Pitney & Amelia's Bitchen Boutique

Take a trip through our ADHD brains! How it feels to be on constant "side quests," and how to make life work for the brain you have. Then, since we have no need to keep to a topic this week, we were free to take the winding road from managing the excess flesh after weight loss, and the joys of Velveeta and cruciferous greens. Peeves: That big romance trope & those nonsensical suffixes.   PRIDE, PO...

When things that used to be important in your daily life just aren't happening any more and you hadn't even noticed. Like music, movies, TV, and routine stuff. Tangents about work schedules, Secretariat, the SF Giants Pride fiasco, Pitney's mom loves her Big Gay Son, Aunt Sis's ring, giant zucchinis & roadside artichokes. Peeves: Rage bait and jumping to the recipe. (and a special "end credits sce...

Happy Pride! Grab a brick!  This week we share with you the delightful story of a queer drag aerialist and vaudevillian from a century ago who lived and died in Round Rock, Texas, a lawsuit against an anime convention where guys got sick after drinking "foot juice," and an Am I The Asshole story about a singer at a gay wedding who was, according to her, just too good. Peeves: Heterosexuals and "he...

No Texas Frightmare Weekend again this year, because reasons. We take as few moments to harken back to the beginning of the podcast, which was closely tied to TFW!  Memories of retail customers of yore: The Snob of Ross Dress for Less. The Lying Returner of the Purple Pumps. Miss Wine of the Colorful Plumage. The Happy Family. Peeves: Screaming toddlers in Target, the lingering Goodwill stink, and...

After a quick catching up (including dental work and horrible smells), Pitney and Amelia talk about the phenomenon of music acts being hugely successful around the world, especially in Europe, and yet they're unknown in the U.S., leading to a pledge to watch Eurovision this year. Amelia's peeved about the way poll results are described on TV. And finally, an "Am I the Asshole?" for the listeners t...

Life got in the way, as it does. So we weren't able to get a real episode out this week.  Stay tuned.   We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us, and earn a STICKER! (Everyone loves stickers!) And please subscribe or add us to your favorites list on your favorite platform so you never miss a show! And share us with your cool friends, not the lame ones.   Questions? Com...

An apology to those who googled "butter" and saw stuff. Pickles. Memories of Geocities. Catch phrases. Encores. And another long MCU-style post-credits scene. (Did you know we put those at the end of every episode? Just a little extra treat for those who stick it out!)   Promos: 2 Skeptical Chaps http://www.2skepticalchaps.libsyn.com/   Doom Generation   https://www.doomgenerationpod.com/     (Wan...

The correct way to pronounce "Reese's Pieces." Alternative news media that fails to cater to its audience. Then... BUTTER. Private Butter. Personal, private butter. You'll end up as fascinated and confused as we are, I promise. Promo: True Crime South Africa   https://truecrimesouthafrica.com/ Insta: @truecrimesouthafrica (Want to swap show promos? Email us!)   We love you for listening! Please ta...

Pitney and Amelia share news stories with each other that reveal that the worlds of incels and camels are remarkably similar. And our pet peeves this week are clown-level false eyelashes and inappropriate clapping.    Promos: Morbid Forest  https://linktr.ee/themorbidforest    2 Skeptical Chaps http://www.2skepticalchaps.libsyn.com/     (Want to swap show promos? Email us!)   We love you for liste...

Peeves and tangents, that's us in a nutshell! Unfair and, frankly, creepy beauty standards for women. Making FaceTime calls in public. Vets who really love doggies. Befriending a local legend. Oh and by the way, that fabulous moment in the Marvel-style post credits scene came from this episode of Carmen's Banana Cooking! https://youtu.be/vzCdpSJy9UM?si=kOY6BGsFTM1sRSio    Promos: Truly Twisted htt...

Just when we think our brains stopped working because we're old, we realize we've always been calendar dumb. Showing up to things on the wrong day, not knowing what year it is... dumb. Commiserate with us! And this week in Peeves, people who dance in commercials and skinny bitches in fat chairs.  Promos:  Canary P.I.  https://rpcanarypi.carrd.co/    2 Skeptical Chaps http://www.2skepticalchaps.lib...

We're getting old and we don't care what people think! Generation Zygote needs to mind their business. Are we the first generation to ignore the whole idea of "age appropriate?" You're welcome, children.  And in Peeves, the unnecessary complexity of unsubscribing and the arrogance of traffic lights! Promo:  Pop Culture Diary https://www.instagram.com/thepopculturediarypodcast/   (Want to swap show...

