Binchtopia Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb

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

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. They explore theories of mononormativity, investigate the psychological consequences of being cheated on, and try to answer a pressing question: why are we still attempting monogamy if people keep having affairs? Digressions include the NYC earthquake, kindhearted midwesterners, and one listener’s love of Hoop.
SOURCES:
Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
Anatomy of Love 
Compulsory Monogamy and Polyamorous Existence
Forgiveness of Sexual Cheating in Romantic Relationships
Greater Wealth Inequality, Less Polygyny: Rethinking the Polygyny Threshold Model
Love Is Not a Permanent State of Enthusiasm: An Interview with Esther Perel
Once A Cheater, Always A Cheater? Marriage Therapists Weigh In
Post Infidelity Stress Disorder
Sex at Dawn
That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
The Aftershocks of Infidelity: A Review of Infidelity-Based Attachment Trauma
The Red Queen
Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Sex, Attachment Anxiety, and Behavior
What’s Wrong With Infidelity?

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!

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 journey of all things sports, economics, and wellness…
APRIL FOOLS! The girlies are granting diplomas from Clown University to brave binchies writing in about the times they’ve been clowned. From giving yourself a full body rash to running with the gingers to letting your man keep a glass piss bottle in your room for months, the level of clownery is off the charts. Digressions include our own little prank, and don’t worry — we would NEVER let men host our podcast.
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The girlies discuss the happenings — the ugly boyfriend apocalypse, insane Conservative conspiracies, the transgenda, Kate Middleton's whereabouts and more. 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

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