Love the pod but I wish there were more free episodes

These gals and all guests are so funny! They have such a silly sense of humor but actually in a legit funny way and they are smart! Duh I won’t agree 100% with everything but I respect their opinions and I think they are great at choosing themes. I’m a long time podcast listener and came across them through a tik tok comment and I have listened to most of the episodes. Some pods make me cringe or are things I listen to because I don’t have anything else to listen to but this pod I get excited when a new episode comes out and listen right away. Yay!!

thank you for making your most recent episode about celebrity. it felt like it was made to scratch the itch in my brain. it was like finding the book i have been wanting to read, and i was deeply grateful for the thorough references in the show notes so that i can now actually go and read. thank you thank you

I’m glad y’all don’t talk about monkeys that often because Julia has gotta be the only person in the history of the human race who says it like that. How did you even learn that. I’m sorry but it irks me, it’s so wrong and it’s not even close. I’m just having a bad day. Love the podcast, keep it up

one of them… I guess I’m picky. There’s only 3 podcasts that I have continually listened to for more than a year and this is one of them. I am obsessed and I’ll listen to anything Julia & Eliza have to say. I have learned so much and I’m usually laughing/crying along the way. I will never get bored. Please never stop producing binchtopia ❣️

seriously how hard is it to talk about a genocide that’s happening in real-time on a podcast that regularly covers current events/politics?

As the title says!

I’ve been listening since 2021 and initially found their vague gestures to sociology, politics, psychology, etc interesting, but eventually it became clear that they are only comfortable/willing to discuss the systems of oppression that affect them directly as two white, educated, well-off cis women. If you fall into that category, you may enjoy and feel seen by this podcast, but otherwise you will feel deeply alienated as they devote multiple episodes to the crisis in Ukraine and antisemitism but fail to meaningfully attend to the systems of oppression they directly benefit from (anti-Blackness, genocides in P@lest!ne Sudan and the Congo, etc). I’m not certain what the point of their platform is anymore—if you want to hear meaningful and informed commentary, I would seek podcasts featuring actual experts/scholars on topics of interest rather than two people who do a few hours of googling before turning their mics on.

I have been binging the entire podcast this summer and nothing had made me happier

I am honestly just sad about the lack of commentary about Palestine. It is very very clear what that means at this point. There is not a lack of political or social commentary on this podcast at all. There is a lack of one single political issue. If you ladies covered Ukraine, there’s no reason you can’t talk about Palestine.

OG binchie not butthurt about the lack of politics

I’ve listened to many episodes of this show, and sometimes their stories are funny, but in terms of content there’s really no originality. their takes are mostly recycled from you’re wrong about or maintenance phase, where I presume most of their inspiration is drawn? they sometimes just talk to each other, a la red scare, but they’re not as interesting. the show is fine, sure, but in terms of education it’s unoriginal and in terms of salaciousness it completely falls flat. much better content elsewhere.

I started listening to this podcast last year and gained 80 lbs

Brutal

I have consumed countless hours of this podcast and still could not tell these girls apart even if there was a gun to my head. I do not identify as a binchie. This podcast is fine :)

White trash

Crying screaming begging the girlies to stop filling my feed with teasers the binchies WILL be linsing without being reminded by a teaser

strange!

i was a paid subscriber for nearly 3 years, but unfortunately just cancelled my membership. The girls have gotten so out of touch, and the quality of the pod has really taken a turn. It feels lazy and hollow. :(

I’ve been a binchie for a couple years and I’m a sweet baby angel on Patreon but like what happened to the pod??? Every ep is mailbox or Reddit and none of the brilliant well researched eps that I subscribed for. I miss when you binchies would go off with a well researched and interesting topic and now it feel like this is just another social media podcast that just reads Reddit and fan questions. I miss the old pod and I’m a tiny bit salty that I subbed to Patreon for this :,)

You guys are awesome but where is the coverage of the Palestinian genocide? This issue wasn’t complicated for angela davis, martin luther, malcom x, einstein, james baldwin, jvp, mandela, thousands of anti zionist leaders throughout history….almost all of black academia …like do you really not think condemning forced starvation and bombing children is a safe bet…. From a jewish anti zionist listener and appreciator of your work, Piers

This is literally the best podcast ever. My roommates insisted that I listened to binchtopia as I am not a very avid podcast user but when I started I could not stop. I will catch myself cackling out loud in the middle of work when I sneakily have one AirPod in listening to my besties or out in public laughing forgetting my surroundings. The pod gets so deep but also keeps the vibes up at all times! Literally has added so much to my life especially my new lingo, personality, and voice🔥🔥🔥🔥

Having a podcast that covers such a wide range of topics, and completely ignoring the ongoing genocide occurring in Palestine is abhorrent. The only time they mentioned Palestine in the last few months was to say “it’s too complicated” but the entire premise of this podcast is supposedly to thoroughly investigate and analyze current issues with humor and care. The Palestinian occupation is related to all colonial projects, you simply cannot ignore it. This isn’t a leftist podcast it’s white feminism, which is just white supremacy in disguise.

literally best podcast ever. so many deep cutting topics, research, and takes that really address the intricacies of experiences for the girlies and the gays.

i was a paid subscriber for almost 3 years. i loved this pod and the community, but it in the last few months i have found myself disillusioned and decided to unsubscribe. it doesn't seem like Eliza or Julia are concerned with using this platform for any more than 30 seconds to raise awareness about the genocide in Palestine. they claimed the issue was too complicated to do an episode on or have any guests on to speak about. it's strange how they've just ignored the comments and reviews as if this is some bad PR that will blow over. i'm on the same internet as you the last few months. i can't imagine not using your platform even a little more than you did.

