Uncontained Multitudes

This week, the burnouts celebrate Pride Month by holding space for the queer stories that fell to the wayside - for good reason. We chose 3 queer figures from history who have had complicated lives, done evil things, and left their mark on history in ways other than being gay icons. We explore the stories of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, disgraced House of Representatives' Republican George Santo...

This week, the burnouts return after a month-long hiatus to have a chatty episode about a beautiful period of our great nation's history. The three years that "Club Applebees" existed. We discuss the cultural zeitgeist that prompted an "Applebees nightclub" to exist in the first place, as well as the various failures, both cultural and economic, that led to its downfall.

This week, the burnouts discuss "the vibe shift". Or rather, we ask, "Is it hip to be left wing anymore?" We delve into our theories as to why it was not only possible for Trump to be reelected, but for college students to wear MAGA hats at frat parties without being ostracized. We expand upon our established ideas of the unpopularity and "death" of "woke", and discuss why none of your liberal fri...

This week, the burnouts finally tackle a topic we've teased for years - Mormons. We discuss how their history intertwines closely with the history of the United States, how the Mormon Church has built Utah to be such a bizarre outlier of laws and culture in the United States, and how Mormons are conspicuously influencing us all to be a little bit more Mormon every single day.

This week, the burnouts explore a beautiful, well-written, and relatable coming-of-age story that's near and dear to the host's hearts. Fleabag. We extrapolate its themes of dissociation, feminism, and making horrible decisions in a desperate grasp for self-discovery and understanding. And, having lived and participated in the time of Fleabags culturally imminent popularity ourselves, we discuss i...

This week, the burnouts have a fun episode where we explore r/AITA. We each selected several stories and then flipped a coin to determine who would be defending which position, forcing ourselves to defend the strangest, most dysfunctional people to ever share their life story on the internet.

This week, the burnouts (with special returning guest Sophie!) tackle Heated Rivalry, and the massive cultural phenomenon it left in its wake. We discuss the depth and purpose of the plot of a smutty gay romance, the depth and purpose of the Gratuitous sex scenes, and what exactly the original purpose and audience of the story itself was intended to be. Finally, we ask the question of whether or n...

This week, the burnouts, inspired by recent world events, explore the modern historical conquests of the United States to help us give our best guesses as to how we got where we are today. We discuss military fervor, the United States as the world's police force, and the allmight Petroldollar.

This week, the burnouts discuss the latest film starring America's sweetheart, Timothee Chalamet. The one, the only, Marty Supreme. We share our opinions and personal interpretations of the movie's events, explore how and why such a frantically anxious movie got made, and what it has to say about our frantically anxious modern times. Furthermore, we explore its themes of hustle culture, desperatio...

The burnouts once again welcome in the new year! This week's sprawling episode features discussions of our favorite media of the year, our large event predictions, our Ins and Outs, and our detailed thoughts regarding how everything we mention, both the good and the bad, connects to a looming economic recession. We here at Uncontained Multitudes are praying that 2026 treats us all well.

This week, the burnouts celebrate one full glorious year of Meg's abstention from the dating pool and commitment to celibacy!!! Besides continuing some of the thoughts we discussed in our first "relationship centric society" episode (a full year ago!), Meg answered questions regarding what she learned and experienced during this time, and detailed her vision board for her life going forward. Here'...

This week, the burnouts discuss The Most Video Essayed Movie Ever. Fight Club. We explore the film's homosexual undertones and overtones, its overarching themes, our takes on these themes, and how we relate to the story and characters. Meg watched it for the first time very recently (for a reason). But Jeremy, like every man, has had a special relationship with the movie since he was young. 

This week, the burnouts dig deep into Western society's beauty standards. Beginning with the history of modeling and size restrictions, and connecting this to how bourgeois ideas of labor and status symbols have left us with plastic surgeries, like buccal fat removal, that leave the elites looking strange to us commoners. 

This week, the burnouts delve into the lurid world of commercial surrogacy. Exploring how, through the simple option to pay someone to carry your pregnancy to term for you, we have created a "going market rate" for women's bodies. We discuss several cases where surrogacy has gone wrong throughout the world. And detail how with commercial surrogacy, what you eat, where you work, who you're with, an...

This episode, we are joined once again by friend of the pod Connor, this time to discuss minimum wage! We spend some time citing numbers, effects, and histories of minimum wages across the world, but only to provide context to the central conversation of dialectics versus ideology. The vital question this episode: if we want to achieve the "correct" answer to questions of social welfare, such as m...

This week, in the wake of several incidents that have occurred in the United States, the burnouts discuss the history and ethics of political violence throughout the world, from civil rights leaders to the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. We attempt to understand what ethical justifications an individual (or individuals) might use to bring themselves to commit their lives to political violence.

This week, the burnouts explore the different ways pseudoscience has infiltrated our society. From personality tests used in Fortune 500 hiring practices developed from literal astrology, to pedagogical philosophies that also developed from... astrology. We delve into the conspiracy that no one is truly in charge of their own fate, and there are plenty of people who want to sell you courses to hel...

This week, the burnouts have on friend of the pod Olivier to discuss the nascent economic turmoil leaving us all paying too much in rent, without the option to buy a house, and many others homeless while real estate sits empty. We extrapolate on how we got here, and attempt to discuss, with the help of advanced economic simulators (like the video game City Skylines 2), what could be done to make t...

This week, the burnouts ask "if no one has read a book since highschool, what are the freaks who do read reading?" We take a deep dive into booktok and its associate smut, male manipulators and their associated self-help/misogynistic violence literature, and everything in between. 

This week, in our most pretentious episode yet, the burnouts engage in a philosophical debate about whether or not it's ethical to bring a baby into this world. We explore topics such as the many narcissistic reasons people give for desiring a child, anti-natalism, utilitarianism, and what the Categorical Imperative has to say about infringing on someone's right to be born... without being asked f...

This week, the burnouts explore the contentious debate surrounding controversial media personalities and the art they create. Is it okay to separate the art from the artist and enjoy them casually? Is it ethical to listen to Kanye West in 2025, knowing that every time you stream his songs, you earn him money? We explore topics such as author and consumer intent, popularity and contribution to the...

This week, the burnouts once again discuss the state of our economy! Maybe you've seen people's various "recession indicator" posts on TikTok or Instagram Reels, but people seem to think that everything is an omen of our impending doom. We take a look at a few classic examples, such as "The Lipstick Index" and "The Hot Waitress Index". As well as a few nascent trends, like the "Old Money Aesthetic...

This week, the burnouts seek to understand the Choice Feminist mindset. How is it possible for a woman to spend a fortune conforming to beauty standards and still be a feminist? What does being a girlboss have to do with any of this, and are there still girlbosses out there? Is Choice Feminism a dying fad, or here to stay?

This week, not only do the burnouts investigate America's sordid history and poignant relationship with drunk driving, we also did our own research out in the field -- Going out to the bar armed with a breathalyzer to discover what exactly the "legal limit" actually feels like, and what it takes to get us there. With this information, we discuss why, even though we've been told not to do so since...

This week, the burnouts have an Episode About Nothing, kinda like Seinfeld. We have fun jumping from topics such as "surviving in the woods", the Met Gala, and everything in between. We finish off the episode with some exciting would-you-rather questions that push our concept of strength and morality to our limits.