{"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":246,"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":"2026-09-22T02:18:17.377611+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882"},"episode":{"title":"Othersode #123: We Bought A Zoo / Death Becomes Her with Ally Russell","slug":"othersode-123-we-bought-a-zoo-death-becomes-her-with-ally-russell","published_at":"2026-09-21T15:03:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882/othersode-123-we-bought-a-zoo-death-becomes-her-with-ally-russell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/othersode-123-we-bought-a-zoo-death-becomes-her-with-ally-russell--75281900","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75281900/ally_russelll_leveled.mp3","summary":"Do you ever wonder if the squad looks so good because we all took a magic potion? Turns out we’re just that beautiful. But we’d love it if you joined us for a chat about Death Becomes Her , featuring special guest, author Ally Russell! We talk about our personal experiences with the film, body image, the icons Meryl and Goldie, and why this film is still so great. Then we have a spoiler-free interview with Ally about her latest novel, Mystery James Returns from the Grave . Our next Bookpisode will be about Hustle, Baby by Priya Guns (September 29), and our next Othersode will be about the new film adaptation of Verity (October 13). TOC :45 – Welcome, Ally! 6:22 – Icebreaker 15:30 – Movie intro 17:37 – Prior experience with this movie? 32:25 – Body image 52:55 – Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn 58:40 – Why is this such an iconic film? 1:08:50 – What genre is this? 1:12:17 – Talking with Ally about Mystery James Returns from the Grave ! 1:50:24 – What’s up next? https://allyrussellbooks.com/","meta_description":"Do you ever wonder if the squad looks so good because we all took a magic potion? Turns out we’re just that beautiful. But we’d love it if you joined us f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7182,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/book-squad-goals-7882/episodes/othersode-123-we-bought-a-zoo-death-becomes-her-with-ally-russell/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-123-we-bought-a-zoo-death-becomes-her-with-ally-russell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}