To celebrate the spooky season, the girlies explore the world of psychics and spiritual mediums. They consider crucial questions such as: are psychics gifted visionaries or just talented scammers? Can ghosts be seen in photographs? Did spirits from the other side really endorse feminism? Is celebrity medium Tyler Henry the only true spiritualist? Digressions include things psychics should under no circumstances be allowed to tell you, our experience with spiritual scams, and one listener’s spooky premonition.

This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr.

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Beyond the Veil: Spiritualism in the 19th Century

Hollywood Medium Tyler Henry Has a Waiting List 600,000 People Long

Inside the Secret Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics

Man Who Gave Psychics $718,00 ‘Just Got Sucked In’

Mary Lincoln's Seance at the Soldiers' Home

Séances and Spirits: The Spiritual Movement and Tracing Family History

Sensing the Extraordinary

Spiritual Physiologies

Spiritualism in the 19th Century

That’s the Spirit

The Body as Medium in Medieval Art and Culture

The Middle Ages, Ch. 10: Medieval Christian Mysticism

The Middle Ages, Ch. 11: Hildegard of Bingen and Women's Mysticism

Things That Go BUMP in the Parlor: Spiritualism, Lincoln, and a Happy Hallowe'en

Who are ‘spiritual but not religious’ Americans?

The girlies review the most unhinged book they’ve ever read, in which a green-haired liberal is saved from Antifa by a proud MAGA man. Tracking down a copy of this book was a journey in and of itself, but it was worth it — we’ve since become enlightened to the evils of feminism, hair dye, tattoos, and the woke mind virus.

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The girlies wrestle with the phenomenon of the iPad Kid. They delve into the research around child psychology and children’s programming to answer the important questions: Was children’s entertainment always this bad? How detrimental is the iPad to a growing child’s brain, really? And, why can’t you zoom in on things IRL? Digressions include some lovely Fall Behavior and the philosophical musings of one listener that inspired this episode’s title.

This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr.

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Addictive use of digital devices in young children: Associations with delay discounting, self-control and academic performance

Brain Development

Cognitive Development

Do Babies Know the Difference Between FaceTime and TV?

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

How Sesame Street Helps Children Learn For Life

How We Got to Sesame Street

I'm Worried About The iPad

Impacts caused by the use of screens during the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents: an integrative review 

“iPad Kids” and the future of early childhood development

“iPad Kids” are Shaping the Future of Education

iPad Kids Are Getting Out of Hand

iPad Kids Generation: The Nightmare of Educators

Letter Responding to Complaint and Request for Investigation

Lola the Cow Song! CoComelon Nursery Rhymes 

Play and Cognitive Development…Operational Perspective of Piaget’s Theory 

Poor student behaviour is forcing teachers out of the profession

Research finds more negative effects of screen time on kids… higher risk of OCD

Screen Media Usage, Sleep Time and Academic Performance in Adolescents

Screen Time and Children

Screen Time….Communication and Problem-Solving Developmental Delay

Screen time and developmental and behavioral problems…NSCH

Sesame Street and Child Development

Sesame Street: King of 8

Self-Organizing Maps Analysis

Something is wrong on the internet

The Origin of Concepts

The “CoComelon” Conundrum: Crack for Kids or Parenting Tool?

The coronavirus pandemic helped boost Apple’s iPad and Mac sales

The lockdown habit that’s hardest to break: using an iPad as a babysitter

The Rise and Fall of Baby Einstein

Television Viewing Patterns in 6- to 18-Month-Olds

The Touch-Screen Generation

Television Viewing Patterns…The Role of Caregiver–Infant Interactional Quality 

The Controversial Kid ASMR Community

The “iPad Kid” Epidemic is More than an Internet Joke

Trends in Screen Time Use Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Upgrading Education with Technology: Insights from Experimental Research

What kind of adults will iPad kids be?

Why It’s So Hard to Know What to Do With Your Baby

YouTube's latest hit: neon superheroes, giant ducks and plenty of lycra

Have you ever been so desperate for salvation that you’d pay a farmer’s market white woman $600 for an allegedly life-changing mushroom retreat? Join Julia and Binchtopia favorite Nick Garros for their dramatic retelling of the time they were gaslit into believing they had a spiritual experience and got turned into crabs.

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The girlies read some of your stories about times you were GAGGED. From a mistaken cheer for cancer to a poor girl assisting her own burglary, you guys brought the stories and we brought the laffs.

