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BEST BOOKS OF 2023 with AMAZON BOOKS’ SEIRA WILSON
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Listener: WHAT IS TIME? 2024 is upon us, so we decided to make your holiday book shopping seamless with Amazon Books senior editor Seira Wilson...
BAD MANNERS COOKIES with MICHELLE DAVIS
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re thrilled to have Michelle Davis (queen of the Bad Manners recipe empire) back on the pod to celebrate the launch of their newest cookbook: ...
ANIMAL COOKIES with SHARK HEART author EMILY HABECK
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where a doctor says: you’re morphing into a great white shark. That’s the wild premise of our guest’s debut novel, Shark Heart: ...
PHOENIX COOKIES with Bindery Founders MATT KAYE and MEGHAN HARVEY
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thought you’d seen the last of us, huh? After a two-year hiatus we are BACK right in time for Kathryn to launch Inky Phoenix Press! That’s right y...
ALL THE COLORS CAME OUT with Kate Fagan
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate open up about the inner workings of their relationship while Kate wrote her latest book, ALL THE COLORS CAME OUT, and the pair brings...
POPISHO with LEONE ROSS
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to world of Popisho! Kate and Kathryn muse about magic, and why and when we lose our connection with it, then author Leone Ross (POPISHO) reas...
IN FIVE YEARS with REBECCA SERLE
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
And today … we have the NYT bestselling author of IN FIVE YEARS, Rebecca Serle! Rebecca chats about the difference in writing for the page vs. the s...
THE LOST APOTHECARY with SARAH PENNER
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn are shocked to discover they have a blind spot related to ice cream (they ask for listener feedback!), then they welcome Sarah Penner...
PEOPLE LIKE COOKIES with ELLERY LLOYD
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn have a mind meld about what their joint pen name would be, then the duo chats with British married author duo Ellery Lloyd (whose deb...
A THOUSAND COOKIES with NATALIE HAYNES
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn quizzes Kate on the mythical origins of some well-known idioms (spill the beans, anyone?), then the duo are joined by BBC host and bestselling...
DIVINE COOKIES with ELLIE EATON
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn plumb the mysteries of the allure of novels set at boarding schools with Ellie Eaton, debut author of THE DIVINES. The trio also disc...
PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER with LUVVIE AJAYI JONES
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luvvie, goddess of cheekbones, truth and jollof is in the house and she’s here to talk about her newest book, PROFESSIONAL TROUBLE MAKER: THE FEAR-F...
THE WITCH’S HEART with Genevieve Gornichec
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
THEY’RE BACK for Season ... 4? Kate and KB sit down with debut author Genevieve Gornichec to talk about writing an epic saga, Kathryn and Genevieve’...
PLAIN BAD COOKIES WITH EMILY M. DANFORTH
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this year’s Free Cookies finale (🎉), Kate and Kathryn are joined by Emily M. Danforth — author of PLAIN BAD HEROINES and THE MISEDUCATION OF...
BEST COOKIES OF 2020
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn assess whether the pandemic has caused them to merge into one person, then they each share their top three TV shows — and they agre...
RUN, COOKIE, RUN WITH KARA GOUCHER
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate talk identity and achievement with two-time Olympic runner Kara Goucher, as well as how to remain focused in an unjust world.
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE with V.E. SCHWAB
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Do you think a life has any value if one doesn’t leave some mark upon the world?” These words swirl at the center of V.E. Schwab’s magnificen...
WELCOME, WELCOME TO CARAVAL with STEPHANIE GARBER
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate share quotes that have recently inspired them — “pessimism is a misuse of imagination” — a conversation inspired by the magic...
TINSELTOWN COOKIES with ZOSIA MAMET
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
K&K discuss their varied reactions to on-screen awkwardness, then welcome actor (and yogi!) Zosia Mamet — part of the hit HBO show GIRLS and upc...
CALMING MEDITATION with GINA CAPUTO
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A gift for Cookie Monsters ahead of Tuesday’s election: a breath-and body-focused meditation, from Free Cookies-favorite Gina Caputo, for staying i...
THE COOKIE AND THE DARK WATER with STUART TURTON
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of their quirky conversation with brilliant English writer Stuart Turton — of THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER — Kate and Kathryn share a lis...
WHEN WE ALL VOTE with STEPHANIE YOUNG
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You can’t have a government that represents the people when the people don’t vote for them.” A little taste of the incisive insight from guest S...
ON PHOTOGRAPHY and SINCERITY
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn breakdown a line from writer Susan Sontag — “Impossible to feel sincere while having one’s photograph taken” — and how it a...
