Ep 20: Sweeping sagas and strong female leads

I am delighted to welcome our Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club Community Manager, Ginger Horton, back to the show to talk about this year's 15th annual Summer Reading Guide and dive into all things summer reading. Ginger has been collaborating on the Guide for many years now, and she p ...  Show more

Today Anne is talking books with Lee Weick, a Michigan-dwelling former teacher and grandmother who knows that variety keeps her reading life going. Lee loves big, long books and is most satisfied with her reading life when she's reading those big books on a regular basis. But as ...  Show more

Today we discuss our show now that another year has passed. Are we in a never-ending time warp?? We hear about a documentary on Kenny G that was surprisingly incredible. We learn why jazz purists hate him, Chinese people love him, & Sarah has a crush on him. Susie describe ...

Pulitzer prize winning Los Angeles Times journalists Harriet Ryan and Matt Hamilton have been covering the case of the unraveling of Tom Girardi’s legal career, his firm, and his marriage to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Girardi. They discuss the last part of the ...

Sarah invites Real Ones to record from her home in Los Angeles. The conversation topics range from Sarah's friendship and collaborations with Jon's late cousin Adam, the experience of starting a podcast during the pandemic, approaching art and comedy in such sensitive ...

Sarah Polley has a lot to say about memory, narratives and the stories we tell. That’s because she believes they’re all fluid, which creates a sort of moving target for a writer and director of films, as she is. Sarah and Marc talk about how this is represented in Sarah’s movies ...  Show more