Media & Entertainment Favorites (with Kelsey Wharton & Erica Ladd)

Creativity is a gift—books, podcasts, TV, and movies can educate, inspire, entertain, and even help us fall asleep! Christine chats with Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd of The Girl Next Door podcast about what has captivated their attention recently. Major shocker? There was not a single overlap title in their picks! 

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Resources mentioned in this episode

• Minimalist Parenting 
• The Girl Next Door Podcast
• Rising Shining (Kelsey’s blog)
• Homeschoolhood (Erica’s homeschooling podcast) 
• Erica’s book recommendations: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (adult) + Amari and the Night Brothers + Amari and the Great Game (forthcoming) by B. B. Alston (middle grade)
• Kelsey’s book recommendations: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, The Survivors by Jane Harper, The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
• Christine’s book recommendations: So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park, Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
• Erica’s podcast recommendations: Nothing Much Happens, KidNuz
• Kelsey’s podcast recommendations: Burnt Toast, Selected Shorts (NPR)
• Christine’s podcast recommendations: The Daily, Let’s Talk About Periods episode on The Girl Next Door, Jessica Chastain on Next Question with Katie Couric, Sandra Bullock on Smartless
• Erica’s TV recommendations: The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+), The Gilded Age (HBO), The Righteous Gemstones (HBO)
• Kelsey’s TV recommendations: Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), Abbott Elementary (Hulu)
• Christine’s TV recommendations: This Is Us (NBC), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Station 19 (ABC), Bake Squad (Netflix)
• Erica’s movie recommendations: Dune, Nightmare Alley, Apollo 10 1/2
• Kelsey’s movie recommendations: The Adam Project, The Lost City
• Christine’s movie recommendations: Turning Red, CODA (to be watched!)

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