CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault, r*pe, domestic abuse, eating disorders, etc. Some of y'all have been waiting very patiently with us covering this book, and it's FINALLY here! In this episode, we get together with Matt, Izzy, and Marie (host of Culture Cult Travel Show) as we discuss Jennette McCurdy's memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died along with relate…

We read books! (Duh.) As we prepare for our next big read, we thought we'd share what books have been on our radar so far! Hear Catherine's progress on her 20 million-year journey reading the Outlander series and all of the dystopian novels in Brittany's possession as we dive into all the books we've read so far in 2024! Cover art by Clayton Smith …

TW: Self-harm, suicide 2020 brought us a lot of stress and sadness, but author V.E. Schwab gifted us with one magical yet heartbreaking read. It's no Warrior Cats novel, but we see a cat in this book, along with many historical events, Beethoven, love, loss, super-toxic relationships, awkward dinner parties, and more! Want to know why Addie's life …

It's been a hot minute since you've heard Fiddle & Pipe, so we thought it would be a fun idea to sit back and discuss our favorite and worst reads of 2023 were. What books are they, do you ask? Listen to find out! Cover art by Clayton Smith Theme "Wee Fiddle, Wee Pipe" composed by Catherine Flinchum Hosted by Catherine Flinchum and ⁠Brittany Ross⁠ …

Brittany is out sick, but she dodged a bullet because wetalk about WAR forever, ever, and ever…literally. Joined by Lex from Chasing Childhood Podcast, we agree Agamemnon is the WORST and shocked he hasn’t been killed yet. The odds are never in Patroclus’s favor, and is Achilles really THAT awesome of a guy? Tune in as we complete our journey with …

TW: sexual assault & rape After a brief hiatus, we are back and ready to go with a new book on our TBR list which is Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller! Joined by our friends Reiner and Wendy, we’re introduced to our protagonist Patroclus whose life changes after murdering a bully (by accident) and is exiled off to where he meets his forever main …

It's been a long time coming but we are back! We are coming off our hiatus with Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters. We both went into this book thinking that it was going to be about literally why we gather (maybe from an anthropology approach) and in any context. Parker focuses a lot of her book on gathering in a f…

TW: panic disorder, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, & suicide After much delay, we are happy to be back and give you the final installment of The Midnight Library! We are joined by one old friend and one new friend! You know him, you love him, Reiner Slay (vocalist of Concrete Supergun) is back! We also have a new guest, Marie Walker, host …

TW: suicide, depression, pet death, self-harm We are back and ready to continue our journey through the different lives of Nora Seed. Will she find the life that will make her happy? Joining us on this adventure are friends new and old! We have Dr. Chelsea Tanner, flutist, mindset coach, and host of Align Your Mind and Laurel Rockall, co-host of Hi…

TW: pet death, suicide, depression If you could live other variations of your life where you made different choices, would you? We explore that concept with Matt Haig's The Midnight Library with long time friends of the podcast, trombonist Izzy Holman (@sweetizzy123) and photographer/graphic designer Wendy Tabor (@designerwithfire). Our protagonist…

Have you thought too much about Think Again? We promise this is the last time you'll hear us thinking about our thoughts! Adam Grant finishes out this book discussing rethinking in our communities and how we can affect our surroundings with those rethoughts, as well as the world's largest SparkNotes. We hit the education section pretty hard, discus…

Have you ever thought so much about thinking that you wanted to Think Again again? We did as well! In perhaps our shortest episode yet, we discuss when to offer comfort versus solutions, revisit toxic friendships, and chat about when people are just wrong. Want more? It's a 30 minute episode, we can't give more without spoiling the whole episode, s…

Have you ever thought? Have you ever thought again? Have you ever thought about thinking again? Take a break from thinking with us and tune into our first part of Adam Grant's Think Again along with friend and guest of the podcast Dr. Chelsea Tanner, flutist, mindset coach, and host of Align Your Mind! The first section of Think Again deals with in…

TW: murder, pet death, rape Welcome to The Three Sopranos! Featuring Brittany the violin, Catherine the flutist, and Emily Crisp, the actual soprano and co-host of MMM Conversations! Your favorite team of sexy detectives is here to solve the latest mystery of...the last few weeks: who dun killed Andie Bell in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! We did i…

TW: suicide, rape, self harm, pedophilia, murder Okay, so, who dun it? We don't know yet, but we read and discussed Part Two of Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder with two dear friends: trombonist and YouTuber Izzy Holman and graphic designer and photographer Wendy Tabor! We get into the meat and potatoes of the story here. Turns out tha…

TW: suicide, murder, self-harm 2023 is starting with our Listener's Choice book, decided by y'all, the listeners, which is Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! Reiner Slay, vocalist of Concrete Supergun, has joined us again! We open on a fictional city in fictional Connecticut where a gruesome murder-suicide of Andie Bell and Sal Singh th…

TW: depression We are successfully comforted by Matt Haig's The Comfort Book! We hope you are comforted as well and that your holiday season has been merry! We dive into our comforting movie list, discuss work/life balance, and give y'all an easy episode to end the year on. See you in 2023! Cover art by Clayton Smith. Theme "Wee Fiddle, Wee Pipe" c…

