Binge Babes

This week, Sam and Kathleen are serving up another piping hot bowl of Soup, Salad and Breadsticks. Topics include, but not limited to: the c*nty dueling balls on the Gilded Age (HBO - what is next?!), personal fat victories, some fatphobic mess in the culture right now, and the interview of all interviews with the Queen of all Queens. Please RATE, REVIEW and FOLLOW us on Apple/Spotify! We LOVE to...

This week, Sam and Kathleen review the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards, the first LCCAs to be televised!! This one goes out to the Readers, Publicists, Kayteighs, Finalists, Kyles, and most importantly, Lil Diva Head Come Off! Housekeeping Notes: Watch the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards on Peacock. Please RATE, REVIEW and FOLLOW the pod! We LOVE to hear from you! Follow us/slip into our D...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss a show from the magical land of Australia! Time to put on the footy franks and crack open the Tia Maria, as the BBs travel back to a time when the internet was in its infancy, and cell phones were not yet smart. Look at moi, look at mooooiii, lookatmooooooiiiii. Now I've got one word to say to you...Kath & Kim!! Housekeeping Notes: Binge Kath & Kim on Ne...

This week, Sam and Kathleen have quite literally too much to talk about! The BBs discuss recent happenings in culture, spoilers for current shows they love and one show they so badly wanted to love...but sadly could not. Housekeeping Notes: This episode contains spoilers for Drag Race AS10, King of Drag, The Gilded Age, and Too Much. PLEASE RATE, REVIEW and FOLLOW!!! We LOVE to hear from you! Foll...

This week, Sam and Kathleen continue their Millennial Nostalgia Series with a trip back to 1997, discussing the iconic cinematic masterpiece Romy & Michele's Highschool Reunion! Join the BBs on this trip down memory lane and see if they ever find an answer to the age old question: Do you have some sort of business woman special? Housekeeping Notes: Watch Romy & Michele's Highschool Reunion...

This week, Sam and Kathleen have some big fat feelings about a documentary called Your Fat Friend. The BBs follow Aubrey Gordon, filmed luxuriously by director Jeanie Finlay over the course of 6 years, during her transition from fat anonymous blogger to fat best selling author/podcaster. Special thanks to Aubrey Gordon for her fat babe manifestos, extreme vulnerability, and the constant inspiratio...

This week, Sam and Kathleen are serving up another heavy dose of Soup, Salad and Breadsticks. Topics include: the fatphobic weather, drag queens AND for the first time - drag kings (!), more Sunday night HBO (we're so back), being extremely anti-cruise, and once again...Pedro Pascal. Housekeeping Notes: Some minor spoilers for Drag Race AS10 and The Gilded Age PLEASE RATE, REVIEW and FOLLOW! We LO...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss a raucous, laugh-out-loud, hilarious show that portrays a family navigating overnight fame in the aftermath of a tragedy: The Other Two! Join the BBs on this journey that begins in the before times (aka 2019) and find out why everyone's absolutely raving about the peas and carrots at Applebee's. #mydadfroze Housekeeping Notes: Binge The Other Two on HBO. Please...

This week, Sam and Kathleen have a big one for you, dearest listeners. The BBs discuss a little show called Parks & Recreation. TREAT YO'SELF by joining them on the journey back to a magical era where people still had hope and the capacity for relentless optimism! RIP Jonathon Joss (F*CK bigots...heinous loser behavior.) Housekeeping Notes: Binge Parks & Rec on Peacock. Please RATE and REV...

This week, Sam and Kathleen present to you another mixed bag episode aka Soup, Salad and Breadsticks (Sam is getting used to the title). Some big feelings in this one. OH and guess what, dearest bbs? This is the 25th Episode of Binge Babes! *air horn noises* Housekeeping Notes: Spoilers for Hacks, Drag Race AS10, and The Studio abound! Please RATE and REVIEW the pod! We LOVE to hear from you! Foll...

Batter up, hear that call...the time has come for one and all....to discuss A League of Their Own the movie and short-lived series!! This week, once again Sam and Kathleen talk about a source of major milliennial joy and nostalgia, as well as a series telling women's compelling stories that has been unceremoniously canceled.  Join the BBs on this journey back to 1943 and get some dirt in those ski...

This week, Sam and Kathleen present to you a mixed bag episode aka Soup, Salad and Breadsticks. (LOL Get it? Because it's unlimited!) The BBs once again have a lot to say about Conan O'Brien, the funniest man in the world and recent (and most deserving) recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. It's truly a Cone-splosion! Team Coco 5eva!! Housekeeping Notes: Watch Conan O'Brien: The Ke...

