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**Generations**

A mother daughter podcast cohosted by Sophie And Deb Coco. We want to share our generational perspectives on what we are thinking about, worrying about and what we love. We are alike and yet very different…join us on our journey as we explore the foundations of our opinions and why we do what we do.

Latest Episodes:

8. Working up a sweat! Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX and Sports in our Own Lives Sep 21, 2022

Show notes

Watch 37 Words Streaming Online | Hulu

The Article Sophie cited about women in sports

The Bad on Paper Podcast,

What Books are Taught in High School English Classes Today?

In Deb’s book tote this week and out on 10/1/22

The Cloisters a book by Katy Hays

In Sophie’s book tote: The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund DuWaal

The Hare with Amber Eyes (Illustrated Edition): A Hidden Inheritance a book by Edmund de Waal

And our next book discussion and in Sophie’s earbud:

What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence a book by Michele Filgate

7. Discussion of The Long Answer by Anna Hogeland Sep 14, 2022

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In this episode, Deb and Sophie discuss The Long Answer by Anna Hogeland (minor spoiler alerts).

The Long Answer a book by Anna Hogeland

Lessons a book by Ian McEwan

Anna Hogeland’s LitHub article:

After Two Pregnancy Losses, I Wrote the Book I Needed to Read ‹ Literary Hub

The article Sophie mentioned about cover art: Lauren Peters-Collaer

6. Reflections on 9/11 Sep 07, 2022

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Sophie’s Spotify list: Calming Playlist

Books we mentioned:

Here is why we say “Rabbit, Rabbit” each month!

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/rabbit-rabbit-35150

https://bookshop.org/books/the-long-answer-9780593418130/9780593418130?aid=4835&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/books/lessons-9780593663998/9780593535202?aid=4835&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/books/the-colony-9781666581966/9780374606527?aid=4835&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

5. The Get to Know Us Episode Aug 31, 2022

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Sophie and I are so excited for my next trip to visit her in NYC and we are headed up for an event at her boyfriend’s new art gallery, Lincoln Glenn. It’s a great online/IG follow and here is the link!

https://www.lincolnglenn.com/

Here are all the books we recommended and my Bookshop links!

A Prayer for Owen Meany a book by John Irving

Elizabeth Finch a book by Julian Barnes

The Prince of Tides a book by Pat Conroy

Goldfinch a book by Donna Tartt

Anna Karenina a book by Leo Tolstoy and Constance Garnett

Persuasion a book by Jane Austen and Gillian Beer

4. Our Generational Thoughts about "Mother in the Dark" and Some Chatter about Vermont Remedies Aug 24, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 4! Today Sophie and I discuss our tandem read of Mother in the Dark by Kayla Maiuri.

We really enjoyed listening to this debut novel together and then realized how differently we interpreted the story. There is a lot to unpack in this rather short novel and after we taped, we decided we want to make book discussions an even bigger part of our podcast!

And of course we continue with our regular segments as well. Grab your coffee and come join us!

Old Indian Wild Cherry Bark Syrup (a family staple for coughs)

https://www.pharmaca.com/planetary-herbals-old-indian-wild-cherry-bark-syrup-8oz

(Also available through Amazon!)

Our main discussion novel:

Mother in the Dark by Kayla Maiuri, can be found here:

https://bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

The article Sophie cited about mothers doing more than their fair share of the household and child rearing can be found here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/upshot/mothers-leaving-jobs-pandemic.html

Deb’s “What’s in your earbud” Shakespeare & Co Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shakespeare-and-company-writers-books-and-paris/id1040121937

Sophie’s “What’s in your earbud” The Bad on Paper Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-on-paper/id1364764784

Deb’s “What’s in your book tote” was Either, Or by Elif Batuman and can be purchased here:

https://bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

3. Weddings, Lasting Friendships, and a Squirrel Story Aug 17, 2022

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Welcome to our third episode of Generations!

Sophie just returned from a long journey to celebrate the wedding of a childhood friend and today we talk about how much weddings have changed over the years! We dig into the importance of nurturing the ties with old friends and discuss how crazy travel is these days.

We also continue with our regular segments,

"I thought of you when,"

"What's in your book tote?" and " what's in your earbud?"

Sophie’s “I thought of you when” was theparisreview.org

We mentioned the Apple TV miniseries We Crashed, based on the history of We Work

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/wecrashed/umc.cmc.6qw605uv2rwbzutk2p2fsgvq9

Sophie’s “What’s in your book tote” title was Women Artists by Linda Nochlin

Deb’s “What’s in your book tote” title was The Book of Goose by YiYun Li (out 9/20)

You can purchase both of these titles at Deb’s Shop!

https://bookshop.org/shop/lonestarwords

Sophie’s “What’s in your earbud” was The DeBrief Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-debrief/id1617844496

Deb’s “What’s in your earbud” was The Novel Pairings Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/novel-pairings/id1500764291

2. Raising a Reader and Ada Calhoun’s ‘Also a Poet’ Aug 10, 2022

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In this episode we discussed our love of reading and Sophie’s memories of what turned her into a lifelong reader. We also dissected our recent duo read of Ada Calhoun’s most recent memoir, Also a Poet.

Our “What made me think of you” picks: Deb: Les Labos Fragrances (her’s is Santal 33)

Sophie: JCrew!

Deep dive into Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun

You can find it (and all the books mentioned) at Deb’s shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/lonestarwords

In Deb’s bookbag this week: After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah (out 8/23)

In Deb’s earbud: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff

Other books mentioned: St. Marks is Dead by Ada Calhoun

In Sophie’s bookbag this week: Ms. Magazine

In Sophie’s ear bud this week: The Hot and Bothered Podcast, Live From Pemberly

Other mentions: The Northshire Bookstore

Please follow us on Instagram @_generationspod and if you enjoy listening, we’d love for you to leave us a review wherever you found us!

1. Introductions & Summer Vacations Aug 02, 2022

Show notes

In this episode we shirking tradition and have forgone a trailer episode. We dive right into some brief introductions so you can get to know us. In each episode, we begin with “I thought of you when…” where we each talk about something that reminded us of the other person that week. Then we launch into a discussion of our most recent travels, Sophie to Mexico City and Deb to Maine. We end as we always do with “What’s in Your Book Bag?” and “What’s in Your Ear Bud?” discussing the products/books/things we cannot live without as well as what audio content we are addicted to this week. Follow us on Instagram @_generationspod and all things mentioned in the show are linked below!

B the Method & Lia Bartha (@liabartha on Instagram)

Mexico City

Stayed at: Casa Prim

City Guides: Guide to Colonia Juarez - Vogue

Deb's Book mentions with links to Bookshop.org to purchase:

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark

We Were the Mulvaney's by Joyce Carol Oates

Sophie's podcast mention:

Second Life

Our Instagram handle is @ _generationspod