moments in our lives when we've felt the sting of being treated differently because of our gender. In talking about the momentous meeting of the great minds, w…

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The Devil in the White City - Part 1 48:10

3y ago48:10

48:10

55 - Come on in and join us for our first happy hour chatting about The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and our first happy hour without our dear Mariana who is officially on a maternity break. We drown our sorrows with a Behind Blue Eyes as we chat about the blue eyes of our two protagonists: Daniel H. Burnham, the ambitious visionary behin…

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Straight Up w/ Patricia Engel of Infinite Country 48:16

3y ago48:16

48:16

54 - Join us for happy hour with very special guest Patricia Engel, author of Infinite Country! In Patricia's honor, we drink an Aguardiente Sour and a Piña Sour for soon-to-be-mama Mariana. We talk about the Colombian myths woven throughout the story and how Patricia's parents kept her Colombian culture alive despite her having grown up in New Jer…

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The Midnight Library - Part 4 1:01:07

3y ago1:01:07

1:01:07

53 - Welcome to our last happy hour chatting about The Midnight Library by Matt Haig! This week we're sipping on the Corpse Reviver #2 and an Alive Elixir for Mama Mariana. We chat about what is true for us right now in this moment in honor of Nora's I AM ALIVE statement, dive into the many sayings about time and how we relate, and Brandi recommend…

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The Midnight Library - Part 3 1:01:23

3y ago1:01:23

1:01:23

52 - Get back over here for another happy hour chatting about The Midnight Library by Matt Haig! This week we're sipping on a (not furry) Schrodinger's Cat and a yummy Peaches and Cream for Mama Mariana. We talk about the idea that life only gives us what we can handle. In talking about the many lives of Nora Seed, we talk about the many lives we'd…

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The Midnight Library - Part 2 58:05

3y ago58:05

58:05

51 - Welcome back for cocktails and Part 2 of our chat on The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. This week we're sipping on a Polar Bear, and a cute lil Teddy Bear for Mama Mariana. We talk about depression, as it seems to be a big struggle of Nora's. We chat about our personal definitions of success, relationships with dads, and....we get very (very!)…

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The Midnight Library - Part 1 1:13:55

3y ago1:13:55

1:13:55

50 - Welcome back for our 50th episode (woot! woot!) and our first happy hour chatting about The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. This week we're sipping on an appropriately green Death in the Afternoon, and an appropriately titled Birth in the Afternoon for our soon-to-be-mommy Mariana. We chat about regrets we wish we could go back and undo, altern…

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Evidence of the Affair BONUS EPISODE! 1:07:51

3y ago1:07:51

1:07:51

49 - Join us for a bonus happy hour discussing Taylor Jenkins Reid's short story Evidence of the Affair while we sip away on a Love Letter...and an adorable non-alcoholic Pen Pal for Mami Mariana. We talk about the expectations that come with getting married, whether or not we've ever cheated, and we come up with some fun alternate endings: the fin…

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Infinite Country - Part 4 BONUS EPISODE! 1:29:11

3y ago1:29:11

1:29:11

48 - Join us for one last happy hour chatting about Infinite Country by Patricia Engel while sipping on special guest host AnaMaria Correa Cardenas' (AKA Mariana's mom) favorite drink: a Tequila Reposado Neat. We get the skinny on AnaMaria's move to the United States from Colombia and her epic love story with husband Juan. We chat about apology let…

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Infinite Country - Part 3 1:12:45

3y ago1:12:45

1:12:45

47 - It's time for another happy hour with your Book Club BFFs! This week we keep going with Infinite Country by Patricia Engel while sipping on yet another incredibly refreshing Bartender Riccardo Original: A Karina Kiwi. (Sub Ritual Zero Proof's Tequila for a yummy mocktail version!) We dig deep into generational traumas that may have impacted ea…

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Infinite Country - Part 2 1:19:44

