Binchtopia

Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb
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Apr 3, 2024 • 3min

No Good, All Problem *TEASER*

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 hoes, some piping hot tea about this season of the Bachelor, and, well, I think we all got groomed over the internet!
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Mar 27, 2024 • 59min

Bruhtopia

Join the hosts for a wild ride through clownery, from bizarre experiences like full body rashes to keeping a piss bottle in the room. Clown stories, new merch drops, and reflections on the allure of clown money. Hear about clown magic shows, adventures with a clown mafia, and chaotic college misadventures. Plus, a meme mix-up on a dating app for added laughs!
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Mar 20, 2024 • 4min

Ugly Rights *TEASER*

The girlies discuss the ugly boyfriend apocalypse, Conservative conspiracies, the transgenda, and Kate Middleton's whereabouts. They explore the relationship between physical appearance and moral worth, double standards of beauty, and societal pressures on attractiveness.
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Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 18min

Going, Boeing, Gone

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 through heinous security lines to sit in seats with no legroom where the emergency exit door is not guaranteed to stay on til landing. From the Wright Bros to TSA to climate criminals, the girlies unpack the history of all things air travel and ponder if there is a better way. Digressions include two father-related mailbox moments and a new merch drop! The new merch collection will be available at 10am PT // 1pm ET on 3/13 at this link! SOURCES: A Brief History of Airplane Hijackings, From the Cold War to D.B. Cooper Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known A Real Life Pan Am Stewardess On What It Was Like To Wear That Famous Uniform Boeing, Still Recovering From Max 8 Crashes, Faces a New Crisis Boeing 707: The Aircraft That Changed the Way We Fly Federal Flight Deck Officers: The Airline Pilots Trained to Shoot Hijackers History of the Airplane How Modern Air Travel Got So Miserable It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11 Longing for the 'Golden Age' of Air Travel? Be Careful What You Wish for Pan Am Flight Attendants Had the Most Glamorous Jobs in the Sky Pan Am: The Trailblazing Airline That Changed International Travel PANAMAC Revisited Private jets are awful for the climate. It's time to tax the rich who fly in them. The Airplane Changed Our Idea of the World The Evolution of the Commercial Flying Experience The Humiliating History of the TSA The Shocking Boeing 737 Incident, Briefly Explained The Wonderful Jet World of Pan American (1959) What Are Carbon Offsets? Are They a Credible Climate Solution? Worried About How Safe It Is to Fly? Here's What the Experts Have to Say
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Mar 6, 2024 • 5min

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

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 landmark piece about the pull-out method, the article that asks what happens when body-positive influencers get skinny, and more. Twitter digressions include the AI-generated Live Wonka Experience and whether or not your husband should die for being nice to his brother's widow. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To become a patron and get access to this episode along with 50+ other bonus episodes, go to patreon.com/binchtopia. ARTICLES DISCUSSED: The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger The Case for Pulling Out How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America TikToker Says Dad Abandoning Family for Breakdancing Dreams Is Her Funniest Childhood Trauma, Dad Claps (And Breakdances) Back They Promoted Body Positivity. Then They Lost Weight.
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Feb 28, 2024 • 1h 22min

My Year of Prolonged Suffering and Decrepitude

Exploring the societal pressure and personal experiences related to anti-aging, discussing skincare routines, the impact of the anti-aging industry, and the importance of valuing wisdom from older women. Delving into historical anti-aging practices like Cleopatra's donkey milk baths and contrasting Renaissance perspectives with modern attitudes towards aging.
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Feb 21, 2024 • 5min

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

Bad Book Club returns to review the Twilight fanfiction turned kinky nightmare that captivated suburban moms everywhere. This one has it all — a clinically insane man who tells our protagonist to "stay away" while constantly stalking her, the worst stock POC best friend characterization we've ever seen, and some truly heinous sex scenes. ¡Ay, Dios mío! This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To become a patron and get access to this episode and 50+ other bonus episodes, go to patreon.com/binchtopia.
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Feb 14, 2024 • 1h 20min

The 2024 Valentine Hotline

The hosts offer relationship advice on avoiding mommy roles, love languages, and planning a boyfriend convention. Discussions include a sass dispatch and Grammy department. Insights on Super Bowl halftime show, Grammys, Taylor Swift, Tracy Chapman, and Miley Cyrus. Exploring relationship dynamics, Tokyo relationship challenges, commitment struggles, and rise of sassy men. Understanding love languages and heartwarming listener voicemail.
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Feb 7, 2024 • 5min

Getting to the -core of It *TEASER*

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 girl to mob wife, they rank microaesthetics based on the level of abject harm they cause to women, the pedophilic undertones, and whether or not they make their brains Soup. Digressions include welcoming Ballerina Farm into the NYT club and digging up dirt on the other Mormon influencers. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. Become a patron and listen to the full episode at patreon.com/binchtopia (http://patreon.com/binchtopia).
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Jan 31, 2024 • 1h 16min

We Are All Memes

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 follow them forever in the memeiverse. Digressions include a mysterious case of Souping, the Binchtopia infirmary ward, and one listener's horrifying baby Jesus figurine. Sources: Slayed, Mother: Gypsy Rose's Digital Homecoming by Jax Preyer The Meme is Dead, Long Live the Meme by Roy Christopher Talking to the Guy Who Invented the Word 'Meme': Richard Dawkins by Mahmood Fazal Taking the Dawkins Challenge, or, The Dark Side of the Meme by Gregory Schrempp Alex From Target: The Other Side of Fame Alix Bromley Adjudication Internet Memes and "The Right to Privacy" Most Americans support right to have some personal info removed from online searches As a domestic violence victim, my story became a joke. You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It The Definitive Oral History of the Bobbitt Case, 25 Years Later Accidentally famous: The psychology of going viral Monica Lewinsky Wins The Internet With Best 'I Have A Joke' Tweet The last of the Monica meme Monica Lewinsky on the Culture of Humiliation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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