This month on the Service95 Book Club podcast, Dua is joined by legendary Australian author Helen Garner to discuss her quietly devastating masterpiece, This House Of Grief. Selected as Dua’s Monthly Read for August, this true crime classic recounts the harrowing case of Robert Farquharson, a father accused of drowning his three young sons by driving them in ... Show More
Jul 14
Lea Ypi On Freedom, Communism And Growing Up In Albania In Free
For her July Service95 Book Club interview, Dua Lipa is joined by award-winning author and academic Lea Ypi to discuss Free, Lea’s internationally acclaimed memoir, which recounts her childhood in Albania during the collapse of communism. From hidden family histories and state su ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 23
From The Archives: Paul Murray on family secrets, loneliness and The Bee Sting
From the archives this month: Dua’s February 2025 conversation with Irish author Paul Murray, on his novel The Bee Sting. An epic family saga set in contemporary Ireland, the novel follows the Barnes family through financial collapse, fractured relationships and the secrets that ... Show More
45m 56s
Jun 9
Kae Tempest On His Latest Novel, ‘Having Spent Life Seeking’
For the Service95 Book Club this month, Dua is joined by writer, poet, playwright and musician Kae Tempest to discuss his latest novel, Having Spent Life Seeking, which is Dua’s Monthly Read for June. Together, Dua and Kae explore the novel’s core themes: forgiveness and atonemen ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 2021
A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets
<p>The latest pick for Group Text, our monthly column for readers and book clubs, is Esther Freud's <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/books/i-couldnt-love-you-more-esther-freud-group-text.html" target="_blank">“I Couldn’t Love You More,”</a> a novel about three generati ... Show More
56m 44s
Feb 2023
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the drudges, dead bodies, and demigod heroes in The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen. Plus, football players and Galentine's. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your Mom&apo ... Show More
1h 7m
Mar 2023
For the Roses by Julie Garwood
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the brothers, Blue Belle, and basket baby in For the Roses by Julie Garwood. Plus, menstruation and how it just really makes you have a hard week, okay?<br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your ... Show More
1h 19m
May 2023
Author of grief book charged with husband’s murder; Dismembered and scattered woman is identified
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A wife who wrote a children’s book on grief following her husband’s death is now charged with his murder, allegedly over a real estate dispute. Plus, a woman’s dismembered remains are identified after months of searching, leading to her ... Show More
54m 35s
Mar 2024
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros (with special guest, Dad!)
<p>Ellen and Mom are joined by Dad to talk to about the tragedy, trauma, and torn up checks in The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros! Plus, we test our knowledge of each other and get some military perspective. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsro ... Show More
2h 12m
May 2023
This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the prison, plotting, and power dynamics in This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman. Plus, true crime and fourth-grade correlations, per usual. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your Mom's Fa ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 2023
The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the prizefighting, poor parenting, and poverty-stricken duke in The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George. Plus, Ellen-spreading and a book a week, 250 times. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group ... Show More
52m 57s