Binchtopia

The 2025 Pop Culture Recap: WE NEEDED THIS!

24 Dec 2025

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In the final episode of the year, Julia and Nick deliver our annual pop culture recap, revisiting the most absurd moments of 2025, including Ha...

Lemme Ruin Christmas *TEASER*

17 Dec 2025

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This week Julia and Nick bring you a holiday horrors episode full of festive chaos! They unpack their own holiday traditions and react to cu...

God Forbid We Linger

10 Dec 2025

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Julia and Eliza are back in the stu for a deep dive into hostile architecture, unpacking the spikes, slopes, bars, and billion-dollar "design c...

Julia's Fireside Chat *TEASER*

03 Dec 2025

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Julia cozies up in her childhood bedroom for her first-ever solo episode, providing a little life update from the trenches of her PhD program and givi...

Against The Big Light w/ Roxy Jamin

26 Nov 2025

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Julia is joined by artist and candlelight devotee Roxy Jamin for an illuminating episode examining The Big Light. Together, the girlies explore how mo...

Going Feast Mode *TEASER*

19 Nov 2025

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In this truly chaotic Thanksgiving-themed episode, Julia and Nick celebrate the holiday the only way that makes sense: unpacking the LIES and encasing...

DIYers Make Do w/ Nick Garros

12 Nov 2025

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Reporting live from the newly DIY'ed stu, Julia is joined by beautiful Nick, the king of DIY, to chart the chaotic history of "doing it yourself." Fro...

Dear Binchie w/ Eli Rallo *TEASER*

05 Nov 2025

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This week, Julia is joined by internet advicestress Eli Rallo to chart the history of the advice column. From Victorian agony aunts to the iconic twin...

So There's This Curse... w/ Nick Garros

22 Oct 2025

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BOO! It's time for another binchtacular Halloween episode! Join Julia and Nick in costume as they explore humanity's pettiest tradition: CURSES...

Grad School Is a Masochistic Act w/ Aliza Jay *TEASER*

15 Oct 2025

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In a long-awaited episode, Julia is joined by her PhD bestina Jewish Aliza for a multifaceted discussion about mental illness, psychology pr...

Who Up Quantifying the Self?

08 Oct 2025

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This week on Binchtopia, Eliza returns from her off-grid era to dive into the history and evolution of body technology, from ancient tracking r...

Tap to Joust w/ Nick Garros *TEASER*

01 Oct 2025

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Venture forth with Julia and beautiful Lady Garros on their noble quest to the Renaissance Faire, where Nick donned a full chest plate and even...

The Crisis of Despair w/ P.E. Moskowitz

24 Sep 2025

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Julia is joined by genius mind P.E. Moskowitz for a conversation about their new memoir Breaking Awake, which chronicles the mental breakdown that dro...

That's Doll, Folks w/ Allegra Chapman *TEASER*

17 Sep 2025

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Julia is joined by Binchtopia favorite Allegra Chapman to explore the delightful world of DOLLS! From Sonny Angels to Blythe, Madame Alexander to Barb...

Cut to the Chaste w/ Michaela Okland

10 Sep 2025

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Julia is joined by bestie of the pod Michaela Okland to explore the practice of chosen celibacy, from its ancient history to its resurgence in modern ...

Your Episode, M'Lord w/ Nick Garros *TEASER*

03 Sep 2025

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Join Julia and beautiful Nick as they recap their arduous journey to Medieval Times, unpacking the show's unintelligible plot, the vibeless kn...

Binchtopia Reveals the Meaning

27 Aug 2025

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This week, the girlies get nostalgic, looking back on the years of Binchtopia and sharing a few updates. Digressions include the memes that shaped us,...

Tapping Into the Collective Unconscious *TEASER*

20 Aug 2025

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This week, the girlies slip into the dreamworld to decode the binchie subconscious. Between prophetic triplet births, missing teeth, doomed fl...

Regime of Convenience

13 Aug 2025

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This week, the girlies log on to discuss the strange and somewhat evil journey of content streaming. They track the rise from radio to Napster t...

On the Road Again *TEASER*

06 Aug 2025

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This week, the girlies are in a place of tour, reporting live from Binchicago! From the technical difficulties and gonjus gowns of live shows to meeti...

December Mediasode: Best of the Year, Enlightening Essays, and Should I Just Give Up on Jonathan Franzen?! *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*

30 Jul 2025

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This episode was originally released on December 31, 2024 as a Patreon exclusive, and we're unlocking it for you to make the most of the extra week in...

Good Girls Go Bald

23 Jul 2025

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This week, the girlies are hairy on main to address the question: why are we so obsessed with being smooth? From ancient sugaring practices to TikTok ...

