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Julia Whelan Tells Us How an Audiobook Gets Made

Release Date: 09/11/2024

Our 2025 Gift Guide

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It’s time for this year’s Bad on Paper Gift Guide! We’re so excited to dive into our picks that are very us-coded. Becca-Coded Picks Gifts for People Who Love NYC ($58) ($48) (5x7 $55) - John Donahue - also Paris, London, DC, Philly, Chicago, Napa (A5 size) - Reg $44, sale: $35 Hobby-Forward Gifts (Knitting, Watercolors, Pickleball, MahJong etc.) ($24) + Optional paint set ($18) (Reg $79, Current $59) Ornament ($25) ($58) We Are Knitters Scarf Kit - (Reg $74, Current $52) or (Reg: $55, Current $39) Gifts for People Who Love to Travel ...

What’s A Portfolio Career?

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This week, we’re talking all about portfolio careers! We discuss the current iteration of our own careers and then chat with and —two other professionals with portfolio careers—to break down the work they do, time management, and advice for people interested in transitioning to a portfolio career. Obsessions Becca - Olivia - What we read this week Olivia - Becca - (Out April 7), (Out Feb 3) This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)...

November 2025 Three Things

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November Things are coming in HOT! Keep listening for podcast recs, supernatural talk, guessing games, and more! Also, donate to your local foodbank! Find one local to you . Olivia’s Things Do you believe in ghosts? 1 new habit we like, 1 that we want to kick to the curb Becca’s Things Current Podcast Listening Lineup (Olivia’s is , ) (Becca’s are , , , ) The most expensive liquids you can buy without a permit Are you a pumpkin or an apple fall person? Obsessions Becca - Vince Coat from The Real Real Olivia - Dancing With the Stars What we read this...

Heart the Lover Book Club

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We can’t wait to discuss our October Book Club Pick, ! We’re talking about Lily King’s favorite shape (the triangle!), the surprising crossover with Writers & Lovers, crying on airplanes, male friendship, and so much more. Obsessions Becca - Olivia - What we read this week Olivia - , Becca - , This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Macmillan - Listen to Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Everything by Alyson Stoner wherever you...

2025 Debut Author Anthology

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This week, we’re chatting with 4 debut authors about their experience bringing a book into the world in 2025! They share the pitch for their book and what surprised them about their debut experience. Our debut authors & their books! - - - - Obsessions Olivia - Not wearing mascara Becca - What we read this week Becca- Olivia - This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Better Help - get 10% off...

Nic Stone on making the jump from YA to adult fiction

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We’re so excited for you to hear our conversation with ! We chat with Nic about her author origin story, why she made the jump from YA to adult with her (very!) adult debut writing off her strip club visits for research, and more! Obsessions Becca - Olivia - What we read this week Becca - , This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Quince - Go to for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Caraway Home - for an...

A Deep Dive Into Our Reading Lives

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This week, we’re sharing an inside look at our reading habits! We dive into how we choose what to read, our favorite times to read, who we talk about books with IRL, our rules of thumb for DNF-ing, and more! Becca’s TBR - , , What we read this week Becca - (Out October 14!) This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Wayfair - Head to to shop all things home Cozy Earth - Head to and use our code BOP for up to 20% off! ...

October 2025 Three Things

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Time for another round of three things! And this one’s very bookish: we’re talking about 2025 books that flew under the radar, plot twists, mood writing, what we want to learn about this fall, and more! Becca’s Things Underrated Books of 2025 Becca’s - , | Olivia’s - , . How moods shift in the writing process Personal Curriculums Olivia’s Things Plot twists we didn’t see coming - , Reflective Moods Obsessions Becca - Olivia - What we read this week Olivia - , , , , Becca - , This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book...

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance Book Club

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September is coming to a close, and you know what that means! Time to talk about this month’s book club pick, . We discuss our expectations going into this book based on the cover, how it balanced its dark themes with humor, what we thought of the relationships, and more! Obsessions Olivia - Becca - What we read this week Olivia - This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Caraway Home - Visit or use code BOP at checkout...

Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham on Their New Mother/Daughter Book Collab

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We are SO excited to chat with and her daughter, , about their new book, ! We ask how their collaborative writing process worked, about Shelby’s boarding school experience that inspired the book, and Elin’s feelings on venturing into a new world outside Nantucket. We also have adaptation updates and some exclusive behind the scenes gossip! These days, Shelby is reading , and Elin is reading . Obsessions Olivia - Bedroom candles Becca - What we read this week Becca - Olivia - This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to...

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This week we’re joined by a person The New Yorker has called “The Adele of Audiobooks!” You guessed it, we’re exploring the ins and outs of audiobooks with none other than novelist, screenwriter, actor, and iconic audiobook narrator, Julia Whelan. She gives us a behind the scenes peek at the the recording process, what makes a standout audiobook production, how she cares for her voice, and how she writes, edits, and records her own books!

Her books Thank You for Listening, My Oxford Year, and Casanova LLC are out now. She also recommends the audiobook for Bluff by Michael Kardos (which she narrates).

Obsessions

Becca: Sabrina Carpenter’s Short & Sweet

Olivia: Industry

What we read this week

Olivia: The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

Becca: Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney

This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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