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EPISODE · Oct 1, 2025 · 58 MIN

Witchy Fall Reads, OCD Compulsions, and the Haunted History of the White House

from Drinking Tea with Monsters: a podcast about OCD, pop-culture, and ghosts

This week on Drinking Tea with Monsters, the podcast about OCD and other (less scary) monsters, we're diving into the perfect fall reading list. Get cozy as we discuss Practical Magic, Rules of Magic, and other witchy, magical books that make autumn reading season enchanting.Next, Leela shares her experience with OCD compulsions, offering insight into tools and strategies that have helped her manage and reduce their intensity.Finally, we take a spooky trip to the White House to uncover the eerie history of its most famous ghostly residents, and the celebrities who've encountered them.LINKS TO STUFFI'm, like, totally obsessed with...Fall booksThe Rules of Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alex Dumas (Goodreads)The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Goodreads)The Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads)Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Goodreads)The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaOCDNOCDIOCDFTangentYou’re Got Mail (IMDb)When Harry Met Sally (IMDb)Everything We Know About the ‘Practical Magic’ Sequel (Rolling Stone)Things we're excited forHacks HBOAll of You Apple TVThe Impossible Fortune by Richard OsmanJoin us for the One Million Steps for OCD Walk. DTWM Team pageDTWMThe ghosts of The White HouseContact UsIG: @drinkingteawithmonsters EMAIL: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Drinking Tea with Monsters, the podcast about OCD and other (less scary) monsters, we're diving into the perfect fall reading list. Get cozy as we discuss Practical Magic, Rules of Magic, and other witchy, magical books that make autumn reading season enchanting.Next, Leela shares her experience with OCD compulsions, offering insight into tools and strategies that have helped her manage and reduce their intensity.Finally, we take a spooky trip to the White House to uncover the eerie history of its most famous ghostly residents, and the celebrities who've encountered them.LINKS TO STUFFI'm, like, totally obsessed with...Fall booksThe Rules of Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alex Dumas (Goodreads)The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Goodreads)The Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads)Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Goodreads)The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaOCDNOCDIOCDFTangentYou’re Got Mail (IMDb)When Harry Met Sally (IMDb)Everything We Know About the ‘Practical Magic’ Sequel (Rolling Stone)Things we're excited forHacks HBOAll of You Apple TVThe Impossible Fortune by Richard OsmanJoin us for the One Million Steps for OCD Walk. DTWM Team pageDTWMThe ghosts of The White HouseContact UsIG: @drinkingteawithmonsters EMAIL: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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