The girlies read some of your stories about times you were GAGGED. From a mistaken cheer for cancer to a poor girl assisting her own burglary, you guys brought the stories and we brought the laffs. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.

The girlies are back with more things they don't understand. Such as... how do GIANT boats float? What the fuck is a nitrate? Why do we have baby teeth? Was Trisha Paytas right all along? And more This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia) and become a patron today.

The girlies dive into the world of American talk shows — the modern circus helmed by formidable “experts.” They track the history of syndicated television, the rise of popular figureheads like Dr. Phil and Judge Judy, and interrogate the philosophical carnival that makes these programs simultaneously appealing and horrifying. Digressions include our favorite Instagram Reels creators, and how one listener’s family was ripped apart via the diet terrorism of Dr. Oz. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr. SOURCES: Admissible in a Court of Law: dna, paternity, and the talk show And God Created Oprah “America’s Doctor” Dr Oz fights back against critics Bodies Defined and Confined Don't Be Funny: Litigation is no laughing matter to your clients Electronic Carnival: spectacularizing talk Family Experts on Television Talk Shows: Facts, Values, and Half-Truths E-mails offer glimpse into launch of Dr. Phil-endorsed diet products Life in the Bleep-Cycle: Inventing Id -TV on the Jerry Springer Show Nielsen Ratings, 2007 Nobrow Culture Oprah and The Party Crashers Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their The Commercial Logic of Vulture Culture: how corporate media shape talk show culture  The Commodification of Talk Show Culture The People's Law versus Judge Judy Justice: Two Models of Law in American Reality-Based Courtroom TV THE TALK SHOW AND THE TERROR OF CONVERSATION The time Oprah Winfrey beefed with the Texas cattle industry TV talk show therapy as a distinct genre of discourse What’s Wrong With Dr. Oz?  Dr. Oz Shouldn't Be a Senator--or a Doctor.

Redacted takes the third mic to pose some unique, hypothetical questions. Would you save your nephew from years of torturous bullying by striking David Delouise with lightning, just once? Would you believe your son, even if he was tinfoil? These questions are answered, and more. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia) and become a patron today.

The girlies break down the establishments that plague our neighborhoods and corporatize our lunch hours: fast casual restaurants. From Cava to Chipotle, have we really elevated fast food or just made it more expensive? Digressions include a petty gripes section, the Olympics of transvestigation, and tens of thousands of rewards points. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr. SOURCES: 10 storylines that defined the decade in fast food 90 Minutes With The Chipotle Boys Calories Often Absent on Third-Party Food Delivery Platforms, Analysis Finds Chipotle enhances partnership with top influencers Chipotle is constantly searching for the intersection of its brand and culture Chipotle is selling 'Chipotle Boy' bowls aimed at vest-wearing finance bros Consumer control and customization in online environments Fast-casual consumers: Who are they? Food of the ‘90s: Fast, Fun, and Environment Friendly How Sweetgreen turned itself into a restaurant that’s known for food quality instead of a technology startup that happens to sell food Impacts of the 2008 Great Recession on dietary intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis In a Burger World, Can Sweetgreen Scale Up? Kendrick Lamar kicked Sweetlife Fest founder off stage Personalization Psychology: Why We Crave Customization. Rise of the Restaurant Robots: Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Others Bet on Automation Salad Days Are Gone: I Went to Sweetgreen’s Music Festival Server-less Restaurants Might Be the Future of Dining Sweetgreen 2022 Impact Report Sweetgreen beats ‘sad desk salad’ vibes to soar above fast-food competitors. It can thank fancy foods, high prices—and robots Sweetgreen just pulled the plug on the Sweetlife Festival. Here’s what’s likely to replace it. Sweetgreen makes boom at LA launch with performances by BANKS and Alvvays Sweetgreen Marketing Strategy: Uncovering Key Ingredients Behind Growth Sweetgreen stock soars after its IPO, valued at $5.5 billion The Controversial Rise Of Fast Casual Bowl Restaurants The Origin of the 9-5 Work Schedule and Its Crazy Incompatibility with the Modern World The Role of Technology in Fast Casual Restaurants: Ordering Apps and Self-Service Kiosks Two Years After Buying Spyce, Sweetgreen Launches Infinite Kitchen Robotic Restaurant Unintentional food zoning: A case study of East Harlem, New York When McDonald’s was America and America was McDonald’s Why a Salad Company Has a Tech Team Why fast-casual restaurants became the decade’s most important food trend Why is fast casual winning?

