Today, we’re chatting about a girl who has her portrait painted by a mysterious artist who claims he can grant her immortal beauty; two twins in 1950s Paris who are driven apart as they each vie for the same man’s attention; and a former child star who collides with an envious fan after trying to […]
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Happy Half Hour (2/23/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a girl who is on a mission to reinvent herself before transferring to a new university, but doesn’t expect to fall in love; an eighty-year-old rule-follower who embarks on a series of funny hijinks and petty crimes to reclaim her life; and a woman who leases a mare part-time only to […]

Happy Half Hour (2/9/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a former spy who faces her toughest op yet: motherhood; an aroace-spec artist who enters a PR relationship with her estranged best friend; and a 77-year-old woman living in a Texas retirement community whose life changes when she discovers that she’s pregnant. I, SPY by L. M. Kemp | 9781250420367 | […]

Happy Half Hour (2/2/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a teen trapped in a 28-minute time loop on a doomed flight; a ghost-talker in Hong Kong who gets drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a malignant spirit; and a timely investigation that explores how it feels to grow up in a world where every anxiety of girlhood has been […]

Happy Half Hour (1/26/26)
Today, we’re chatting about an investigation into how screens and sitting are silently reshaping our bodies—and how a simple shift can change everything; a mysterious itch that draws women West to the Pacific Ocean where they vanish, and the three women who are in search of a way forward; and an old lady who has worked […]

Happy Half Hour (1/12/26)
Today, we’re chatting about how Grammy-nominated singer, actor, and advocate Demi Lovato truly began to appreciate and celebrate the joy of food, and her favorite recipes that got her there; a teen who is sent to a reform program at her uncle’s isolated farm, where mysteries and disappearances start to pile up; and a witch rediscovering […]

Happy Half Hour (12/15/25)
Today, we’re chatting about two internet enemies who are forced to work together after a true crime meetup turns deadly; a woman who joins a crew to harvest a substance from whale-like creatures in Jupiter’s atmosphere, and gets pulled into the dangerous delusions of her captain; and two women at a crossroads in their thirties […]

Happy Half Hour (12/8/25)
Today, we’re chatting about two rival teens who must become co-detectives to save their eccentric grandparents’ beloved community; a woman who wakes up in the world of her favorite unfinished fantasy book series; and a family in India that turns to a psychologist to investigate a potential “case of the reincarnation type.” FLIRTING WITH MURDER […]

Happy Half Hour (12/1/25)
Today, we’re chatting about siblings who join a mysterious community of runaways at an abandoned ranch; an Asian American community in Massachusetts that is thrown into chaos after a false missile alert; and a girl who doesn’t believe in love—and the man who is determined to prove her wrong by being her matchmaker! NOWHERE BURNING […]

Happy Half Hour (11/24/25)
Today, we’re chatting about a priestess who accepts a dangerous mission to save her ailing father by retrieving a missing prince’s corpse; a record label intern who impulsively becomes the manager of a young singer with an unforgettable voice; and an ambitious professor who gets thrust into academic stardom after discovering the long-lost manuscript of […]

