Celebrity Memoir Book Club

We’re back at the Playboy Mansion with a fresh set of eyes. Crystal Hefner is the one who did it. The girlfriend who became the wife but at what personal cost? From the outside the Playboy mansion is all hot tubs and zoos but as we’ve learned, on the inside it’s actually hella boring and literally covered in mold.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Check out what we're reading and watching on Shelf!Ashley's ShelfClaire's Shelf COME SEE US ON TOUR NEW: 3/7/24 - Montreal, QB - Canada !!!!!!!!!!! (link coming soon)2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Slap a juke box and call him Henry. This week Claire and Ashley discover what happened to the Fonz between Happy Days and Arrested Development. With absolute peaks at opposite ends of his career there’s a lot of room in the middle where perseverance came in handy.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Check out what we're reading and watching on Shelf!Ashley's ShelfClaire's Shelf COME SEE US ON TOUR2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I don’t know if you’re ready for this Jelly my friends. Anjelica Huston has graced us all with a list of every person she’s ever met and every party she’s ever attended so if you’re not interested in what Aspen was like back when it was fun maybe you don’t understand memoirs.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Check out what we're reading and watching on Shelf!Ashley's ShelfClaire's Shelf COME SEE US ON TOUR2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Try some Hungry Root!https://www.hungryroot.com/worm Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well here we are, in a new year reassessing every thought we’ve ever had and luckily Hilarie Burton Morgan is just the right person to show us the way. Not to be a bitch but this year I’m going full witch and this memoir (notebook?) is exactly what pushed me over the edge in exactly the right way.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Check out what we're reading and watching on Shelf!Ashley's ShelfClaire's Shelf COME SEE US ON TOUR1/18/24 - Phoenix, AZ1/19/24 - Los Angeles, CA2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chop chop baby we’re headed into the seedy underbelly of the fanciest kitchen in New York City with culinary legend Anthony Bourdain. In the book that put him on the map, Anthony tells us everything from how restaurant culture has evolved to how not to get stuck with the cod.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Check out what we're reading and watching on Shelf!Ashley's ShelfClaire's Shelf COME SEE US ON TOUR1/18/24 - Phoenix, AZ1/19/24 - Los Angeles, CA2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re ending our year gathered round the watercooler for a little office gathering. The party planning committee planned this book club meeting so we’re reading Office BFFs by stars of The Office, Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fisher.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ COME SEE US ON TOUR1/18/24 - Phoenix, AZ1/19/24 - Los Angeles, CA2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve got a situation on our hands. An inspiration. An instigation. A designation. Taking us to a destination: the Jersey Shore. This week we’re opening up the brand new memoir from the star of the Jersey Shore Mike Sorrentino. He joins us at the end to discuss his journey from sneaking drugs onto reality TV to cleaning up and starting a gorgeous family.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/NEW MERCH NEW MERCH!!!https://celebritymemoirclub.limitedrun.com/ COME SEE US ON TOUR1/18/24 - Phoenix, AZ1/19/24 - Los Angeles, CA2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Take your sexism to the cleaners girl rock stars can be just as self centered as boy rock stars!!! This week we jump into Liz Phair’s very interesting attempt at self discovery. Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/NEW MERCH NEW MERCH!!!https://celebritymemoirclub.limitedrun.com/ COME SEE US ON TOUR1/18/24 - Phoenix, AZ1/19/24 - Los Angeles, CA2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ohhhh Barbra. We tried not to hold the fact that you wrote 990 pages against you but it is genuinely so mean. If you’re a Barbra stan everything you’ve ever wanted to know is in this book and if you’re a casual enjoyer of her work, we read the book so you never ever ever ever have to.  Keep up with all the latest: https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/NEW MERCH NEW MERCH!!!https://celebritymemoirclub.limitedrun.com/ COME SEE US ON TOUR12/7-12/8 - BROOKLYN, NY - WINTER SPECTACULAR 1/18/24 - Phoenix, AZ1/19/24 - Los Angeles, CA2/15/24 - Vancouver, BC - Canada 4/18/24 - Austin, TX Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Daily Show host Trevor Noah discusses the impact of apartheid in South Africa and how it shaped divisions and tensions among different tribes. He also shares his experience of growing up without his father and the challenges of reconnecting with him. The chapter explores Trevor's success as a comedian and TV host in his 20s, as well as his mixed-race identity and the effects of apartheid on his own identity.