Alright, the girls are back and they are *slightly* pervy (not sorry!) Caitlin wants to talk about erotic massages for women, and Emily shares the top places people fantasize about having sex.

Once they stop ovulating, they finally (after 21 episodes) talk about marriage and whether or not it can be equal, and Emily rants about a triggering article about motherhood. Another triggering article is Bryan Johnson's interview by Mel Ottenberg in Interview Magazine about biohacking and his son's boners (!!!!). The girls share new words they learned and weird dreams. As always they talk through pop culture moments like Kendrick's upcoming performance at the Super Bowl, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni drama, new music and books, and the best pharmacy beauty buys.

Shownotes:

Erotic Masseur for women, Dr. M
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande movie
Top places people fantasize about having sex
Bryan Johnson Interview Magazine
Doomed to be a Tradwife article
Fair Play book and card deck
Dr Jennifer Fayard on Liberosis
DeepSeek AI
Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl
Trial date Blake Lively and Juston Baldoni
Great music by mk.gee
Morning eclectic onlineKCRW
Music: Cinema by sunnan
Book: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Cait's favourite Eucerin ointment
Essie nail strengthener
Kristen ess hair
K18 dry shampoo

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Your friends Cait and Em are back for the first 2025 episode of Your Weekly Breakdown, the silly and smart podcast to keep you in the loop.

They cover hot news topics like Luigi to the LA fires to Trudeau's resignation, and talk through their favourite shows, movies, music, and books. 

Pop the girls in your ears and get all caught up.

Show notes:

Social Studies documentary
Pomodoro timer
Sponsor Us
Bad Bunny's new album
Mark Carney on Jon Stewart
Noah Wiley in The Pitt
Traitors US reality tv
Severance tv show
Mr Beast game show
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware book
Rauhnachte ritual

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• ​Red Cross​
• ​Baby2Baby​
• ​California Fire Foundation​
• ​California Community Wildlife Recovery Fund​
• ​Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation​
• ​Animal Wellness Foundation​
• ​World Kitchen Centre

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Curl up with Cait and Em for a *slightly* unhinged final episode of 2024. It's still all of your fav things: they daydream about projects for 2025, chit chat about their goals and histories, and have great recommendations. They're just a bit more silly. 

The biggest shocker for Em was hearing that Cait was on Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. WHAT!!?? You'll have to tune in to hear the hilarious story.

Per usual, they cover a few of their favourite things that you may enjoy, and Cait gets Em very riled up by filling her in on some of the bonkers listicles that one conservative magazine shared. 

Grab your second cup of coffee and pull up a chair. It's time for a think and a laugh, and your weekly breakdown.

Shownotes:

• Cait and Em talk resolutions, goals, and wishes for 2025
• daydreaming about next years projects
• cait was on las culturistas???!!!
• ag1 take down on devle podcast
• the six triple eight movie with kerry washington
• em's fav newsletter (the 19th news)
• ev!e magazine's Ballerina Farm cover and the fawning over trad wives
• ev!e magazine's listicle of 'lies' society tells women
• makeup free trend, pamela anderson, alicia keys
• Dame Judy Dench's little potty mouthed bird
• Dame Judy Dench's documentary, The Odd Couple

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Cait and Emily get in the 2025 planning spirit and chat vision boards and resolutions. Emily does deep dive on goal setting options that range from simple to complex, like setting a word or theme for the year, doing her made up more-or-less method, answering long form questions and reflecting on key areas of life, or going all in on OKRs. 

With the news of Cormac McCarthy's secret muse, they chat age-gap relationships, and the sex education they didn't get in school. Cait has a book recommendation and Emily has a new album you should listen to. Then, they get sidetracked discussing food, but who doesn't love daydreaming about snacks? 

In the news, they cover the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the BBC reporter who bypassed bank's voice security using AI. 

Shownotes:

• Sponsor the podcast
• Notre Dame Cathedral reopened
• Cormac Mccarthy's secret muse
• Book: Carnal Knowledge: the sex education you didn't get in school
• Cool person: Zoe Ligon a.k.a Thongoria
• News: toast bread to lower glycemic index
• Eat: cait's weird toast snack - cottage cheese and tobiko
• Eat: Kaisereck deli granville island
• Article: BBC reporter bypassed bank's voice security system using AI
• Music: Don West's EP

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Cait and Em are back with life lessons you can glean from watching Real Housewives, and contemplating what life would be like as a woman of leisure!

While we're at it, while Holiday movies do you like watching? Cait and Em call out The Holiday, While You Were Sleeping, The Hating Game, and A Christmas Story.

They ask and discuss critical questions like...which one of them would make a better breakup coach?! Why are the tech mega lords so weird? Why can't we quit phone addiction?! How fantastic will 50 Cent's Diddy documentary be?! 