3y ago1:19:44

1:19:44

46 - Grab your cocktail and pull up a seat - it's time for another happy hour! This week we continue our chat about Infinite Country by Patricia Engel over a delectable Bartender Riccardo Originale: Perla's Potion. And Mami Mariana gets to drink the exact same cocktail thanks to Ritual Zero Proof's Tequila Alternative! We discuss our caretaker plan…

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Infinite Country - Part 1 1:14:02

3y ago1:14:02

1:14:02

45 - It's time for another happy hour and this week we're beginning our chat about Infinite Country by Patricia Engel while sipping on a delicious Poncha (and a Virgin Grimosa for Mama Mariana.) While discussing Elena and Mauro's impossible decision, we wonder what we'd do if faced with the same situation: stay or go? And in discussing Talia's mome…

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My Friend Anna - Part 4 1:07:15

3y ago1:07:15

1:07:15

44 - Welcome back for our last happy hour chatting about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams! This week we're sipping on a Bartender Riccardo Original, Spill the Tea, which features the delicious Happy Hour Blend tea from Plum Deluxe (and an Happy Hour Iced Tea for Mama Mariana.) We chat about news we've anxiously awaited, our complicated re…

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My Friend Anna - Part 3 1:01:57

3y ago1:01:57

1:01:57

43 - Pull up a barstool, grab a drink and join us for a chat about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams. We're sipping on The Marrakesh Express (and a Pomegranate Lime Spritzer for soon-to-be-mama Mariana). This week we chat about how we deal with needs that go unmet, the reality strike that comes with making admissions to our parents, and th…

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My Friend Anna - Part 2 1:11:37

3y ago1:11:37

1:11:37

42 - Welcome back for another happy hour chatting about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams while sipping on The Perfect Lady (and a Baby Virgin Bellini for Mama-To-Be Mariana). We chat about *spidey senses* we've felt regarding people in our lives who may or may not have the best intentions, the anxieties of playing host, and in light of Ra…

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My Friend Anna - Part 1 1:20:11

3y ago1:20:11

1:20:11

41 - Weeeeee're baaaaaaaaack! Welcome back for the first happy hour of Season 2. This week we start our talk about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams while sipping on a Cosmopolitan (and a Sparkling Virgin Cosmo for Mariana.) A perfect pairing for the book described as Sex and the City meets Catch Me If You Can! We reminisce about spontaneo…

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Season 2 Trailer! 2:02

3y ago2:02

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Join us again for Happy Hour in Season 2 starting Thursday, June 3rd and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on the season's book picks & cocktail pairings so that you can read along and sip along with us! Episode Credits Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Mari…

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Season One Wrap-Up - BONUS EPISODE! 49:36

3y ago49:36

49:36

40 - It's a bonus happy hour! This episode we wrap up season one cheersing with each of our favorite cocktails of the season. We reminisce on our favorite discussions, chat about the listener's favorite book, and play a drinking game that gets very very silly. Thank you all so much for joining us on this ride; we can't wait to come back better than…

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The Push - Part 4 1:11:30

3y ago1:11:30

1:11:30

39 - Welcome to the last official happy hour of Season One! This week we FINISH our chat about The Push by Ashley Audrain while drinking a fittingly titled Bartender Riccardo Original: the Curtain Call (and an oh-so-cute Shirley Temple for Mama Mariana.) Emma wants to know which character in the book we were surprised to feel a connection to. Since…

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The Push - Part 3 1:24:33

3+ y ago1:24:33

1:24:33

38 - Welcome back for another book club + happy hour! This week we continue our chat about The Push by Ashley Audrain while drinking a Mourning Dove (and a Paloma the Virgin for Mama Mariana.) This week we discuss how our concepts of weakness and strength have changed over the years. In talking about Blythe comparing herself to Gemma, we talk about…

