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Celebrity Memoir Book Club

ByVox Media Podcast Network
239 episodes

Podcast Summary

Dive into the delightful chaos of "Celebrity Memoir Book Club," where New York comedians Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton dissect the wild world of celebrity memoirs, making it both entertaining and enlightening. Each episode features a unique blend of humor and insight, as the hosts explore iconic and lesser-known memoirs, from the likes of Kelly Oxford to the wit of Nora Ephron. With their sharp commentary, they invite listeners to reminisce about the pop culture moments that shaped these stars’ lives, all while delivering laugh-out-loud takes on the absurdities of fame. Expect candid discussions about authenticity, the art of storytelling, and how these narratives reflect broader societal themes. Whether you're a memoir fanatic or just curious about the lives of celebrities, this podcast offers a refreshing take that will leave you both informed and entertained. Join Claire and Ashley for a witty journey through the pages of celebrity life!

#1

Kelly Oxford is Perfect and Lying

Do you remember Kelly Oxford? If you had twitter in the early 2010’s dig through your brain archives. Surely you remember the funniest Canadian mom on twitter turned LA scenester turned book writer turned show writer turned divorced person who crashes out on Instagram all the time? BRAND NEW SUMMER MERCH THE FINAL STOP ON OUR TOUR June 14: New York Help us plan for the future of Celebrity Memoir Book Club by filling out a brief survey: ⁠⁠⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠⁠⁠. Thank you! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-06-03•1hr 22mins
#2

Nora Ephron Remembers Nothing Except Feeling Bad About Her Neck

It’s Nora Ephron anthology week! We took a look at two of her essay collections, I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing to remember what proper storytelling looks like. THE FINAL STOP ON OUR TOUR June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Help us plan for the future of Celebrity Memoir Book Club by filling out a brief survey: ⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025-05-27•1hr 40mins
#3

Hilaria Baldwin Doesn't Have a Manual

Who’s that girl doin yoga next to Alec Baldwin?? It’s Hilaria and she’s ready to tell her side of the story. And only her side. You won’t get most of the story. But you will find out who she feels wronged her in their coverage. With special guests Eliza and Julia from Binchtopia!!!! WE’RE BACK ON TOUR May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Help us plan for the future of Celebrity Memoir Book Club by filling out a brief survey: ⁠⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠⁠. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025-05-20•1hr 55mins
#4

Tina Knowles is the Matriarch

Have you ever wondered how the hell Beyoncé and Solange Knowles found their ways to becoming the most talented people on the planet earth? It’s because they were raised and styled by Tina. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Help us plan for the future of Celebrity Memoir Book Club by filling out a brief survey: ⁠⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠⁠. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025-05-13•1hr 44mins
#5

Pope Francis is Pope Hope

Conclave starts tomorrow lets go girls!!! This week the gang goes Catholic as we dive into the life of the recently departed sweetie pie Pope Francis. From his early days of doing science to his later years of writing letters and popeing he was an interesting character and a twist on the standard popal situation. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Help us plan for the future of Celebrity Memoir Book Club by filling out a brief survey: ⁠⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠⁠. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025-05-06•1hr 18mins
#6

Tommy Fury Knows Lighting Can Strike Twice

Warm up your fists of Fury a new memoirist has entered the villa!!!! Tommy Fury is a boxer and reality star who takes his boxing soooo seriously while the rest of the world takes his reality stardom much more seriously. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Help us plan for the future of Celebrity Memoir Book Club by filling out a brief survey: ⁠⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠⁠. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025-04-29•1hr 28mins
#7

Mark Hoppus is Fahrenheit 182

There’s a scorching hot tune burning at 182 degrees- the only way to cool it down is with an incredibly chill and normal story. Enter Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus. A founding member of one of the biggest bands of the 00s, he’s also just a guy who loves friendship. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-04-22•1hr 29mins
#8

Katie Price: This is Her

From page three to the centerfold of UK televisions, Katie Price is both an absolute mystery and apparently an open book. The reality star and model has written 8 memoirs and her most recent clarifies both everything and nothing. If you want to know who Katie Price is and isn’t listen on. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-04-15•1hr 23mins