Used to love listening to the girlies but they are both very out of touch lately.

some of these reviews are a little absurd ngl.. I’ve been listening since the beginning and I still love the pod and love the girls. some people just don’t get it I fear but most of us do, love you queens

What was once a well research yet lighthearted and genuine show has pivoted to regurgitating Wikipedia pages. Hosts do not take feedback and now talk down to the audience. Worth listening to the old episodes but the new episode offer nothing new to any conversation.

This was the only pod i was subscribed to on Patreon. Their silence on the war on Palestinians is so upsetting. I check every week to see if they release an ep with some sort of discussion

Nobody: Julia: This is SO dystopian…

if i’m ever having a psychotic break or heart attack play me binchtopia i’ll come right back

i have been with the binchies since the beginning! i hoped the podcast would retain its humor and wit as it grew, but that has not been the case. eliza in particular is insufferable and out-of-touch. it seems like she can only complain. where episodes were previously well-researched and topics examined from many perspectives, the show now lacks the character, depth, and vitality i first loved. for all the talk of “this is our full-time job!” it seems now more than ever their priorities are elsewhere.

Love this pod 😍

kind of wild to build a reputation on socially conscious and nuanced analyses while ignoring a genocide for over three months with hardly a passing acknowledgement. dismissing an ongoing genocide as “too complicated” to unpack is ridiculously irresponsible and disappointing. it’s easy to retrospectively analyze social issues but failing to acknowledge current ones with shareable action items shows a lack of moral courage and integrity. do better

this girlies are so silly i love them sm they ARE girls girls and listening to eliza rant about rabies is so funny whoever doesn’t like their pod is deranged (no offense but u have no taste if you don’t like it) anyways i recommend them 100%

I wanted to like this podcast, but it’s very “upper-middle class girls who have never had jobs decide to go to grad school to delay adulthood but only halfway do the readings.” This was recommended to me as a leftist feminist podcast, but the hosts don’t seem to have anything substantive to say about left politics or feminism beyond surface-level readings of pop culture? I would recommend this show to a very young person trying to get into seeming smart.

This podcast used to be the highlight of my week! But the quality of the episodes has gone down severely, and they’re silent on Palestine. White feminism always wins I guess 😀👎🏼

Long time listener, so its sad to write this but building a platform on leftist takes & then staying silent on one of the most significant conflicts is shameful. The girlies got richer & turned into the libs they used to criticize. Quality of eps has severely decreased this year too. Sorry binchies, hope you get well soon.

Y’all done messed up. Look at the reviews for goodness sake! Your podcasts are getting more boring and random, ya’ll refused to mention a genocide, it’s so phony and stupid. I’m sorry “girlies” but this is over. (HAHA I’ve never even listened to it…)

this podcast inspires such disgust. when i was younger i was such a fan, since then i went to university and began engaging in critical discourse and can now understand this is something the podcast severely lacks. it is superficially progressive, and trendily claims a consumer friendly anti capitalist rhetoric while ultimately being the petty bourgeois! see recent lack of research as well as acknowledgement of Palestinian genocide for emphasis!

This podcast has been declining in quality for awhile but the deafening silence on Israel's campaign of vengeance and annihilation against Palestinians is unconscionable. Bye "girlies."

At the end of the day, they have made a lot of money being a leftist centered podcast. It may not be a political pod, but they have touched on plenty of political issues (they literally did an ep on Russia/Ukraine.) The episodes themselves have gotten less entertaining, imo. Also, Julia one of the hosts can’t for the life of her condemn a genocide. Used to be one of my favs but I have unsubscribed and canceled my patreon sub.

Big fan and have been listing since they predicted the January 6th insurrection 🤭🫶🏼

i just thought i’d go check out the reviews on my favorite podcast and even though in glad they have a high 4.9 stars some of the hate comments were awful to me. these girls are so smart, entertaining, and funny. i’ve learned so much from these episodes but also laughed a lot. don’t listen to the hate comments this podcast is amazing and worth the listen!

It’s wild how a femenist podcast has not said a word about the struggles of Palestinian women. Y’all lost me after being a listener from the start. 😕speak up girlies. Y’all are catering to white liberal feminism, not intersectionality.

And I want to be friends with these two!

Have been a listener for a long time. They have a lot of white feminist episodes a lot of current event topics referenced and dissected so naturally I Expected to hear an episode about the genocide in Palestine and was met with some vague intro essentially about them not touching it. This is peak white privilege for so many reasons I could go into but I won’t as im sure at most one of them is aware. Peace.

The older episodes seemed like they did more research, had more interesting topics. Their topics are random and not interesting, the commentary is bland and predictable, the research isn’t there. Sometimes they throw in little stories from their week and it’s almost always a vent session of what went wrong. They keep saying if you want to hear more interesting topics to go to their live show… I think if they would strengthen their opinions & research (including research of current affairs and what is actually interesting in todays day & time- unlike Vampire Diaries) the show would be a lot better. Not sure why they did a whole episode of 9/11 and how little they knew about it if they weren't going to care about a literal genocide enough to do research and share information. A genocide which effects every industry on our planet. Really irresponsible and it shows their whole branding strategy is fluff. I’m gonna stop listening for now.

Used to find the pod funny and interesting, but the more I listen to the show, the more apparent the self-centeredness becomes - particularly with Julia. She’s completely out of touch and rarely acknowledges her insane privilege. She also stole from a black content creator and refused to apologize or admit to it. Uncool.

This Podcast is like an anti depressant to me. It doesn’t magically fix everything in your life but it really Takes the edge off and makes things a bit more bearable.