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Wife of the Party

# 409 - Book Club: How About Now by Kate Baer

Wife of the Party

Berty Boy Productions

Comedy, Education, Self-improvement, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Cathy, Kirsten, and I sit down to talk about How About Now: Poems by Kate Baer. We explore the poems we connected with most, whether the tone feels heavy or introspective, and what the collection reveals about navigating the everyday. We also dive into how poetry can find beauty in the mundane, and why reading work like Baer’s feels so important right now. --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors Brunt Workwear - Get $10 Off @BRUNT with code WIFE at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/WIFE   #BRUNTpod Factor - Eat smart at https://FactorMeals.com/party50off and use code party50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. --------------------------------------------------- Our Next book club will be Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang Amazon - https://amzn.to/4oGiWSD Bookshop - https://bookshop.org/a/97615/9781668066898 --------------------------------------------------- Call (818) 949-8536 to leave a voicemail with a question for LeeAnn (and sometimes Bert) that might be answered in a future episode! --------------------------------------------------- Fully Loaded at Sea 2026 Presale bertkreischercruise.com/presale Stream LUCKY on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81713944 PERMISSION TO PARTY WORLD TOUR is on sale now: http://www.bertbertbert.com/tour --------------------------------------------------- LeeAnn Kreischer talks to friends about marriage, family, and being married to the life of the party, comedian Bert Kreischer! --------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW LEEANN: Facebook▶ https://www.facebook.com/wifeotp  Instagram▶ https://www.instagram.com/leeannkreischer  iTunes▶ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wife-of-the-party/id1343348729  Official Website & MERCH▶ https://www.wifeotp.com Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast! #wifeoftheparty #podcast #leeannkreischer #bertandleeann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, before we start the podcast, I just wanted to let you all know that my husband,

0:04.5

Burt Kreischer, is starting his new permission to party world tour with all new material. He's been off the road for almost a year, and he's ready to get back out there, and I'm ready for him to get back out there. Tons of dates and cities. Go to burr-burr-Burt.com to find a show near you. When girls replace what they want to be when they grow up,

0:22.6

writer, actor, doctor, astronaut with a single word,

0:25.6

thin.

0:26.6

I was like, wow.

0:28.6

I just got chills when I read that out loud.

0:30.6

Yeah.

0:31.6

Wow.

0:32.6

Book club.

0:35.6

Book club. Here we are. I, again, I'm not sure I'm ready to read your friend's book for the holidays. Oh, that's okay. I have some ideas. Oh, I'm so glad. I have an idea. I have an idea also, but I don't think you guys are going to like my idea. Sandra gave me an idea, but it's about like fairy smut. And I said no. I was like, I don't want to read fairy smut. Wait, she brought this up before. She's obsessed with us reading some kind of fairy smut. I'm okay with reading fairy smut. I don't think it's going to be for me, but I'm willing to have an open mind. But fairy smut tends to be long.

1:11.9

I think it is long. And I, fairies to me just scream spring. So, you know what? So fairy smut in

1:19.3

spring. Yeah, we got to, you know. Right around Valentine's Day. Something like that.

1:23.0

Like, I can't do fairies at Christmas. That's counterintuitive. Yeah. You know, fairies are like springtime. Right. Yeah. That's what my brain keep going. Christmas is more like elves. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Like, can we read Elf smut? I'm sure there is elf smut. Somebody did a take on Lord of the Rings where everybody was hooking up, I'm sure, right? But yeah, so I'm glad you have an idea.

1:45.0

I have one idea, but again, I don't think you guys are going to like it. And I can't remember the name of it. And I left my phone downstairs. So my people in the booth will have to help me find it. But I'm really intrigued and I'm going to read it whether you guys do or not. Okay, well now I'm dying to know.

1:57.5

I know, right?

1:58.4

You're just leaving us hanging.

1:59.4

I have to listen to the whole episode to find out.

2:03.3

Do I have to listen to the whole episode to find out. Do I have to listen to the whole episode? Yes, because we're going to create it

2:07.0

right now. A book of poetry. I was so interested in, I haven't read poetry in so long. So I'm glad we jumped in. I'm glad it was short. Oh, yeah. Because I'm so busy.

2:21.5

I was like, I can do this, no problem. But I have a lot of, I have a lot of opposing thoughts about

2:27.4

this book. I'm very interested to hear what you guys think about this book. I'm fascinated that

2:31.8

you have, I felt like it was really a, a not a very controversial

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