- Some Time Off
Due to medical reasons, there will be no new episodes for a little while. We're sorry. Keep checking our twitter for updates.
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1m - Jun 19, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: Lazy Research
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie's new books, tweeting us a question, multiple book covers, a death, a serious problem, our 4 books of the week, French words, the Screen Door Killer, teaching children about weather, mispronouncing names, and much more!
American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000
What's the Weather?: Clouds, Climate, and Global Warming
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46m - Jun 19, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: She's Flexing
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the Aspen Words nominees, the process of picking a winner, our 4 books of the week, clones, surviving cancer, Stephanie's disability, Kevin's heart surgery, spotting a mom, reality show life, Wattpad, and much more!
The Office Of Historical Corrections
by Rumaan Alam
by Sarah Gailey
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
by Donna Amey Bhatt and Aura Lewis
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35m - Jun 19, 2021 - The Prophet: Part 2 - Leeches Always Find Blood
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: re-recording, a new play, poverty, writing colonies, a new lover, grants, money advances, a trip to the south, working in the theater, a bar attack, and much, much more!
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1h 17m - Jun 19, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: Commerce
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: books Stephanie wants, reimagined Great Gatsby, mythology, our 4 books of the week, authors are artists, 400 years of history, public schools, black girl magic, flowers, and much more!
by Amy Reed
by Sarah Penner
by Kate Russo
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Keisha N. Blain
by B. B. Alston
by David Arnold
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30m - Jun 19, 2021 - The Prophet: Part 1 - "Doing" Paris
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: quarantine, being illegitimate, Pentecostal church, stepfather problems, Harlem, teachers, Christian hypocrisy, racist New Jersey, book reviews and essays, a misunderstanding over a bed sheet, the Burroughs comparison, and much, much more!!
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1h 36m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: It Could Be Drugs
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: changing release dates, Ramsey vs Hollywood, publishing conglomerates, bookstores of yesteryear, new dictionary words, our 4 books of the week, money, aliens, September 11th, a love story in space, and much more!
An article By Jim Milliot at Publisher’s Weekly
An article By Hannah Herrera Greenspan at Chicago Tribune
by Sarah Pearse
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
by Avi Loeb
by Alan Gratz
A Complicated Love Story Set in Space
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49m - Jun 18, 2021 - The Bird Lady: Part 3 - Writer's Block
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: illness taking it's toll, a "Bible" salesman, a bad kiss, going on tv, new friends, attracting lunatics, a trip to Lourdes, public talks, in and out of the hospital, racism, and much more!
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1h 34m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: A Magical Kazoo
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a fairy tale crime book, vaccination help from a book club, solving a crime with a podcast, a stolen dog, helping boys be better, black characters in YA novels, American Gods, and more!
A story by Nora Krug from the Washington Post
Oliver : The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together
by Steven J. Carino and Alex Tresniowski
by Jennifer Adams and Carme Lemniscates
by J. Elle
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32m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: Good Day For Shart
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: being sick, Stephanie wants books, proper book shipping, sexy RBG calendar, 4 books of the week, daughter of death, first woman Dr., figure skating with an alligator, purgatory in an airport, the difference between YA and AC, and more!
Andrew Albanese From Publisher’s Weekly
Ed Nawotka from Publisher’s Weekly
The Doctors Blackwell : How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
The Comeback : A Figure Skating Novel
by E. L. Shen
by Gabby Noone
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41m - Jun 18, 2021 - The Bird Lady: Part 2 - Peabiddies
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: not understanding accents, Iowa, being uncomfortable with sex, faith in writing, the meaning of "date", Yaddo, Communism, an ape, getting sick, cortisone, publishing a novel, leaving a corpse by a Coke machine, and much more!
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1h 30m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: Things That Fly and Sparkle
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie may be high, an author death, a new book expo, our 4 books of the week, feminist wild west, Japanese football, essential workers, Stephanie likes a certain kind of book, and more!
An article from Margalit Fox at the New York Times
An article from Ed Nawotka at PublishersWeekly.com
by Anna North
by Leuyen Pham
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34m - Jun 18, 2021 - The Bird Lady: Part 1 - I've Got Biscuits
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the flu shot, Irish in Georgia, a very different sort of child, ducks and chickens, mystery illness, Stephanie rants on Southerners, Burma Shave, Klan activity, gender confusion among geese, Catholic roots, Iowa, and much more!
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1h 38m - Jun 18, 2021 - The Debtor's Son: Part 3 - Yet Another Christmas Story
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: family deaths, Household Words, getting political, more Christmas stories, an "old friend", unhappiness in marriage, more Christmas stories, failing health, so many Fannys, a nasty separation, public readings, trips to France, more Christmas stories, a train crash, an unfinished novel, ruining the Fresh Prince theme, and much, much more!
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2h 0m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: Unedited
On this UNEDITED episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the mail, failing Spanish, our 4 books of the week, how Stephanie writes, Happy Holidays, and more!
The Elusive Shift : How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity
by Jon Peterson
Coding Concepts for Kids : Learn to Code Without a Computer
by Randy Lynn
by Kelsey Woods
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28m - Jun 18, 2021 - The Debtor's Son: Part 2 - Dick Swiveller
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: getting sad over a character, more father problems, taking time off, an American trip, international copyright, a great wife, Christmas books, falling in love, mesmerism, being attacked by a horse, helping prostitutes, and much much more!
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1h 35m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: I Did Both
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: The Great British Baking Show, accents, books Stephanie wants, getting free stuff, a major literary death, our 4 books of the week, court room drama, Stephanie's witchy past, science or magic, family secrets, Robert Palmer, and more!
Richard Lea and Sian Cainat The Guardian
by Kia Abdullah
The Joy of Hex : Modern Spells Without All the Bullsh*t
by Nina Kahn
by Karah Sutton and illustrated by Pauliina Hannuniemi
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40m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: My Bag
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: friends buying books, Amazon and e-libraries, marking in books, our 4 books of the week, why's it so hard to get weed, and more!
A Publisher’s Weekly article
The Beast and the Bethany, Volume 1
by Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Follath
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34m - Jun 18, 2021 - The Debtor's Son: Part 1 - Heterosexual Life Mates
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: when Christmas should start, defrauding the Navy Pay Office, not paying bills, child labor, living in prison, loving the theater, falling in love, side spasms, being very busy, a devastating death, and much, much more!
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1h 42m - Jun 18, 2021 - Weekday Cliff Notes: Bath Bam Bomb
On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie messes up the intro, their review of the long awaited Ready Player Two, another author death, our 4 books of the week, an argument about Flowers for Algernon, and much more!
by Ernest Cline
by Evie Green
Big Kibble : The Hidden Dangers of the Pet Food Industry and How to Do Better by Our Dogs
by Shawn Buckley and Oscar Chavez
The Smartest Kid in the Universe
by Julia Ember
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59m - Jun 18, 2021