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#9

Diane Guerrero Is in the Country We Love

Diane Guerrero was barely a teenager when her family was separated by the US immigration system. She was completely disregarded by the system and managed to graduate from a performing arts school, go to college, and act in some of the biggest shows of the decade while using her voice to advocate for families in situations like hers. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-04-08•1hr 10mins
#10

Jay Shetty Thinks Like a Monk

You’re life isn’t bad you just haven’t found the right guru!!! First, become a multi millionaire and then you’re going to want to hire Jay Shetty, celebrity monk, to brush your hair and tell you it’s okay to make getting richer your only goal!!! Jay Shetty uses his experience as a monk to remind us all that it’s good to be a celebrity. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-04-01•2hr 3mins
#11

Sutton Foster is Hooked

You can’t mention Sutton Foster’s several Tony Awards without talking about the blankets she crocheted along the way. Well maybe you can but Sutton wrote a memoir about the crafts she completed while becoming a Broadway legend, a Bunhead, and so much more. If you want to read a book about someone who is insanely talented and accomplished, this is it. If you just want to hear our thoughts on it, listen up. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-03-25•1hr 34mins
#12

Sarah Hoover Drops the Motherlode

Step inside the world of high art with art adjacent writer Sarah Hoover. The gallerist, writer, and wife of a very rich artist opens up about how motherhood is not what all the downtown moms would lead you to believe. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-03-18•2hr 9mins
#13

Carole Radziwill is What Remains

Before there were the Real Housewives there was royalty, there were Kennedys, and there was journalism. Carole Radziwill was married to a Kennedy cousin before the summer she tragically lost her husband and two close friends. This book is what remains. Get 10% off all merch with the code MADNESS !!!!!! WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-03-11•1hr 37mins
#14

Avan Jogia Performs an Autopsy

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it one billion times. Teen stars should write more poems. Avan Jogia, of Nickelodeon’s Victorious, opens up about what it was like to be a teenage hearthrob and how he’s continued to discover himself as an artist. I think. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-03-04•1hr 52mins
#15

Parker Posey Is on an Airplane

Imagine this: you’re sitting on an airplane next to indie darling Parker Posey and she’s about to regale you with her stories. You’re giddy with excitement. You order a double to sip on while she chats and by the time you figure out what kind of stories she’s about to tell it’s too late to take a sleeping pill. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-02-25•1hr 18mins
#16

Alicia Keys is More Herself

Alicia Keys is the most successful musician in the world and she should be!! Her voice is perfection and she’s so good at playing the piano and she doesn’t even need makeup to be insanely beautiful but she still sometimes wears makeup but that’s not your business! WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-02-18•1hr 42mins
#17

Patti Smith was Just Kids

You ever think about creating art for arts sake???? Meet us at the old version of the Chelsea Hotel to think about Just Kids by Patti Smith. It’s a quintessential read about just making stuff and having it randomly be some of the best stuff ever made. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR April 4: Toronto April 10: Philadelphia April 11: Washington DC April 24: San Francisco May 1: Chicago May 16: London May 18: Dublin June 14: New York MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-02-11•1hr 26mins
#18

Whoopi Goldberg in Bits and Pieces

Comedian, actress, and host Whoopi Goldberg is so much more than meets the eye. If you think you understand her talent you’re probably wrong there’s even more there. In her book she tells the story of her, her mom, and her brother and you might cry a little. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR May 16: London May 18: Dublin PATREON PRESALE: Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Philly, D.C., New York! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-02-04•1hr 12mins
#19

Alan Cumming is Not His Father’s Son

Alan Cumming is more than just a theater sensation, the star of every good movie ever made, and the host of the best reality TV show on earth. He was once a boy who became a man without any help from the menace he called Dad. WE’RE BACK ON TOUR Tickets for London and Dublin go on sale this week, become a patreon member for early access! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-01-28•1hr 17mins
#20