You ARE a Vibe Bro w/ Rayne Fisher-Quann *TEASER*

17 Jul 2025

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This week, the girlies are joined by writer, cultural critic, and internet princess Rayne Fisher-Quann for a bonus follow-up to our literacy episode. ...

It Appears That Children Were Left Behind

09 Jul 2025

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This week, the girlies are armed with their No. 2 pencils to ask: what's the current state of literacy, how did we get here, and are the kids okay??? ...

Sleepover Simulation *TEASER*

02 Jul 2025

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This week, the girlies are cozied up in their Barbie sleeping bags, reflecting on the innocent beauty, brutal hierarchy, and core memories of sleepove...

Take Me To Qurch

25 Jun 2025

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For pride month, the girlies mount a defense against one of the largest threats to queer people today: transphobia. They trace the long history of tra...

Monolingual Shame *TEASER*

18 Jun 2025

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The girlies return from their summer break with a chatty episode recapping their travels, including our bodies yet again keeping the score, a shocking...

Into the Mystery w/ Kate Twomey *TEASER*

04 Jun 2025

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Eliza welcomes back bestie of the pod and religious scholar Kate Twomey for a tender, sprawling conversation shaped by your questions about religion a...

The Economy of Outrage

28 May 2025

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This week, the girlies tackle rage bait: the content that's engineered to make you mad and keep you scrolling. From gutting historic homes to incendia...

2025 Summer Vibe Report *TEASER*

21 May 2025

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The transmissions have arrived, and the girlies have their predictions: joy as resistance, psychosis over dissociation, and delusional optimism i...

If He Wanted to Wiretap You He Would

14 May 2025

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The girlies are back for part two of the immigration series to unpack our modern-day McCarthyism. Starting with a recap of current events (aka T...

You Can Always Take Your Drink and Go *TEASER*

07 May 2025

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This week, the girlies dig into a sprawling Q&A full of life's greatest questions: Should you get a prenup? How do you move on from a soulmate? D...

I Don't Ever Want to Be In A Situation *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*

30 Apr 2025

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The girlies dive into some of Hollywood's most infamous celebrity feuds — Joan Didion vs Eve Babitz, Joan Crawford vs Bette Devis, Kim Cattrall vs S...

Unfortunately Precedented Times

23 Apr 2025

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In the first installment of a two-part series on immigration, the girlies ask an important question: what gives someone the right to call a place home...

The Baldwins: Born Into Horror *TEASER*

16 Apr 2025

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The girlies uncover the bizarre origins of The Baldwins, America's most cursed family. Join them as they tell the tragic tale of Alec and Hilaria...

Mom's Gone QAnon

09 Apr 2025

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In part two of our no contact series, the girlies zero in on the emotional and psychological fallout of cutting family ties, discussing the rise of no...

The Altitude That Makes You Gay *TEASER*

02 Apr 2025

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The girlies return to Reddit's darkest corners for another round of harrowing tales—a therapist casually feasting on a seafood boil mid-session, a h...

Sometimes You Have to Block Meemaw

26 Mar 2025

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The girlies explore the increasingly popular act of going "no contact." In the first of two episodes, they break down the history of severing ties, ho...

The Body Keeps the Shake w/ Nick Garros *TEASER*

19 Mar 2025

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Calling all SUYLers… Warrior Nick Garros is back for another hilarious and divinely timed episode! Join Julia and Nick as they unveil The Ten Co...

The Myth of Mental Health w/ P.E. Moskowitz

12 Mar 2025

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The girlies are joined by friend of the pod P.E. Moskowitz to discuss our collective brain atrophy and the ever-deteriorating state of thinking in our...

Now I Know How Joan of Arc Felt

26 Feb 2025

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The girlies are back with a long-awaited Girlboss Summit where they explore the lore of two historical legendresses: Joan of Arc and Marie Skłodo...

The 2025 Valentine Hotline

12 Feb 2025

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The girlies open the Binchtopia Valentine Hotline once again to offer listeners advice for navigating the ups and down of love. Binchies around the wo...

Bangs Are For Evil People *TEASER*

05 Feb 2025

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The girlies dive back into the mailbox trenches to read a plethora of your gagworthy moments and the aftermath of shaking up ya life! Digressions incl...

What Are We Doing To Our DraftKings?

29 Jan 2025

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The girlies explore one of the most destructive addictions gripping boyfriends everywhere — gambling. They dive into the history of games of "lu...

I Don't Ever Want to Be In A Situation *TEASER*

22 Jan 2025

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The girlies dive into some of Hollywood's most infamous celebrity feuds — Joan Didion vs Eve Babitz, Joan Crawford vs Bette Devis, Kim Cattrall vs S...

How To Destroy A Celebrity

15 Jan 2025

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In the first episode of the new year, the girlies explore the world of celebrity public relations — from the emergence of the modern celebrity to th...

