It’s 2026, we’re ten days in, and already debating whether being called a “podcaster” is a slur. Em + Cait unpack New Year identity crises, MILF discourse, and why softness might be the most terrifying resolution of all. From hockey romance TV debates and the rise of pegging (yes, really), to AI logos that all look like buttholes, tech gone feral, vaccine chaos, and genuinely hopeful science breakthroughs, this episode pinballs between horny, horrified, and cautiously optimistic. Plus: why you shouldn’t sit on the toilet too long, how to meet people IRL without apps, and proof that this podcast is officially no longer “just a hobby.”

The girls also address the sweetest mailbag question about building a community.

Shownotes:

• the boys want to get pegged
• logos look like butts
• Elon's grok is undressing girls
• tv smoothing
• bigandmini.org
• venezuela
• huntington's update
• lecanemab alzheimer
• man paralyzed on the potty
• pipeline updates
• movies ideas: long shot, game night, bugonia, one battle after another, wake up dead man, sinners
• tv to watch: the assembly

books:

• you exist too much
• my friends fredrik bachman
• everyone in my family has killed someone
• wild dark shore
• house on the cerulean sea

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This week on Your Weekly Breakdown, Em + Caitlin spiral (gently) from burnout and big-fat book stacks into airport empathy, 2-star Apple reviews, + the shocking discovery that Nantucket is absolutely ripping cocaine. Along the way: strippers save Xmas, a German Shepherd eats $100 underwear, and AI content is officially declared SLOP. There’s joy, grief, French girl crushes, rogue Turning Point USA Google Forms, accidental witchcraft, and a surprisingly moving reminder that most people are still trying to be decent. Cozy chaos, but make it smart.

Books:

• the correspondent
• my friends fredrik bachman
• emperor of gladness ocean vuong

Shownotes

• badass women of portland strip club community
• knix is great
• word of the year is slop
• times person of the year is the architects of AI
• jane austen's 250th birthday
• aryna's tennis story
• rob reiner latest
• turning point USA halftime show form
• rauhnacht
• goal setting for 2026
• New york fashion week no more fur, vegan leather is just plastic u guys
• lady crash test dummies
• louvre books ruined

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Running on fumes, rage, and one ridiculously embarrassing story, this episode of Your Weekly Breakdown ricochets from feral morning energy to a surprisingly sharp cultural autopsy: Diddy documentaries, horny hockey romances, collapsing math skills, news from TikTok, AI deepfakes, banned words, trad-wife hypocrisy, digital detoxes, hockey canada, data centres, pipeline politics, and—mercifully—a horny left-coiled snail who finally found love.

It’s chaotic, funny, occasionally furious, and weirdly tender, with Em + Cait asking the big questions (wait what's your most embarrassing moment?!) while swearing slightly less than usual, and proving, once again, that the world is on fire but at least the conversation is good!

Shownotes:

• Diddy's docu
• heated rivalry
• kids can't do math anymore :(
• where college kids get their news (tiktok dear god)
• australia's social media ban
• PENN american's banned words
• let's kill our personal brands
• hockey canada case stoney creek
• ecole polytechnique expands scholarships
• jameela jamil on tradwives
• luigi mangione updates
• rolling stone expose on amazon data centres and cancer
• jeremy the left curling snail
• pipelines
• motherhood spending

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In this week's episode, Em and Cait spiral (lovingly) through everything from Rosalía’s divine-chaotic new album to the absolute fever dream of being named one of Apple Podcasts’ Best of 2025. Between norovirus accusations, kids listening to Eminem, chaotic holiday invites, U.S. political nonsense, Meta being Meta, cult documentaries, loneliness, wandering culture, and whether bars should ban solo drinkers, the girls deliver their signature blend of silly, smart, and mildly unhinged. It’s conversational comfort content for busy women everywhere.

Shownotes:

• rosalia's new album
• Rfk jr on cover of Atlantic
• Trump wants Rush Hour reboot
• Youth safety features meta also lol
• Miss Mexico won!
• Allison Mack is back
• Why is hanging out so hard?
• Bar bans solo patrons
• Backstreet's Back
• Childish Gambino stroke
• Carney says Canada drops ‘feminist foreign policy’ but upholds values
• List of Degrees not longer classed "Professional" by Trump Admin
• Birch Babe

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Welcome back to Your Weekly Breakdown, the weekly catch up session with your hosts Emily + Cait, who don't shy away from dumb questions and interesting topics. This week, they cover iron infusions, norovirus, perioral dermititis, face mites, Robbie Hoffman, Miss Mexico and President Sheinbaum, Trump hosting controversial Saudi folks, Billie Eilish + billionaires, Bezos moon plans + funding the met gala, Savvy Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, + job search tips post layoffs.

