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by Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb
Hosts Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb guide you through our current cultural hellscape, share sociological and psychological perspectives on pop culture, and deconstruct everything you've ever loved. Come have a laugh with us through the end times of late stage capitalism!
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- 1 weeks ago1h 38m
The Kimulacra w/ Kardashian Kolloquium
This week, Julia is joined by MJ Corey, aka Kardashian Kolloquium and author of Dekonstructing the Kardashians. Together the girlies unpack America's most powerful matriarchy, exploring the Kardashians' relationship to capitalism, gender, race, sex, and the attention economy. MJ explains how postmodern theory is crucial for understanding their cultural power, and shares what the Kardashians have in common with Princess Jasmine, The Spice Girls, Donald Trump, Disney, and WWE. Digressions include therapists loving petty drama, Kendall's longterm lesbian allegations, and the mysterious, tragic life of Rob. Check out MJ's writing here & get your copy of Dekonstructing the Kardashians here! This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
- 1 weeks ago21 min
What the Hell Sure NEWS *Extended Teaser* (w/ video)
What the Hell Sure, NEWS is our monthly news show, where Julia and Nick recap the stories that made us say, what the hell, sure! The show is available to our Bestie Vibes Only and Godly Wives tiers, and we're sharing an extended teaser featuring one story from each of our monthly segments. Want to get the full show every month? Subscribe to our Bestie Vibes Only or Godly Wives tier here: https://www.patreon.com/join/binchtopia
- 3 weeks ago1h 36m
The Paranormal Therapists Department w/ Dr. Jack Keefe
This week, Julia is joined by Dr. Jack Keefe to explore parapsychology, psychic phenomena, and the mysteries of human consciousness. From ancient oracles and telepaths to experiments attempting to test psychic abilities, they explain what we know about the mind, what we still don't understand, and why we're so drawn to the possibility that there's more to reality than meets the eye. Digressions include being psychically linked to your ex boyfriend, beefing with elves in the DMT realm, and the reparative experience of seeing a UFO with your mom. Check out Dr. Jack's website here: http://Jack-Keefe.com This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCESBehavioral Priming: It's All in the Mind, but Whose Mind? Clever hands: Uncontrolled intelligence in facilitated communication Cognitive styles and psi: Psi researchers are more similar to skeptics than to lay believers. Frontiers in Psychology, Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real Derangement of the senses or alternate epistemological pathways? Altered consciousness and enhanced functioning. Divination in Ancient Rome Extra Sensory Perception; Reality or Myth Examining psychokinesis: The interaction of human intention with random number generators--A meta-analysis. Facilitated Communication as an Ideomotor Response Facilitated Communication—what harm it can do: Confessions of a former facilitator False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Feeling the future: Experimental evidence for anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect. Healthy schizotypy: the case of out-of-the-body experiences Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology. Individual difference correlates of psi performance in forced-choice precognition experiments: A meta-analysis (1945-2016). Meta-analysis of free-response studies, 1992–2008: Assessing the noise reduction model in parapsychology. On the correspondence between dream content and target material under laboratory conditions: A meta-analysis of dream-ESP studies Paranormal experiences in the general population. Paranormal experiences, mental health and mental boundaries, and psi. Predictive physiological anticipation preceding seemingly unpredictable stimuli: A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology Post-bereavement hallucinatory experiences: A critical
- Oct 7, 20261h 49m
Test Your F**king Lettuce Guys
Is our food getting shittier, literally? Join Julia and Nick as they conduct an investigation into the complicated and deeply gross history of food safety. From murderous milk and The Jungle to RFK Jr. and diarrhea lettuce, they unpack the creation of our modern food system, America's addiction to ignoring science, and how one contaminated farm can suddenly become everybody's problem. Digressions include Johnny Crunkleseed, the FDA's young hoe era, and Insect Fragments George. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCE LIST
- Sep 16, 20261h 45m
The Mother Load
