The One Where We Read The Housemaid

Do You Not Pay Your Bills With Experience?

When the show was A Reasonable Day, Alyssa, Kevin, and literal friend of the brand Lauren Neumann read the best selling thriller, The Housemaid, and discuss.

Alyssa Savino is a writer, a pop culture enthusiast, and is "deeply Midwestern." Subscribe to her newsletter, Soft Earlobe, listen to her "mini-podcast" (often about snacks) Xylophone Break, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

Kevin Krein is a writer and host of the Anhedonic Headphones Podcast. His music writing (and some of his non-music writing) is on Anhedonic Headphones, or you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

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Theme Music: 

"Your Type" (Instrumental), written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Wayne Hector, and Tavish Crowe; performed by Carly Rae Jepsen. 

Episode Music Credits:

“Prison Bound,” written by Mike Ness; performed by Social Distortion. Prison Bound, Restless, 1988.

“Midnight Show,” written by Brandon Flowers and Mark Stoermer; performed by The Killers. Hot Fuss, Island, 2004.

“Dangerous Woman,” written by Ross Golan , Johan Carlsson, and Max Martin; performed by Ariana Grande. Dangerous Woman, Republic, 2016. 

“Dangerous,” written by Daniel Armbruster and Alan Wilkis; performed by Big Data. 2.0, Warner Brothers, 2015.

“Dixon’s Girl,” written by Margret Wander, Joey Van Phillips and Dustin Kiel; performed by Dessa. A Badly Broken Code, Doomtree, 2010.

“Mad Woman,” written by Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner; performed by Taylor Swift. Folklore, Republic, 2020.

“Keep It Upstairs,” written by Matt Berninger, Bryan Devandorf, and Scott Devandorf; performed by The National. 4AD, 2005.

“Lotta True Crime,” written and performed by Penelope Scott. Public Void, Many Hats, 2020.

“Maneater,” written by Nelly Furtado, Tim Mosley, Nate Hills, and James Washington; performed by Nelly Furtado. Loose, Geffen, 2006.

“You’ve Got Time,” written and performed by Regina Spektor. Orange is The New Black, Sire, 2013

“Party At A Rich Dude’s House,” written by Benjamin Levin, Kesha Sebert, and Karl Schuster; performed by Kesha. Animal, 2010, RCA.

“9 to 5,” written and performed by Dolly Parton. 9 to 5 and Other Odd Jobs, RCA Nashville, 1980.