Cait also celebrates 20 years of her improv show, and Emily spills the beans on her latest travel dilemma.

Shownotes:

• billie eilish on elon
• the arrival fallacy and managing disappointment
• president sheinbaum
• miss mexico miss universe
• bezos and sanchez funding the met gala
• jeff wants to put facotires on the moon, no plan b for earth
• the dark triad
• robyn's new song dopamine
• emily's new fav company
• sarah seager comes home exoplanet researcher
• new visitor in space?? 31 atlas
• the manor documentary
• cait defends the arts
• allison mack and the Nxivm cult

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This week on Your Weekly Breakdown, Emily and Caitlin cover everything from Elton John’s bone jewelry to belugas in peril. As always it's smart, funny, feminist, and slightly unhinged.

The girls spiral through new music obsessions, period blood as the new frontier in women's health, and Teen Vogue's demise. Also Prince Andrew is now "Just Andrew," and lol to Bari Weiss' 6 security unit detail. Even better, they tackle marriage advice and a Dick Cheney history lesson, too. Curl up for cozy chaos.

Shownotes:

• elton john's knees
• rfk jr on tylenol
• chat gpt medical or legal advice
• period blood super powers
• glamour women of the year
• loud women poem
• teen vogue folding
• bari weiss beefy bodyguards
• the hot louvre heist guys
• prince andrew
• beluga whales in marineland
• ice is the ding dong of the week
• married girls spill the tea
• Music:
  • tame impala
  • not for radio
  • doja cat
  • hard copy playlists

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The girls are back with all things culture, work, and women, and have their fav recos for you, per usual. But also...could you live in the 1800s? Have you thought about the SCENT?

Cait and Em are back this week to chat about everything from Doug Ford's tariffs ads to the bot farm heist, to "trad sons" (gtfo) and education strikes. Also did you hear about the woman who ended her marriage after 25 years because her husband ate her slice of cake? Not mad about it, but the girls also address the backlash over the e-reader remote comments.

PS who was your first crush?! Cait and Em realize they have the SAME first crush: Devon Sawa. Also maybe Kate Winslet? And sorry, wait, when did you realize your parents didn't know EVERYTHING? Just curious. The girls consider how much is too much to tolerate in a relationship, and study the etymology of the word DUDE.

Is there a wellness gender gap? Rhetorical question, but they dive in anyway. Cait finally makes Em speechless with her news about 'dead heart transplants'. They apologize to all of the doctors listening.

Shownotes:

• "Hubsons"
• sim bot farm heist
• doug ford's tariffs ads
• gavin newsom skit w/ doug
• tariff talks are over
• teachers strike and education system
• lila schroth atlantic moon article
• SNL cast shakeup
• dead heart transplant
• movie: rose bryne's if I had legs I'd kick you
• book: Nymph by stephanie lacava

music

• lily allen's album
• ace by madison cunningham
• the bpm by sudan archives

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Armed with “shit tickets” and a head cold, Emily and Caitlin tackle West Coast baseball allegiances, why LinkedIn can take a hike, and whether your protein shake comes with a side of heavy metals. They unpack Canada’s stalled coercive-control bill, the Louvre’s scooter heist, MTV’s (real) goodbye, and Earth’s new “backup moon". Plus the girls' latest segment: Ding-Dong of the Week! Wait, there's actual good climate news, happy whales, great books, books, and petty tech (hi, Kobo remote). Call the girls with your chaos: +1-604-937-6058.

Shownotes:

• Mail bag: what's up with bill C332?
• Louvre Heist
• No kings protests + donald's AI poop vid
• ding dong of the week: man who appealed Pelicot case sentencing
• The end of MTV
• kobo e readers now come with a remote
• lead in protein powder
• earth now has two moons
• Repairing the Ozone Layer
• Humpback wales no longer face extinction

Watch:

• The Wild Ones
• Diplomat S3

Read:

• The Good Daughter
• Nobody's Girl
• The Wayfinder

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