COOKIE FUELED with WILL BULSIEWICZ
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The low-fat 90s, the high-protein aughts ... ever wonder when scientists would finally discover what foods best fuel the human body? Kate and Kathryn ...
NOCTURNAL COOKIES with VIKRAM PARALKAR
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation that includes “cosmic nihilism” has always gotten someplace good, and Kate & Kathryn go there and dive deep with Vikram Paralka...
YES, CHEF with KRISTEN KISH
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn discuss the concept of food tethering the soul to the body, and how far away some of us have gotten from that idea, then they are joi...
PIZZA GIRL with JEAN KYOUNG FRAZIER
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn bring on producer Lindsay Collins to talk about her sketch comedy creation, an espresso-guzzling zebra — a conversation in keeping ...
SLAM (DUNK) COOKIES with LAYSHIA CLARENDON
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate deconstruct the #challengeaccepted campaign on Instagram, why they didn’t do it, and what “women supporting women” in action lo...
A BURNING COOKIE with MEGHA MAJUMDAR
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before chatting with debut — and New York Times bestselling! — novelist Megha Majumdar, Kate and Kathryn discuss a fascinating new quirk in one o...
OWN YOUR COOKIE GLOW with LATHAM THOMAS
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate discuss their thoughts on ... making a baby! ... (should they? Is it the right time?) all in honor of their guest, Latham Thomas, dou...
IT WAS SIR HOROWITZ, IN THE CONSERVATORY, WITH THE COOKIE with ANTHONY HOROWITZ
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn talk with internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz (19 million copies sold!) about the origin and fruition of ideas, the a...
THE COOKIE IN THE CERULEAN SEA with TJ KLUNE
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of the last day of Pride Month, Kate and Kathryn discuss their favorite LGBTQ+ movies and TV shows (Kathryn impressively manages to butcher e...
STRONG IN THE BROKEN PLACES with QUENTIN VENNIE
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn talk about decolonizing their bookshelves then talk with guest, Quentin Vennie, author of the memoir Strong in the Broken Places. Que...
ANTI-RACISM WITH NICOLE CARDOZA
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Cardoza, yoga teacher and founder of Yoga Foster and Reclamation Ventures, joins Kate and Kathryn to discuss her controversial experience with ...
THE COOKIE OF LONGINGS with SUE MONK KIDD
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Writing is an act of courage.” These words are stenciled in the home of today’s inimitable guest, Sue Monk Kidd, and her newest NYT bestselling...
ALL COOKIES AREN’T BLUE with GEORGE M. JOHNSON
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn talk with George M. Johnson, author of the new YA memoir/manifesto, ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE, about the importance of queer stories for...
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING COOKIES with GRADY HENDRIX
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For those days where you can’t decide between Steel Magnolias or Dracula, look no further: Grady Hendrix, NYT bestselling author of The Southern Boo...
MY DARK COOKIE with KATE ELIZABETH RUSSELL
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn, inspired by the haunting protagonist of MY DARK VANESSA, discuss how the brain works to make the broken parts of life fit our story....
SING, GODDESS, THE RAGE OF COOKIES with MADELINE MILLER
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Calling all lovers of myth, story and rosy-fingered dawns ... Kate and Kathryn geek out with Madeline Miller, the award-winning, New York Times bests...
ONCE UPON A COOKIE with MELISSA ALBERT
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
K + K chat with Melissa Albert, the New York Times Bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country. Trust us: These aren’t your Disney fa...
THE GLASS COOKIE with EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emily St John Mandel, author of Station Eleven and the newly released The Glass Hotel, chats with Kate and Kathryn about her most recent book, the ide...
THE SCIENCE OF COOKIES with WILL STORR
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Calling all storytellers! Kate and Kathryn talk with Will Storr, the best-selling author of The Science of Storytelling, about how our brain tells sto...
QUARANTINED COOKIES
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn wanted to understand how this pandemic is effecting small businesses, so they spoke with a yoga entrepreneur (Gina Caputo of Colorado...
"THE COOKIES” with Alison Roman
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn, live from Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston, chat with Alison Roman, NYT Cooking columnist, bestselling author of Nothing Fancy, and ...
Untamed Cookies with Glennon Doyle
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn are back and they are CHEETAHS! And they’ve brought with them the funny and brilliant Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED, her brand ...
Plated Cookies with Victoria and Tamal Dodge
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
K&K are joined by Victoria and Tamal Dodge, whose new book, The Yoga Plate, has hit shelves. The group talks about judgement-free veganism, “doi...