TW: depression, anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, suicidal ideation, suicide In another moment of amazing planning, we have read two books back to back that can be related to each other! This week we are starting Matt Haig's The Comfort Book, which did the whole hope thing much better than our last read, Everything is Fucked. In Haig's boo…

Today we are joined by our friends Emily Crisp (soprano and co-host of MMM Conversations) and Malachi Marshall (baritone and cohost of MMM Conversations and Kiki with Kye) to discuss the end of Everything is Fucked, and oh boy, this is something else. We thought Mark took a different direction with some of his previous chapters. But no, we were so …

TW: childhood trauma How would we rate our happiness? Probably a seven, even with Brittany not having internet and Catherine not having water. How would Mark Manson rate his happiness in Everything is Fucked? Well, you'll need to ask him for that, but we did dive deeper into his book and into his budding philosophical mind. Mark takes another turn …

That moment when you're reading a self help book and it turns into a philosophy book out of nowhere. Mark Manson's Everything is Fucked takes a wild turn in these two chapters to describe the lengths that people would go for in the name of whatever they hold dear. To navigate the left turn this book took, we discuss religion, politics, cults, and h…

TW: suicide, depression, anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, rape After (over) a year, we have finally started the sequel to Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Everything is Fucked: A Book about Hope! Is everything truly fucked? Viewing the world at the end of 2022 can definitely make it seem like some aspects are, but we can't j…

TW: suicide We have finally reached the end of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon! Will Bella and Alice be able to save Edward from killing himself? Will Bella and Edward be reconnected? What happens in the (real) city of Volterra? Join us as we end this break up journey and attempt to unravel the book that could have been solved with some communication. T…

Izzy Holman (@theogbuttersox and sweetizzy123), trombonist, is back to discuss Stephenie Meyer's New Moon with us! Thankfully Bella didn't end up drowning, but how was she saved? Did she hit a rock or a person? And if Bella isn't dead, whose funeral are we talking about? Will Bella and Jacob (finally) kiss? Brittany tries predict the chapters, Izzy…

TW: suicidal ideation Welcome to the Mom Chat Book Club, where we talk about what books we think the youth are into. Today we are revisiting Stephenie Meyer's New Moon. Jacob climbs some type of steroid-fueled, Miracle-Gro induced spruce tree to try to tell Bella why he's been acting so strange. But we finally learn his secret in this episode! In l…

TW: suicide & depression Do you also not like listening to music? Well, we have just the thing for you! We got together with our friend and trombonist, Izzy Holman to discuss Chapters 8 through 11 of New Moon. Bella is quickly becoming BFFs with local hottie Jacob Black, but can they stay just friends? What about the mysterious stomach bug that is …

TW: rape/sexual assault If you thought last episode was angsty, wait until you hear this. We are back talking Stephenie Meyer's New Moon and diving deep into Bella's psyche as she embraces her inner 2008 emo self. Bella, who was also getting in touch with her inner T. Swift (according to Catherine) begins to find solace in her childhood friend Jaco…

TW: suicide & death Bella Swan's birthday was yesterday! We tried to celebrate her birthday, but she was a total brat about it, so instead we decided to continue our journey through Forks with Stephenie Meyer's New Moon. Joining us in this birthday venture are Matt Richards, music teacher, bassist, and co-host of MMM Conversations and Reiner Slay, …

We have reached the end of Seth Godin's The Practice! It took a hot minute, but we are finally there. Thankfully the last few chapters are straightforward. Finish this journey with us as we reflect back on what this book has (or has not?) to offer. We definitely have some mixed feelings here, as you'll hear in our review and recommendations. We cha…

Is writer's block a real issue or is it something we have made up to avoid work? Should we use credentialing as gatekeeping in certain fields? Cassie Holmes (@kassarilla), violist and medical professional, joins us to unwrap these mysteries as we discuss the latest chapter of Seth Godin's The Practice. This chapter was pretty all over the place, an…

Hang on to your headphones because this book ain't over yet! We are back talking The Practice. These two chapters were pretty concise, so we get some beefy stories in this episode, such as Catherine's origin story and when Brittany decided to become a full-time musician. Even though neither of us were feeling these two chapters, we did have some gr…

Dr. Chelsea Tanner (flutist, mindset coach, and co-host of Align Your Mind) (@_chelseatanner) joins us again to discuss The Practice's Generous chapter! How does being generous apply to the Practice, you ask? Well, tune in and learn with us! We discuss some of Seth's implied and explicit examples of generosity and how that might help us. Also, we t…

New book time! We are starting The Practice by Seth Godin today with Cassie Holmes (@kassarilla), violist, photographer, medical professional, and Brittany's BFF. The first section in this book is "Trust Your Self," and did we learn to trust ourselves? Maybe? Maybe not? We point out some serious issues with this book while also discussing aspects t…

