Your Weekly Breakdown

This week, Em + Cait consider listener reviews (lol). Did you know that Billy Corgan thinks women over 40 are damaged goods, and science says the cure for a stuffy nose might be in your pants. Naturally, Em + Cait have questions. Want more chit chat? Join them on patreon!

They're unpacking political chaos in Canada and abroad, billionaires getting their AI servers stolen, Chris Brown's seemingly unlimited supply of second chances, and why the WNBA can't catch a break. Plus, Lily Allen is putting the X in Xmas, Jay-Z is booking himself for the Super Bowl, and Finland has discovered that six sleeping puppies might be the only television worth watching.

It's feminist rage, questionable science, celebrity nonsense, and a healthy dose of political incompetence. Just two opinionated women trying to make sense of the world, one ding-dong at a time.

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In this episode:

• Hollywood's disappearing women executives
• WNBA scheduling and gender inequality
• BC election chaos and Carney's controversial bill
• Student protests shaking up Europe
• AI thefts and Meta surveillance
• Billy Corgan versus women over 40
• Chris Brown and celebrity justice
• Lily Allen's very adult Christmas calendar

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This week, Cait + Em tackle the important questions: Does your toothbrush need a camera? Why are men crashing women-only races? And how many beers does it take before stealing a flamingo seems like a good idea?

They're talking French protests, AI surveillance creeping into absolutely everything, Bumble's latest identity crisis, and a 78-year-old woman taking on the robot overlords. Plus, Sally Rooney's publishing controversy, some excellent book recommendations, Canada's maple syrup emergency, and the enduring mystery of why bras cost so damn much.

It's corporate greed, cultural chaos, and a healthy dose of female rage. Just another week of being silly and occasionally smart.

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In this episode:

• Canadian man steals a flamingo from a Las Vegas casino
• Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show controversy
• French student protests and political unrest
• 78-year-old professor protests delivery robots
• AI toothbrushes and smart bathroom surveillance
• Canadian election results and Israeli politics
• Anthropic's proposed AI regulations
• Men participating in Nike's women-focused night race
• Bumble's acquisition and AI-driven dating
• Meta's AI surveillance and data privacy concerns
• Sally Rooney's UK publishing controversy
• Book recommendations and recent reads
• Canada's maple syrup shortage

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Cait and Em are asking the important questions: why are AI dudes trying to convince religious figures that your chatbot has a soul? Why are men gambling on human misery? WTF is goblintimacy?

The girls take on the boys' club of comedy, Silicon Valley's latest existential crisis, and the baffling world of biohacking before turning our attention to more pressing matters: the Real Housewives divorce epidemic, the rise of goblintimacy, and whether your ex-husband should officiate your next wedding. Plus, some excellent books, a little parenting wisdom, spooky season, and a man who'll happily tell your enemies to f*ck off at your funeral.

It's silly, occasionally smart, and proof that reality remains stranger than anything we could make up. 

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In This Week's Episode:

• Shane Gillis's controversial SNL monologue
• Polymarket + betting on sexual assault cases
• Hockey Canada's SA case + NHL reinstatements
• Anthropic's exploration of AI consciousness
• Bryan Johnson's gf's research into female sexual health
• Book recommendations and the dangers of hustle culture
• Real Housewives divorces and Bravo updates
• Modern dating trends: pheromone maxxing and goblintimacy
• Tobey Maguire officiating his ex-wife's wedding

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The girls are back, baby! And somehow, the world got even weirder while Cait + Em were out of studio. Oh, btw, all shownotes and links to the recommendations are now available by signing up for their newly launched Patreon. 

This week, Cait + Em tackle Ivy League frat boy scandals, Donald's inexplicable beef with Canada, and the very important question of whether Mark Carney is a political heartthrob or a well-tailored red flag. To get the full picture, the girls called political correspondent Jill Clark to fill them in. Also: Ed Sheeran finds himself in a geopolitical pickle, an 82-year-old Burnaby politician is preparing for the apocalypse, and apparently your salt grinder is trying to kill you.

Plus, we're talking pirate queens, Nancy Meyers season, nipple hairs, and why The Real Housewives might actually be the most emotionally intelligent women on television.

It's politics, pop culture, female rage, and a healthy dose of existential dread. Season three is off to a perfectly unhinged start.

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In this episode:

• Cornell University Fraternity Scandal
• Trump vs. Canada (Again)
• Mark Carney: Political Heartthrob?
• Macklemore, Ed Sheeran & Palestine
• Burnaby's Apocalypse-Ready Politician
• Real Housewives, Pirate Queens & Fall TV

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Season 2 is going out exactly as nature intended: an awards-show hangover, a deeply unnecessary amount of TSwift and Travis Kelce's wedding discourse, and the horrifying discovery that endometriosis can apparently travel.

Em + Cait wrap up their biggest season yet by plotting their summer transformations—de-Googling, finishing long-abandoned books, and touching grass. There are always enough books + music to carry you through August, and the girls investigate nano bubbles, ancient axolotls, and the majestic Viking energy of Erling Haaland. Per usual, they cover wellness and wacky news that will have you chuckling.

Touch some grass. See you for Season 3!

Shownotes:

• de-google your life
• read: A Good Person, Julius Julius
• Ann Patchett’s book recommendations
• Vancouver is apparently a top 10 most livable city?
• US booze sales are way down aka the Canadian effect
• Mercury in Retrograde lol
• amazing science of nanobubbles!
• new species of ancient (cutest!) axolotl
• madonna’s new album
• sienna spiro’s album
• Thoracic endometriosis
• Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling

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Your fav unhinged hosts Em and Cait talk World Cup, Broadway nostalgia, podcast empire drama, AI surveillance, Meta glasses, zombie filler, mosquito feminism, HPV self-screenings, climate dread, and why women are apparently never allowed to be unlikable in peace.