Paraben-Free Cookies with Sarah Villafranco
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
K + K drop an emoji bombshell: 🤯😢🙅🏼♀️. Then the pair are joined by Osmia Organics founder Sarah Villafranco, a former physician, t...
DISCLAIMER COOKIES
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn pull back the curtain on Season 3 and what the game-plan is going forward.
GOOPY COOKIES with SEAMUS MULLEN + DR. WILL COLE
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn chat about Kathryn’s newest creation, then Kathryn (🎶Ridin’ Solo🎶) brings on the Goop Fellas — Seamus Mullen and Will Co...
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A COOKIE with JEN PASTILOFF
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate host a live event with Jennifer Pastiloff, author of the brand-new memoir, On Being Human. The duo talk to Jen about, well, being hum...
FACTORY FARMING AND EATING ANIMALS with ANDREW DECORIOLIS
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn dive into their relationship with eating animals and how the book, Eating Animals, has shaped Kathryn’s (and by extension Kate’s)...
COOKIES-A-PORTER
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn channel their inner “How I Built This” and sit down with Charleston entrepreneur Stacy Smallwood, owner of three fashion boutique...
LIFE AFTER LOSS
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn sit down with Kate’s best friend, Shawna Hawes, to talk about loss, grief, raising kids solo, the friendship origin story and ... o...
TO COOKIE OR NOT TO COOKIE
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whole 30, paleo, keto, Atkins — Kathryn and Kate discuss Kathryn’s Bon Appetit essay and their differing relationships with food and strict cleans...
FESTIVAL COOKIES with LIZ MOODY
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In celebration of Charleston Wine & Food Festival, Kathryn and Kate talk wellness world (the good and the ... trendy) with Healthier Together auth...
LIFE, LIBERTY and COOKIES with MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn are back with Season Three of Free Cookies, and they’re coming in hot (or is it cold?) with spiritual leader and candidate for the ...
'TIL COOKIES DO US PART
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Season 2, K&K breakdown their excitement (and concerns) over their upcoming nuptials. Plus, Kate tries to explain why she ...
BETWEEN TWO COOKIES with BRAD JENKINS
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K talk with Funny or Die’s Brad Jenkins, who worked in the White House for former President Obama and, most importantly, co-starred with Kathryn i...
CAN'T COME TO THE PHONE NOW COOKIES.
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A little hello note from K&K, who are away on vacay. (Hey -- that rhymes!)
NEW MOON COOKIES with TIFFANY MALONEY
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A bite-size-cookie pod! Snack size! Ritualist Tiffany Maloney creates a New Moon mediation for the upcoming new moon (September 9th!) for Kate, which ...
SHOW ME THE COOKIES with AVA TAYLOR
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K stumble upon Kathryn’s rapper name, discuss Kate’s lisp, and answer another Proust Question. Then the duo is joined by Ava Taylor to...
I SEE DEAD COOKIES with DANA CHILDS
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The episode you didn't know you needed: K&K talk to Dana Childs, an intuitive and medium who shares what it's like to be in tune with the universe...
PLANT-BASED COOKIES with JESSICA MURNANE
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate surprises Kathryn by picking random idioms and asking for definition and origin. Then the pair is joined by One Part Plant author (and podcaster)...
STEREOTYPE-SMASHING COOKIES with JANE McMANUS
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K are joined by newbie Londoner (and former ESPN-er) Jane McManus to discuss our human reactions to stereotypes and labels. Plus, Kate and Kathr...
SEX, LIES and COOKIES with ESTHER PEREL
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The episode you’ve all been waiting for: Sex! Infidelity! Marriage! Kathryn and Kate welcome Esther Perel, renowned sex and relationship therapist, ...
BONUS COOKIES: IMPACT AND ALLYSHIP with MELANIE KLEIN
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of Nia Wilson’s murder, and spurred by conversations K&K have had off-line, the pair reach out to Melanie Klein, professor of sociol...
DROP & GIMME COOKIES with KIRA STOKES + TIFFANY MALONEY on FULL MOON RITUALS
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K are joined by Kira Stokes, founder of The Stoked Method, and Kira reveals that she obsesses over transitions (just like Kate in writing!...
ALLEZ LES COOKIES!
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn are back from the World Cup (in Russia!) and they’re chock-full of observations: about travel, bartering, love and ... French fries...
COOKIES ON THE LOOSE with Gina Caputo
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate and Kathryn tackle an incredibly hot topic: If you were stuck in Jurassic Park, would you be Team Budig or Team Fagan (and why Kathryn has strong...
