The Real Housewives of Bohemia

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The Real Housewives of Bohemia is Becca Klaver (a poet and English PhD) and Lauren Besser (a writer and UCB performer). They live in the real world with cars and houses and time. Their podcast is about giggling, girl bands, witchcraft, nostalgia, mixtap


    • May 23, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 62 EPISODES


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    Ep. 67 - Sanctuary Sanitarium Studio

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 75:40


    Last cast from the studio during pandemic times // RIP Bohemia Viva Bohemia

    Ep. 66 - The Life and Death of Luke Perry

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 56:18


    The Obama era. When did you become a woman. Betrayal. Getting ready for the world. Generation Crush Catalano.

    Ep. 65 - Summer Kickoff Jamboree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 69:38


    Summertime Sadness / Summertime Gladness. Sheela. Lady Bird. James Franco. NYC soundbytes. Astro-Luv all over this piece.

    Ep. 64 - Never Heard of Him

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 60:46


    Chunks and breaks. Vlogging. You better (be able to) run. No heels. I already hate everybody. Lady Bird. Gwyneth and Goop. Burn it down, for now and for always.

    Ep. 63 - Everybody Is a Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2017 55:43


    A season has passed. New York and Tennessee. It's all part of the therapy. Instagram poetry. Who's a poet? James Franco touched Shawn.

    Ep. 62 - Mansplaining Bohemia with Our Lawyers and One Random Guy We Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 54:14


    "Mansplaining Bohemia" Game Show and/or Spiritual Journey. bohemia &vs. housewifery. St. Teresa. James Franco. Interviewing for a new producer.

    Ep. 61 - Mothers from Other Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 59:30


    Lauren and Becca tackle that long-avoided topic on RHB: mothering in a white supremacist imperialist capitalist patriarchy.

    Ep. 60 - La Vie Boheme

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 41:55


    Where is bohemia? What is bohemia? Is it adverbial? Space, place, and California.

    Ep. 59 - The Mermaid in Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 44:59


    Wild thinking. Thanks, Obama. Bushwick bar. Wood paneling. Perspective. The psyche of places. Singing voice. Disney princess. BFF. The swamp and the heights.

    Ep. 58 - Making a Mellow Album.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2017 63:43


    Becca's triumphant return to New York. New moon eclipse. Pull a goddess card. Water slide and other rides. RuPaul's Drag Race and The Golden Girls. Lauren's visions. Morgan Parker's "The Gospel of Jesus's Wife."

    Ep. 57 - Galentine's Day Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 63:07


    Galentine's Day, embraced. MKE's Day Without Latinos march. What's a meme? AWP. Audre Lorde.

    Ep. 56 - It Is Our Duty to Win

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2017 57:40


    The internet is magic. Distance ain't no thang. A post-James Franco world. Go local, go large. Assata's Prayer. #WomensMarch #Indivisible

    Ep. 55 - Lawyer, Deputy, Doctor, Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2016 63:51


    How was your day. Party planning in the 90s. Stewpot. James Franco's preferred lifestyle. Astro Luv.

    Ep. 54 - Match Made in Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 53:53


    Electoral College. Self-care. Women's March. Pizza and bagels (in heaven). Moving. The end of nostalgia. The present moment.

    Ep. 53 - Waisted Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 55:58


    Lauren's tattoos. Becca's book. 90s nostalgia leaves the heart.

    Ep. 52 - As Long As I Don't Live in Ohio

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 34:47


    Bucket lists and the fear thereof. My house, my street, my block. Changing our tune on Rosco's. Killing the mouse Kali wanted you to kill. Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you got till it's gone? Except December 2016.

    Ep. 51 - Marta, Patron Saint of Housewives

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 66:19


    The desert. Compassion for all ways of coping. The gathering witches. Supermoon. Privilege. Grief. Wisconsin. Hill yeah.

    Ep. 50 - Party at the Studio

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 71:33


    The Real Housewives of Bohemia celebrate their 50th anniversary with a live studio audience!!!

    Ep. 49 - Old Stories Gotta Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2016 56:58


    Our first times in New York. Purging Rituals. Burn, Give, Throw. Hillary Clinton for President! Every woman thought it, and then.

    Ep. 48 - Field Trip | Patti Pilgrimage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2016 42:58


    High Priestess Patti Smith holds services at Congregation Beth Elohim. Lauren and Becca worship.

    Ep. 47 - New York Reverie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2016 63:01


    Reading. Patti Smith. M Train. 9/11. Cat Power. The Rockaways. Dreariness and dreaminess.

    Ep. 45 - Getting Off Easy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2016 78:56


    Becca's birthday. Bernadette Mayer's party. Two dollar bills. Brighton Beach. Dune buggy cops. Crossing guards. Stalkers. False alarms. "You little bitch." Cupcakes and streamers. We don't live in a shared reality.

    Ep. 44 - In Charge of Your Own Memories (Dude Stuff We Do II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2016 49:05


    Another lost episode. Father's Day. Dude Stuff. Dad Stuff. Public Space. Sports. Synchro. Astro-Luv feat. Full Moon and Summer Solstice.

    Ep. 43 - Dude Stuff We Do

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2016 54:11


    We tried to talk about dude stuff we do, and it turned into the most angry-feminist show ever. tw #masculinitysofragile

    Ep. 42 - Disorganized Religion Lol

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2016 55:34


    Alleluia. All the retrogrades. New Moon. Catholic School. Liturgical Music. The Cloisters. Doejo voice. Sacred spaces turned profane.

