Facts & Fables

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All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why it Matters Today - Elizabeth ComenEvergreen Academy - Heather SchneiderJay's House Bookshop and Bakeryhttps://jayshousebooks.com/https://www.instagram.com/jayshousebookbakery

Natalie and guest host Drew talk Jane Goodall, Vampires, and Wuthering HeightsThe Book of Hope - Jane Goodall and Douglas AdamsThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones

Guest host Jennie 2.0 joins Jennie! We talk about The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt and Sunrise On the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. Jennie then does an interview with the owner of Big Hill Books!

A Love Song For Ricki Wilde - Tia WilliamsBlack Girls Breathing: Heal from Trauma, Combat Chronic Stress, and Find Your FreedomGuest host Alyssa from Stories & Spoilers Podcast! https://www.instagram.com/stories.and.spoilers.podcast/https://www.instagram.com/cozy.soul.reads/https://www.youtube.com/@stories.and.spoilers.booktalks

Our fiction pick this week is The Road by Cormac McCarthy and our non-fiction is Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in this Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade. Ways to get involved:Rapid Response Line: https://monarcamn.org/Immigrant Law Center of MN: https://www.ilcm.org/Muslim Civil Rights: https://cairmn.org/

The Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible From Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds - John FugelsangThrone of Glass - Sarah J MaasContact us: [email protected] us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast

Drew joins as a special guest host again this week! We discuss Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Quicksilver by Callie Hart. Bookish topic of the week is book crates!

2025 Recap Episode

Divine Rivals by Rebecca RossEverything is Tuberculosis by John Green

This week we check in with some of our ARC authors from throughout the year and see what's coming in 2026 for them!Morgan Fischer- @morganlee_readsSill Behagia- @sillauthorM.M. Parks- @mmparksauthorK.L. Vincent- thebluestockingtrioKit Sergeant- @kitsergeant

She Said - Jodi Kantor & Megan TwoheyThe Salvage - Anbara SalamContact us: [email protected] us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast

Drew joins Jennie as a new guest host!Dear Girls by Ali Wong Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told) by Dr. Karen TangAlchemy of Secrets by Stephanie GarberBookstagram vs. Reality

The Firekeeper's Daughter, Sisters in the Wind, and Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley107 Days by Kamala HarrisInterview with Scout & Morgan Books

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneAutomating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks

This episode we talk to members of our book club about everything they read on our annual reading retreat! We also Highlight some amazing companies who contributed to the weekend! Chapters Tea : https://alto.to/A6UQ7 Use Code: FACTSANDFABLES15 for 15% off! Apothecary 19: https://apothecary19.com/factsandfablespodUse Code: FACTSANDFABLES10 for 10% off!Seven Sundays: sevensundays.comIsadore Nut Co: isadorenutco.com - use code ISADORE_10 for 10% off! Author KJ Erstihttps://www.instagram.com/kj_ersti/The Knowing Witch – MM ParksRoad of Bones – Demi Winters A Wild Dark Shore – Charlotte McConaghyA Flicker in the Dark – Stacy WillinghamHeartstopper – Volume 1 & 2 – Alice OsemanStrange Houses – UketsuHaunting of Paynes Hollow – Kelley ArmstrongMy Friends – Fredrik BackmanThe Salvage – Anbara SalamMoon Cakes – Joamette Gil and Suzanne WalkerThe Guest List – Lucy FoleySharp Objects – Gillian FlynnWizard of Most Wicked Ways – Charlie M HolbergAlchemy of Secrets – Stephanie GarberLove & Bruises and Love & Cages – KJ Ersti Iron Flame & Onyx Storm – Rebecca YarrosBig Magic – Elizabeth GilbertThe Serviceberry – Robin Wall KimmererImmortal Consequences – I.V. MarieKatabasis – R.F. Kuang

Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland by Jonathan MetzlNocticadia by Keri Lake

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Marginlands - Arati Kumar-RaoParable of the Sower - Octavia E Butler

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby HamadChain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahWe also interview the owner of Homebody MN - Books, Candles, and Reading Retreatshttps://www.homebodymn.com/https://www.instagram.com/homebodymn/Email us: [email protected] us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature - Patricia Ononiwu KaishianDungeon Crawler Carl - Matt DinnimanCheck out Apothecary 19 and use code FACTSANDFABLESPOD for 10% off! www.apothecary19.com/factsandfablespodFollow us on insta: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion - Gabrielle Stanley Blair

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizA Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu MandannaInterview with: Terresa Hardaway, owner of Black Ganet Bookshttps://www.blackgarnetbooks.com/https://www.instagram.com/blackgarnetbooks/Contact us: [email protected] us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast

-Red Demon - Sill Bihagia -Releases 9/16/25-https://www.sillauthor.com/-https://www.instagram.com/sillauthor/-The Doctor of Auschwitz: The Powerful True Story of One Woman's Courage - Kit Sergeant - Released 8/4/2025-https://www.kitsergeant.com/-https://www.instagram.com/kitsergeant/-instagram.com/[email protected]

Charlottesville: An American Story - Deborah BakerAtmosphere - Taylor Jenkins ReidInterview with Carmen from Graywolf Press! Follow them as well! https://www.instagram.com/graywolfpress/Follow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastEmail us: [email protected]

Know My Name - Chanel MillerThe Girl Who Drank the Moon - Kelly BarnhillFollow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma by Mariel BuqueLong Way Down - Jason ReynoldsFollow us: Instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

How to be an Anti-Racist - Ibram X. KendiThe Wedding People - Alison EspachFollow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

The Birds, the Bees, and the Elephant in the Room - Rachel Coler MulhollandThe Knight and The Moth - Rachel GilligFollow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Frontlines of White Nationalism - Seyward DarbyYellowface - R.F. KuangAlso featured: Wild Rumpus Bookstorehttps://wildrumpusbooks.com/Follow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism - Steve SilbermanPhantasma/Enchantra - Kaylie SmithFollow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastContact us: [email protected]

Poisoned Pawn: The Lost Sovereigns Book 1 - K.L. VincentWebsite: https://www.klvincentwrites.com/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thebluestockingtrio/Of the Stars and Sea - Brianna RemusWebsite: https://www.briannaremus.com/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/authorbriannaremus/Both available now! Follow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastEmail us: [email protected]

A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind - Ann BurgessThe Summer Pact - Emily GriffinFollow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastEmail us: [email protected]

Furiously Happy - Jenny LawsonBoundary Waters - William Kent KruegerContact us: [email protected] us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast

The Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg - Irin Carmon and Shana KnizhnikJust for the Summer - Abby JimenezContact us: [email protected] us: instagram.com/factsandfables

Memorial Day Episode: Thank You For Your Service - David FinkelThe Women - Kristen HannahFollow us at: https://www.instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast/Email us at: [email protected]

Happy Pride Month! In Transit - Dex E. AndersonThe City We Became - N.K. JemisonEmail us at: [email protected] us at: https://www.instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast/

Educated - Tara WestoverSong of Achilles - Madeline MillerBookstore Feature!: Hearthside BooksWebsite: https://hearthsidebooksmn.com/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/hearthside_booksBookshop.org link: https://bookshop.org/shop/hearthsidebooksmnContact us: [email protected]: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast

Our second bonus episode! This time we're featuring June ARCS! Available June 20th: The Knowing Witch - MM ParksInsta: https://www.instagram.com/mmparksauthorWebsite: https://melissamparks.com/Available June 28th: Wild Fire - Deb EllenInsta: instagram.com/thenerdfamWebsite: https://dellenauthor.co.uk/Follow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastEmail us: [email protected]

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century - Edited by Alice WongGood Kings Bad Kings - Susan NussbaumFollow us at: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcastEmail us at: [email protected]

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori GottleibThe Sundown Motel - Simone St. JamesContact us: [email protected] us: https://www.instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast/

How the Word is Passed - Clint SmithThe Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians - Matt EversmannIndie Bookstore Feature: Garden Party Books in Rochester, MNhttps://gardenpartybooks.com/https://www.instagram.com/gardenpartybooksmn/Email us at: [email protected] us: https://www.instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast/

Bourbon Empire - The Past and Future of America's Whiskey by Reid MitenbulerThe God of the Woods - Liz MooreContact us at: [email protected]

We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of my Irish Boyhood by Tom PhelanOther Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria GriffinContact us at: [email protected]

Facts & Fables: Reading for Education and EscapismSeason 1, Episode 2In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial - Mona CholletDaisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins ReidContact us at [email protected]

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" - Hector TobarLobizona - Romina GarberEmail us at: [email protected]

Bonus Episode! May ARCsThe 12 O'Clock Bookshop - Morgan Fischer - Available 5/6/25Preorder: https://a.co/d/gPNSX88Follow: https://www.instagram.com/morganlee_readshttps://www.authormorganfischer.com/Divine Blessings - K.R. Thompson - Available - 5/27/25Preorder: https://books2read.com/DivineBlessingsFollow: https://www.instagram.com/krthompsonauthorhttps://krthompsonauthor.com/

The End of Policing - Alex S. VitaleThe Innkeeper Chronicles - Ilona Andrewshttps://wpbp.org/

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall KimmererI Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline HarpmanExtra bookish thing - amazing instagrammer for kids' book suggestions: https://www.instagram.com/maistorybooklibrary/