Shari Franke Survived the House of Her Mother

Being the child of a mommy vlogger forced to perform for the family YouTube sounds really awful. Being raised in a super intensely religious family sounds super tough. Having a mom with a personality disorder forcing you into vlogs and church… also a lot. Then finally a full-on cult??? Shari Franke survived her mother’s vlog AND her cult and all she has to show for it is a great book and jailed mom. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-01-21•1hr 53mins
#21

Jennifer Love Hewitt is Inheriting Magic

Magic is all around us and Jennifer Love Hewitt has figured out how to order it online. The actress and business person (?) has written a book that rivals our least book-like books. Close your eyes and make a wish and then click order on etsy. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2025-01-14•1hr 22mins
#22

Stanley Tucci Talks Taste

We’re closing out the year with a holly jolly note from ol’ Stanley. Stanley Tucci wrote a brief memo about cool things he’s eaten, it’s good inspo for your new years manifestations or something. Join us for a virtual holiday party December 17! All proceeds go towards the Brooklyn Free Clinic! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-12-24•1hr 20mins
#23

Kathleen Hanna is Rebel Girl

Girls to the front! Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre was one of the founders of the Riot Grrrl movement and a shining example for gals just making cool shit that they want to make. Join us for a virtual holiday party December 17! All proceeds go towards the Brooklyn Free Clinic! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-12-17•1hr 43mins

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#24

Matt Rife, Your Mom’s Gonna Love Him

You might think this episode is supposed to be funny but comedy is actually so serious and Matt Rife is the most serious comedian in the world. If you laugh at that you’re wrong because this isn’t funny it’s serious just like serious comedian Matt Rife. Join us for a virtual holiday party December 17! All proceeds go towards the Brooklyn Free Clinic! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-12-10•1hr 36mins
#25

Connie Chung is Connie

We’re back with some late breaking news: Connie Chung is coming in hot. The legendary news anchor, interviewer, and host is finally telling her whole story and it’s actually so rock n roll. Join us for a virtual holiday party December 17! All proceeds go towards the Brooklyn Free Clinic! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-12-03•1hr 28mins
#26

Keke Palmer is the Master of Me

Keke Palmer is an incredible business woman and an even more incredible actor and host so I can’t wait to see what she’s capable of once all this book press is behind her because boy oh boy does it beg more questions than it answers. Join us for a virtual holiday party December 17! All proceeds go towards the Brooklyn Free Clinic! NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-11-26•1hr 17mins
#27

Cher is Cher (The Memoir, Part 1)

What the hell is there to even say about MFing Cher??? She’s Cher. A global icon. A living legend. She’s Cher from the word Cher. NEW MERCH!!!!!! You're invited to the CMBC Holiday Party!!!! We're hosting a digital live show on Moment.co, all ticket proceeds go to the Brooklyn Free Clinic! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-11-19•1hr 35mins
#28

Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough Go From Here to the Great Unknown

Grab a tissue because this one’s got me all shook up. Riley Keough filled in the blanks on her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir and boy oh boy is this the most heart wrenching tag team we’ve ever read. As the daughter of Elvis Presley and former memoirist Priscilla Presley, and the ex wife of Michael Jackson Lisa Marie’s life was like, magical and haunting. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-11-12•1hr 46mins
#29

Al Pacino is Sonny Boy

Say hello to our little friend Al! Al Pacino has been in some of the most legendary movies of all time and somehow, through years of struggling through New York’s theater scene and trying to discover the ins and outs of Hollywood, he remains a goof. SHOP MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-11-05•1hr 36mins
#30

Eve is That Girl

Eve has worked with every big name in the music industry and lived to tell the tale. As per usual, record labels have tried to keep her down and lock her music away but luckily she managed to hit our ears and our tv screens and the movies too?!? SHOP MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-10-29•1hr 21mins
#31