    Ep. 41 - The Purest Form of Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2016 53:22


    Poetry? Improv? Cable-access TV? If you're gonna write a scholarly treatise about RHB, start here.

    Ep. 40 - Over the Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2016 52:09


    Lauren goes viral. AnaĂŻs Nin. Mea Culpa. Astro-Luv: Eclipse Season + Equinox. 90s update on "irony," Wayne, and Terry.

    Ep. 39 - The Classic With a Twist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2016 53:57


    The Oscars. Super Tuesday. There is no revolution in electoral politics. Techno-witches. James Franco commercials. Get well soon, Yoko Ono. Congratulations, Leo.

    Ep. 37 - Ch-ch-ch-Changes 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2016 40:36


    RIP David Bowie. Superfans out of the closet. New year, new you.

    Ep. 36 - Return of the Mack

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 41:42


    Yoko Ono changes lives. Lena Dunham foot-in-the-mouth. Blood and swords. Community and rebellion. Four deer in headlights. CD and mixtape culture.

    Ep. 35 - Whatever, Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 29:53


    Not feelin' it. Posted over a month later.

    Ep. 34 - Fall Is Sad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2015 56:50


    #depression #nostalgia #sadgirl #manicpixiedreamgirl #annesexton #sylviaplath #sarahsilverman #therapy #meds #lakeshorelimited

    Ep. 33 - The Pope and the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2015 53:35


    And NYC. And IDs. And nuns and SWAT teams.

    Ep. 32 - Field Trip | Cat Power at Webster Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015 49:47


    Cat Power. Webster Hall. New York, NY. September 9, 2015.

    Ep. 31 - Feminist Labor Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2015 51:52


    Crown Heights Labor Day. Women's Labor Day. Our Labor Days. PhD Party Cake. Astro Luv : Eclipse. Carmelita Torres. Ellen Lesperance. Where to stand where to sit how to do how to be. Summer whites. 17.

    Ep. 30 - Diamonds & Pearls

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2015 52:32


    Tablescape, Red Hot Chili Peppers, one-year anniversary, 30th anniversary, Lauren's mountain self, Destroyer, reading plans, 90s New York, fave movies

    Ep. 29 - Death Threat in '04

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2015 50:15


    Clarifying James Franco, birthday vs. DCM rivals, Ask a Millennial, cider, selling out, Death Threat in '04, Throw It Into the Cauldron, 9/11 truther jokes

    Ep. 28 - Solstice Is the Mostest 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2015 35:30


    Summer solstice invocation, Starhawk, Gratitude, 2015, halfway points, Osho tarot, Neko Case, Margaret Nagle, commencement for everyone, Bexter's Boho Nonsense Hour

    Ep. 27 - Field Trip | Two Girls at a Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2015 56:02


    National Best Friends Day, One Million Dollar Bet, hummus, botox, mansplaining technology and meat, MAN ATTACK, #patriarchysensitive, The Moon, Austin's Sign, getting meta, binge-listen, long-form art project, jump around.

    Ep. 26 - Millennial Grunge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2015 46:48


    #cancun#boycrazy#musiccrazy#millennials#90s#selling out#mercuryrx#JamesFranco

    Ep. 25 - The Silver Tapes (Our Lawyers [They're Men])

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2015 68:43


    Austin King (Milwaukee, WI) and Shawn Sebastian (Ames, IA), everyone.

    Ep. 24 - Cuatro de Mayo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2015 40:22


    the studio | internet fame | local fame | to-do: Cancun | stop taking Lauren so seriously | Millennials & 90s sarcasm | #itsgonnabemay #maythe4thbewithyou #cinco de cuatro | full moon in Scorpio

    Ep. 23 - The Drinking Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2015 31:31


    Miranda July, performance, girl (drink); immediate topics; surrogate human; reality show; Somebody app; life as performance; 1371 parties; 80s dating tips

    Ep. 22 - Walk It Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2015 37:01


    Hillary, occult bookshop, pizza parlor, Starhawk, principal's office, nostalgia

    Ep. 21 - Legal (Three Shades of Blonde)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2015 47:04


    Catholicism &vs. Wicca, spells, actualizing art, the artist chid, the internet

    Ep. 20 - 20th Anniversary Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2015 40:29


    Pick a card, any card. Excedrin® commercial. Cher and Lelaina.

    Ep. 18 - Field Trip | At the Mall (Atlantic Terminal Center)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2015 57:03


    Target. Vicky's. B-Dubs. Teenage Dreams and Maturity at the Mall.

    Ep. 17 - She's Beautiful When She's Hangry

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2015 44:29


    anger : hanger :: women : men

    Ep. 16 - Field Trip | Miranda & Lena Back & Forth Forever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2015 62:00


    Miranda July and Lena Dunham at BAM. January 28, 2015.

    Ep. 15 - I Love Abortion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2015 60:01


    Roe v. Wade, Sharon Olds's skirt, Young Feminist Lauren, Rock for Choice, the personal is political, NOW's youngest executive council, Becca's mom, Lauren's stories, North Shore Herald, Never Go Back

    Ep. 14 - Good Will Hunting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2015 45:05


    Scat attack, Back to the Future: 2015, memes and doxing, defining bohemianism and housewifery, mad smaht, Becca's dissertation, Joan Didion's packing list, and more

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