Episode 23: Indigenous Stories, Character Studies, and Unexplained Phenomena

This month Cheryl, Mari and Jessica talk fiction and non-fiction picks touching on Native American Heritage, our relationships with food and the kitchen, writing featuring deep character studies, as well as a few unexplained mysteries. Cheryl’s Books: Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects by Bee Wilson Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell Love Forms: A Novel by Claire Adam Mentioned: Nomadland (film) Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood 2025 Booker Prize Longlist Jessica’s Books: Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand by Jeff Chu Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten Wolf Bells by Leni Zumas Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung Mentioned: Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Red Clocks by Leni Zumas Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung Mari’s Books: Why We Dance A Story Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels by Lindsey Fitzharris Is it Real? The Loch Ness Monster by Candace Fleming Nessie by Ilse De Keyzer Mentioned: Plague Busters! Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases by Lindsey Fitzharris

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This episode is 51:25 long.

This episode was published on Nov 3, 2025.

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