Binchtopia
Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb
- 1 hour 48 minutesEverything is Reagan's Fault
Julia and Eliza finally confront the question: is Ronald Reagan responsible for all the world's evils? To investigate, the girlies delve into Reaganomics, the groundbreaking idea to give rich people more money, and trace how its legacy has trickled down into the capitalist swamp we all wade through today. The girlies also examine Reagan's abysmal impact on human life including his murderously indifferent AIDS response, his systematic defunding of welfare, his IDGAF environmental policies, and many other evils. Digressions include Eliza's upcoming consultation with a pet psychic, Australians getting mad at vowels, and a callback to Nancy the throat goat.
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This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
ADDITIONAL READINGS
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon
Killing Asylum: How Decades of U.S. Policy Ravaged Central America
Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field
The Cold War 's Last Battlefield: Reagan, the Soviets and Central America
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
When Oliver North avoided prison time for his role in the Iran-contra scandal
You're Wrong About Podcast: Iran-Contra
SOURCES
A troublesome legacy: The Reagan Administration's conservation and renewable energy policy
A Snapshot of Federal Student Loan Debt
Actor's Illness Helped Reagan To Grasp AIDS, Doctor Says
Aid To Dependent Children: The Legal History
Conservative Transition in American Social Policy
Decades of Distortion: The Right's 30-year Assault on Welfare
FAIRNESS OF REAGAN'S CUTOFFS OF DISABILITY AID QUESTIONED
How Ronald Reagan's Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism
How Ronald Reagan Tried to Shrink Government Spending
Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers
Presidential Approval Ratings — Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends
Proposed cuts to public housing threaten a repeat of the 1980s' housing crisis
Reaganomics and the Welfare State
Reagan Administration's Chilling Response to the AIDS Crisis
Ronald Reagan and the Commitment of the Mentally Ill
REAGAN DEFENDS FINANCING FOR AIDS
Reagan, Deregulation and America's Exceptional Rise in Health Care Costs
Reagan Order Defines Drug Trade as Security Threat, Widens Military Role
Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse.
Republicans view Reagan, Trump as best recent presidents
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Declining Union Organization
Ronald Reagan From the People's Perspective: A Gallup Poll Review
Ronald Reagan Has Shaped U.S. Labor Law for Decades
Ronald Reagan's Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America
Ronald Reagan: Life Before the Presidency
Ronald Reagan on economics and political parties, 1962
Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness
The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
The Reagan Administration's Budget Cuts: Their Impact on the Poor
The Shadow of Ronald Reagan Is Costing Us Dearly
1 April 2026, 1:00 pm - 5 minutes 26 secondsThe Episode of Unfathomable Healing *TEASER*
Join Julia and Nick in the desert at sunset as they recap the shrooms trip that finally healed them. Digressions include having extreme horse experience, society carrying the weight of Drake's pain, and the life affirming beauty of feeling it all. Plus, a crucial addendum recorded after Realizing Things on horseback.
This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
25 March 2026, 5:37 pm - 1 hour 42 minutesEau de Binch w/ Roxy Jamin
In this episode, Roxy returns to the pod to help Julia explore the fascinating history of scent: from ancient Greek perfumers on Aphrodite's island to Abercrombie cologne cloud terrorism. Plus, the girlies explain why smell is uniquely different from all our other senses, the Proustian relationship between scent and memory, and how capitalism has transformed our desire to smell good into a billion dollar identity crisis. Digressions include being flexed on by your parents, a man who generously donated his hair to a horse, and society's collective Mrs. Meyer's trauma.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
Roxy's Website: https://rjamin.net/
SOURCES
3,200-Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated from Ancient Text
A Cultural Autopsy of the Celebrity Perfume
A Journey Through Time in Fragrance
Abercrombie Employees Have To Spritz Clothes With Cologne Every Hour
Alain Corbin The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination
Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell
Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume
Effects of ambient odors on slot-machine usage in a Las Vegas casino.
History of the Hero: Chanel No5
How Advertisers Convinced Americans They Smelled Bad
How Coco Chanel changed the course of women's fashion
I'm the Perfumer Who Created the Scent You Love to Hate — Abercrombie & Fitch's Fierce
In France's Perfume Capital Of The World, There's A World Of Beautiful Fragrance
Love Stinks: The Association between Body Odors and Romantic Relationship Commitment
Many find the term 'Oriental' offensive. Why are perfumers still using it?
Perfume Culture Is Starting to Stink
PERFUMERY The psychology and biology of fragrancе
Poor Sense of Smell Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Older Adults
Tappūtī-Bēlet-ekallim, The Oldest Perfumer on Record
The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health
The effects of scent on consumer behaviour
The mysterious sense of smell: evolution, historical perspectives, and neurological disorders
The proust effect: Scents, food, and nostalgia
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Perfume
This Is What Space Smells Like
You don't say? The smell of love
You Might Not Agree, but Science Says You're Attracted to Body Odor
18 March 2026, 1:00 pm - 9 minutes 21 secondsBad Book Club: The Tradwife Manifesto *TEASER*
In this installment of Bad Book Club, Julia and Eliza read the sacred word of Lori Alexander, aka The Transformed Wife, who walked so all trad wife influencers could run. The girlies unpack Lori's memoir, in which she preaches biblical womanhood and reveals the brain tumor that made her submit to her husband. Plus, helpful life lessons like always say yes to sex, reuse your children's bathwater, and never have shit to say to anyone. Digressions include Lana's recent Sylvia Plath tribute, Eliza's long-awaited return to the plant of unfathomable joy, and the three types of divinely ordained men (allegedly).
This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
11 March 2026, 6:10 pm - 1 hour 30 minutesI Lived Bitch! w/ Ellie Schnitt
Julia is joined by bestie of the pod Ellie Schnitt to dissect the organ transplant industrial complex (figuratively)! Ellie lends her expertise as the proud owner of a gently used kidney to help unpack the wild history of transplantation, the misconceptions and ethics surrounding organ donation, and the surreal, life-altering experience of waking up with a new lease on your body. Digressions include Ballerina Farm's completely predictable raw milk controversy, taking thirst traps in the hospital bathroom, and why the last person you want to hear from after major surgery is your flop ex.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
Check out Ellie's Substack here: https://ellieschnitt.substack.com/
SOURCES
A narrative review on the psychosocial domains of the impact of organ transplantation
A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk
Current Strategies for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Ethics of allocation of donor organs
Exploring Disparities in United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Scoring Systems
H.R.2544 - Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act
Hospitals Cater to 'Transplant Tourists' as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs
How it All Started: The Fascinating History of Organ Transplantation
How One Father Created an Organ Empire
Increased Scrutiny Leads to an Improved Organ Transplant System
Inequities in Organ Transplant Allocation
Life-or-Death Decisions: Philosophy Student Weighs Ethics of Organ Transplants
Medical Ethics Unpacked: Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation
Organ Donation and Transplantation
Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you
Organ Donation is Rare, Here's Why
Organ Donation Legislation and Policy
Organ Transplant System 'in Chaos' as Waiting Lists Are Ignored
Organ Transplantation: HHS Action Needed to Improve Lifesaving Program
Personality Changes Associated with Organ Transplants
Psychiatric Aspects of Organ Transplantation
Sick and Skipped Over: How We Investigated the Organ Transplant System
Systemic Issues Plague Life-Saving Organ Transplant Program
The Ethical Boundaries of Organ Donation
The history of organ transplantation
The Medical Minute: Six organ donation facts knock down six myths
4 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 6 minutes 17 secondsDon't Binch and Drive *TEASER*
Julia and beautiful Nick are reunited at last for a truly chaotic stoned episode. The bestinas address the alarming number of binchies who have gotten into car accidents while listening to the pod, and consider the spiritual ramifications of vehicular binching. COUNTLESS digressions include: Clavicular being brutally frame mogged by an ASU frat leader, the horror of being butt dialed by a friend who is talking shit about you, and Julia and Nick's upcoming trip that will finally change everything.
This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
25 February 2026, 11:18 pm - 1 hour 29 minutesMake It or Break Down w/ Allegra Chapman
In the final installment of Binchtopia's two-part reality TV series, Allegra returns to dissect the inner workings behind the spectacle. The girlies unpack the psychological profiling of contestants, examine why so few stars ever escape the system that made them, and consider what happens when your mental breakdown becomes public entertainment. Digressions include a medical emergency induced by Tinsley Mortimer, Mary Cosby's Mother God arc, and seeking justice for Disney adults.
