Missing Pages

More About Missing Pages

The length of each episode is about an hour, and it is a short series with hopes for a second season. We’re putting those vibes into the universe for Beth Ann.

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Introduction to Beth Ann and Missing Pages

Absolutely. My name is Beth Ann Patrick, and I am a writer, a critic, and an author. I do a lot of book reviews. That’s probably what I’m best known for. And on Twitter, I am at the book Maven on Instagram at dear book Maven.  That’s because I have been working in the publishing industry with and around books and, you know, all about books basically for about 20 years now, little over 20 years. 

How Missing Pages Got Started

Well, you know, people have been saying to me for years, you know, you should start a podcast because of course, as you know, Podcasts Rule.  I didn’t want to do one all on my own for many reasons. One of the reasons was because I wasn’t sure I was ready to actually. Do something sustained and you know, get something done every week. 

There’s a lot of pressure in podcast content, so I delayed and delayed. But last year when the conglomerate decided to start, it was the very first from the ground up podcast. They came to me because the CEO, Jeff Umbro, who’s our executive producer, had not only seen my work out there as a book critic, but also had heard my voice and thought, this works. Let’s try this. 

I was so delighted because that meant that I would have a team working with me and I would be collaborating, but also getting support and things I don’t know would be taken care of and vice versa.  And it’s just been a really terrific process and I hope that has led to a really terrific podcast.  It just feels really like riveting. And you know, and it is missing pages is about what we are calling cold cases in the publishing world. And these of course, aren’t actually murders, these are not cold cases. What they are are examples of scams and scandals and fiascos and bad behavior.

And we are looking at them in terms not just of what actually happened and who did what. So to say, Hmm. What might need to change so that something like this doesn’t happen again? What could we change in book publishing to make things more diverse, more equitable? 

What to Expect from Missing Pages

Well, I want people, of course, to have a lot of fun, and I also want them to learn about these stories that they might have heard. Maybe in a news article somewhere in the back of their head, they remember, Oh, this guy or this woman did that. And they don’t really remember. They don’t really know the story.

So I want them to feel as if we are getting the facts right. And I just want to say, I’m telling everyone this. We do have fact checking on each episode and legal review on each episode, so I hope that listeners will be entertained and informed and maybe have their minds changed or not changed necessarily.  Maybe they’ll ask some questions that they are interested in learning more about.

Definitely. I love that. Well, and I love what you said about having like a team of people to help you. I feel like that just makes such a good podcast, doesn’t it? When you’re able to bring what you are bringing, but then also have people backing you up to make sure you’re saying the right thing.

The Vibe of Missing Pages

Well I think we could definitely say the vibe of the show is Dishy and gossipy  because it just is. It comes naturally to me. It’s because I’m so interested in everything that’s going on around me, and that includes these stories. You know, why would someone lie about having an advanced degree?  Why would someone get involved in a situation where they’re accused of plagiarism? Sometimes these things happen, you just don’t know what’s happening. Sometimes they’re very carefully chosen that people make decisions to do things that aren’t right or aren’t on the up and up. And that’s something that fascinates me.

So the vibe is very dishy, but I hope it’s also very fun and compassionate.  That’s one of the things I want to come through on each episode is that. We are not out there to be judging these characters. We’re trying to figure out what makes them tick. 

Beth Ann’s Favorite Episode

Well, I will tell you, especially now because it’s up, I wasn’t able to talk about it. Before, one of my favorites is a two-parter on Caroline Callaway and Ar Callaway is a 20 something, maybe almost 30 something now, Instagram influencer who gained a lot of notoriety because she both posted a lot of beautiful photos.

She was going to Cambridge University in England and she posted all these great photos and then she was able to get a lot of followers. I’m not gonna say anything more, but that led to a book deal for a book. This is not a spoiler that she never wrote. And there’s more around that believe in these two parts.  It’s a crazy story. And again, you know, I wanna say, We tried, even though it’s a nutty story and there’s some things that happen that just seem so far fetched and you know, odd choices. It’s not about saying Caroline Calloway is bad or, you know, she’s not bad. She’s not unintelligent.

She’s not unsuccessful. This is just a story that people need to know about because it tells you a lot about modern culture and the way it looks at young women and the way it looks at content created by those young. 

Missing Pages and Little Ears 

Probably not. I mean, there’s not necessarily any it, it’s not a Sweary podcast and, but there’s some content, especially there’s some content that has to do with sexuality and you know, actions of people that moms probably wouldn’t want their little ones listening to. I would say, you know, definitely your older kids, your 12 years old and up could probably listen to it and you could probably talk about those things really all.