Kirsty & Carissa trace the life of naturalist Sy Montgomery through her relationships with various animals, blurring the line between the nature of humanity and the humanity of nature.
Topic: How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty take a wild trip across America to find It, themselves, Dean Moriarty, the definition of being cool, and the sneaky similarities between Beat & Millennial attitudes.
Topic: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa jump through a few portal-doors and end up in a fairy tale world to discuss age, morality, relationships, film adaptation, and fire demons.
Topic: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Futuristic replicants of Kirsty & Carissa join Bob (or many Bobs) on a space exploration journey featuring science, politics, personality, and an overwhelming appreciation for passionate writing.
Topic: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
In a world that cannot survive without backstory exposition, two heroes rise. Learn the books that started it all as Carissa & Kirsty reveal their own murky pasts that led to Rough Draught.
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa fling themselves into a delightfully cynical exploration of Victorian pettiness, Bunburyism, and stress eating 30 muffins.
Topic: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa enter a multidimensional, time-traveling epistolary love story featuring two rivals who thrive on luxe language and vibrant experiences and conclude that the book is, at its core, a love letter to love letters themselves.
Topic: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty glimpse several potential futures as they discuss the realities and possibilities of climate change, how the world interacts with climate change, and what that means for humanity.
Topic: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
In a 50th episode celebration, Kirsty & Carissa return to vampire- and werewolf-infested Forks to find out what happens when your boyfriend dumps you! Spoiler alert: it's not good.
Topic: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa take one last field trip to Hogwarts & beyond in an attempt to destroy every Horcrux, because Dumbledore said so, and defeat Voldemort in a meaningful way.
Topic: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
A boozy book club podcast for literature lovers everywhere! Hosts Carissa and Kirsty dive into a variety of genres and a variety of beverages to discuss the best and worst of the English language.
