The long-awaited appearance of original friend of the pod and certified muscle mommy Brooke is finally here! They cover a wide array of topics such as growing up neurodivergent and Mormon in a complicated family, realizing you’re trans while you’re married and the fallout that happens when you wait to tell your spouse until you’ve already started HRT, embracing yourself through fitness, finding healing in spicy books, and many, many more!

Come hang out with Ben, Robin, Brooke and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

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Content warnings: Sexual assault at 1:02:53; Suicide and sexual harassment at 1:29:27; General discussion of eating and body image throughout.

A post-election emergency episode a week in the making.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER.

Come hang out with Ben, Robin, Ynsa, Gwen, Briar, and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

Follow Briar on TikTok @briarthegm

and check out their art at ⁠⁠⁠https://cara.app/briarthegm⁠⁠

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YouTube @⁠⁠GwenLovesMovies⁠⁠

Instagram @⁠⁠GwendolynJae97⁠⁠

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Spotify: ⁠⁠Into the Further⁠⁠

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Boycott Twitter.

Our long promised bonus episode(s) has ended up being ready just when we need a distraction the most. Join Ful, Luna, Shadra, and Elas on their quest to find out why people have been disappearing at the ruins of an old castle, to build a found family they didn't know they needed, and to start the hottest new niche percussion band in all of the Graveshores!

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For week 5 of BRAToween and Ben and Robin welcome filmmaker, writer, and YouTuber Gwendolyn M.J. Stone! They talk about the movies that cracked Gwen’s egg, the importance of telling queer and trans stories, learning to talk about film in a way that’s more enjoyable than cynical, and share some of Gwen’s hot takes on some popular (and unpopular) horror movies. Also, eyeliner!

Note: We briefly talk about the ending of I Saw the TV Glow in a way that’s not spoilery but not 100% spoiler free.

Come hang out with Ben, Robin, Gwen and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

Find Gwen on:

YouTube @GwenLovesMovies

Twitter @GwenLovesMovies

Instagram @GwendolynJae97

TikTok @GwendolynJaeStone

Spotify: Into the Further

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Content warning: Brief discussion of suicide

It’s week 4 of BRAToween and Ben and Robin are telling scary stories! Specifically, your scary stories! This week we harvest data from fellow BRATs on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠ to talk about our fears—fears that weren’t as big of a deal as we expected, fears that turned out to be fully justified, and maybe fears we should’ve had that we’re just finding out about now.

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Content warning: This one’s hard to time stamp, but expect a lot of (non-graphic) talk about sexual harassment.

Welcome to week 3 of BRAToween! This week Ben and Robin try to figure out the connection so many queer people have to horror movies. They talk about both direct and indirect trans representation in horror films, why the genre lends itself so well to expressing queer experiences, and build a somewhat substantial list of movies for Ben to watch. The beginning part of the episode includes a spoiler-free discussion of I Saw the TV Glow. If you’ve already seen the movie, stick around for spoiler talk starting at 49:08.

Come hang out with Ben and Robin and friends on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

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Hey BRATs! Join Ben and Robin for week two of BRAToween as they journey to the spooky (and very queer) land of Denton, Ohio! They talk about Ben’s experiences performing the Rocky Horror Picture Show shadowcast both before and after realizing he was trans, talk about their struggles with food (see content warnings below), then Robin gives some gardening advice! 

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CONTENT WARNINGS: Body dysmorphia, eating disorders, suicide, and trauma related to being an indentured servant (33:10-50:00).

Hey BRATs! Ben and Robin are celebrating a very special holi-gay, and they’re doing it for the whole month of October! For the first week of BRAToween they talk about important topics such as Why is Halloween gay? How gay can we make Halloween? and Can it be Halloween right now? (it can).

Come hang out with Ben and Robin and friends on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

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CONTENT WARNINGS: No content warnings this time, just good vibes and spooky joy.

Hey BRATs! Ben and Robin are joined in the studio by Robin’s longtime friend, Dan (they/he/she/dan?). They talk about being bigender (transfem in the chat, agender in the streets), being a transphobic egg, the things we’ve said when we were younger that we’re deeply embarrassed about now, share some college-era Robin lore, and talk about controversial public figures such as Johnny Trains and the Zodiac Fetus. Also, apparently, Ben and Robin are trains!

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Hey BRATs! Time for the moment you’ve all been waiting for…Ben and Robin talking about religious trauma! Robin talks about the abuse that was prevalent in her childhood church, breaking free from that, and then finding a new abusive church. Ben talks about his experiences with his religious right-wing father-in-law. Then they both talk about their current religious status and the complications that would be involved in finding a religious community as an out trans person.

Come hang out with Ben and Robin and friends on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

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CONTENT WARNINGS: No time stamps for this one. Expect a lot of discussion of religious abuse, clergy abuse, and SA throughout the episode.