Episodes

  • Best of 2025

    Best of 2025
    Dec 3 2025

    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 - Allegra Goodman, Joshua Burnside

    Becca - Francis Featherstone, Anna Kwan, Sarah Martinez, Barbara Bourland

    Best Song of The Year

    Olivia - Baby Steps by Olivia Dean

    Becca - Moves by Suki Waterhouse

    Best Movie or Show of The Year:

    Olivia - Train Dreams

    Becca - The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Best Purchase of the Year

    Olivia - Shiseido Illuminating Micro Spot Serum

    Becca - Weighted Eye Mask

    Best Sandwich of The Year

    Olivia - Fork & Whisk Chicken Salad

    Becca - Hillstone French dip

    Obsession:

    Becca - Margaret from Bad Art Everyday's Post

    Olivia - Pluribus

    Reading:

    Olivia - Wreck by Catherine Newman

    Becca - Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube, I Wrote This for Attention by Lukas Gage

    This Month's Book Club Pick - No December book club, but now's the perfect time to catch up on past book club picks!

    Sponsors

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    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

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    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • The Correspondent Book Club

    The Correspondent Book Club
    Nov 26 2025

    It's time for our final book club episode of 2025! We're discussing a book we've been seeing everywhere, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. 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, the Wall Street Journal's profile of Virginia Evans is a great read.

    Obsession:

    Becca - Leset Pointelle Boxer Pants

    Reading:

    Olivia - The Fox Hunt by Caitlin Breeze (Out February 16, 2026)

    Becca - Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck, Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube

    This Month's Book Club Pick - No December book club, but now's the perfect time to catch up on past book club picks!

    Sponsors

    Cozy Earth - from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, get 40% off at cozyearth.com

    with code BOP.

    Caraway - Visit Carawayhome.com/BOP to take advantage of this limited-time offer for up to 25% off your next purchase.

    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

    Buy our Merch!

    Join our BFF Group!

    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

    Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

    Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

    Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Our 2025 Gift Guide

    Our 2025 Gift Guide
    Nov 19 2025
    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 Katie Kime NYC Toile Tea Towels ($58) Chefanie - I Love NY cocktail napkins ($48) All the restaurants prints (5x7 $55) - John Donahue - also Paris, London, DC, Philly, Chicago, Napa W/ Hudson & Mark acrylic frame (A5 size) - Reg $44, sale: $35 Hobby-Forward Gifts (Knitting, Watercolors, Pickleball, MahJong etc.) Emily Lex Studio Watercolor Books ($24) + Optional paint set ($18) Mark & Graham Pickleball Tote (Reg $79, Current $59) Pickle playing Pickleball Ornament ($25) Pickleball snack serving plate ($58) We Are Knitters Scarf Kit - Stan Scarf (Reg $74, Current $52) or Dinka Scarf (Reg: $55, Current $39) Gifts for People Who Love to Travel Dagne Dover Landon Carry On Duffel - Lg - (Reg: $240, sale $180) Etsy watercolor print of a fave city/destination Turtl pillow - (regular $55, sale $44) Gifts for People Who Love to Host Dan Pelosi Let's Party Cookbook (32.62) Anthro striped snack bowls ($18 for 2) Apertivo Spoon Set - $36 Olivia-Coded Picks Gifts for Thrifters/Antique Lovers Frames + Photos, choose their own adventure Search hobbies or interests on Etsy or Ebay + 'vintage' Planning a thrifting "day" - Choose a handful of different secondhand stores, stop for a coffee, make a day of it. Gifts for Pisces Hand curated playlist - "these songs remind me of you/us and why" Mini ocean oil painting Anything sentimental Gifts for Real Housewives Fans Beaded Coin Purse ($27+) Heather Ornament ($12.99) Brittani Bateman cameo Gifts for Candle Lovers Library in a Forest Candle from the New Savant Antique french match striker (etsy) Antique candle snuffer eBay/etsy candle stick holders + taper candles Bad on Paper Coded Picks Bookish Gifts Ban.do Bookworm mug ($18) Gift your favorite book of the year or a book you think the recipient would love Signed first edition of favorite books (modern classics aren't wildly expensive usually)... also, reach out to their favorite authors! Writer-ish Gifts Le Pen 10-color set ($19.99) + a notebook Save the Cat Writes A Novel (16.78) + Story Genius (16.77) + a notebook for their own ideas Cajou Alba Laptop Cover w/ Initials Wild Card Gifts For teen: BaubleBar custom makeup pouch ($38) + a lip balm Buffalo chicken ornament ($24) Beaded Bag Chain/Custom Hat Obsessions Becca - Who's the Clown? by Audrey Hobert Olivia - My new glasses! What we read this week Olivia - Sky Daddy by Kate Folk, A Good Person by Kirsten King Becca - I Wrote this for Attention by Lukas Gage, Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck This Month's Book Club Pick - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (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 their first month at BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER. Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • What's A Portfolio Career?

