All Episodes
The Open Books Podcast — 115 episodes
BREAKING NEWS: HUDA MUSTAFA SPIRALS AND DISTURBING TEXT MESSAGES LEAKED
AGE OF ATTRACTION Eps 1-5 RECAP AND REVIEW
Are You Secretly a Bad Person? The 20-Question Honesty Test [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]
BOOKS WE ALL NEED TO READ NEXT: MONTHLY TBR (& Wuthering Heights Buzz)
Woman Down by Colleen Hoover: her WORST book yet!
FEBRUARY HOT TOPICS: WHERE TF IS NANCY GUTHERIE, SHIA LABEOUF ARRESTED IN NEW ORLEANS, THE EPSTEIN FILES & HOLLYWOOD SECRETS, & THE OLYMPICS
Tell Me Lies Finale Recap + The Traitors & Rob's Takeover + Love Is Blind Ohio + Love Island All Stars + The Beauty (Hulu) + ANTM Documentary Madness
The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin (when an open marriage turns deadly)
Hot Book News for the New Year: 2026 Releases, TBR Picks & Book-to-Screen Adaptations
THE TRAITORS, HEATED RIVALRY, PLURIBUS, ALLS FAIR, STRANGER THINGS, AND MORE TV RECAPS
JANUARY HOT TOPICS
Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry (when your twin dies and your life blows up)
THE HOUSEMAID by Fredia McFadden
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives & Dancing with the Stars RECAPS
Forget Me Not by Stacey Willingham (past dark secrets brought to light)
Love is Blind Drama, Reality TV Updates, Hollywood Remakes, Taylor Swift Craze
Opening up with Dr. Lucinda Berry, best selling author and leading researcher in childhood trauma
BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ THIS FALL: THRILLER EDITION
TRENDING BOOK NEWS: Upcoming book to movie adaptations, authors using AI, and so much more.
TOO OLD FOR THIS by Samantha Downing (when a retired serial killer gets back to work)
DANCING WITH THE STARS: mid season recap & dedication night drama
THINGS ONLY GIRLS UNDERSTAND
TV RECAPS: Love Thy Nader, The Summer I Turned Pretty Finale, Netflix’s Unknown Number Catfish, and MORE
Spooky Season Q&A
Coachella 2026, Love Island Games, & VMAs
DANCING WITH THE STARS 2025
Taylor Swift, Bachelor in Paradise, Billion Dollar Deals
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
Hunting Wives & The Summer I Turned Pretty
Hurricane Katrina Stories
Love island Post Villa Updates
Smash or Pass: August 2025
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
Love Island, Swag, Cruise Nightmare, Mormon Wives
Justin Bieber, Manchild, AI, & Astroworld
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
Love Island USA
GOODBYE......
THE TENANT by FREIDA MCFADDEN (when your house tenant is trying to kill you)
Emily Henry's Great Big Beautiful Life – PLOT TWIST & ROMANCE, IS IT WORTH THE HYPE?
SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES SEASON 2, THE ACE FAMILY DRAMA, OVERCOMPENSATING, JUSTIN BIEBER ALLEGATION, THE DIDDY TRIAL (Hot off the Shelf)
KAREN READ GUILTY OR INNOCENT, JUSTIN BIBER IS NOT OKAY, JAMES CHARLES SCANDAL, BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATIONS (Hot off the Shelf)
100 MEN VS ONE GORILLA/ GOD FORBID GIRLS HAVE OPINIONS
DARLING GIRLS by Sally Hepworth (a dead body and a lying foster parent)
Opening Up About: our March report, binge-worthy shows, crawfish + reese eggs, and much more
WHEN SHE RETURNED by Lucinda Berry (when your wife goes missing and shows up a decade later with a new baby)
Breaking Down The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Opening Up About: our January recap, the superbowl in new orleans, early bedtimes, red wine & pizza, currently watching, and much more
Opening Up About: ins & outs for 2025 – what we’re loving & leaving behind
Opening Up About: books we ALL need to read
SQUID GAME SEASON 2- RECAP
Opening Up About: quitting our jobs, life after having a baby, tv & movie recommendations, manifesting your dream life, and more
Opening Up About: AMBER'S BIRTH STORY
Opening Up About: our fall must haves
The Last One by Will Dean (when you wake up on a cruise ship alone)
THE GOLDEN BACHELORETTE & DANCING WITH THE STARS
Opening Up About: our September recap, third trimester struggles, tv recaps/recommendations, lip injections, and more
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kilewer (when you let strangers in your house & they steal your soul)
Lyle and Erik Menendez Case + Netflix show "Monsters" Analysis
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager (how the past has a way of haunting the present)
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Recap + Analysis
Opening Up About: AI may or may not be taking over the world
Opening Up About: postpartum, labor, and pregnancy advice (listener submissions)
Opening Up About: our August monthly report
Love Island USA Season 6 Reunion Recap + Analysis
Opening Up About: our July recap and our shocking spiritual experiences
LOVE ISLAND USA SEASON 6 RECAP AND ANALYSIS
Opening Up About: love Island UK, sunburns, baby names we love, and a hero from Applebees
The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
Opening Up About: weird facts you need to know
Opening Up About: our June recap, house of the dragon, love island, and harry jowsey
None of This is True - Lisa Jewell (do you have a birthday twin?)
Opening Up About: a girls notes app, asking reddit random questions
Opening Up About: pregnancy struggles, pop culture random topics, and current favorites
DARK MATTER- book and apple tv series recap & discussion
TBR- what should we read next?
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
ONE YEAR PODCAST ANNIVERSARY- our best episode yet
Opening Up About: COLBY'S BIG MEDICAL SCARE
Opening Up About: AMBER IS PREGNANT!
THE TEACHER by Freida McFadden (when you fall in love with your teacher)
THE NEW ORLEANS GIRLS CLUB!
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (How far can one lie take you?)
LOVE IS BLIND season 6/ THE BACHELOR- recaps & discussions!
Opening Up About: justin bieber, meg versus nikki, taylor swift at the grammys, tv recaps, and more
CALLEY BLUE- becoming a tik tok influencer, growing up in New Orleans, breakups, acceptance, and so much more!
Gypsy Rose Blanchard- Confessions on the Eve of Freedom. THE D IS 🔥
Opening Up About: life updates, natalia grace speaks, electrolytes & tongue scraping, The Therapist by BA Paris
Psycho step daughter!? DON’T LET HER STAY, by Nicola Sanders
THE TROOP by Nick Cutter (Bioengineered worms?!)
HOLIDAY HORROR STORIES
HOLIDAY SLEIGHS
SALTBURN MOVIE REVIEW. Twisted, disgusting, and delicious!
Ride or die, scribe or die? FOURTH WING By Rebecca Yarros
Is something really a lie if you believe it’s the truth?! SOMETIMES I LIE by Alice Feeny
ROMAN EMPIRES!
How many plot twists can one book have? The Only One Left
WERK THE BODY, FEED THE SOUL! With life & wellness coach Ashley Deaton
Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry (How far would you go to protect your child?)
The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry (Can children be born bad?)
Falling in love with your stalker?! HAUNTING ADELINE
Would you rather? BOOK EDITION!
TBR List/ What to read next & why!
MEN'S ICKS
Opening Up About: positive teacher stories and what makes teaching worth it
PILATES & PODCASTING
Reacting to our listener ICKS!
How much SMUT is too much smut?/ Archers Voice
TAYLOR SWIFT 22 HAT WINNER INTERVIEW
Amazon Favorites/ Mini Episode
Thank God that's over/ Tender is the Flesh
It HAD to be said/ Pretty Girls
Chronic people pleasing/ The Butcher & the Wren
Justice for the Luke/ Never Lie
Meet Amber & Colby/ Woom