Shake Up Ya Life! w/ Nick Garros **TEASER**

08 Jan 2025

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As a special 2025 treat, bestie of the pod, Nick Garros, returns for a truly unique episode recorded on Yom Kippur. Join Julia and Nick in starvation ...

The 2024 Pop Culture Round-up

18 Dec 2024

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In the final episode of the year, the girlies celebrate 4 years of Binchtopia (!!!!!) and give their long-awaited pop culture recap of 2024's mos...

Santa's Surveillance State **TEASER**

11 Dec 2024

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The girlies bring you a seasonal episode to discuss some terrifying Christmas lore — the Germanic tale of Krampus and the panopticon horror of the E...

Apocalypse Tonite Queen?

04 Dec 2024

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The girlies explore the concept of Doomsday, revisiting the countless times we've thought the world was coming to an end. From luxury arks and poisono...

Holding Space for the Lyrics of Real House **TEASER**

27 Nov 2024

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The girlies sit down for a chatty episode about their current ailments. Namely, the various hip and back problems that for some reason plague us in ...

The Eating Disorder Trolley Problem w/ Emmeline Clein

20 Nov 2024

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The girlies are joined by literary it-girl Emmeline Clein to discuss her new book, Dead Weight, and the evergreen topic of eating disorders. They dive...

Mama A Nick Behind You **TEASER**

13 Nov 2024

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Julia is joined by bestie of the pod Nick Garros for a wide-ranging and eye-opening Q+A. They discuss the best way to get revenge, the importance of e...

Dispatch From the Coastal Elite

09 Nov 2024

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The girls go off-the-cuff to discuss some post-election thoughts. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan...

Your Election Day Sedative, Ma'am

05 Nov 2024

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The girlies bring you a silly Election Day episode to distract you from the horrors and feelings of impending doom. They discuss the craziest smear ca...

Scary Stories To Tell During Late Stage Capitalism *TEASER*

31 Oct 2024

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The girlies get contemplative this spooky season — from pondering listener stories about ghosts and garments to philosophizing about the possibility...

The Spirits Are Telling Me Women Should Have Rights

23 Oct 2024

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To celebrate the spooky season, the girlies explore the world of psychics and spiritual mediums. They consider crucial questions such as: are psychics...

Bad Book Club: Ladies First (A MAGA Hat Romance) *TEASER*

16 Oct 2024

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The girlies review the most unhinged book they've ever read, in which a green-haired liberal is saved from Antifa by a proud MAGA man. Tracking down a...

The Clown Mother

09 Oct 2024

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The girlies wrestle with the phenomenon of the iPad Kid. They delve into the research around child psychology and children's programming to answer the...

Traumageddon 2: Hallucinogenic Hell *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*

25 Sep 2024

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Have you ever been so desperate for salvation that you'd pay a farmer's market white woman $600 for an allegedly life-changing mushroom retreat? Join ...

Unfortunately Our Only Option Is to Euthanize *TEASER*

18 Sep 2024

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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 guy...

More Things We Don't Understand *TEASER*

04 Sep 2024

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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 teet...

Your Trauma! Live With A Studio Audience

28 Aug 2024

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The girlies dive into the world of American talk shows — the modern circus helmed by formidable "experts." They track the history of syndicated tele...

When You Give a Max a Microphone *TEASER*

21 Aug 2024

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Redacted takes the third mic to pose some unique, hypothetical questions. Would you save your nephew from years of torturous bullying by striking Davi...

I Eat My Slop Bowl on Company Time

14 Aug 2024

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The girlies break down the establishments that plague our neighborhoods and corporatize our lunch hours: fast casual restaurants. From Cava to Chipotl...

Catching Up With the Culture *TEASER*

07 Aug 2024

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The girlies do a pop culture recap of the last several weeks. They discuss the Ballerina Farm article that broke the internet, the potential ...

Caught in 4K

31 Jul 2024

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The girlies investigate our modern-day digital panopticon through an exploration on the history of surveillance in the US. From wiretapping to Waterga...

Noah's Redemption Arc *TEASER*

24 Jul 2024

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The girlies discuss two internet figures who fell from grace before finding redemption: Bhad Bhabie and Trisha Paytas. Digressions include the Cody Ko...

Doggopocalypse

17 Jul 2024

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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 b...

Let's Get Kibbe With It

03 Jul 2024

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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 t...

And Where I Do It, It's Legal *TEASER*

26 Jun 2024

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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 fo...

The Mind of A Mastermind

19 Jun 2024

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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 genius...

It's Not About the Iranian Yogurts *TEASER*

12 Jun 2024

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The girlies venture back into the depths of Reddit to uncover some shocking relational horrors — a boyfriend who buys breast milk on Facebook market...