TW: suicide You asked, we delivered! We got together with Wendy Tabor (@designerwithfire) to discuss what/who we think are the most influential American and Canadian rock musicians in honor of the 4th of July and Canada Day! Music isn't the only thing we attack, Wendy hates on American beer, Brittany hates on the metric system, and Catherine declar…

Dr. Chelsea Tanner (@_chelseatanner) is a flutist and mindset coach who sat down with us today to discuss mindset, what is it and how we can benefit from keeping a positive mindset. We learned the difference between life coaching and mindset coaching, how to acknowledge our feelings, self-care, and how to deal with our survival brains. Listen throu…

TW: eating disorders and anorexia Matt Richards, cohost of MMM Conversations, is joining us today to discuss the end of Evanna Lynch's The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting! Evanna dives into her life during and after Harry Potter, the learning about positive versus negative thinking, and learning to love your body. Brittany sings Britney Spears, Cathe…

TW: eating disorders, anorexia, self harm, suicide, abusive relationships, anxiety Straight from Georgia's heat dome (and from Colorado) we are back with Chapters 7 and 8 of The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting! Evanna digs deep, telling about the end of her stay at Peaceful Pastures and recovery post-institution. We marvel at how Evanna turns anorexi…

TW: anorexia, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, domestic abuse, sexual assault, self harm, suicide, suicidal thoughts It's just us today continuing on Evanna Lynch's journey in The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting. We reach possibly Evanna's rock bottom as she is committed to a rehabilitation center specializing in eating disorders. We hit on some se…

TW: eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, suicide, depression, abusive relationships Matt Richards, co-host of MMM Conversations, joins us today as we continue through The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting! Evanna continues down the path of anorexia and ends up being hospitalized. Even though none of us have been through an eating disorder, we are all a…

TW: rape, eating disorders, anorexia Reiner Slay, vocalist of Concrete Supergun, joins us to open The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting, which might be the most real book this podcast has read so far. Evanna Lynch, actress for Luna Lovegood, opens up about her struggles with anorexia. These chapters focus on Evanna's mindset as a 10/11 year old and how…

2021 - 2022 school year is finally over! We have a Happy Hour/Mom chat type day and discuss how this school year went, what we learned, and what we hope to bring to the table next year. But at the end of the day, we are happy that school is out for summer. Brittany digs herself into a hole by trying to explain why learning violin is harder than lea…

Catherine is alive and well and is ready to join us for the end of The Hobbit! We are also joined by Matt Richards, co-host of MMM Conversations! Reptiles. We begin by covering the events leading to The Battle of Five Armies...or maybe it's the Battle of All the Armies...Or the Battle of the Twenty-Seven Reptiles? Gandalf makes a typical dramatic a…

Welcome to Vox and Violins, where Reiner Slay (vocalist of Concrete Supergun) and Brittany chat about The Hobbit while Catherine is out again with the flu! Inside the cavern, the most metal part of The Hobbit awaits: Smaug, with teeth like swords, claws like spears, and brain like lawyer. We get confused about riddles and discuss the destruction of…

Catherine is out with the flu, so Wendy Tabor has stepped into the role of co-host during this murky part of The Hobbit! We see what the gang gets up to in the Mirkwood Forest. Wendy does a deep dive into The Hobbit movies while Brittany samples sparkling water. We can't have our favorite Canadian on without talking about the metric system and play…

Now we're talking! We're getting into the meat and potatoes (my precioussss) of The Hobbit! Hop in with us as we see what Bilbo is getting up to in the goblin caves (and wondering about dysentery and brain eating amebas in that stagnant water). Does Thorin and Company escape the Wild Valkyries? Who is this great person that Gandolf speaks so highly…

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." The first episode of The Hobbit is finally here! We are joined today by Cassie Holmes and Matt Richards, co-host of MMM Conversations to discuss the first four chapters. The episode begins with everyone on differing sides, Catherine is unprepared, Brittany argues that the book is about money, Cassie h…

Fiddle & Pipe is one year old! This occasion calls for an in person recording! We look back on all the books and episodes we have done and retroactively rate our previous books. We also discuss what we initially expected from the podcast, what we learned, and how we have grown. Catherine gets really hooked on Harry Potter and brainstorms Broadway's…

TW: eating disorder Today we interview and chat with Camille Boufford (@strings.of.steel), violist and Laboratory Specialist/Scientist! Camille comes to the music world via a different angle. She has worked in the healthcare field, earned a STEM degree, then decided to get a Masters in Music in viola performance. Our conversation broaches the avenu…

TW: pet death, car accident, anxiety, depression We finish Do Nothing today on a crazy note. Brittany has no notes and Catherine leads the episode. We discuss the importance of leisure and its affect on our mental health. Brittany shares a personal story about reaching out to a stranger and Catherine inadvertently quotes Miss Congeniality. We learn…

Work isn't life, so how do we get our lives back? Reiner Slay, vocalist of Concrete Supergun, has joined us to answer this question. The answers are in front of us: challenging our perceptions, removing ourselves from social media, and getting away from our desks! We discuss how to schedule our time, overtime being a requirement, and standardized t…