Shownotes:

• canadian hiker found alive after 50 days
• the show "alone"
• traveling without knowing the plan or destination - surrender seekers
• black tomato's get lost trips
• the business of breakups
• who would be a better break up coach
• ally pintucci girls trip
• 5 canadian news outlets suing OpenAI
• diddy do it 50 cent documentary
• holiday movies to watch: the holiday, while you were sleeping, the hating game

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Curl up on the couch and catch up with Cait and Em as as they chat about the overwhelm of the holidays and the answers on how to manage from our listener poll, great new music, and a couple of fun spy novels. They fill you in on a few great wins for women, laugh about Caitlin's Costco incident, and read through Canada's Rage index: which province *is* the most angry?!

Browse the shownotes for all of the goods!

Shownotes:

• Music: soccer mommy
• Music: kendrick lamar's new album
• more snow in hawaii than new york
• women don't actually need more sleep, but our sleep is more disrupted
• angriest people in canada 
• magnetic fields tiny desk concert
• All In broadway show by Simon Rich
• TV: Hannah Einbinder standup special
• Book: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
• Movies: hot frosty, the merry gentlemen, the hating game, jingle bell run
• vanessa wallace new ceo savage x fenty
• PWHL Vancouver game
• Gisèle Pelicot cover Vogue Germany
• Genevieve Angelson has dinner with Joe Biden
• Schweddy Balls SNL skit
• Claire Parker and Celebrity Memoir Book Club
• Kathleen McGee passing

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When Caitlin's away, Briana Buckmaster comes to play! The fan favourite actress joins host Emily Key to talk all things astrology, the latest beauty trend of puffing your labia, how to tackle work and burnout, the realities of being a working actor, how AI is changing the streaming game, and Hawk Tuah's major hustle (we bow down).

Hard Copy's resident astrologer Tasha Beg also joins at the 42 min mark to tell us what it *really* means that Pluto has left Capricorn and is now in Aquarius. 

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The girls are back for Episode 15! Grab your coffee and curl up for a chat with your friends.

Hosts Caitlin Howden and Emily Key talk the myth of Alpha, leadership, Cait's time at Second City, raising kids, finding squirrels in toilets, back sleeping to avoid chest lines, food waste and recycling conspiracy theories, female friendships, and their first celebrity crushes (Devon Sawa and Christina Ricci, obviously).

As always, they run through their list of recommendations for the week, and highlight some eye-grabbing headlines to make sure you're in the know.

They debate about which are better: US snacks or Canadian snacks? And obviously talk about gut health, poo, and toilet plumes.

Shownotes:

-nobody wants this soundtrack
-fool me once (tv, netflix)
-young woman and the sea (disney)
-growing strong girls book
-tom papa netflix special
-the night of (tv, hbo)
-scaachi koul article on snacks
-skin care drop
-cheekbone beauty
-Ilia beauty
-The Myth of the Alpha by L. Rivka Galchen
-martha stewart documentary
-cait's new movie
-LA county sues Coca Cola and PepsiCo
-Woman of the Hour
-bustle article on girls' girl
-Anora trailer

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What do you do after a glass of wine? Emily stayed up late and bought a coat, while Caitlin makes heartfelt comments on acquaintances social media profiles.

Why not stay safe and grab one while simply tuning into the Your Weekly Breakdown podcast. This week, hosts Caitlin Howden and Emily Key cover a few of the big news headlines as well as some pop culture and sports moments. 

Shownotes:

• Victoria's Secret rebrand and fashion show
• Penguin Random House AI statement
• Trees and Land aren't absorbing enough CO2 anymore
• New book The Hidden Globe
• NY Liberty and Clara Wu Tsai
• Katie Nicholson and the protestor her told her to run
• Join or Die documentary
• Bon Iver EP
• Kelsea Ballerini EP
• Cait's fav underwear
• Em's fav underwear

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Another week, another breakdown.

In this episode, we dive into the idea of creating psychological distance from work and whether loving your job is necessary for happiness. Cait shares her top advice for creatives and fresh, insightful questions to ask people other than the classic "what do you do?"

We also explore the Outlive book by Peter Attia, discuss legal news including a gas company lawsuit in Multnomah County and recalls from Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

Tune in for a look at over 10K banned books, a standout stuffing recipe from Bon Appétit, and an informative Stanford study on aging. Plus, we chat about Paul Mescal's GQ cover, Chad Michael Murray in The Merry Gentlemen, Emily’s favourite English word, and Cait’s vision of a perfect day. Oh, as always, a few book recommendations as well!

Shownotes:

• Gas utility gets sued
• 10K books banned in US during 2023-24
• ASMR with Cait's co-star Genevieve Angelson
• Philips sunrise alarm clock with bird noises
• Coca-Cola recalls zero-sugar lemonade because it has sugar
• Sausage and herb stuffing recipe
• Cait's favourite OOFOS shoes
• Cassandra at the Wedding book
• Aging in bursts at 44 and 60
• Peter Attia's Outlive book
• Florence Pugh's Bustle Article
• Mark Bittman's NYT article on candidates and food
• WeCroak app

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