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Is everything getting worse? Well, yes! Julia and Nick break down enshittification, planned obsolescence, and the long history of things being made worse on purpose. From disposable culture to Facebook AI slop, they break down how we've all been conditioned to waste our time and money while being trained to expect basically nothing in return. Digressions include the implications of boyfriends entering the girls' rag hang unannounced, a brief stay in frog paradise, and the AI fridge that watches your baby.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. 
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SOURCES
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
How the Deadly 1918 Flu Pandemic Brought Dixie Cups to Easton 
Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade 
OFFICIALS EXPLAIN WAR SAVINGS PLAN; McAdoo and Vanderlip Open $2,000,000,000 Campaign at "Frugality Dinner." DIRECTORS THEIR GUESTS Speakers Predict National Response to the Appeals of These Patriotic Business Leaders. 
Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction, A Social Critique on the Judgement of Taste, 1984 
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk 
Pushbutton Magic - 1948 
The Age of Enshittification 
The Waste Makers 
Toward a Throw-Away Culture. Consumerism, 'Style Obsolescence' and Cultural Theory in the 1950s and 1960s 
Understaffing as a form of enshittification 
1956 Frigidaire Refrigerator ice box Commercial

Julia and Eliza finally confront the question: is Ronald Reagan responsible for all the world's evils? To investigate, the girlies delve into Reaganomics, the groundbreaking idea to give rich people more money, and trace how its legacy has trickled down into the capitalist swamp we all wade through today. The girlies also examine Reagan's abysmal impact on human life including his murderously indifferent AIDS response, his systematic defunding of welfare, his IDGAF environmental policies, and many other evils. Digressions include Eliza's upcoming consultation with a pet psychic, Australians getting mad at vowels, and a callback to Nancy the throat goat.
To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. 
ADDITIONAL READINGS
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon
Killing Asylum: How Decades of U.S. Policy Ravaged Central America
Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field
The Cold War 's Last Battlefield: Reagan, the Soviets and Central America
THE IRAN-CONTRA REPORT: Chronology; After 13 Years of Hide-and-Seek, a Bitter Chapter of U.S. History Ends
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The war on drugs, explained
When Oliver North avoided prison time for his role in the Iran-contra scandal
You're Wrong About Podcast: Iran-Contra
SOURCES
A Timeline of HIV and AIDS
A troublesome legacy: The Reagan Administration's conservation and renewable energy policy 
A Snapshot of Federal Student Loan Debt 
Actor's Illness Helped Reagan To Grasp AIDS, Doctor Says 
Aid To Dependent Children: The Legal History
Conservative Transition in American Social Policy 
Decades of Distortion: The Right's 30-year Assault on Welfare 
FAIRNESS OF REAGAN'S CUTOFFS OF DISABILITY AID QUESTIONED 
How Ronald Reagan's Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism
How Ronald Reagan Tried to Shrink Government Spending
Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers
Presidential Approval Ratings — Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends 
Proposed cuts to public housing threaten a repeat of the 1980s' housing crisis
Reaganomics and the Welfare State
Reagan Administration's Chilling Response to the AIDS Crisis 
Ronald Reagan and the Commitment of the Mentally Ill
REAGAN DEFENDS FINANCING FOR AIDS
Reagan, Deregulation and America's Exceptional  Rise in Health Care Costs
Reagan Order Defines Drug Trade as Security Threat, Widens Military Role
Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse. 
Republicans view Reagan, Trump as best recent presidents
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Declining Union Organization
Ronald Reagan From the People's Perspective: A Gallup Poll Review 
Ronald Reagan Has Shaped U.S. Labor Law for Decades 
Ronald Reagan's Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America
Ronald Reagan: Life Before the Presidency
Ronald Reagan on economics and political parties, 1962 
Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness 
The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat" 
The Reagan Administration's Budget Cuts: Their Impact on the Poor 
'The Reagans': TV Review. 
The Shadow of Ronald Reagan Is Costing Us Dearly
The Welfare Queen
Who Is Receiving Social Safety Net Benefits?
Will History Repeat Itself? Like Reagan's Repeal of Carter's Achievements in Advancing Solar Energy, Will Trump Kill Biden's?. 
Why Are Workers Struggling? Because Labor Law Is Broken

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.





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In this episode, Roxy returns to the pod to help Julia explore the fascinating history of scent: from ancient Greek perfumers on Aphrodite's island to Abercrombie cologne cloud terrorism. Plus, the girlies explain why smell is uniquely different from all our other senses, the Proustian relationship between scent and memory, and how capitalism has transformed our desire to smell good into a billion dollar identity crisis. Digressions include being flexed on by your parents, a man who generously donated his hair to a horse, and society's collective Mrs. Meyer's trauma.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. 
Roxy's Website: https://rjamin.net/
SOURCES
3,200-Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated from Ancient Text    
A Brief History of Scent 
A Cultural Autopsy of the Celebrity Perfume 
A Journey Through Time in Fragrance 
Abercrombie Employees Have To Spritz Clothes With Cologne Every Hour
Alain Corbin The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination
Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell 
Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume 
Effects of ambient odors on slot-machine usage in a Las Vegas casino.
Fragrant by Mandy Aftel
History of the Hero: Chanel No5
How Advertisers Convinced Americans They Smelled Bad 
How Coco Chanel changed the course of women's fashion
I'm the Perfumer Who Created the Scent You Love to Hate — Abercrombie & Fitch's Fierce  
In France's Perfume Capital Of The World, There's A World Of Beautiful Fragrance 
Love Stinks: The Association between Body Odors and Romantic Relationship Commitment 
Many find the term 'Oriental' offensive. Why are perfumers still using it? 
Perfume Culture Is Starting to Stink 
PERFUMERY The psychology and biology of fragrancе
Psychology of Fragrance Use: Perception of Individual Odor and Perfume Blends Reveals a Mechanism for Idiosyncratic Effects on Fragrance Choice
Poor Sense of Smell Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Older Adults 
Tappūtī-Bēlet-ekallim, The Oldest Perfumer on Record
The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health 
The effects of scent on consumer behaviour 
The mysterious sense of smell: evolution, historical perspectives, and neurological disorders
The Mystery of Ambergris 
The proust effect: Scents, food, and nostalgia 
The Smell of Evolution
The Truth About Pheromones 
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Perfume
This Is What Space Smells Like
You don't say? The smell of love
You Might Not Agree, but Science Says You're Attracted to Body Odor

In this installment of Bad Book Club, Julia and Eliza read the sacred word of Lori Alexander, aka The Transformed Wife, who walked so all trad wife influencers could run. The girlies unpack Lori's memoir,  in which she preaches biblical womanhood and reveals the brain tumor that made her submit to her husband. Plus, helpful life lessons like always say yes to sex, reuse your children's bathwater, and never have shit to say to anyone. Digressions include Lana's recent Sylvia Plath tribute, Eliza's long-awaited return to the plant of unfathomable joy, and the three types of divinely ordained men (allegedly).
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