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 weed has been used throughout history to treat medical maladies and help people connect with the spiritual realm. Plus, how the Mexican Revolution brought the exotic “marihuana” to the states, the original dealers who helped the Jazz greats make their grooviest tunes, Reefer Madness, and more. Digressions include a cursory review of the new Taylor Swift album, the confusing world of TikTok Rizz Party, and our dream blunt rotation.

This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. 

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SOURCES:

A Brief Global History of the War on Cannabis

Busted - America's War On Marijuana

Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall of Marijuana in America

History of cannabis

History of cannabis and its preparations in saga, science, and sobriquet

History of cannabis and the endocannabinoid system

In Jamaica, Rastas ready for pot decriminalization

Marijuana - Plant, Use & Effects 

Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

Shiva Is A God Who Likes Marijuana — And So Do Many Of His Followers

Shiva, Lord of Bhang

Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational, and Scientific

The Mysterious History Of 'Marijuana' : Code Switch

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

• 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.

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 Elephant eye creams on their Christmas lists, they explore how women have always been encouraged to prolong youth at their own expense. Digressions include *that* horrifying NYT article, mixed feelings about going grey, and some treasured wisdom from our older binchies.

SOURCES:

• Anti-Aging Medicine: The History: Life Extension and History: The Continual Search for the Fountain of Youth
• Babies’ skin is already perfect. Dior wants to sell them a skincare line
• Charting: A Brief History of Anti-Aging
• History Lesson: Centuries Of Anti-Aging Products
• Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body 
• No Truth to the Fountain of Youth
• The Craziest Things People Have Done to Try and Stay Young
• The Double Standard of Aging by Susan Sontag
• The “Invisibility” War on Older Women
• The 10-Year-Olds Using Drunk Elephant Beauty Products
• 'There's no ethical way to sell products that target signs of aging'
• They Always Say the Younger You Start, the Better
• Powerless in the Face of Beauty: Helena Rubinstein at the Jewish Museum
• Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl
• Why Americans Are Uniquely Afraid to Grow Old 
• Woman in Retrograde
• Women, Power, and Aging: An Introduction

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!

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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 I stop being my boyfriend’s mommy? Are love languages even real? How do I plan the best boyfriend convention ever? Will you guys come to my wedding? These questions and more are answered. Digressions include a sass dispatch from Redacted and the Tortured Grammy’s Department.