It’s silly, smart, slightly chaotic, and somehow covers Rent, Ray-Bans, corpse fat, Ottawa police, Olivia Wilde, and the emotional support of yelling “get the Flock off our streets.” Come for the chitty chatty, stay for the oddly comforting reminder that you are not, in fact, losing touch with reality.

Shownotes:

• Variety's top albums of 2026
• Rent 30th anniversary
• alex cooper's unwell issues
• nba rumours lebron and steph
• A24 (lol AI24?) and google's AI investment
• alex cooper and olivia wilde interview
• book: yesteryear
• Ottawa police s3xual harassment issues
• um surveillance state? flock, engineer who sawed flock cams, buspatrol, meta's lame new glasses, google AI disabling
• Carney disabled CORE
• Zombie filler!
• Ooh la la Dr. Brenda Lau's tool kits
• Dr. Ellen Langer on 1+1 perspective
• It's the female mosquito's fault!
• Europe is hot and the ocean is boiling

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Em and Cait tackle everything from immigration detention protests and Toronto airport expansion plans to the latest wellness industry grift promising to cure women's stress with supplements (lol). They also discuss Bumble's new AI dating assistant, FDA-recalled "sexual enhancement" chocolates, women's hockey victories, comfort food nostalgia, and why sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is absolutely nothing at all. 

It's your usual mix of humour, skepticism, and side quests. Pull up a chair. 

Shownotes:

• book: foster by clare keegan
• wtf is happening at delaney hall
• documentary: the alabama solution
• jeff bezos rocket exploded
• doug ford billy bishop airport
• The cure for structural oppression is apparently a supplement lol
• Another bumble fumble?
• Sexy chocolate and undisclosed viagra
• Ballsmaxxing
• Montreal Victoire's win!
• in n out's bible verses
• Beijing bikini

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This week on Your Weekly Breakdown, Em and Cait celebrate accidental virality (hello new listeners!!), magical period blood, Skims-adjacent cocaine logistics, Hooters’ baffling family-friendly era, AI deepfake horror, Alberta’s “should we vote about voting?” breakup drama, and the miracle of a 63-year-old techno grandma. It’s science, shapewear, separatism, and boobs. So, honestly? Business as usual.

Shownotes:

• Music: Cate Canning
• Period blood/menstrual fluid research 
• Spain uterus preservation ("Mother") study 
• Quebec menstrual products initiative 
• Scotland free period products law 
• Skims cocaine seizure
• SSENSE drama
• Hooters family-friendly rebrand
• Boy Martinis / Manhattan
• 404 Media deepfake high school investigation (paywalled)
• Alberta separation referendum 
• Tune Girl / Awakenings Festival performance

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Equal parts rage, laughs, and “are we actually living in a dystopian group project?” Em and Cait tackle everything from Dr. Oz declaring America “under-babied” and the unsettling rise of pregnancy surveillance to AI panic, wellness culture’s latest injectable obsession, and the world's increasingly smoky, thirsty future. They also champion women’s sports after Cycling Canada benches female athletes while keeping the men’s team rolling, celebrate the enduring magic of David Attenborough turning 100, and somehow end up discussing Diet Coke shortages, fake celebrity beef, and why yelling at men occasionally feels like community service. Come for the pop culture chaos, stay for the existential spiral with a side of feminism and fridge cigarettes.

Shownotes:

• Dr. Oz thinks you're “under-babied”
• Moms.gov + pregnancy surveillance
• Cycling Canada controversy
• Vancouver water restrictions
• AI data centers etc
• AI backlash / commencement speech
• David Attenborough 100 years
• Love for Colbert
• wtf don't use Peptides
• Diet Coke shortage
• AI “Nudify” apps
• Vancouver nightlife + ABC controversy

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Em is BACK! The Hunger Games starts feeling less like dystopian fiction and more like a live news feed as Em and Cait unpack the increasingly surreal overlap between billionaires, propaganda, AI grifters, collapsing institutions, and the Met Gala. From Bezos sponsoring fashion’s biggest night to self-help influencers trying to convince women they’ll be “left behind” if they don’t hand their financial data over to AI chatbots, the girls spiral delightfully through the chaos of modern life, where every app is an ad, every guru has a subscription model, and even tectonic plates seem to be giving up.

Also: a beekeeper weaponizes bees against police during an eviction, teens “speedrun” Scientology churches, Alberta separatists allegedly get their hands on voter data, and Em returns from Europe emotionally wrecked by jet lag, historical fiction, and the looming possibility that summer travel may soon become a luxury sport. Somehow, despite all this, there’s still time for book recommendations, skincare panic, Kacey Musgraves praise, and one unexpectedly moving story about a lost grandmother’s letter finding its way home. Silly, smart, mildly existential.

Shownotes:

Mel Robbins just copied Nietche and other AI grifters?

MV Hondius, cruise from hell

Alberta Electoral List Scandal

Doug Ford trying to prioritze water lol

Scientology Speed Running

Pulizters! Hannah Natason

So the earth is splitting open?

Long Lost Love Letters

Trump admin fires entire national science board

Canadian Research Lab Identified US/MAGA Funded Network of 20 YouTube Accounts, 4,500 Videos, And 40 Million Views Pushing U.S. Annexation on Alberta.

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Music: Kacey Musgraves album

Book: Lázár

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