First off, the weekly peeves: annoying ways of talking and slamming doors! Then Amelia loses her mind a little bit after observing online fandom and how wrong it is, specifically what she saw while falling down a Stranger Things rabbithole. Then things take a Hallmark turn because Pitney is a huge fan of the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, and Amelia's dad can't get enough of those Hallmark romance mo...

We're kicking off the new year like old folks with aches and pains and menopause.  What's new for 2026? Doing our best to be a safe place to land when the world is too much. And introducing a very silly and bitchy segment, PEEVES!  This week: People who don't read the information in front of them and just get angry, and YouTube "reactors" who forget to react because they're too busy jabbering! And...

We've reached the end of 2025! How the hell did THAT happen? We're letting out lifetimes of frustration about movies and music that are considered "Christmas" when they just aren't. Who makes the rules? WE DO. Promos:  Octoberpod  https://www.octoberpodvhs.com/   2 Skeptical Chaps  http://www.2skepticalchaps.libsyn.com/     (Want to swap show promos? Email us!) We love you for listening! Please ta...

Can you believe this is our TENTH Thankful episode? We worked harder than usual to think of things that made us feel gratitude. Because it's been... well, YOU KNOW. We're thankful for the coven and all the hard work we did, renewed fandom feelings, losing touch with an old friend who apparently went full MAGA, a well timed injury, and the ecstasy of disability checks.   NO COVEN MEETING THIS WEEK!...

Yep, that's a dancing merkin you see there. She's tappin' her little heart out to sell some dumb crap for Kim Kardashian. But first, a catty side quest about language on the way to a long list of good stuff that's making us happy these days. Stuff like management having Pitney's back, Amelia surprising herself with one hell of a present, making a friend over a Linkin Park shirt, excitement about W...

(Surprise! I put it out a few days early so you have time to share it before Halloween... so share it with a friend!!)   Well, gang, we made it. Halloween 2025. You did so great that you've earned the best content we could give you: one segment after another of top-notch Halloween awesomeness.   It's informative, it's judgmental, and it's funny as hell. But more than anything it's us, just the way...

The first of our one-two punch of Halloween! This week we get positively catty about an old favorite from the 1970s, The Hardy Boys Meet Dracula! It's giving pointless subplots, bad accents, and the Phantom of the Paradise. Sort of. Then Amelia flips her wiglet over all the little things bugging her this spooky season, from beige pumpkins to Frankenstein on the toilet! ____________________________...

Pitney celebrates his birthday by being outraged by young people. From texting versus phone calls versus email to fake eyelashes and contour and "a dewy finish," we're telling everyone to get off our lawn! _____________________________________________________ Coven meeting notes: Get Inspired – Loser > Spectator Take Action – The Right to Bitch Touch Grass – It's Pumpkin Time, Baby! Reflect & Jour...

Quick bonus replacement announcement whatever you'd call it to let you know what's happening today and what's coming up! Don't forget to check the blog!   https://bitchenb.libsyn.com/site/better-weather-whither-leather       We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us, and earn a STICKER! (Everyone loves stickers!) And please subscribe or add us to your favorites list on...

Way back at the end of August, when life was simpler and Amelia hadn't yet had surgery on her hands, we got together to record what was going to be a fairly normal episode. It's giving middle age aches and pains, it's giving Cracker Barrel, but it's mostly a discussion about that trashbag Marion Zimmer Bradley which turns into a whole thing about separating the art from the artist.  We apologize t...

It's Labubu, and so much more...you know we're really back when we can't stay on topic to save our lives! A list of stuff we covered: Trae Crowder, Puttin On Airs, the Labubu craze, our first Hatin on Satan in ages, a quick AITA story, a gaggle of GoodGoodGoods, and what it's like to suddenly be the old dude with a cane. _____________________________________________________ Coven meeting notes: Ge...

We're back from yet another break! We are pretty sure we're done with breaks for the rest of the year.  We're so glad to be back that we kick it off with all the goods. Then Amelia shares a scary conversation she had with a horror fan. Plus assorted health talk that's NOT about cancer; Pitney's knee, Amelia's brain, and her overworked eyeballs.   ___________________________________________________...

Boobs! Cans! Gazongas! Sweater puppies!  Pretty much sums up the episode, but there's more to it. Amelia has brought her husband along to fill in for Pitney this week, and while they chat about their shared love of movies with lots of boobs in them, she realizes she never came out to him back when she realized that she has been bisexual this whole time. A coming out story... perfect for Pride mont...