That's All From Me

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That's All From Me

Two long distance besties talk queerness, books, mental health and their shared love of voice notes.

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    re: favourite music/random things of 2025

    Join us for part two of our 2025 recap where we discuss our top 5 albums of last year and some random fave things that we enjoyed in 2025.Link to playlist with all our fave albums here!In this ep, we also reveal our plans for the next TAFM book club and pick our books, so please go have a listen and if you like the sound of either book, we would love it if you joined in! Enjoy and thanks for listening as always <3Recorded 19th January 2026

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    re: favourite books of 2025

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! To ring in 2026 we are doing what we do best: getting extremely nerdy about reading and all the delightful books we read in 2025. Join us as we discuss our top 5 picks plus a few honourable mentions!See you soon, and thanks for listening ♥️Books mentioned:MILLY:Top five:Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní M’haoileon Private Rites by Julia Armfield Penance by Eliza ClarkDid I Ever Tell You by Genevieve Kingston The Renovation by Kenan OrhanOthers mentioned:I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna Gunk by Saba SamsFlesh by David Szalay All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whittaker Orlanda by Jacqueline HarpmanA Fortunate Woman by Polly Morland Things I Don’t Want to Know by Deborah LevyThe Year of the Cat by Rhiannon Lucy Coslett I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’FarrellDown and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell AMY:Top five:All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam MathewsThe Renovation by Kenan OrhanElla Minnow Pea by Mark DunnChildhood, Youth, Dependency by Tove DitlevsenVilhelm’s Room by Tove DitlevsenOthers mentioned:There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die by Tove DitlevsenThe Faces by Tove DitlevsenTimecode of a Face by Ruth OzekiMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarThe Princess of 72nd Street by Elaine KrafReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. PeckRecorded 3rd January 2026

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    re: friendship

    In this episode, we cover the very broad topic of friendship, including dealing with the evolution of friendships, making new friends as an adult and generally just yapping about how much we love our wonderful friends and how friends have shaped our lives in so many ways <3 Please doooo let us know any thoughts you have (via our Instagram @thatsallfrommepod) or any reflections you want to share on friendship, we love hearing from you!As you may have noticed, we’ve also refreshed our cover art a bit to create something that feels a bit more us, we hope you like it.See you soon, and thanks for listening ♥️Recorded 12th October 2025

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    re: autumnal catch up

    In this episode, join us for a catch up as we talk about our summers and unexpected life things that meant we had an unplanned hiatus from the pod! Topics include being slight summer haters (sorry!!!) and welcoming autumn with open arms, the best books we’ve read recently, and general chit chat about life lately. Mentioned in this episodeBorrowboxNetgalleyMilly’s Paris Substack postBooksPrivate Rites by Julia Armfield (2024)Salt Slow by Julia Armfield (2019)Lilac Mines by Cheryl Klein (2009)Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna (2024)Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman (1999)The Renovation by Kenan Orhan (2026)A World Between by Emily Hashimoto (2020)A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (1964)Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (1938)Did I Ever Tell You? By Genevieve Kingston (2024)The Panic Years by Nell Frizell (2021)Wintering by Katherine May (2020)The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (2023)Episode timestamps00.17 Intro10.15 Summer recap30.54 Recent reading highlights1.04.44 OutroRecorded 7th October 2025

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    re: Pride book club

    Hello again! After an unplanned summer hiatus we present to you the long-awaited Pride month book club episode we recorded back in July. Join us as we delve into Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin, Nightwood by Djuna Barnes and Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt, three very different (although all quite dark…!) books we picked for our Pride month book club. It was very fun to get input from some dear friends of the pod so a huge thank you again to those who read along with us and contributed their thoughts. We’ll be back soon with more and some fun updates so make sure you follow us over on Instagram @thatsallfrommepodHope you enjoy the episode and thanks for listening!Episode timestamps00.57 Intro06.30 Content warning07.39 Last Words from Montmartre38.37 Nightwood1.06.49 Tell Me I’m Worthless1. 41.54 OutroRecorded 12th and 14th July 2025

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    re: having a chat

    Happy Pride month! We’re back together in London this time and in this very rambly episode, Milly and Amy chat about Amy’s BIG news, creativity, social media (again) and what they’ve been loving recently. We also invite you to join our Pride Month Book Club - ⁠see more details over on our Instagram⁠.Episode timestamps00.16 Intro03.15 Amy’s big news16.46 Doctor Who20.17 Creativity and junk journalling27.56 Social media (again)35.33 What we’ve been loving recently56.48 Pride Month Book Club & Outro

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    re: coming out - queer media

    In this third part of our coming out episodes, we talk about some of the queer media of (recent) past and present that helped us realise things, affirmed our identities or just provided some good old queer entertainment and joy. Episode timestamps00.14 Intro03.10 Reflections on coming out episodes11.05 That’s All From Me for trans rights12.43 Remembering the Lesbian Master Doc23.43 Media that helped us realise we were queer/come out52.59 Queer media we wish we could’ve had 1.11.15 OutroMentioned in this episode:BooksSpectacles by Sue Perkins (2015)Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (1973)In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (2019)If Not, Winter: The Complete Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson (2002)The Secret Diaries of Anne Lister edited by Helena Whitbread (1988)Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (1993)__ Music:Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko (2014)She by Dodie (2014)Girl in RedChappell RoanIn Search of the Antidote by Fletcher (2024)__Film/TV:Black Mirror, ‘San Junipero’ (Netflix, 2016)Les Invisibles (dir. Sébastien Lifshitz, 2012)Happiest Season (dir. Clea DuVall, 2020)The Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix, 2023)I Kissed A Girl (BBC, 2024)Gentleman Jack (BBC, 2019-2022)__Other:Making Gay History by Eric Marcus (podcast and book)Troye Sivan’s Coming Out video (2014)Ingrid Nilsen’s Coming Out video (2015)