The girlies do a pop culture recap of the last several weeks. They discuss the Ballerina Farm article that broke the internet, the potential of falling out of a coconut tree during brat summer, and more. Plus, a #NotSponsored segment all about their favorite and least favorite products.  This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia) and become a patron today. Come see us on tour! Find tickets for our Boston and NYC shows at linktr.ee/binchtopia

The girlies investigate our modern-day digital panopticon through an exploration on the history of surveillance in the US. From wiretapping to Watergate to hidden AirBnb spyware, Americans have been accustomed to and unsettled by being watched for decades. Digressions include the 2016 vibes and a pig named Heidi Klum. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr. NOTE: This episode mentions the role of surveillance in cases of police brutality. We wanted to note that it was recorded before the horrific murder of Sonya Massey by the police — a tragic reminder, as mentioned in the episode, that surveillance alone is rarely enough to provoke justice. Our thoughts are with the Massey family.  SOURCES: 19th Century - The Origins of Surveillance A Brief History of Surveillance in America Airbnb Has a Hidden-Camera Problem CAN THE USE OF ‘NANNY CAMS’ BE MORALLY JUSTIFIED? Castle Doctrine During the COVID-19 Pandemic Electronic performance monitoring: a risk factor for workplace stress George Holliday, Who Taped Police Beating of Rodney King, Dies at 61 How citizen journalism has changed since George Holliday’s Rodney King video John Locke and the labor theory of value Psychological aspects of active surveillance Psychology and Surveillance Capitalism: The Risk of Pushing Mental Health Apps  She Thought She Caught a Man Cheating, So She Posted on TikTok Social anxiety disorder: more than just shyness Sun on Privacy: 'Get Over It' | WIRED Surveillance as Cultural Practice Surveillance Culture: Engagement, Exposure, and Ethics in Digital Modernity Surveillance of the intimate Surveillance under the Patriot Act Towards a psychology of surveillance: do ‘watching eyes’ affect behaviour? The Employer-Surveillance State The Work of Being Watched: Interactive Media and the Exploitation of Self-Disclosure There’s no place like home They Used Smartphone Cameras to Record Police Brutality—and Change History What constant surveillance does to your brain ‘What have you caught?' Nannycams and hidden cameras as normalised Watching Me, Watching You Where would racial progress in policing be without camera phones? Who's watching?: Daily practices of surveillance among contemporary families Why we must continue to turn the camera on police Us and them - the social impact of 'new surveillance' technologies

The girlies discuss two internet figures who fell from grace before finding redemption: Bhad Bhabie and Trisha Paytas. Digressions include the Cody Ko situation and the potential of being coconut-pilled. NOTE: This episode was recorded ahead of the announcement that Joe Biden would pull out of the Presidential race and endorse Kamala Harris. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia) and become a patron today. Come see us on tour! Find tickets for our SF, LA, Boston, and NYC shows at linktr.ee/binchtopia

The girlies discuss the rise of pet culture — how we managed to domesticate animals, why we love them so much, and how a pet-centric world may not be best for either of us. Digressions include a heavily edited intro to save us from placement on an FBI watchlist. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Olivia Burdette. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr.  Come see us on tour! Find tickets at linktr.ee/binchtopia To see the video version of this episode, access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES: A new airline for dogs takes flight Animals Made Americans Human: Sentient Creatures and the Creation of America’s Moral Sensibility A Non-companion Species Manifesto: Humans, Wild Animals, and "The Pain of Anthropomorphism" Are we loving our pets to death? Ask Smithsonian: When Did People Start Keeping Pets? Bulldogs are prone to health problems. New Hampshire could limit their breeding Catland Critical Pet Studies? Dogs and Birds in Plato Dogs and their collars in Ancient Mesopotamia Earliest evidence for commensal processes of cat domestication  Elite Cultures Fido, Fluffy, and wildlife conservation: the environmental consequences of animal domestication From wild animals to domestic pets, an evolutionary view of domestication How the Victorians engineered the dog breeds we love today Hump stump solved: camels arrived in region much later than biblical reference Industry Trends and Stats Leona Helmsley and Her Millionaire Dog? Looking to improve company culture? Offer pet bereavement  MEDIEVAL DOG NAMES Most Americans can’t afford a $1,000 emergency Pawtriats: Our Changing Relationship With Pets Throughout History Pet ownership statistics 2024 Pets: Why do we have them? Prehistoric Puppy May Be Earliest Evidence of Pet-Human Bonding Prevalence of pet anxiety in the U.S., 2022 Show dogs and breeding Speculations on the Role of Animal Cults in the Economy of Ancient Egypt The Benefit of Pets and Animal-Assisted Therapy to the Health of Older Individuals The Cost of Cuteness: Health and Welfare Issues Associated with Brachycephalic Dog Breeds  The Changing Valuation of Dogs The Family Pet The Histories “The Mayor is a dog”: The coming of age of contemporary American pet culture The Meaning of American Pet Cemetery Gravestones The Taming of the Cat The World of Medieval Dogs Women, Pets, and Imperialism: the British Pekingese Dog and Nostalgia for Old China

