{"podcast":{"title":"Book Squad Goals","slug":"book-squad-goals-7882","podcast_index_feed_id":7882,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2299483/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://booksquadgoals.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/969d6f3d0ae2aa8200bb506327cbedbb.jpg","author":"#BookSquadGoals","episode_count":238,"summary":"Looking for a book club but don't have time to squeeze real-life meetings into your schedule? Join Book Squad Goals, a bi-weekly podcast about—you guessed it—books, plus all the garbage pop culture we consume when we’re not reading (that’s what our “othersodes” are for!). While you’re paying attention, check out our website & blog at booksquadgoals.com, where we have weekly posts about books, pop culture, and probably our pets. We love our pets.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882"},"episode":{"title":"Othersode #118: She's Come Out of Her Wig / The Boyfriend","slug":"othersode-118-she-s-come-out-of-her-wig-the-boyfriend","published_at":"2026-04-29T15:53:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882/othersode-118-she-s-come-out-of-her-wig-the-boyfriend","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/othersode-118-she-s-come-out-of-her-wig-the-boyfriend--71735184","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71735184/theboyfriend_leveled.mp3","summary":"Returning hatepisode guest Jayce (@TheEditBookshelf) joins the full squad to talk about Freida McFadden’s The Boyfriend ! We discuss McFadden's recent \"coming out,\" wonder how she has time to be a Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist and mother of two while moonlighting as a thriller author, and try to remember if the main character of this book has a job. Plus: Jayce's stirring defense of Freida, an incorrect pronunciation of \"carotid,\" and some Toilet Talk. Read along for our next episode on Wreck by Catherine Newman (May 12th), and stay tuned for a very fun conversation about the Netflix series Wayward with Sarah Edmonson and Nippy Ames, the authors of A Little Bit Culty and stars of HBO's The Vow , on May 26th! Send us your feedback at thesquad@booksquadgoals.com and follow us @BookSquadGoals wherever. TOC :30 – Welcome Jayce! And icebreaker 14:00 – Book intro 19:00 – Who is Freida McFadden? 29:26 – What else have we read by Freida? 36:19 – Let’s all say a nice thing 1:06:46 – The twist 1:29:00 – Ratings 1:32:24 – Listener Feedback! 1:34:50 – What’s up next?","meta_description":"Returning hatepisode guest Jayce (@TheEditBookshelf) joins the full squad to talk about Freida McFadden’s The Boyfriend ! We discuss McFadden's recent \"co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5988,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/book-squad-goals-7882/episodes/othersode-118-she-s-come-out-of-her-wig-the-boyfriend/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882/othersode-118-she-s-come-out-of-her-wig-the-boyfriend.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}