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The Push - Part 2 1:12:18

3+ y ago1:12:18

1:12:18

37 - #ThirstyThursday and time for another happy hour! This week we continue our discussion of The Push by Ashley Audrain while drinking a very sneaky Purple Devil (and a Grape Pineapple Mint Fizz for our mama-to-be Mariana.) We talk about crushed expectations, the silent treatment and, of course, the devilish act of one particular character that c…

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The Push - Part 1 1:13:26

3+ y ago1:13:26

1:13:26

36 - Welcome back for the LAST happy hour book of Season One! This month we're reading the suspenseful thriller The Push by Ashley Audrain while cautiously sipping on The Violet. Well, Mariana's not drinking The Violet because she's just announced SHE'S PREGNANT!!! (Swipe right on The Violet to get a peek at the soothing and summery Lavender Lemona…

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Play Your Way Sane - BONUS EPISODE! 58:56

3+ y ago58:56

58:56

35 - Happy thirsty Thursday!! This week we've got a BONUS EPISODE for you chatting about the oh-so-fun-and-fabulous Play Your Way Sane by Clay Drinko, P.H.D. (Talk about having the perfect name for our podcast, right?!) We're sipping on @hotofftheshelves recommendation, the Guinness Float, as we work our way through some of the book's "120 improv-i…

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The Vanishing Half - Part 4 1:11:50

3+ y ago1:11:50

1:11:50

34 - It's time for another happy hour with your book club BFFs and this week we're FINISHING our discussion on The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett while sipping on The Big Reunion. We noticed some contradictions in the relationships the twins have with their daughters and chat about our own moms, once-important friendships that dwindled, and the fee…

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The Vanishing Half - Part 3 1:17:51

3+ y ago1:17:51

1:17:51

33 - Welcome back for another happy hour discussing Part 3 of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett while we sip on The Simple Truth. In talking about Stella and Kennedy's reasons for acting, we three actresses chat about why we were drawn to acting, friendships we may have entered into and/ or maintained out of guilt, and, ignited by Stella's advisor…

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The Vanishing Half - Part 2 1:16:45

3+ y ago1:16:45

1:16:45

32 - Pull up a barstool for another happy hour chatting about The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. This week, we sip on the sinfully decadent Black or White. We look into our own vanishing halves, take a deep dive into regrets, and in honor of Barry, we muse on our own drag names. Chapters Discussed: Chapters 4-7 Next Week: Chapters 8-13 Join us aga…

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The Vanishing Half - Part 1 1:08:45

3+ y ago1:08:45

1:08:45

31 - It's time for a new book and a new cocktail with your happy hour besties! This week we start our discussion of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett while sipping on an indulgent New Orleans classic - the Ramos Gin Fizz. We daydream about where we would go if we ran away from home like the Vignes sisters, wonder at the little things that make up …

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The Vegetarian - Part 4 BONUS EPISODE! 1:18:28

3+ y ago1:18:28

1:18:28

30 - It's a BONUS happy hour! Join us AND special guest Daniel K. Isaac (Billions, According to My Mother) as we sip on a Boulevardier and get his scoop on The Vegetarian by Han Kang. He gives a little more insight into Korean culture, delights us with stories of his beloved mom, and gives us a much-needed lesson on the pronunciations of some chara…

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The Vegetarian - Part 3 56:15

3+ y ago56:15

56:15

29 - It's Thursdaaaaaaay! Grab your cocktail and join us for happy hour chatting about The Vegetarian by Han Kang. This week we're drinking in all the Water & Sunlight we can get as we dig into the final chapter. We reminisce about places in nature that we feel most connected to, divulge the realizations we've each had lately that (like In-hye) hav…

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The Vegetarian - Part 2 1:07:36

3+ y ago1:07:36

1:07:36

28 - Welcome back for another happy hour chatting about The Vegetarian by Han Kang. This week we're sipping on another Soju-based cocktail, this one reminiscent of Yeong-hye's Mongolian Mark, the Blue Beauty. In the spirit of Yeong-hye's apparent metamorphosis, we muse on what we'd metamorphose into, our pre-Covid guilty (or not-so-guilty) pleasure…