This week, Sam and Kathleen debut their new Millennial Nostalgia Series. Join them on this journey back to 1995 and also 1970, discussing the iconic 90s girl movie Now & Then! Enjoy the layers upon layers of nostalgia, bbs! Housekeeping Notes: Now & Then is available to rent or buy on various platforms. Please RATE and REVIEW the pod! We LOVE to hear from you! Follow us/ slip into our DMs...

The time has come, bbs, to gag on this eleganzaaaaaa extravaganzaaaaaa!! This week, Sam and Kathleen enter the Drag Race Universe!! (Ru-niverse?!) The BBs discuss the origins of ballroom culture/LGBTQ activism and its impact on RuPaul, leading up to the creation of RuPaul's Drag Race. It is impossible to cover the RPDR Universe in 1 episode, so just know this is a first in a series of many. Editor...

This week, Sam and Kathleen re-enter the TFU (Tina Fey Universe) to discuss a show that causes them both to burst out in riotous laughter every time they watch it: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. There are many heavy themes in this show portrayed in such a funny way, it sure does make trauma HILARIOUS! So get your mannequin hands, get cozy in your roach-infested home that may or may not be a tugboa...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss the juicy details of a lot of prestige television! This episode contains MAJOR spoilers from The Pitt, Adolescence, White Lotus, Yellowjackets and Severance. Housekeeping Notes: Binge The Pitt and White Lotus on HBO. Binge Adolescence on Netflix. Binge Yellowjackets on Showtime. Binge Severance on AppleTV. Please RATE (5 stars) and REVIEW the pod! We LOVE to hea...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss a prestige show about two selfish, stubborn and hilarious women from two wildly different generations: HACKS! The BBs break down this "meaty" show but find out that this is a difficult task when you have a time limit! The BBs thank you for going on this journey with them lol. Housekeeping Notes: Binge Hacks and get ready for season 4 premiering tonight (April 10...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss yet another smart/hilarious/emotional show that has been unceremoniously canceled: How to Die Alone. Created, written, and EP'd by our fat babe Queen Natasha Rothwell, this show is a rare gem that actually passes the BB Fat Bechdel Test with flying colors. The BBs are disappointed with whichever man made that decision at Hulu, to say the very least... Housekeepi...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss what they're bingeing/ thinking about bingeing this Spring! Remember May sweeps? Spring used to be when TV died for the summer! Now shows premiere all year round, and the BBs are seated. Sure, the weather is nice, but like ya know...whatever. PS this episode is inexplicably very NSFW (lol). Please rate and review the pod! We LOVE to hear from you! Follow us/ sli...

Hello, hello, hello! This week, Sam and Kathleen go back to 2005 and 2014 to discuss an iconic television show written and created by the brilliant Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, The Comeback. The BBs sing the praises of Lisa Kudrow's character, thee LEGENDARY Valerie Cherish, and her impact on pop culture, especially the LGBTQ+ community. You might say, she's GOT IT!!! Housekeeping Notes:...

Sam and Kathleen discuss their Oscars Tops 'n Flops™ and look into the very bright future of Binge Babes. The BBs are innoventing and the Pastabilities are ENDLESS! PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE POD!!! We LOVE to hear from you!! Follow us @bingebabespod. Email us at thebingebabes@gmail.com.

In honor of Conan O'Brien hosting the Oscars this weekend, Sam and Kathleen discuss some memorable moments and iconique lewks from the Oscars throughout the years. The BBs also mention some memorable moments from other award shows. Live TV is wild, y'all. Housekeeping Notes: Watch the Oscars this Sunday March 2nd hosted by our king, Conan O'Brien, on ABC! Please rate and review the pod! We love to...

Sam and Kathleen discuss a very unique, smart, and surreal show called Fantasmas. This show was created and written by a very unique, smart and sensitive boy, Julio Torres. The BBs also discuss some other Julio Torres projects because he is an adorable genius and makes nice art! Housekeeping Notes: Watch Fantasmas, Los Espookys, Problemista, and My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres on HBO. Please ra...

Sam and Kathleen talk about the origins of the best day of the year...GALENTINE'S DAY! The BBs also discuss other important V Day episodes of television. Shout out to ALL of our Galentines, near and far, you know who you are! GIRL POWER ON 16.....! Housekeeping Notes: Watch Parks and Recreation, season 2 episode 16: Galentine's Day on Peacock. Watch 30 Rock, season 4 episode 13: Anna Howard Shaw D...

This week, Sam and Kathleen discuss a dark gem, a little known show called Kevin Can F**k Himself. This show is a brilliant satire of the oldest, most tired/misogynistic tv tropes and a compelling drama at the same time. There are some heavy themes in this show, but it manages to strike a nice balance between humor and drama in a very unique way. We hope you stick around as we continue to learn ho...