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This week, Amber Ruffin (The Amber Ruffin Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers) and her sister Lacey Lamar join Chelsea to share their deeply horrifying (and deeply hilarious) stories of racism, from corporate culture to car dealerships. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Chelsea bids farewell to 2021 with year-end highlights and a heartfelt and hilarious interview with comedian Gina Yashere (Bob Hearts Abishola, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah) about her memoir, Cack-Handed. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Chelsea and writer Marcos Luevanos (Life in Pieces, Charmed, Love, Victor) dish on Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi's memoir, a book filled with enough juicy details (like her impassioned activism, penchant for dating older men, and modeling woes) to win over even the staunchest non-foodie. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special Apple Spotlight crossover, Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland of the Pantsuit Politics podcast join Chelsea to discuss Huma Abedin's memoir — which they describe as The West Wing meets Bridget Jones's Diary — covering her years working under Hillary Clinton and turbulent marriage to Anthony Weiner. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and *Canadian* writer/director Molly McGlynn (Bless This Mess, Mary Goes Round) untangle Shania Twain's memoir, From This Moment On, a turbulent account of parental loss, questionable pranks, and pop-country superstardom. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and writer/actress Lydia Caradine cover Gabrielle Union's highly anticipated second memoir, a book packed with even more strength, vulnerability, and Bring it On references than its predecessor. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Halloween, Cookies! In this episode Chelsea and horror aficionado Brea Grant (Heroes, After Midnight, Lucky) get creepy with spellbinding tales from the one and only mistress of the dark. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn 99, M.O.D.O.K.) cover T.V. queen Mary Tyler Moore's memoir, After All, a funny and surprising account of the real person behind the woman "who can turn the world on with her smile." Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Chelsea and Sofiya Alexandra (This is Not Happening, 420 Day Fiance, Private Parts Unknown) run away with Golden Girl Rue McClanahan's 2008 memoir, a book packed with enough wit, scandal, and silky negligees to make Blanche Devereaux blush. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Chelsea and Albertina Rizzo (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter) turn back time with Cher's 1998 memoir, a revealing look at what drives this chart-topping diva (mostly sequins and a whole lot of failure). Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Marina Cockenberg (Never Have I Ever, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, CollegeHumor Originals) stumble into the world of global pageants, autotune, and touching-a-famous-painting-level confidence with Priyanka Chopra's memoir, Unfinished. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Second City) study the many lessons of stage and screen with Patti LuPone's memoir, a passionate account of Patti's starring roles, long-held grudges, and the wrecked dressing rooms left in her wake. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's special bonus episode, Chelsea and Cecily Strong (SNL, Ghostbusters, Schmigadoon!) are two comedy gals getting real about depression and cruise ship crew bars while discussing Cecily's new memoir, a portrait of grief during the pandemic's early days. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Chelsea and writer Erin Dewey Lennox (Academy Awards, Game On, MTV's Ridiculousness) get down with Rosie Perez's memoir — a book that proves just how far a resilient spirit can carry you (and that sometimes good things DO happen in nightclubs)! Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this recording of Celebrity Book Club's first-ever live show, Chelsea, Joy Osmanski (Grey's Anatomy, Stargirl, Samantha Who?), and special guest Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva, 30 Rock, All-American Girl) dive into the Asian-American Hollywood experience and the importance of making your opinion matter most. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Anne Libera (Second City, comedy professor) get cozy with Julie Andrews's account of her childhood and early years in the theater. The book reads a bit like a fairytale: shiny cottagecore exterior with trauma lurking just below the surface. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Kenzie Elizabeth (Easy, Bless This Mess) unpack the vulnerability and volatility of Sinéad O'Connor's new memoir — including why she says the famous moment that nearly ended her career actually set her back on the right path. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and comedian Blair Socci (Comedy Central, Blair’s Lair) discover what set TLC apart from other girl groups of their era (spoiler: it involves bats), and how Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins balanced a debilitating illness with global superstardom. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Katie Rich (SNL, Second City, Our Cartoon President) tour the world of flannel, Fenders, and faux feminism with musician Liz Phair's memoir, Horror Stories. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea and Claudia Restrepo (Your Daily Horoscope, Pero Like, Vida) unearth the threads of loneliness, heartbreak, and resilience common to the teenage and immigrant experience with Diane Guerrero's eye-opening memoir, In the Country We Love. Visit Chelsea's Instagram for pictures and stories from the memoirs featured on the show. Join the Cookie Patreon Community! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.