Broads Next Door

Grab your your old cassette tapes, and your deepest sense of injustice, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the 1993 West Memphis Murders and the three little boys who never made it home. On May 5th, 1993, three second graders- Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers left their homes in West Memphis, Arkansas for an ordinary bike ride. They were eight years old. They...

Grab your rosary & some Holy water as we hear about the new American pope before looking back at Pope Francis and his hopes for peace in Gaza. We then get into the current ICE arrests and discuss a little Vatican time travel machine called the chronovisor. (Full sources available in show notes) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/suppo...

Grab your sleeping bag & steal your moms expired lipstick because tonight we’re getting a broader understanding of sleepover rituals: the games we played, the spirits we tried to summon, and the strange ways we scared ourselves silly just to feel something. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Grab a fancy outfit & a large coffee as we head to the court room, see what’s happening with aviation safety, reflect on the Met Gala and global tensions all while we attempt to gain a broader understanding of what’s going on right now in this all over the place episode Sources: Sloan, Kim Porter https://youtu.be/sc5wXlctowo?s... Culture Spill, Usher’s Mom on Diddy https://youtu.be/uT9z50gbVuU...

In this episode we try and gain a broader understanding of a horrific crime that took place in Moscow, Idaho on November 13, 2022. CW: Graphic Violence Sources: University of Idaho murders: A detailed visual timeline | ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Idaho victim Xana Kernodle was killed last and fought back  | Banfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Highly Anticipated Steve Goncalve...

Grab your sage & your skepticism, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of doppelgängers, mimics, and the moments that make us question reality. What happens when we see someone who isn’t there? When someone (or something) else doesn’t just look like you but mimics you? Is it a form of hysteria messing with our minds? A glitch in our brains and in linear time or something more si...

Grab a protest sign and avoid the national guard because in this episode we’re getting a broader understanding of the May 4th 1970 Kent State Student Massacre.  Originally recorded in 2024, Daniela is joined by her former Kent State history professor, Richard Steigmann-Gall, to discuss the events of May 4th 1970- what led up to them, the aftermath, and why it still matters so much today.  Become a...

Grab your clairvoyance and your credit card because today we're getting a broader understanding of celebrity psychics & scammers.   From Mary Todd Lincoln’s séances in the White House, tv infomercials for psychic hotlines, CIA psychic spy programs and modern day reality tv mediums- we are taking a look at the business of reading minds, flipping cards and seeing the future. Is anyone the real d...

Grab your screenplay and your last shred of optimism, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the AI Invasion of Hollywood… starting with a movie I was excited for—until I wasn’t. Uncanny Valley- Natasha Lyonne and Brit Marling are making a movie together- but theyre using an AI studio to make it. What does this mean for the future of film & the consumption of the art? In this e...

Grab a box of tissues and your voodoo doll of Justin Timberlake because in this episode we’re time traveling back to the 90’s and 2000’s by way of The Woman in Me, the new memoir by Britney Spears. Using quotes from the book as well as news clips and interviews we’ll try to gain a broader understanding of the life of Britney Spears— how everything was taken from her and how she’s using her own voi...

Grab your camcorder & your belief that people deserve to be weird in peace,  because today we’re getting a broader understanding of “Britney & Kevin: Chaotic” the five part 2005 reality series that was less of a show and more of a fever dream with a UPN budget and the plot of a scrapbook. Britney is constantly being criticized for her Instagram but I’m here to tell you, she’s always been d...

Grab your matches & your uneasy premonitions because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the haunting last days of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Sources: The Last Days of Left Eye VH1 The Terrible Secret Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes Took to Her GraveThe Terrible Secret Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes Took to Her Grave Golden Roots, YouTube Tyler Henry Connects T-Boz to TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: FULL REA...

Turn on your dial-up modem & get ready to send this email to ten friends before a limewire virus crashes the family desktop  because today, we're getting a broader understanding of how the internet became an ad. In this episode we travel through the ghost town of the old internet through chain emails, geocities fan sites, LiveJournal confessions, MySpace betrayals, before making are way to the...

Grab your push-up bra and your popsicles because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the moment Mariah Carey “crashed” the set of TRL in the summer of 2001, and how the world absolutely lost its mind... while she was quietly losing hers. More than just a glittery publicity stunt, this was a woman unraveling under the fluorescent lights of early-2000s scrutiny while society mocked her. T...

Put down the cocktail & get ready to hunt for cryptids as Daniela & Kristin get a broader understanding of the sober to spooky pipeline. The reasons we quit drinking, the weird things we got into and how cautionary tales meant for teenagers end up being instruction manuals. Plus, we talk about Mt. Shasta, ancient civilizations & everything in between. Let us know what spooky subjects y...

Grab your ouija board and your teenage rage because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of poltergeists What if they aren’t ghosts at all? Not even a haunting but a manifestation? What if it’s all just the raw, unfiltered energy of adolescence, the force of pure, unspoken rage and heartbreak? A panic attack attack at a pivotal time, an attempt to be seen so strong it bends the astral real...

put on your flotation devices and keep an eye on the catering table, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of what happened on the set of Titanic when around 80 cast and crew members were drugged with PCP on the last night of filming in Nova Scotia  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Get in your flight simulator & make sure your seatbelts are securely fastened as we look at season 2 of The Rehearsal where Nathan Fielder has taken on a broader subject than before- aviation safety. Should we all develop a fear of flying or can a clown really change the world? We’ll go over the episode (which feels like a comedy in the way The Bear feels like a comedy) while also exploring so...

Trade in your telescope for an adult diaper and ignore that court-issued restraining order, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the 2007 astronaut love triangle. Lisa Nowak became infamous after driving 900 miles in a space diaper to kidnap the new girlfriend of her astronaut ex lover- but the story behind the headlines is much more disturbing. Lisa literally went to space but e...

Grab your chargers, put your heart in airplane mode, and maybe delete that Replika app, because today, we are stepping into the uncanny valley of AI romance. We’ll be talking about the new film Companion, starring the brilliant Sofie Thatcher. We talk about real stories of people dating AI, films like Terminator, Her & Ex Machina before finally getting a broader understanding of AI companionsh...

Today, we’re leaving the jokes aside but still bringing a flashlight just as in case as we step into the murky waters of Lady Bird Lake. Under its inviting surface lurks a question unsettling locals- is there a serial killer haunting Lady Bird Lake? We'll explore the troubling pattern of mysterious deaths, talk about the lives lost as we try to gain a broader understanding of just what's going on....

Click your ruby slippers together & grab your little dog too as we take a broader look at the life & death of Judy Garland Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Forget about touching grass & the well being of the planet as we take an 11 minute flight into space with an all female crew and take a broader look at whether this was a historic event for women or just a performance of faux feminism. (Sources available in show notes) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Get ready to upgrade your subscription and maybe pull some teeth as we take a break from our own dystopian lives to recap season 7 episode 1 of Black Mirror. Spoiler warning! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Originally released in January 2023, CW: SA, violence On June 23 1993, after enduring years of physical and emotional abuse, Lorena Bobbitt infamously cut off the p*nis of her sleeping husband, John Wayne Bobbit. The case instantly becomes content for the 24 news cycle and a joke for late night comedians but the backstory is much more sinister.  In this episode, we will discuss how Lorena was a vi...