Check out Allegra's radio show here: https://kpiss.fm/show/reverse-library/
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
Cue the Sun! By Emily Nussbaum
How Love Island Became a TV Reality of Sex, Fame, and Sometimes Tragedy
Meet the psychologist who helped cast your favorite reality TV villains and heroes
Modern Voyeurism: How the Reality TV Boom Is Affecting Our Mental Health
Reality Check: A Qualitative Study of Mental Well-Being Among Participants
Reality Television as a Model for Online Behavior: Blogging, Photo, and Video Sharing
Reality TV : audiences and popular factual television
Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age
The Dark Side of "Reality TV": Professional Ethics and the Treatment of "Reality"-Show Participants
The Evolution of Foucault's Utopic Panopticon
The harsh reality of Reality TV and mental health
The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
The Reality-TV Confessional Shaped Our Digital Lives
Uncomfortable Television by Hunter Hargraves
Why Aren't We Outraged by Psych Evaluations for Reality TV?.
18 February 2026, 2:00 pm - 6 minutes 39 secondsRanking Reality TV's Finest w/ Allegra Chapman *TEASER*
In honor of Binchtopia's recent foray into the world of unscripted television, Allegra is back in the stu for an essential and necessary exercise: ranking the most iconic reality TV moments of all time. Join the girlies as they recap legendary monologues, crash outs, smackdowns and so much more! Digressions include Allegra being Geese-negative, new eyewitness testimony from the Peltz-Beckham wedding, and doing slut drops for the craic.
This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
11 February 2026, 4:42 pm - 1 hour 12 minutesJulia's Valentine Hotline
For the 2026 Valentine Hotline, Julia picks up the phone solo to hear binchies' love queries and offer advice to lonely hearts. Essential questions include: What if my partner is too perfect? Why am I having dreams about an old flame? Should I get green card married at 24? Plus, a shonking update from last year's Hotline caller who dated a firefighter who only paid in cash. Digressions include Alex Honnold being a deadbeat Dad, the male urge to blow up a woman's life, and keeping an eye out for The Killer.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
8:00 — Coping when your ex moves on too fast
14:58 — Breaking up with someone who was "too perfect"
19:06 — Sober and spiraling without romantic distractions
26:01 — Never been in a relationship and feeling behind
29:44 — Should women make the first move?
35:05 — UPDATE: the cash-paying firefighter saga
44:32 — Reoccurring dreams about a childhood best friend
50:02 — Ring shopping followed by a sudden breakup
56:30 — Staying hopeful about love after getting hurt
1:02:13 — Do I actually hate my boyfriend?
4 February 2026, 2:00 pm - 7 minutes 53 secondsBad Book Club: Diva Down! *TEASER*
Julia and Eliza team up for another bad book club episode in which they review Colleen Hoover's newest work of experimental autofiction: Woman Down. In a suspenseful story that is definitely not based on CoHo's life at all, an author who has been brutally and unfairly CANCELED goes to crazy lengths to break her writer's block, even taking it to a place of copaganda. Digressions include Taylor Swift's subpoenaed text messages, Eliza recapping her personal Rabiesgate, and apt comparisons to Hunter S Thompson.
This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
28 January 2026, 6:13 pm - 1 hour 24 minutesRealness, On Demand! w/ Allegra Chapman
In the first episode of a two-part series, Julia is joined by Binchtopia favorite Allegra Chapman to lovingly dissect the mind-bending genre of reality TV. The girlies trace its evolution from chaotic human experimentation into neoliberal propaganda, mapping the multiverse across TLC, E!, MTV, and Bravo while decoding the cultural logic each network normalizes along the way. Digressions include the ultimate guide to landing yourself a cruise bae, Boston as a cosmic punishment, and Allegra's short-lived stint as a puck bunny.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
Check out Allegra's radio show here: https://kpiss.fm/show/reverse-library/
To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
SOURCES
Cue the Sun! By Emily Nussbaum
Queen for a Day - Partial 1956 episode
Reality Television: a Neoliberal Theater of Suffering
Reality TV The Work of Being Watched by Mark Andrejevic
The Dark Side of "Reality TV": Professional Ethics and the Treatment of "Reality"-Show Participants
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