On every episode of this fun, academic look at celebrity memoirs, Chelsea Devantez pages through a famous person’s life story with an assist from her comedian friends. If you think celebrity memoirs are just dishy lightweights, think again—Chelsea is able to pull from these stories, all penned by women, the extreme highs and lows of being a woman in the spotlight: the wrongdoings, the sexism, and what it does to a human to be famous. She pays special attention to the ghostwriter, if there is one, and at the end of each episode runs the book through her “Bookdel Test,” which asks, “did the author share her truth?” and “was it entertaining to read?” and “did reading this book elevate your life in some way?”
Episodes have covered everything from Shania Twain’s From This Moment On (with Molly McGlynn), to Cher’s The First Time (with Albertina Rizzo), to Margaret Cho’s I’m the One That I Want (with Margaret Cho herself), and more.