The girlies get to the bottom of an age-old question: what type of woman are you? Normal or ugly? Through an exploration of aesthetic categorization trends, they interrogate the history of categorizing our bodies, choosing our colors, and finding new ways to hate ourselves. They also discuss their on-the-ground experiences at a color analysis studio and Kibbe typing themselves at home. Digressions include a dismal recap of The Debate That Makes You Old and decoding some listener’s dreams. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance by Penelope Spurr.  Come see us on tour! Find tickets at linktr.ee/binchtopia To see the video version of this episode, access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES: A Color Notation A Dive into Chinese Colors American’s Can’t Escape Long-Disproven Body Stereotypes An Interview with Regina Lee Blaszczyk Are You a ‘Spring’ or a ‘Winter’? It Could Cost You $500 to Find Out. Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias on Colour Color and Consumption Color and Psychological Functioning Color Me a Season Color Symbolism Represented in Buddhist Traditions Embodying Normalcy: Anthropometry and the Long Arm of William H. Sheldon's Somatotyping Project Empedocles First Impressions of Personality Traits from Body Shapes Goethe on the Psychology of Color and Emotion How this retro beauty theory became the latest TikTok craze How to choose the right snacks for your body type Perkins Mauve: Ancestor of the Organic Chemical Industry Roger and Me The Color Revolution  The Colors That Suit You Are Set for Life — & Here’s How I Found Mine The David Kibbe Story The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal The Industrial Design Reader The Kibbe Body Type Test The Laws of Contrast of Color The Natural History The Search for One’s True Colors Theories Of Vision And Color Perception Of Empedocles What’s Your Body Type? What’s Your Kibbe Type?

The girlies invite you to a slumber party and answer some of your queries: can I learn to see men as people? How do I go on living (without looking forward to the Next Big Thing)? Who is your crush right now????? Plus, our dream Survivor line-ups. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia) and become a patron today.

The girlies talk genius. Is it a magical trait only available to a lucky few? Is it a practiced skill that can be honed by anyone? They use two geniuses from history — Temple Grandin and Leonardo DaVinci — as case studies to talk about what makes up the most ingenious among us. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia) and become a patron today. SOURCES:  A Conversation with Temple Grandin, Humane Animal Scientist Against Algebra Ahead of His Time: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Contributions to Engineering An Interview with Temple Grandin. Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach BBC: The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow Displaying Autism: The Thinking and Images of Temple Grandin (2010) Emergence: Labeled Autistic Emmys 2010: Who is Temple Grandin? Epochs in Endourology: The da Vinci Robot From Bullied to Brilliant: How Temple Grandin embraces autism How the Squeeze Machine Came to Be Is there a link between Asperger's and genius? Leonardo da Vinci: Engineer, Bioengineer, Anatomist, and Artist Leonardo Da Vinci’s Invention Leonardo da Vinci's last home - Chateau de Clos Lucé  Leonardo da Vinci may have had ADHD, leading professor says Perspectives on Education from a Person on the Autism Spectrum Q&A: Temple Grandin on the Autistic Brain Qualities of an Animal Scientist: Cow’s Eye View and Autism Sources of Inspiration in the Science and Art of Leonardo da Vinci Temple Grandin, Translator: Sounding Autism, Seeing Animals, Making a Difference “We need all kinds of minds”: Temple Grandin on why neurodivergent thinkers are essential What Makes a Genius?

The girlies venture back into the depths of Reddit to uncover some shocking relational horrors — a boyfriend who buys breast milk on Facebook marketplace, a husband with a secret Rag, a guy who moans his own name during sex, and more. Digressions include a lengthy preamble about the incoming Baldwinito reality show and how America is poisoning us all. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.