    What's A Portfolio Career?
    Nov 12 2025

    This week, we're talking all about portfolio careers! We discuss the current iteration of our own careers and then chat with Leigh Stein and Ali LaBelle—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 - West End Girl

    Olivia - Beth's Dead

    What we read this week

    Olivia - The Good Daughters by Brigitte Dale

    Becca - The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer (Out April 7), Little One by Olivia Muenter (Out Feb 3)

    This Month's Book Club Pick - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (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

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    The Room Next Door - Go to Audible.com/theroomnextdoor and start listening today.

    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

    Buy our Merch!

    Join our BFF Group!

    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

    Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

    Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

    Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • November 2025 Three Things

    November 2025 Three Things
    Nov 5 2025

    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 here.

    Olivia's Things

    Emma Straub's newsletter about David Harbor's pseudonym

    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 Book Gang, Pen Pals, Glamorous Trash) (Becca's are The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, Books, Beach, & Beyond, Open Book With Jenna, Otherppl with Brad Listi)

    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 week

    Olivia - Sister Wife by Christine Wooley Brown

    Becca - Finished Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube, Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia

    This Month's Book Club Pick - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (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

    Cozy Earth - Right now, stack code BOP on top of their sitewide sale for up to 40% off at cozyearth.com

    The Room Next Door - Go to Audible.com/theroomnextdoor and start listening today.

    Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.

    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

    Buy our Merch!

    Join our Geneva!

    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

    Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

    Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

    Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Heart the Lover Book Club

    Heart the Lover Book Club
    Oct 29 2025

    We can't wait to discuss our October Book Club Pick, Heart The Lover by Lily King! 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 - The Diplomat Season Three

    Olivia - Twinless

    What we read this week

    Olivia - Heart The Lover by Lily King, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

    Becca - Ready or Not by Cara Bastone, Kiss of the Baselisk by Lindsay Straub

    This Month's Book Club Pick - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (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 get your audiobooks

    The Room Next Door - Go to Audible.com/theroomnextdoor and start listening today.

    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

    Buy our Merch!

    Join our Geneva!

    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

    Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

    Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

    Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 2025 Debut Author Anthology

    2025 Debut Author Anthology
    Oct 22 2025

    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!

    Katie Yee - Maggie; Or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar

    Natalie Guerrero - My Train Leaves at Three

    Laura Leffler - Tell Them You Lied

    Aisha Muharrar - Loved One

    Obsessions

    Olivia - Not wearing mascara

    Becca - Leopard Coat from Mango

    What we read this week

    Becca- The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers

    Olivia - Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar

    This Month's Book Club Pick - Heart The Lover by Lily King (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 your first month at BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER

    Uncommon Goods - get 15% off your next gift at uncommmongoods.com/bop

    Room Next Door - Don't miss Wendy Walker's new Audible Original The Room Next Door. Go to Audible dot com

    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

    Buy our Merch!

    Join our Geneva!

    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

    Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

    Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

    Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Nic Stone on making the jump from YA to adult fiction

    Nic Stone on making the jump from YA to adult fiction
    Oct 15 2025

    We're so excited for you to hear our conversation with Nic Stone! We chat with Nic about her author origin story, why she made the jump from YA to adult with her (very!) adult debut Boom Town, writing off her strip club visits for research, and more!

    Obsessions

    Becca - Shonda Rhimes on Call Her Daddy

    Olivia - Floor lamp from Wayfair

    What we read this week

    Becca - The Idiot by Elif Batuman, The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland

    This Month's Book Club Pick - Heart The Lover by Lily King (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 Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns

    Caraway Home - Carawayhome.com/BOP for an additional 10% off your next purchase

    The Room Next Door by Wendy Walker - Go to Audible.com/TheRoomNextDoor and start listening today.

    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

    Buy our Merch!

    Join our Geneva!

    Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence!

    Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

    Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

    Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

    Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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    1 hr and 3 mins