The SSR Podcast
1) Episode 318: xoxo, SSR (Goodbye for now!)
It has been a wild, amazing ride and I couldn't be more grateful for all of your support over the years. Please enjoy this reflective last episode, which includes some of my thoughts on podcasting mor...Show More
2) Episode 317: Absolutely Normal Chaos (with Rebecca Fishbein)
For the last-ever guest episode of SSR, Alli is thrilled to revisit a book by one of her personal favorites, Sharon Creech. The book is Absolutely Normal Chaos, a diary-style read from the '90s that s...Show More
3) Episode 316: Princess Academy (with London Sperry)
Add this to the list of Alli's favorite SSR reads of all-time—and just in time for the show to say goodbye in a couple of weeks! Nearly 20 years after it was published and won a Newbery Honor, Shannon...Show More
4) Episode 315: WTF # 7 | WTF Do I Do to Promote a Book?
On this last installment of our monthly SSR: WTF (WriTing Friends) series, Alli and Abby look to the future!In anticipation of the 2026 publication of Alli's debut novel, they discuss all things book ...Show More
5) Episode 314: Stacey's Big Crush (Baby-Sitters Club #65) (with Saumya Dave)
Bad news: this is the last Baby-Sitters Club-centric episode of SSR.Good news: this is an amazing Baby-Sitters Club-centric episode of SSR!This week, former BSC superfan Saumya Dave joins Alli for one...Show More
6) Episode 313: The It Girl (with Asha Elias)
Beyond the ivy-covered walls of the Constance Billard School and the moneyed Upper East Side is upstate New York and the equally moneyed Waverly Academy—and Jenny Humphrey is bound for them as we meet...Show More
7) Episode 312: Flowers for Algernon (with Emma Alban)
This week, Alli and her guest revisit some required reading from their school days in Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Picking up this 1966 novel was just as emotional and thought-provoking as pi...Show More
8) Episode 311: The Case of the 202 Clues (The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley) (with Jamie Harrow)
Grab your denim bucket hats, butterfly hair clips, and overalls, listeners, because we're going to the land of the Olsen twins! Episode 311 unpacks all things Mary-Kate and Ashley, with a special emph...Show More
9) Episode 310: WTF #6 | WTF Does My Writing Process Look Like in 2025?
It's the first SSR: WTF (WriTing Friends) episode of 2025, and it's only fitting that Alli and Abby kick off the new year with a discussion about routines, processes, practices, and how they're rethin...Show More
10) Episode 309: The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys #1) (with Christina Cooke)
At last, the Hardy Boys get an episode all their own! Episode 309 takes a deep dive into the first book in the series—The Tower Treasure—as well as the bestselling franchise as a whole... and the conv...Show More