Binchtopia

Binchtopia is on a little post-tour vacation this week, so we're releasing this healing episode from the vault 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.

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

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.

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.