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    re: 2025 so far (mostly books)

    In this first in-person (!!!) episode, Milly and Amy catch up and discuss how 2025 has been so far, before getting into our favourite books of the year and what we’ve been enjoying/listening to.Episode timestamps00.14 Intro03.20 This year so far16.38 Favourite books1.02.51 Favourite music1.12.19 Random favourites1.16.03 Outro—Mentioned in this episode:Milly:BooksThings I Don’t Want to Know: Living Autobiography 1 by Deborah Levy (2014)I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (1995)Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (1933)I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O’Farrell (2017)All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (2024)Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion (1970)The Year of the Cat: A Love Story by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (2023)A Life’s Work by Rachel Cusk (2014)The Lost by Claire McGowan (2013)—MusicIt Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be by Olivia Dean (single, 2025)Live at Eventim Apollo by Olivia Dean (2024)eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead by Ariana Grande (2025)—Amy:Books:Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023)A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010)Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958)Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (2024)Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (2001)Having and Being Had by Eula Biss (2023)Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (2023)—MusicImaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay (2024)Forever Is A Feeling by Lucy Dacus (2025)What Was That by Lorde (single, 2025)All links to our socials (including our respective Goodreads and Storygraph) and all other episodes can be found below:https://linktr.ee/thatsallfrommepodThank you for listening!Recorded on 26th April 2025

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    re: social media

    We are BACK and in this episode we cover the vast topic of our (many) thoughts on social media. Join us as we pine for 2011 Instagram, and discuss coming of age on social media, the ways in which being online shaped us, and finding and building community on social media platforms. We also reflect on our current relationship to social media and the internet and how social media has dramatically changed over the past decade. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!Mentioned in this episode@butchrevival on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/butchrevivalQuote from The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson (2015)Recorded 16th March 2025

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    re: Milly's coming out story

    Hello beloved listeners! We come to you with part 2 of our coming out episodes, and this one is all about Milly’s coming out story. We discuss growing up in heteronormative spaces, dealing with shame, and the importance of representation and community. If you haven’t already listened to part 1 (Amy’s coming out story), we recommend you check it out. You can find it here, along with all our other episodes and links to our socials. https://linktr.ee/thatsallfrommepodAs ever, thanks for being here. We hope you enjoy!Mentioned in this episode:Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill Gutowitz (2022)

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    re: 2024 lessons and favourites

    Before January comes to a close we bring you our reflections on 2024. In this episode we discuss how 2024 was and lessons we took from it, as well as picking our favourite books, films and albums of the year. We also chat about our resolutions and goals for the coming year, and our 2025 ins/outs.  If you enjoyed please share with a loved one!  Mentioned in this episode: Books:  I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (1995) In Memoriam by Alice Winn (2023) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963) On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming (2019) The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson (2015) Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (2020) Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key (2023) Talking At Night by Claire Daverley (2023) Art Objects by Jeanette Winterson (1995) My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (1998) A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (2013) The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (2021) Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998) Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion (1970) Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (1933) Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (2024) Wellness by Nathan Hill (2023) Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021) A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (2012) Felicity by Mary Oliver (2015) Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023) The House of My Mother by Shari Franke (2025) Films: Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023) All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh, 2023) The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, 2024) My Old Ass (Megan Park, 2024) Sing Sing (Greg Kwedar, 2023) The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin, 2023) Albums/songs: Guard Dog by Searows (2022) English Rain by Gabrielle Aplin (2013) Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971) BRAT by Charli XCX (2024) Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat by Charli XCX (2024) Song to a Seagull by Joni Mitchell (1968) Kitchen by SZA (2024) Orlando in Love by Japanese Breakfast (2025) Other: Hello 20 year old me | Youtube Milly’s Substack Milly’s Goodreads Amy’s Storygraph Podcast Instagram

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    re: Amy's coming out story

    Welcome back to That’s All From Me! In this episode, we discuss Amy’s coming out story and the role of 2014 Tumblr, the forgotten version of Tinder for teenagers, and growing up gay in Manchester.   Mentioned in this episode Book: Curious Affinities by Sophie Chauhan 2023 Article: ‘Tinder Raises Minimum Age of App From 13 to 18’, Huffington Post

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    re: introduction

    Hello and welcome to the first episode of That’s All From Me! In this episode, we introduce ourselves and our plans for the podcast, along with a good old ramble about voice notes and the role they have played in our friendship. Mentioned in this episode: Album: Joni Mitchell Blue (1971) Book: Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key (2024) Song: Joni Mitchell Cactus Tree (1968) Album: FKA Twigs MAGDALENE (2019) Book: No Boys Play Here by Sally Bayley (2021) Book: On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming (2021) Book: Allow Me to Introduce Myself by Onyi Nwabineli (2024)

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Two long distance besties talk queerness, books, mental health and their shared love of voice notes.

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