#89 June 2025

Steph and Candice talk about their TBR lists, how things make it on there, and why reducing decision fatigue and reading with intention are good things. And then also remind each other, and listeners that social contact with other humans is actually okay.

Books

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel by Joseph Fink, and Jeffrey Cranor

Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon 

Turn Around Bright Eyes: A Karaoke Journey of Starting Over, Falling in Love, and Finding Your Voice by Rob Sheffield  

Billy Summers by Stephen King 

The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (the book about two strangers sharing a reading list)

On Book Banning: Or How The New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy by Ira Wells 

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollen 

52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing by David A. Robertson 

Music

The Halluci Nation

Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Links

Full Circle Foods - low waste, local grocery delivery

Timestamps

4:00 How we approach our To-Be-Read piles

14:00 Steph & Candice’s book updates

37:00 Talking to people in real life is good, including your delivery drivers

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#88 May 2025

Candice had a week off this month so she read a lot! Lots of book talk about meta textual books with inserts and annotations and more. Plus lots of talk about horror being stories of grief, Twin Peaks and its weirdness, and the better than John Hughes coming of age movies of the 80s.

Books

The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee 

Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee 

The Troop by Nick Cutter 

Extra Salty. Jennifer’s Body (Pop Classics #11) by Frederick Blichert 

Cathy’s Book by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman

Cathy’s Key by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman

S. by J.J. Abrams & Doug Dorst, 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost 

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch, 

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 

Movies

It Feeds directed by Chad Archibald trailer (NSFW)

The Monkey directed by Osgood Perkins trailer (NSFW)

The Babadook directed by Jennifer Kent trailer (NSFW)

The Journey of Natty Gann by Walt Disney Studios Trailer 

Lucas by David Seltzer trailer 

Timestamps

02:00 Steph’s reading update and whether or not we are cool

10:00 Conversation about movie It Feeds by Chard Archibald and other horror movies

16:25 Candice’s reading update - it’s a big one!

33:30 Side bar conversation about John Hughes movies and other coming of age movies of the 80s

39:00 Twin Peaks - books, tv, movies and podcasts!

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#87 April 2025

Candice has finally read some books! One super feminist, and one not so much.

Steph admits to a 30 year old crime against the Scholastic Book Fair.

We cover a lot this month, from the magic of pregnancy to avoiding celebrities even when they invite people to come meet them. It’s a weird through line, but we get there.

Books

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix 

Double Love Sweet Valley High #1 by Francine Pascal 

Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin 

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 

The Institute by Stephen King 

Movies

Memento Trailer https://youtu.be/4CV41hoyS8A?si=U9xyJGS6ngiSbbBc 

Arrival Trailer https://youtu.be/tFMo3UJ4B4g?si=2b2ZPDSSgHWp60Ng 

Annihilation Trailer https://youtu.be/89OP78l9oF0?si=_DS6HB4j9IvBSveB

Timestamps

1:15 Candice’s reading update

20:00 Deep dive into Steph and Candice’s Teen melodrama books and shows

26:00 Steph’s reading update

30:00 How time and experience changes how we interact with the books and movies we are watching

34:00 Steph’s movie adventures with her 14 year old son

39:00 Who owns art after the artist releases it?

44:00 Interacting with the public as a celebrity

52:00 A short update on Candice’s Stephen King project

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#86 March 2025

Steph and Candice catch up on the last month after a hiatus due to a provincial election. Candice read no books. Steph went on a yoga retreat and read a lot of books.

Books

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk 

Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo 

Awe by Dacher Keltner 

Links

Asana

Todoist 

Double Rainbow Youtube (an oldie but a classic)

Timestamps

3:00 - using to-do lists for planning

13:00 - women’s health (women of a certain age!)

21:00 - Steph’s reading update

29:00 - Steph went on a retreat

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#85 January 2025

We are moving into the new year with optimism, because it’s so needed right now.

Congrats to Yes, We Are Open, the branded series from Moneris, https://www.moneris.com/en/blog/categories/topics/yes-we-are-open-podcast, which won the 2024 Canadian Podcast Award in the Best Branded Series category. So thankful to the Canadian Podcast Awards for nominating us, and looking forward to hopefully trying again next year.

We cover a lot of books, and movies this month. And announce our reading goals for the new year.

Follow us on Storygraph to see how we do!

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Books

Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change by Day Schildkret https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWXh7V7VQhnmQ 

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, https://bookshelf.ca/item/5Z0NmApghbwlgqRv2cul3g 

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAXsrhdiA4sIZw 

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, https://bookshelf.ca/item/1sM1NJwkMQcr_nZQIUr74Q  

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAW5QfTlKRSSTw 

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne, https://bookshelf.ca/item/3Czr8TaWU99nhZ5eEUbv-A 

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, https://bookshelf.ca/item/p5lAnqxqGBTqv019t_HQVg 

Wrapped In Plastic: Twin Peaks Pop Classic by Andy Burns, https://bookshelf.ca/item/jxxbdRJkVbKV-hNGkywsXw

More Pop Classics here https://ecwpress.com/collections/pop-classics-series 

The Lady from the Black Lagoon, by Mallory O’Meara, https://bookshelf.ca/item/44euZQqJnHLX03kHESy4CA 

I Love You: Recipes From The Heart by Pamela Anderson https://bookshelf.ca/item/2-gUryvjjJ-46tOg2S_sAg 

The Institute by Stephen King, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWNXOh6BTbWTQ 

Movies

The Last Showgirl trailer starring Pamela Anderson https://youtu.be/hZDs_lLGrTU?si=AzmAe12VASY6MHd0 

Pamela Anderson in the Criterion Closet https://youtu.be/tyo_tJuhw8U?si=57CtIv7xggzIgQTV 

The Substance trailer starring Demi Moore, https://youtu.be/LNlrGhBpYjc?si=uG7EBpqbi3e_9kVy 

A Complete Unknown https://youtu.be/NO9hXSD5K4A?si=tbJg4s2o9dNAjzp7 

Free Guy Trailer https://youtu.be/X2m-08cOAbc?si=szVMGq6kgLDT0I0k  

Woman of the Hour Trailer https://youtu.be/0c23FYqC1TM?si=eUnS4NWSP3K1-FpA 

Get Out Trailer https://youtu.be/DzfpyUB60YY?si=AmJPuwInuPPBF297 

Timestamps

2:00 Steph starts her reading update

11:00 Some convo about time, age, and the turn of the new millennium (remember Y2K?)

15:00 Back to the Steph’s reading update

21:00 Candice’s reading update

28:00 Some movie talk about women aging 

37:00 More movie talk

47:00 Oops, we blame the patriarchy again

51:00 Reading goals for 2025, including the Stephen King project

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#84 December 2024

We made it to the end of the year! This month is some heavy movie talk, but we also do a short update on our yearly reading goals and reminisce about our youth.

Books

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne 

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein 

Saving Time by Jenny O’Dell 

The Troop by Nick Cutter

Movies

Anora trailer 

Inside Llewyn Davis and other Cohen Brothers Movies

A little Ralph Fiennes appreciation -  The Return trailer, and Conclave trailer 

Hallmark and Finding Mr Christmas trailer

Links

Timestamps

00:01 Movie update right up top

17:00 Where can men be allowed to be emotional

29:00 Sports and physical activity

34:00 Steph’s reading update

40:00 Importance of rest

48:00 Trip down memory lane

53:00 Candice’s reading update & year long reading targets

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Bonus #4 Ian Williams Talk at The Bookshelf, the Complete Interview

Enjoy the complete book reading, interview and audience Q&A between Ian Williams and Pat Case.

This month's episode of The Village Podcast