Disco is Dead (Because of Woke)

05 Jun 2024

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The girlies welcome the summer months by investigating a most troubling query: why is nobody partying anymore? We used to rave in underground warehous...

Be Mindful of Why You Were Invited to the U-BOX

29 May 2024

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The girlies return to form with a chatty episode, catching you up on the horrors that have befallen their personal lives during their consecutive move...

Bad Book Club: Great Value Gone Girl *TEASER*

16 May 2024

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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 Ver...

Richard Nixon...WOMP WOMP

08 May 2024

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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 sweethea...

25 Questions to Fall in Love *TEASER*

01 May 2024

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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 obje...

The Stoned Age

24 Apr 2024

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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...

Silly History: Doomed From the Start *TEASER*

17 Apr 2024

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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 ...

Monogamy Blues

10 Apr 2024

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Inspired by the culture's latest cheating scandals, the girlies unpack monogamy as a social norm and explore what happens when we break the rules. The...

No Good, All Problem *TEASER*

03 Apr 2024

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The girlies return to the mailbox to read more stories of clownery and riff on your foolishness. Digressions include why men need to STOP scaring the ...

Bruhtopia

27 Mar 2024

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We are so excited to introduce the inaugural episode of Bruhtopia — Binchtopia for boys! Over the next few weeks, Max and Rodney will take you on a ...

Ugly Rights *TEASER*

20 Mar 2024

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The girlies discuss the happenings — the ugly boyfriend apocalypse, insane Conservative conspiracies, the transgenda, Kate Middleton's whereabouts a...

Going, Boeing, Gone

13 Mar 2024

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The girlies answer a pressing question: why is flying so awful? We used to have hotties in Pan Am uniforms serving us caviar, and now we suffer throug...

I Paid $50,000 to Attend the Live Wonka Experience *TEASER*

06 Mar 2024

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The girlies discuss the most discoursed articles of the month. They cover the Ivy League financial "expert" who put $50k in an unmarked vehicle, a la...

My Year of Prolonged Suffering and Decrepitude

28 Feb 2024

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The girlies confront one of humanity's oldest anxieties — our fear of aging. From Cleopatra's donkey milk baths to ten-year-old girls putting Drunk ...

Bad Book Club: Fifty Shades of Fucked Up *TEASER*

21 Feb 2024

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Bad Book Club returns to review the Twilight fanfiction turned kinky nightmare that captivated suburban moms everywhere. This one has it all — a cli...

The 2024 Valentine Hotline

14 Feb 2024

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In the annual Binchtopia Valentine Hotline, the girlies open up their voicemail box to advise some troubled listeners in matters of the heart. How do ...

Getting to the -core of It *TEASER*

07 Feb 2024

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The girlies dive deep into the micro-trends that have been populating the internet over the last few years. From cottage-core to ballet-core, clean gi...

We Are All Memes

31 Jan 2024

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The girlies hop into the meme pool to investigate how memes are made, why they spread, and what happens when the worst moments of someone's life follo...

Who's Afraid of Gypsy Rose?

17 Jan 2024

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The girlies dissect the case of America's newly freed sweetheart, Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Julia puts her PhD studies to use and guides us through the hi...

We Give You A Princess

10 Jan 2024

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In the first episode of the New Year, the girlies investigate a cultural concept that plagues us all in the new year: The Makeover. From the transform...

The 2023 Lowbrow Roundup

13 Dec 2023

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The girlies hop on the mic for the last time this year to recap a timeline of the memes, celebrity relationships, and silly internet shit that capture...

Saving the Body of Christ for Later

06 Dec 2023

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The girlies open up the mailbox and dedicate an entire episode to your hilarious moments. We're with you through the hard times (salmonella Tinder dat...

Baby's First Simulacra

22 Nov 2023

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The girlies return to the world of family vloggers to answer the important questions — how did the momfluencer come to be and why are we so obsessed...

Honey, I Monetized the Kids Again

15 Nov 2023

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The girlies revisit a classic early Binchtopia episode to unpack the phenomenon of child-centric content — this time with sources! In Part 1 they di...

Please I've Been Dying to Talk About This

08 Nov 2023

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The girlies go soapbox mode to discuss two women in history that they can't stop thinking about: their special interest girlbosses. Julia tells the fa...

Eerie Episode: We Are The Witches You Couldn't Cancel

31 Oct 2023

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The girlies are back with another Eerie Episode™, this time covering all things WITCHES! They go back into the annuls to unpack the history of Europ...

Eerie Episode: Vampires, Twihards, and The Gothic

25 Oct 2023

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The girlies venture into Vampire Lore™  in Part I of a series of Eerie Episodes. They explore the shocking disease that turned people into vampires...