Dec 2025

LIVE Best of the Year and Final Episode!

Ellen and Mom went live to give out their Best of the Year awards and to reminisce on the podcast for the last time. We sure have loved hanging with you guys for the past 8 years. NoYoMos for life!

1h 7m

Dec 2025

Final Free for All!

Ellen and Mom are joined by all of you to talk about what we have been reading and to reminisce on some good times shared together.Come hang out with us! Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsromFacebook Group: Not Your Mom's Facebook GroupEmail: notyourmomsromancebookclub@gmail.comNot ... Show More

1h 37m

Nov 2025

Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane

Ellen and Mom discuss the insecurities, investigations, and iPads in Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane. Plus, the end is nigh. Come hang out with us! Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom Facebook Group: Not Your Mom's Facebook Group Email: notyourmomsrom ... Show More

1h 31m

Jun 2012

Audio Book Club: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel

Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Alison Bechdel's comic memoir Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

47m 41s

Mar 2021

Ashley Audrain with Nihal Arthanayake

Author and ex-publicity director Ashley Audrain talks to Nihal Arthanayake about her wildly successful debut novel, ’The Push’.  Using objects like a popular Canadian children’s book and a Brandi Carlile song, Ashley chats to Nihal about the contradict ... Show More

32m 44s

Jul 2016

Ep. 4 | Motherhood, Mythology, and Marjane

This week, the Reading discuss Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward and Persepolis by Majane Satrapi. Books Mentioned in this Podcast Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardPersepolis by Marjane SatropiSex Object by Jessica ValentiSex and Girls by Peggy OrgensteinAll the Single Ladies by ... Show More

39m 14s

Jun 2021

SMNTY Book Club: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

In honor of Pride Month, we discuss Alison Bechdel's graphic novel and memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and dig into themes of sexual identity, gender norms and dysfunctional family dynamics. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodca ... Show More

52m 5s

Jan 2022

SMNTY Book Club: A Tale of Two Short Stories

Get your Swoodies and religious trauma here! In this special Book Club episode, we discuss two short stories: Lose Now, Pay Later, and The Problem of Susan, while digging into issues around weight, fad diets, and women and religion. Learn more about your ad-choice ... Show More

57m 43s

Jun 2021

Ep. 112 | Room for a Stranger & The Erratics

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Room for a Stranger and The Erratics. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to sub ... Show More

41m 55s

Dec 2022

healing mothers & daughters: podmas #2

on the second day of podmas sephy and wing gave to me... rants about their childhoods that i didn't ask for. join the conversation every monday. shop our merch: sephyandwing.co.uk come and chat in our book club. speak your mind on the @s ... Show More

29m 50s

Jun 2021

Ep. 111 | Golden Girls

In this week’s episode, Kendra, Jaclyn, and the rest of the Reading Women team share books by or about older women. Thanks to Our Sponsors! Get $10 off StoryWorth by going to storyworth.com/readingwomen. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Pat ... Show More

35 m

Jun 2023

282: Fancy Meeting You Here

TRIGGER WARNINGS AVAILABLE AT BOTTOM OF SHOW NOTES, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS Fancy Meeting You Here by Ashley Hill Follow her on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aerialhill10/">instagram.com/aerialhill10/</a> Exce ... Show More

42m 33s

Dec 2023

Penny Marshall’s My Mother Was Nuts (with Meredith Scardino)

Chelsea and Meredith Scardino (Girls5eva) sit down with Penny Marshall’s memoir My Mother Was Nuts. From Laverne and Shirley, to A League of Their Own, to lusting after football players, this book will have you laughing, crying, and even cheering for a nepo baby. Show Notes: Gi ... Show More

1h 1m

Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler