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  • The Paranormal Therapists Department w/ Dr. Jack Keefe

    The Paranormal Therapists Department w/ Dr. Jack Keefe
    Oct 21 2026
    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 overview of population and clinical studies Psycho-Analysis and Telepathy Psychoanalysis and telepathic processes. Raising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: the transparent Psi project Sensing the presence of gods and spirits across cultures and faiths Telepathy: Origins of Randomization in Experimental Design The experimental evidence for parapsychological phenomena: A review. The History of Divination Practices: A journey through time & space The Telepathy Tapes "The Telepathy Tapes" is Taking America by Storm. But it Has its Roots in Old Autism Controversies. The Telepathy Tapes: A Dangerous Cornucopia of Pseudoscience | Skeptical Inquirer The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James Traces of the Other – Are DMT Entities Real? DMT Phenomenology in the Framework of Conscious Realism Traumatic childhood events, perceived availability of emotional support, and the development of dissociative tendencies When the truth is out there: Counseling people who report anomalous experiences.
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Test Your F**king Lettuce Guys

    Test Your F**king Lettuce Guys
    Oct 7 2026
    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. SOURCES A Brief History of Milk Hygiene and Its Impact on Infant Mortality from 1875 to 1925 and Implications for Today: A Review A Historical Look at Food Safety A microbiological comparison of poultry products obtained from farmers' markets and supermarkets in Pennsylvania A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820) AFDO Exec speaks about expanded food safety roles for state and local governments Analysis Shows FDA Foreign Facility Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Admin Cuts Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins (2nd ed.) Bill to lift ban on transporting raw milk is back Both Handwashing and an Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Intervention Reduce Soil and Microbial Contamination on Farmworker Hands during Harvest, but Produce Type Matters Bugging Out: Chocolate Allergy Linked to Roaches CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Jarred Erewhon Soups due to Botulism Risk Colonization resistance: the role of gut microbiota in preventing Salmonella invasion and infection Congress Urged to Prevent FDA Traceability Rule Delay, Which Could Have Helped Cyclospora Outbreak Investigation Contamination of fresh produce by microbial indicators on farms and in packing facilities: Elucidation of environmental routes Contributing Factors of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks — National Outbreak Reporting System, United States, 2014–2022 Cyclospora Case Data Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Iceberg Lettuce Danger Zone (40°F – 140°F) Detecting Outbreaks with Whole Genome Sequencing Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour - PMC Dozens of varieties of deli style salads recalled because of Listeria Dr. Heidi Overton appears before Senate committee for confirmation hearing as next FDA commissioner E. coli and Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Alfalfa Sprouts | E. coli infection | CDC Environmental Assessment of Factors Potentially Contributing to the Contamination of Romaine Lettuce Implicated in a Multi-State Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Erewhon cafe in Santa Monica reopens after public report finds 'vermin infestation' Everything Sprouts, LLC Recalls Alfalfa Sprouts Due to Potential E. Coli and Salmonella Risk | FDA Exemptions Relevant to Produce Farms under the Produce Safety Rule and Food Traceability Rule Fact Sheet #12: Agricultural Employers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) FDA and USDA staff cuts under Trump raise food safety risks FDA begins inspection of Taylor Farms lettuce operation in Mexico FDA chasing after voluntary recalls, but doesn't often take mandatory route FDA closes probe into lettuce-linked cyclosporiasis outbreak, detects Cyclospora in Mexico FDA food inspector vacancies near 20% after Trump hiring freeze FDA found cyclospora at Taylor Farms Mexico site and where lettuce was grown FDA nominee says vaccines are safe despite Trump efforts to overhaul childhood shots FDA will reduce food and drug inspections due to federal layoffs Federal food safety oversight still lacks cohesive plan: GAO Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 2021–2022: A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Crop Workers Food Defect Levels Handbook Food for Thought 2026 FOOD SAFETY AND FARMER'S MARKETS Food safety becomes an election issue as major outbreaks and recalls cause concern Food safety in the 21st century Food Safety Was Slipping in the U.S. Then Came Mass Layoffs Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Inspection Efforts to Protect the U.S. Food Supply (GAO-25-107571) Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. (GAO-25-107606) Foodborne Diseases: Overview of Biological Hazards and Foodborne Diseases FoodNet Timeline From guacamole to jalapeños, here's how 2026 food illness outbreaks compare to other years FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods Fundamental Food Microbiology GAO to FDA: Inspect more domestic, foreign food facilities to ensure safe food supply General Overview of the Causative Agents of Foodborne Illness Heat Stress Is Killing Workers. States Can Protect Them. Hey, Salad Lovers: It's OK To Eat Romaine Lettuce Again Hillshire recalls 58 million pounds of corndogs, sausages because of...
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • The Mother Load

    The Mother Load
    Sep 16 2026
    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 Postpartum anxiety is invisible, but common and treatable Postpartum Care: An Approach to the Fourth Trimester Postpartum Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder: Review of Neurobiology and Expert Consensus Statement on Classification Postpartum Psychosis: Madness, Mania, and Melancholia in Motherhood Pregnant mothers with strong family support less likely to have postpartum depression, study finds Prevalence and Course of Unwanted, Intrusive Thoughts of Infant-Related Harm Protecting body and soul in medieval childbirth Rachel Moran, 'Making Sense of Postpartum Politics': Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Key Issues The Baby Pinks: What to Know About Postpartum Euphoria The Effect of Spousal Support on Postpartum Depression and Quality of Life The hospital and the postpartum experience: a historical analysis The Impact of Motherhood on Women's Career Progression: A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions The Important Role of Partner Support in Women's Mental Disorders During the Perinatal Period. A Literature Review The Intimate History of Confinement The Landscape of Parental Leave-Taking in the United States The phenomenology of postpartum psychosis: preliminary findings from the Massachusetts General Hospital Postpartum Psychosis Project Understanding Infanticide in Context: Mothers Who Kill, 1870-1930 and Today Waffle House Careers What are Postpartum and Perinatal OCD? What data does the BLS publish on family leave? When can I go back to work after having a baby? Who is Andrea Yates? A Short Story About Insanity Women Should Rest for a Month After Childbirth—Myth or Fact? Women With Postpartum Depression Experienced Brain Changes During Pregnancy, Study Finds
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • The Episode of Unfathomable Healing *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*

    The Episode of Unfathomable Healing *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*
    Sep 2 2026

    Binchtopia is on a little post-tour vacation this week, so we're releasing this healing episode from the vault <3 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 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.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Situationships of Yore w/ Carina Hsieh

    Situationships of Yore w/ Carina Hsieh
    Aug 19 2026

    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.

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    49 mins
  • Looking Death Right in the Eye w/ Sarah Doumar

    Looking Death Right in the Eye w/ Sarah Doumar
    Aug 5 2026
    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 New study challenges notion that aging means decline, finds many older adults improve over time Place of Death Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Poor Relief and the Almshouse Senior Living History: 1930 - 1939 TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford The Denial of Death and the Practice of Dying The Hour of Our Death by Philippe Ariès The FTC Funeral Rule The other side of sadness: What the new science of bereavement tells us about life after loss. The Trouble with Nursing Homes The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion U.S. centenarian population is projected to quadruple over the next 30 years Western Attitudes Toward Death From The Middle Ages To The Present by Philippe Ariès When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Does Anyone Know If We Have Flop Tomorrow? *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*

    Does Anyone Know If We Have Flop Tomorrow? *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*
    Jul 29 2026

    Julia and Nick explore the dark side of shaking up your life — because sometimes, the shake TAKETH! From accidental military enlistment to having a warrant out for your arrest, they tell the stories of tremendous flops and binchies who rose from the ashes. Digressions include Nick's failed attempt at heterosexuality, a horrifying clown-centric production of Moby Dick, and Kaitlin Bennett x Soho House.

    WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour

    This episode was originally released on May 13, 2026 as a Patreon exclusive, and we're unlocking it for you to make the most of the extra week in July AND in honor of the Shake Up Your Life Tour. Become a patron today to support the show, keep us ad-free and unlock our backlog of over 50 bonus episodes at patreon.com/binchtopia.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • I Got a Grok in My 'Rari w/ Dr. Jack Keefe

    I Got a Grok in My 'Rari w/ Dr. Jack Keefe
    Jul 15 2026
    Chat, are we cooked? Julia is joined by friend and mentor Dr. Jack Keefe to explore the ongoing epidemic of AI psychosis and the dire consequences of having a sycophant in our pocket. They trace the history of how technology has repeatedly reshaped our understanding of reality, from medieval nobles who believed their bodies were made of glass, telegraph operators struck by sudden paralysis, and tech moguls convinced they're living in The Matrix. Digressions include questioning the humanity of Mr. Beast, the stay tethered to reality challenge, and The Truman Show as a psychotic touchstone. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. Check out Jack's work here: https://jack-keefe.com/ WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES "AI Psychosis" in Context: How Conversation History ShapesLLM Responses to Delusional Beliefs 'Americanitis': The Disease of Living Too Fast An odd kind of melancholy: reflections on the glass delusion in Europe (1440-1680 - Gill Speak, 1990 Beyond artificial intelligence psychosis: a functional typology of large language model-associated psychotic phenomena - The Lancet Digital Health Delusion content across the 20th century in an American psychiatric hospital ELEPHANT: MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL SYCOPHANCY IN LLMS Emotional Manipulation by AI Companions From Paralysis to Fatigue | Book by Edward Shorter | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster Hallucinations and electricity in the nineteenth century Hallucinating with AI: Distributed Delusions and "AIPsychosis" How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study Interpretations of Innovation: The Role of Technology in Explanation Seeking Related to Psychosis Investigating Affective Use and Emotional Well-beingon ChatGPT Nature of Persecutors and Their Behaviors in the Delusions of Schizophrenia: Changes between the 1990s and the 2000s - PMC Neurasthenia and the Modern City: Genealogical Speculations on Capitalism-Urged Anxiety, Stress, and Suicide in North America, 1890–1920 - Phillip Gordon Mackintosh, 2025 On the Origin of the "Influencing Machine" in Schizophrenia People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies Polarizing remedies, attractive cures: Animal magnetism, mesmerism, and mind-over-matter treatments Railway Neurosis and the Birth of Psychotherapy Technological folie à deux: feedback loops between AI chatbots and mental health 'The algorithm is hacked': analysis of technology delusions in a modern-day cohort The Evolution of Insanity The Origin of the Influencing Machine in Schizophrenia (1919) The people who think they are made of glass - BBC News The Psychogenic Machine: Simulating AI Psychosis,Delusion Reinforcement and Harm Enablement inLarge Language Models They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling. Victorian London - Disease - 'telegraphic paralysis' When Old Technologies Were New : Thinking about Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century "You're Not Crazy": A Case of New-onset AI-associated Psychosis
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    1 hr and 17 mins