HeyJaredPut Your Books Down
Natalie Sanderson and Angela Bingham invite you to take a break from your week and enjoy some meditation...pop culture meditation. We know you're smart, we get it. But right now it's time to take deep breath...and put your books down.
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Was Murder by Numbers the Ultimate 2000s Psychological Thriller? (opens the original)
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What do you get when you mix Ryan Gosling, Sandra Bullock, murder, thumb rings, bad hair, and one deeply disturbing baboon? Somehow, you get a comfort movie. Natalie Sanderson Jones and Angela Bingham put their books down and dive into Murder by Numbers , the 2002 psychological thriller starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. They unpack the movie's deliberately confusing plot, the shifting power dynamic between its two teenage killers, and the unmistakable psychological and ero
Are We Done Pretending Everyone's a Narcissist? 25 Hot Takes We Stand By (opens the original)
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Nobody asked for these opinions, which is exactly why Natalie and Angela absolutely had to share them. In this hilarious episode of Put Your Books Down , the co-hosts unleash their fall 2026 hot takes on everything from overused "narcissist" diagnoses and the obsession with being busy to backing into parking spaces, outrageously loud restaurants, QR-code menus, and the emotional-support water bottle epidemic. They debate whether brunch is overrated, whether everyone who makes one fancy chicken r
Did Matthew McConaughey Just Reveal the Secret Behind His Best Movie Moments? (opens the original)
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Matthew McConaughey walked into Little Rock, and Natalie walked out with enough Hollywood stories to fill a book—and naturally, she put the book down! On this episode of Put Your Books Down , Natalie Sanderson Jones gives Angela Bingham the inside scoop on seeing McConaughey in person at the Arkansas Cinema Society's Filmland event. They dig into his career, from Dazed and Confused and Mud to A Time to Kill , Interstellar , The Wolf of Wall Street , Dallas Buyers Club , and True Detective . They
Could Your Favorite Celebrity Survive an Island? We Put Them to the Test (opens the original)
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Pop culture meets hilarious chaos as Natalie and Angela throw Hollywood's biggest names onto a fictional Survivor island—and the results are anything but predictable. This week on Put Your Books Down , Natalie Sanderson Jones and Angela Bingham kick things off by swapping favorite book recommendations before diving headfirst into a wildly entertaining game of Celebrity Survivor. From Pamela Anderson and Walton Goggins to Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, and Colman Domingo
Can Pop Culture Cure a Terrible Week? From Bat Drama to Belly Laughs (opens the original)
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A week of pop culture , hilarious recommendations, and one absolutely unbelievable bat story proves that laughter really is survival mode. After a much-needed summer break, Natalie and Angela reunite to catch up—and Natalie shares the unbelievable reason she's currently receiving a series of rabies shots after an unexpected encounter with a bat. Once the shock wears off, the conversation shifts toward the movies, TV shows, comedians, and stand-up specials that helped them laugh through difficult
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