The girlies welcome the summer months by investigating a most troubling query: why is nobody partying anymore? We used to rave in underground warehouses and dance all night at Studio 54, now we stand in line for hours to be bored at the club clutching a vodka soda. They try to get to the bottom of what went wrong by looking back — from the invention of the gas lamp that made dancing all night a possibility to the disco demolition that brought in a regressive wave against dance music. Plus, the very first Binchtopia listener survey! Digressions include a disturbing trend of BORGtopia and the birth of Binchtopia HQ. SOURCES: A Glimpse into the Glamorous World of Studio 54 Disco: Afro-American Vernacular Performance Disco Demolition: the night they tried to crush black music “Do You Think I’m Disco?” How UK Ravers Raged Against the Ban I Feel Love: Disco and Its Discontents In an isolated world, humans need to dance together more than ever – but we’re running out of places to do it New York Literally Invented Nightlife Nightlife in the City Partying Feels Different Now Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain by Ed Gillett Studio 54 opens in New York City | April 26, 1977 The Death of the Party The Story of the Windrush This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.

The girlies return to form with a chatty episode, catching you up on the horrors that have befallen their personal lives during their consecutive moves. After falling down the stairs (twice!) being bedridden with pain and beyond the hope of D-Mannose, leaving half a house in Los Angeles, and crying in the emergency veterinarian's office and on the plane, finally, they have both landed safely in New York to pod all about it. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.

The girlies are back with another treat from Colleen Hoover, who bravely asked the question: what if the villain could also suck dick? They review Verity, a crime thriller made up of another pick-me from loser academy, a strange house in the woods, and (did we mention?) PLENTY of blowjobs. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia)  and become a patron today.

The girlies pick up the story of marijuana where they left off in the 1960’s, exploring how weed evolved from America’s enemy to capitalism’s sweetheart. They discuss the student protestors who lit up for peace, the drug war collab between Nixon and Reagan, how the cops convinced kids to snitch on their parents, and more! Digressions include an exciting geographical announcement, a two year old who can’t read, and Nancy Reagan off the percs. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES: Cannabis Use and its Association with Psychological Disorders - PMC DARE snitches: A history of kids who thought they were doing what was right. Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall of Marijuana in America He's serving 40 years in prison, while legal marijuana makes others rich Just Say No - Campaign, Nancy Reagan & Drugs Kent State University Archives: Legal Cases Chronology May 5, 1970 - January 4, 1979 Medicinal Cannabis: History, Pharmacology, And Implications for the Acute Care Setting Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational, and Scientific The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition HOW HARMFUL IS MARIJUANA? - Marijuana as Medicine? The history of Jews and marijuana goes back a lot farther than you think The Science behind the DEA's Long War on Marijuana The Summer of Love and Protest: Transatlantic Counterculture in the 1960s The war on marijuana: The transformation of the war on drugs in the 1990s Was Nixon's war on drugs a racially motivated crusade? It's a bit more complicated What Ever Happened to 'Just Say No'? What marijuana reclassification means for the United States

Inspired by the famous 36 questions that lead to love, the girlies created their own list that really gets to the heart of people - what inedible object did you chew on as a child? Which of your ex's parents is your favorite? And other important queries that will undoubtedly bring two people closer. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.

In honor of 4/20, the girlies walk you through the hazy history of a most special substance: marijuana. In the first of two episodes, they discuss how weed has been used throughout history to treat medical maladies and help people connect with the spiritual realm. Plus, how the Mexican Revolution brought the exotic “marihuana” to the states, the original dealers who helped the Jazz greats make their grooviest tunes, Reefer Madness, and more. Digressions include a cursory review of the new Taylor Swift album, the confusing world of TikTok Rizz Party, and our dream blunt rotation. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES: A Brief Global History of the War on Cannabis Busted - America's War On Marijuana Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall of Marijuana in America History of cannabis History of cannabis and its preparations in saga, science, and sobriquet History of cannabis and the endocannabinoid system In Jamaica, Rastas ready for pot decriminalization Marijuana - Plant, Use & Effects  Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship Shiva Is A God Who Likes Marijuana — And So Do Many Of His Followers Shiva, Lord of Bhang Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational, and Scientific The Mysterious History Of 'Marijuana' : Code Switch

The girlies tell the stories of two historical events that were doomed from the start: the Donner Party and The Great Emu War. From the cannibalistic Western settlers to the Australians who thought they could gun down 20,000 wild emus, humans vastly underestimated their environment and suffered the consequences. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode. To become a Patron and get access to this episode along with 50+ other bonus episodes, go to www.patreon.com/binchtopia