Pretty obsessed with this podcast, Binchtopia, lately. I got into it because I kept commenting on a friend’s nuanced takes on relationships and pop culture, and she kept referencing this podcast—so I finally gave it a listen and now I get it. Their breakdowns of modernity, relationships, and history feel thoughtful in a way I haven’t really come across in the current slump of the podcast world. They’re smart, well-read, and incredibly nuanced and open in how they approach things while being completely themselves. I’m especially drawn to how they incorporate spirituality in a way that feels both humorous, confident, and grounded in logic. I can’t seem to get enough of them.
I loved their recent episode on the New Yorker piece, The Age of Enshittification, and more so Cory Doctorow’s book, about how big tech platforms are literal monopolies and their products are degrading over time on purpose and things connected to such platforms are getting bad and about to get worse…
So many good episodes, but a couple standouts:
Enshitted on ’Em: starts with a drug trip story, then pivots into a sharp, unsettling deep dive into how harmful tech companies have become and The New Yorker piece from above. (This is why I have crawled back to Spotify like a desperate hand in the machine)
But Mama, He’s Mormon: more relationship-focused, with Julia Hava (who is a therapist) bringing really insightful and hilariously human takes on people’s problems