Bethany Joy Lenz Was Dinner for Vampires

In this deleted scene from One Tree Hill, Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Lenz) reveals she was actually in a cult that whole time???? BJL, an actress, singer, and podcast host reveals exactly how an extremely promising talent gets roped into an Idaho religious cult and if you think you’re too smart you’re not!!! SHOP MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-10-22•1hr 59mins
#32

Ina Garten Was Ready When Luck Happened

Take your shoes off we're going to the Hamptons! Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa spills all the high quality ingredients on how she went from The White House to becoming a Food Network sensation. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-10-15•1hr 27mins
#33

Law Roach Explains How to Build a Fashion Icon

If you’ve ever seen a celebrity on the red carpet and thought “wow, great outfit,” that outfit was probably picked by celebrity stylist Law Roach. One of the best in the game, Law Roach recently retired from celebrity styling to focus on new ventures and this book and no one really knows what that means but we tried to figure it out. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us for a book swap October 17! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-10-08•1hr 39mins
#34

Wilmer Valderrama Tells an American Story

That 70 Show’s Wilmer Valderrama tells the perfect American tale. The kind where every bad thing you ever did never happened and every good thing you do is actually the best version of anything that anyone has done and also if your allies are evil thats literally not your fault. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us for a book swap October 17! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-10-01•1hr 17mins
#35

Kelly Bishop is the Third Gilmore Girl

Before Kelly Bishop danced onto our screens as Emily Gilmore she was one of New York City’s top chorus girls, inspiring and originating a whole ass character in A Chorus Line. Between winning a Tony and having some husbands she writes one of our favorite kinds of just keep doing shit you like memoirs. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! We're hosting a Book Swap Oct 17! WE'RE STILL IN AUSTRALIA 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-09-24•1hr 17mins
#36

JoJo Levesque is Over the Influence

If you think it’s just Too Little Too Late for JoJo Levesque to tell her story you can Leave (Get Out)!!! The iconic singer and actress is finally revealing how she went from an international hit making 13 year old to a shelved artist for nearly a decade and boy oh boy was I begging for that story. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-09-17•1hr 46mins
#37

Sally Field is In Pieces

If you’re wondering what’s going on in Sally Field’s mind that allows her to be one of the best actresses of her generation she’ll tell you every last bit of it. This week’s episode goes deep into the Oscar winner’s life and lore and let me tell you it’s not what I was expecting. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-09-10•1hr 48mins
#38

Dolly Alderton Explains Everything She Knows About Love

“If you look for it, I have a sneaky feeling, that you’ll find that love, is actually all around.” - Love Actually, a movie Dolly Alderton may have seen at some point?? Who knows but the british writer and podcaster wrote a memoir about love that isn’t just about romantic love and that feels like something Love Actually should have addressed more so we’ll do it here instead. NEW MERCH!!!!!! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-09-03•1hr 54mins
#39

Demi Moore is Inside Out

If you knew me four years ago no you didn’t?? Demi Moore’s memoir is one of the first we read for CMBC and over 150 memoirs later we’ve come a long way with realizing stuff. Demi Moore was once the highest paid actress in Hollywood, twice the other half of the couple of the moment, and she’s done a ton of other stuff too. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn August 30! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-08-27•1hr 40mins
#40

Terri Irwin Tells the Story of Her and Steve

It’s not every day we get a peek inside the life of one of the coolest people who ever lived. Terri Irwin is a wildlife expert and the wife of the late great Steve Irwin who literally taught me what a crocodile is. In her memoir, Steve and Me, she tells his story, their story, and you’ll probably cry!!!! NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn August 30! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-08-20•1hr 22mins
#41

Anna Marie Tendler Knows Men Have Called Her Crazy

The background: Anna Marie Tendler is photographer, lamp designer, and writer who was famously married to John Mulaney. In her much anticipated memoir, she skips all the juicy goss and goes straight to the core. Whether or not you enjoy the contents of that core… well to each their own. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn August 15, and August 30! If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-08-13•1hr 47mins
#42

Michael Phelps Goes Beneath the Surface

This week we’re swimming inside of the noggin of one of the most decorated athletes of all time. You’d think swimming back and forth all day would leave him with not a ton to say… and you’d be a little bit right… but it’s Olympics season baby tedium is how we get stronger. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn August 15, and August 30! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-08-06•1hr 16mins
#43