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The girlies are back with more things they don't understand. Such as... how do GIANT boats float? What the fuck is a nitrate? Why do we have baby teeth? Was Trisha Paytas right all along? And more

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The girlies dive into the world of American talk shows — the modern circus helmed by formidable “experts.” They track the history of syndicated television, the rise of popular figureheads like Dr. Phil and Judge Judy, and interrogate the philosophical carnival that makes these programs simultaneously appealing and horrifying. Digressions include our favorite Instagram Reels creators, and how one listener’s family was ripped apart via the diet terrorism of Dr. Oz.

This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr.

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Admissible in a Court of Law: dna, paternity, and the talk show

And God Created Oprah

“America’s Doctor” Dr Oz fights back against critics

Bodies Defined and Confined

Don't Be Funny: Litigation is no laughing matter to your clients

Electronic Carnival: spectacularizing talk

Family Experts on Television Talk Shows: Facts, Values, and Half-Truths

E-mails offer glimpse into launch of Dr. Phil-endorsed diet products

Life in the Bleep-Cycle: Inventing Id -TV on the Jerry Springer Show

Nielsen Ratings, 2007

Nobrow Culture

Oprah and The Party Crashers

Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their

The Commercial Logic of Vulture Culture: how corporate media shape talk show culture 

The Commodification of Talk Show Culture

The People's Law versus Judge Judy Justice: Two Models of Law in American Reality-Based Courtroom TV

THE TALK SHOW AND THE TERROR OF CONVERSATION

The time Oprah Winfrey beefed with the Texas cattle industry

TV talk show therapy as a distinct genre of discourse

What’s Wrong With Dr. Oz? 

Dr. Oz Shouldn't Be a Senator--or a Doctor.

Redacted takes the third mic to pose some unique, hypothetical questions. Would you save your nephew from years of torturous bullying by striking David Delouise with lightning, just once? Would you believe your son, even if he was tinfoil? These questions are answered, and more.

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The girlies break down the establishments that plague our neighborhoods and corporatize our lunch hours: fast casual restaurants. From Cava to Chipotle, have we really elevated fast food or just made it more expensive? Digressions include a petty gripes section, the Olympics of transvestigation, and tens of thousands of rewards points.

This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza Mclamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Penelope Spurr.

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10 storylines that defined the decade in fast food

90 Minutes With The Chipotle Boys

Calories Often Absent on Third-Party Food Delivery Platforms, Analysis Finds

Chipotle enhances partnership with top influencers

Chipotle is constantly searching for the intersection of its brand and culture

Chipotle is selling 'Chipotle Boy' bowls aimed at vest-wearing finance bros

Consumer control and customization in online environments

Fast-casual consumers: Who are they?

Food of the ‘90s: Fast, Fun, and Environment Friendly

How Sweetgreen turned itself into a restaurant that’s known for food quality instead of a technology startup that happens to sell food

Impacts of the 2008 Great Recession on dietary intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis

In a Burger World, Can Sweetgreen Scale Up?

Kendrick Lamar kicked Sweetlife Fest founder off stage

Personalization Psychology: Why We Crave Customization.

Rise of the Restaurant Robots: Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Others Bet on Automation

Salad Days Are Gone: I Went to Sweetgreen’s Music Festival

Server-less Restaurants Might Be the Future of Dining

Sweetgreen 2022 Impact Report

Sweetgreen beats ‘sad desk salad’ vibes to soar above fast-food competitors. It can thank fancy foods, high prices—and robots

Sweetgreen just pulled the plug on the Sweetlife Festival. Here’s what’s likely to replace it.

Sweetgreen makes boom at LA launch with performances by BANKS and Alvvays

Sweetgreen Marketing Strategy: Uncovering Key Ingredients Behind Growth

Sweetgreen stock soars after its IPO, valued at $5.5 billion

The Controversial Rise Of Fast Casual Bowl Restaurants

The Origin of the 9-5 Work Schedule and Its Crazy Incompatibility with the Modern World

The Role of Technology in Fast Casual Restaurants: Ordering Apps and Self-Service Kiosks

Two Years After Buying Spyce, Sweetgreen Launches Infinite Kitchen Robotic Restaurant

Unintentional food zoning: A case study of East Harlem, New York

When McDonald’s was America and America was McDonald’s

Why a Salad Company Has a Tech Team

Why fast-casual restaurants became the decade’s most important food trend

Why is fast casual winning?

The girlies do a pop culture recap of the last several weeks. They discuss the Ballerina Farm article that broke the internet, the potential of falling out of a coconut tree during brat summer, and more. Plus, a #NotSponsored segment all about their favorite and least favorite products. 

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