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🗓️ 9 July 2025
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This week, we’re going to be sharing our desert island picks for categories from entertainment, to food, clothing, beauty, and more!
Shoutout to Hillary Kerr’s newsletter for the episode inspo!
Some of our picks
Books to read for the rest of time:
Becca - The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Olivia - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, The God of The Woods by Liz Moore
Books we like to recommend:
B: TIOY
Olivia - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Jeans
Becca - Frame Le Slim Palazzo
Olivia: Gap Ultra Soft Barrel Leg Jeans
Shoes
Becca - Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66
Olivia - EVA Birkenstocks
Body Lotion:
Becca - UBeauty Super Body Hydrator
Olivia - Necessaire Body Serum
Complexion Makeup:
Becca - Armani luminous silk
Olivia - It Cosmetics CC Cream
Obsessions
Olivia - DISSH
Becca - Quince Organic Airy Gazue Blanket
What we read this week
Becca - Heart the Lover by Lily King (out 10/7); Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
Olivia - Tilt by Emma Pattee, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, The Turnout by Megan Abbot, The Compound by Aisling Rawl
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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0:00.0 | Hi, everyone and welcome to Bout on Paper podcast. I'm Olivia Mentor. And I'm Becca Freeman. |
0:23.0 | Becca, tell us about this episode. It's a weird one. I thought we could play a little game. |
0:27.9 | Kind of a game. We're going to do a Desert Island Picks episode. I feel like it's a weird week in the |
0:33.6 | scheme of things. I feel like with the holiday last week, some people are taking this week off. |
0:39.0 | If you're at your desk, you're angry about it. Like, it's not a serious week. And we're not going to be |
0:44.4 | serious people. We need something light. Yeah. Well, tell me your high. Okay. So last weekend, I was in Boston |
0:52.5 | visiting friends. And that was a high in and of itself. |
0:56.5 | And my specific high was getting to spend some time on Sunday with my friends' two kids who are two and three. |
1:04.8 | And I haven't seen them in so long. |
1:07.2 | And even though I don't want kids myself, it is important to me to spend time with my |
1:12.4 | friends' kids and for them to know me and to, I don't know, be a person in their life. And so on |
1:18.9 | Sunday, we went to the Cheesecake Factory with my friends, too, kids. Nice. Very nice. |
1:23.9 | I think they're frequent flyers there. They live very close to it. And we hung out all day. |
1:29.2 | I taught my friend's son, who's the older one, |
1:32.0 | thumbs up and thumbs down, which was a big hit. |
1:35.0 | Oh, that's like, it's crucial development as a human. |
1:37.7 | Big hit, yeah. |
1:38.8 | It's impactful. |
1:39.2 | You really liked thumbs up and thumbs down. |
1:41.1 | Very impactful. |
1:42.3 | But it was so fun. |
1:44.1 | Good. I'm so glad. It sounds like such a nice, |
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