Simone Biles Has the Courage to Soar

Meet Simone Biles, the gymnast so phenomenal they named an entire CMBC episode after her. And also at least one move in every single event in international gymnastics competition. Despite not even visiting a gymnastics gym until she was 6 years old, Simone Biles has become literally the most incredible gymnast in the world and she wears her heart on her sparkly sleeve. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn August 15, and August 30! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-07-30•1hr 12mins
#44

Andy Cohen is The Most Talkative

You think we can chat?? We’re no Andy Cohens. The inventor of Bravo and the latest in a long line of medium height men who host 7 talk shows a day, Andy Cohen details his rise to keeper of the housewives. NEW MERCH!!!!!! Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn July 28, August 15, and August 30! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-07-23•1hr 20mins
#45

Tash Oakley is Excessively Obsessed

Get ready to be obsessed. Excessively so, with we’re not sure what yet but definitely something. Influencer and businesswoman Tash Oakley’s book about how to do business resonated with us on exactly one level because it was frankly too dry to penetrate to further levels but we had a good time anyway. Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn July 28, August 15, and August 30! COME SEE US IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia SHOP MERCH!!!!!! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-07-16•1hr 27mins
#46

Tori Spelling is Spelling it Like it Is

The final Tori. The final boss. My guiding light. This week we read the fourth Tori Spelling memoir, Spelling it Like it Is and Tori says more of the most regular but least relatable things that have ever been said. NYC! Join us 7/16 for Game Night with Exploding Kittens! COME SEE US ON TOUR 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia SHOP MERCH!!!!!! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-07-09•1hr 33mins
#47

Tori Spelling, Live from Mommywood

Welcome to the summer of Spelling!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re polishing off Tori Spelling’s archive with two weeks of all things totally Tori. First up, she writes an entire book about how having kids in Los Angeles is different than having kids other places, especially because she grew up too rich! NYC! Join us 7/16 for Game Night with Exploding Kittens! COME SEE US ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia SHOP MERCH!!!!!! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-07-02•1hr 44mins
#48

Yvie Oddly is All About Yvie: Into the Oddity

Yvie Oddly is an Oddity and that’s what won them the Drag Race crown. Shaking up the drag game from Dever to the big screen, Yvie has competed twice on Ru Paul’s Drag Race and has a little something to say about strutting to the beat of your own drum. NYC! Join us 7/16 for Game Night with Exploding Kittens! COME SEE US ON TOUR NEW: 6/18/24 - Charlotte, NC 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia IDIOT FROM HELL IS BACK - SHOP MERCH!!!!!! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-06-18•2hr 0mins
#49

Flea is Acid for the Children

This one goes out to all the tiny bass players from Australia! See ya soon! For now, we’re back at it with our problematic faves, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their legendary bassist, Flea, was born in Australia, raised in New York and Los Angeles, and forged in the fires of being a Hollywood teenager who knows Anthony Kiedis. COME SEE US ON TOUR NEW: 6/18/24 - Charlotte, NC 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 - Brisbane, Australia 9/27 - Melbourne, Australia 9/29 - Perth, Australia IDIOT FROM HELL IS BACK - SHOP MERCH!!!!!! Keep up with all the latest: Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-06-11•1hr 26mins
#50

Kathy Griffin Wrote the Official Book Club Selection

I don’t know if Kathy Griffin managed to trick Oprah but she sure as hell convinced us that her book should be an Official Book Club Selection. Her memoir covers all of our faves; finding your place in comedy, working hard for an eventual breakthrough success, and what it’s like to know Brooke Shields. IDIOT FROM HELL IS BACK - SHOP MERCH!!!!!! Keep up with all the latest: COME SEE US ON TOUR NEW: 6/18/24 - Charlotte, NC COMING SOON: AUSTRALIA Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!! Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! 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

2024-06-04•1hr 26mins

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