by Mary Carver | Apr 16, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, The Couch Podcast
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Amy Clark, founder of MomAdvice.com and host of The MomAdvice Book Club on Facebook. Fun fact: I’ve worked with Amy, writing posts for her site, for several years — but this was the first time we met! Amy...
by Mary Carver | Apr 9, 2019 | The Couch Podcast
This week my friend Alia Joy and I talk about the people in pop culture we’ve admired and looked up to. And we also talked about the difficulty of finding someone to look up to when nobody looks like you. (Annnnd I realized the characters I liked most as a kid...
by Mary Carver | Apr 2, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, The Couch Podcast
But was the book better? This week’s episode is all about book-to-movie adaptations. I talk with my friend, Tsh Oxenreider, about a whole bunch of books that have been turned into movies, and they dissect what makes a good adaptation and debate whether or not...
by Mary Carver | Mar 26, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, The Couch Podcast
This week my friend Amanda White and I are talking about beach reads and books to escape into. Mainly because, as she said, if you can’t go on a fancy spring break trip right now, just escape into a book! We talk about our favorite “comfort food”...
by Mary Carver | Mar 12, 2019 | Movie Moments, The Couch Podcast
In honor of NCAA March Madness (and because we don’t really do the sports), my good friend, Anna Rendell, and I put 64 holiday movies into a tournament bracket. Listen as we reveal our top 8 teams — I mean, movies — as well as our ultimate champion....
by Mary Carver | Mar 5, 2019 | Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, The Couch Podcast
This week I’m joined by Lisa-Jo Baker, and we take a vague topic like “what inspires us” and break it down. We discuss flawed heroes vs. antiheroes, as well as the universal draw of good vs. evil. And I vow to read a book series Lisa-Jo recommends...