In the aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy trial, Julia and Eliza lock in for an investigation of the postpartum period, exploring the seismic changes that happen to your brain and body after giving birth. The girlies trace the shocking history of postpartum care, the highly misunderstood conditions of postpartum depression and psychosis, and the abysmal state of parental leave in America. Warning — this episode will leave you mad as hell!!! Digressions include welcoming new binchie babies into the world, being freed from the psychic torture of Tyra Banks, and having empathy for bad British food. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. If you're looking for postpartum support, Postpartum Support International offers support groups, provider directories, helplines, and other resources at https://postpartum.net/. Carriage House Birth offers postpartum support groups and other resources at https://carriagehousebirth.com/. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES A scoping study of postpartum mental health problems and associated factors: opportunities for research and practice Beyond "Baby Blues" Biological Aspects of Postpartum Depression Brooklyn Mother Sentenced to 20 Years to Life in Prison For Killing Her Three Children Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2025 Fact Sheet: Maternal Mental Health From Pregnancy to Postpartum: The Dynamic Reorganization of the Maternal Brain Google Benefits Inequities in CPS contact between Black and White children Maternal Mental Health Conditions and Statistics: An Overview Matrescence: Lifetime Impact of Motherhood on Cognition and the Brain Mother Who Drowned 3 Children at Coney Island Is Sentenced to 20 Years Drownings at Coney Island Mark the End of a Mother's Descent Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy OECD Members and Partners Paid Family Leave Across OECD Countries Paid Leave: State Family and Medical Leave Laws Perinatal Depression Physiology, Postpartum Changes Postpartum Baby Blues <a href= "https://www.health.harvard.
- Sep 2, 20261h 9m
The Episode of Unfathomable Healing *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*
Binchtopia is on a little post-tour vacation this week, so we're releasing this healing episode from the vault This episode was originally released on March 25, 2026 as a Patreon exclusive. Become a patron today to support the show, keep us ad-free, and unlock our backlog of 50+ bonus episodes at patreon.com/binchtopia.
- Aug 19, 202648 min
Situationships of Yore w/ Carina Hsieh
Julia is joined by Carina Hsieh, Deputy Features Editor at Women's Health and the writer widely credited with inventing the term "situationship," to revisit the term's origins and assess the current state of modern dating. They trace the history of dating from courtship and going steady to hookup culture and dating apps, unpack the anxious-avoidant trap, and examine whether dating advice reels, and other online rules actually protect women from heartbreak or just give them more ways to blame themselves. Digressions include the bygone thrill of being pinned, men who self-report as securely attached, and the horror of buying a cheater a PS5 with your own money. Check out more of Carina's writing at Women's Health and follow her on Instagram @carinahsieh! WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
- Aug 5, 20261h 21m
Looking Death Right in the Eye w/ Sarah Doumar
Julia is joined by bestina and hospital chaplain Sarah Doumar to confront the only thing we are unfortunately promised in this lifetime: death. Together the girlies deconstruct how dying transformed from an intimate, familiar occurence to a hidden and medicalized taboo, unpacking the predatory funeral industry, the West's treatment of elders, and society's obsession with immortality. Plus, Sarah shares what sitting with dying patients has taught her about grief, fear, and spirituality. Digressions include tyrannical choir teachers, a sacred dream about Heath Ledger, and smoking hookah at the retirement village. WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES A Third of Young Adults Are Still Living With Their Parents—as Old Taboo Aging Out by Lucy Schiller Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life Becomes the New Normal Amid Soaring Costs Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Death Is Having a Moment Death anxiety. The worm at the core of mental health. Does The Internet Change How We Die And Mourn? Overview And Analysis Good Grief Growing Old in America by David Hackett Fischer It's Mourning in America It's Time to Let the Five Stages of Grief Die Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging Mid-Late Victorian Mourning Dress Mortal Remains: Death in America by Nancy Isenberg Mourning during the Civil War <a href= "https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-study-challenges-notion-that-aging-means-decline-finds-many-older-adults-improve-over-time/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref
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