FIREWORK COOKIES
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 4th of July from K&K - they'll be back in full force after the holiday.
COUNTLESS COOKIES: A METRIC DRIVEN SOCIETY
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn calls out Kate’s obsession with numbers, and the pair discuss the ramifications our number, data-driven society might be having on all...
EXOTIC COOKIES: MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS + KATE'S MOM!
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate share the most important books they've ever read -- broken down, of course, by a categorization that Kate has ruthlessly implemented....
COOKIES ON POINTE with MISTY COPELAND
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Misty Copeland, the first African American Female Principle Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, joins Free Cookies. She shatters the archaic idea...
RAINBOW COOKIES: MISGENDERING, MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS QUIZ + LIFE COACH ASHLEY CEBULKA
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn blends her love of mythology with Kate’s love of lists to produce the ultimate Mythological Monsters Quiz. Then, in keeping with Pride month...
PLATINUM COOKIES with RACHEL PLATTEN
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Season Two premiere! Platinum recording artist Rachel Platten beat boxes as Kathryn sings a cookie-related ditty. The "Fight Song" star then opens up ...
COOKIES IN THE OVEN
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn and Kate get you hyped for Season 2, which includes conversations with Misty Copeland, Rachel Platten, Esther Perel, Kira Stokes and...Kate's ...
BONUS COOKIES with SUE BIRD
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise! It's a bonus episode - who says no to Sue Bird? First, K&K grapple over who's responsible for a recent failed idiom (things escalate quickly...
HOPEFUL COOKIES with TWLOHA'S JAIME TWORKOWSKI
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K head to Mexico, but not before a hopeful sit-down with Jamie Tworkowski on the importance of honesty and asking for help. Kathryn then intervi...
COOKIES, THE CLASS with TARYN TOOMEY
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K talk NFL franchise tags and share times when they took a chance on themselves. Then mind-body fitness founder of "The Class by Taryn Toomey" b...
NAKED COOKIES: GENDER + SEXUALITY STEREOTYPES
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K talk NBA free agency. Then, things get naked as they go sans guest to answer Cookie Monster (read: listener) emails while tackling gender and ...
THE O.G. COOKIE with SEANE CORN
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K get scientific about which sport is best suited for their body types, and no, you wouldn't have guessed them. The OG of yoga, Seane Corn, disc...
EXPLICIT COOKIES with THUG KITCHEN + CANDICE KUMAI
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K discuss their career game-changers and consider an International Cookie List. Plus, they are joined by the plant-based duo behind Thug Kitchen...
LIGHTS...CAMERA...COOKIES with ERIC BALFOUR + ADAM ROSANTE
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After adding another cookie to the SCL (Standard Cookie List), K&K share about why a particular sports story hurt their heart. The duo is then joined ...
COOKIES FOR EVERY BODY with JESSAMYN STANLEY + AMERICAN GODS' MOUSA KRAISH
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K talk NBA Finals and their Top 3 sporting event memories. Jessamyn Stanley explains her body positive approach to teaching yoga, current book tour ...
BUILDING FORTUNE COOKIES with LEWIS HOWES
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
K&K return from London with a new (semi-failed) idiom and Kathryn offers some tips for traveling, a.k.a. "Healthy Cookies." NYT bestselling author, li...
RESHAPING THE COOKIE CUTTER with EMILY NOLAN
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Nolan talks diets, deprivation, eating disorders, plastic surgery, liposuction and her journey through 16 different sizes as a model to becoming...
CURTAIN CALLS AND COOKIES with ALEXANDRA ANSANELLI
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Ansanelli, a prodigy and principal ballerina discusses bowing out at the peak of her prestigious career after realizing there was more to li...
SCHOLAR-CHIP COOKIE: KATE FAGAN UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
espnW's Kate Fagan delivered this commencement speech to the University of Colorado Class of 2017 on May 12th, 2017 with Free Cookie in Crime, Kathryn...
RAW SUGAR with ESPN'S TONY REALI
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Fagan's obsession with lists continues as she permits one new cookie add to her "Standard Cookie List." Also, Kathryn Budig makes a startling adm...
G.O.A.T. COOKIES with ABBY WAMBACH
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the pilot episode of "Free Cookies," Kate Fagan and Kathryn Budig chat with Abby Wambach, discuss Kate's obsessions with lists and much more.
EPISODE ZERO
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Fagan and Kathryn Budig talk about what you should expect from Free Cookies.