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Bad On Paper

February 2023 Q&A

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re pretending to be guests on our own podcast and letting YOU ask the questions! We fill you in on our thoughts about the pressures to be on social media, our long-term goals, thoughts on “deinfluencing,” Olivia’s house updates, If we’re book jacket removers, the books that changed our lives, our dream food court, traveling hot takes, the Wikipedia or Reddit rabbit holes we fall down, and more!

Becca’s life-changing book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Olivia’s life-changing book: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Obsessions:

Becca AND Olivia: Cozy Earth Socks

What we read this week!

Olivia: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Becca: Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, Talking at Night by Claire Daverly, Before We Were Strangers by Reneé Carlino

This Month’s Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone and welcome to Baton Paper Podcast. I'm Olivia Mentor and I'm Becca Freeman.

0:22.3

And today we're going to do a Q&A and Becca Junot today is February 9th.

0:29.5

Do you know what February 9th last year was? Probably not. No. But this was the day that you guys announced me as the new host.

0:37.5

Oh!

0:39.5

Not that I expected you should know that date but I was brighting in my five-year journal as one does.

0:46.5

And I saw last year's date and I was like oh well there you go. So full year. Yeah. I'm excited. I thought you were going to tell me something bad.

0:56.5

Today. That had very, I don't know. That had very like do you really want to know what happened to April 29th energy and I was like I don't do I?

1:05.5

I think it is time to talk about at the time I cheated on Calvin Harris actually.

1:11.5

Today we're doing a Q&A episode and we had a lot of questions, a lot of variety.

1:16.5

These are fun. We got some interesting questions. We got some clear the air questions. We I'm excited. I like getting questions because it's kind of like being a guest on another podcast where somebody else asks the questions instead of us having to ask them.

1:32.5

Exactly. It's very fun.

1:34.5

I thought about cracking wine but that's really weird because I did too. Should we? I only have one bottle and it's like kind of nice.

1:43.5

I guess I could. Let's do it. I could do champagne. Okay fine. Okay. Be our B. Okay. Please hold.

2:04.5

All right.

2:07.5

I'm back. Hello.

2:13.5

My wine glass has a I don't know if you can see it has a lobster on it because this is main or celebrating.

2:21.5

Okay. All right. I have wine. Great. We have wine. Great. Let's get into this. Let's do it.

2:30.5

Okay. First, some highs and lows of course. Always. What is your high? My high is I have no complaints right now. I'm in main. My only

2:40.5

responsibilities are to hang out with a cute dog who is sometimes a pain in the ass. Let's not underestimate that and to write my book.

2:49.5

And like that's a pretty good life on paper. I mean, you like what a dream thriving on paper. But in reality, is it a dream too?

2:59.5

I mean, it has its downsides. I mean, I'm like struggling a little motivation wise and I'm a little I'll tell you about my low.

3:06.5

When we get to them, but you know, overall, I'm feeling very, very like Taylor Swift folklore ever more era cabin in the woods.

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