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

Release Date: 09/17/2025

Best Books of 2025

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It’s time for us to share our favorite books of 2025! Get your notebooks ready because WE! HAVE! RECS! 📚 Becca’s Fave Books Shoutout to 2 2026 books that are already faves: Olivia’s Fave Books Listener Voicemails Weekly Obsession Becca - Olivia - What We Read This Week Olivia - Becca - January’s Book Club Pick - Sponsors Quince - Go to for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Join our for amazing book recs & more! Buy our ! Join our Preorder Olivia’s...

A Very Festive Three Things

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The holidays are (almost) here! We’re talking about all the things we’re excited about this season, from most anticipated events, white elephant gifts, holiday movie rankings, festive FMK’s, and more! Olivia’s Things Most anticipated holiday events Admin Advent calendar Holiday Movie Battle Becca’s Things White elephant gift ideas Festive FMK’s Reflecting on the year Weekly Obsession Becca - Olivia - What We Read This Week Olivia - Becca - , This Month’s Book Club Pick - No December book club, but now’s the perfect time to catch up...

Best of 2025

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The year is coming to a close, and you know what that means! It’s time to look back at our highs of 2025. We reminisce on work wins, new hobbies, mantras, and more! Best New Artist Discovery of The Year (Author, Artist, Filmmaker, Dancer, etc.) Olivia - , Becca - , , , Best Song of The Year Olivia - Becca - Best Movie or Show of The Year: Olivia - Becca - Best Purchase of the Year Olivia - Becca - Weighted Eye Mask Best Sandwich of The Year Olivia - Becca - Obsession: Becca - Margaret from Bad Art...

The Correspondent Book Club

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It’s time for our final book club episode of 2025! We’re discussing a book we’ve been seeing everywhere, . We talk about why we think this book has become so popular, if we’ve read epistolary novels before, our thoughts on the novelty of the mother/daughter relationship, how it brought up feelings about retirement for us both, and more! Also, is a great read. Obsession: Becca - Reading: Olivia - (Out February 16, 2026) Becca - , This Month’s Book Club Pick - No December book club, but now’s the perfect time to catch up Sponsors Cozy...

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...

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We are SO excited to chat with Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham, about their new book, The Academy! 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 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, and Elin is reading Dominion by Addie E. Citchens.

Obsessions

Olivia - Bedroom candles

Becca - Sezane miniskirt

What we read this week

Becca - The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

Olivia - Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach (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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