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The Vegetarian - Part 1 1:01:24

3+ y ago1:01:24

1:01:24

27 - Join us for another drink and another happy hour discussing our February book pick The Vegetarian by Han Kang. We begin our chat this week by adding a new liquor to our palate - we incorporate Soju, a South Korean rice liquor into this week's cocktail, a twist on a Bloody Mary: Bloody Lady. Using Yeong-Hye's dreams as a jumping off point, we t…

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Part 4 1:06:49

3+ y ago1:06:49

1:06:49

26 - It's #ThirstyThursday, which means it's time for another happy hour with your book club besties! This week we finish The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid while enjoying the radiant and glowing Right To Die. We kick off the episode with a very socially aware listener question from one of our favorite listeners (and incredibl…

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Part 3 1:11:12

3+ y ago1:11:12

1:11:12

25 - Time for another happy hour! This week we launch into the third part of our chat about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid while drinking an oldie but a goodie: The Last Word. We talk about *that* explicit sex scene, and as actresses we can't help wondering whether we'd have done the same and where our line is with regards…

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Part 2 1:08:53

3+ y ago1:08:53

1:08:53

24 - Grab a drink, pull up a barstool, and join your book club BFFs for another happy hour! This week we continue our chat about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid while enjoying A Night in Vegas. Going off of Evelyn's night with Mick, we dig deep into the gray area of saying yes when we want to say no, our own personal Celias…

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Part 1 1:05:43

3+ y ago1:05:43

1:05:43

23 - Welcome back for our first happy hour of 2021! This week we start our discussion on The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid while sipping on the deceptive It's Not What It Seems. We puzzle over the possible reasons why Evelyn has chosen Monique for this high-profile and potentially highly profitable task, lament our past "Godd…

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Bonus Episode! - Power Half Hour 32:58

3+ y ago32:58

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22 - It's a bonus power half-hour happy hour! To wrap up the crazy year that is 2020, we grab our beer of choice and drink one shot every minute while powering through a series of intimate questions. Juuuuuiiiiiicy! Join us next month with Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Next Week: Pages 1-99 Join us again for Happy Hour ne…

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Three Women - Part 4 1:17:22

3+ y ago1:17:22

1:17:22

21 - It's time for one last *official* 2020 happy hour! This week we FINISH talking about Three Women by Lisa Taddeo while sipping on the perfectly named No. 3. This week we take the lead from Lina and talk about our individual, most memorable "Princess Bride" kisses. We marvel at the ending of Maggie's trial against Aaron Knodel, and most especial…

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Three Women - Part 3 1:20:22

3+ y ago1:20:22

1:20:22

20 - Grab a drink and join us for a scintillating happy hour! This week we continue talking about Three Women by Lisa Taddeo while sipping on the oh-so-alluring Infidelity. This week we use Lina's fear of loneliness as a jumping off point to talk about what we fear more than death. We can all relate to Sloan's need for control in her life, but we d…

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Three Women - Part 2 1:18:23

3+ y ago1:18:23

1:18:23

19 - Welcome back to haaaaaappy hooooooour! This week we continue talking about Three Women by Lisa Taddeo while sipping on the holiday-spiced Sex in the Woods. Using this week's chapters as a jumping off point, we pry into each other's sex lives, getting into the dirty deets of losing our virginity, faking orgasms and what it took to finally enjoy…

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Three Women - Part 1 1:25:00

3+ y ago1:25:00

1:25:00

18 - YA'LL. Grab a drink and join us for the juiciest of happy hours. This week we start our talk about Three Women by Lisa Taddeo while sipping on the fittingly named Menage a Trois. In talking about the real life experiences of the three women in the book, we get real about woman-on-woman judgement, the types of women we hope to be....and, as a t…

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