Julia and Eliza reconvene for the August mediasode to discuss The Shards, Rachel Aviv & Cusk, Sterling Point, and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Digressions include the cat mommy plugin, the sudden loss of Dolly Parton, and Mamdani’s recent BQE slay.

38:40 — Spoiler alert for The Shards

1:03:35 — Spoiler alert for Sterling Point

BOOKS

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

You Won’t Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters by Rachel Aviv


The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd


A Woman’s Tale by Annie Ernaux


A Man’s Place by Annie Ernaux


Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood


Coventry by Rachel Cusk


The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis



Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer


Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

MOVIES

Maddie's Secret

Disclosure Day

The Invite

Nomadland

The Parent Trap

TV SHOWS

Furious


Widow’s Bay


Million Dollar Nannies


Selling Sunset


Sterling Point


PODCASTS

Criminal

The New Yorker Fiction Podcast


If Books Could Kill


Diabolical Lies