Apocalypse Tonite Queen?
Added 2024-12-03 22:56:29 +0000 UTCThe girlies explore the concept of Doomsday, revisiting the countless times we’ve thought the world was coming to an end. From luxury arks and poisonous comets to God’s wrath and alien invasions, they consider the fact that the world has never ended…yet. Digressions include cozy season in the studio, being Twitter clean, and Eliza’s mom’s podcast debut.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Kylie Finnigan.
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Maya Expert: The 'End Of Times' Is Our Idea, Not The Ancients'
Apocalypse Then: When Y2K Didn’t Lead To The End Of Civilization
The lessons of Y2K, 20 years later
Heaven’s Gate cult members found dead
Doomsday Prepping Poised to Become $2.46 Billion Industry.
In uncertain times, the prepper supply business is booming
Is There a Future in the Doomsday Economy?.
‘End of the world vibes’: why culture can’t stop thinking about apocalypse
Psychology Reveals the Comforts of the Apocalypse
Our Fascination With The End Of The World
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Doomsday Psychology: The Appeal of Armageddon
The Resiliency of Apocalyptic Belief
The Christmas the Aliens Didn’t Come
Comet Hale-Bopp: Facts about the bright and tragic comet
Comments
I met Eliza’s mom in the women’s Cat’s Cradle bathroom at Eliza’s Carrboro show this year and she was so lovely. I complimented her look (incredible green jumpsuit, even more incredible hair with long locks and bangs) and she said we had a similar vibe—big compliment, huge, she is a beautiful woman. When I asked how she knew Eliza, she paused then laughingly said, “um I’m her mom!” I told her it was an honor to meet her, I said, “I want to be friends with your daughter” and she immediately responded, “same.” She asked how I knew Eliza and I said, “well I know her music but I love Binchtopia! I’ve been listening for years.” She paused and I saw the look of hesitation cross her face, then she quickly dismissed herself and left. So when she basically said “LET ME CLEAR SOME SHIT UP….”know that she felt that from her chest. Binchies unite for Eliza’s mom!!!
Marissa
2024-12-24 06:11:05 +0000 UTCThames pronounced ‘Tems’ 💖
Jasmine Forrest
2024-12-16 20:58:10 +0000 UTCmy parents used to be friends with this guy who sold/rented out generators and for Y2K he rented some out to a literal children’s hospital because they were worried all their computers and equipment were just going to shut down at midnight and they would need a backup power source & so they were being proactive so he jacked up the prices a bit & then after it didn’t happen they were like hey we are a children’s hospital any chance we can get some of that money back since we just did not use them and he said no!!!!! that guy and his wife were my parents like BEST friends too and after that my parents were like wowwww that was shitty and kind of stopped talking to them lol
Meredith Floyd
2024-12-14 15:39:54 +0000 UTCthis is what i was thinking of the whole time lmaoooo especially with the “oh we did the math wrong it’s actually happening later”
Meredith Floyd
2024-12-14 15:34:47 +0000 UTCPuffy coats and tall boots will keep yall warm 🧡
Rachel
2024-12-11 16:51:27 +0000 UTCI hope the billionaires are building bunkers because they are afraid of a class war and not something they know that we don’t
Maija Petterson
2024-12-10 23:32:29 +0000 UTCwhen I lived in Venezuela, you could sometimes "feel" the vibe that there was going to be some political turmoil, like a coup or suspension of constitutional guarantees or a general strike, so people would do "compras nerviosas" (nervous shopping) to stock up on food in case we had to stay home due to curfews bc of political strife etc. I lived through the original coup done by Hugo Chavez (I was just 7) in 92, currency collapse in 94, strikes/violence/deposement of the president in 2002, political violence in 2004. yeah... Latin American (who grew up in LatAm) binchies stand up 🙌 I was definitely buying dry food, water gallons, water purification tablets, a solar/movement powered radio & charger, masks with filters and TP as soon as I started hearing about COVID. I worried that the workers at water plants and electrical workers would get sick and we'd have no electricity or clean water!!
Vanessa Carolina Marcano-Kelly
2024-12-10 13:15:47 +0000 UTCOmg wait has anyone seen the new movie Y2K
Leccer
2024-12-10 01:43:25 +0000 UTCI have a long Patagonia puffer and it keeps me so warm!!
katrina!
2024-12-09 18:46:16 +0000 UTCYeah I was gonna say, the Rapture was made up like 200 years ago!
Allie
2024-12-09 14:15:49 +0000 UTCokay i’ve been feeling similarly, currently i’m living in rome and two days after the election i was (drunkenly) looking out over the forum at night and kept thinking how many people have stood in this space and felt like the world was ending, and it was very grounding, also if there are any other binchies in rome… let’s meet up!!
Nina
2024-12-08 12:10:49 +0000 UTCI remember thinking in 2012- I buy a calendar every year that ends on Dec 31st and I don’t think the world is going to end on Jan 1st every time. Some calendars just have an eventual end??
Sarah
2024-12-07 15:40:00 +0000 UTCI had no idea until earlier this year that the whole rapture thing was just tacked on to Revelations by evangelicals because of one man's interpretation of it, all just for funsies! Like what the fuck!? I remember talking about it to kids on my school bus because my autistic ass took it literally (and because the church actively stamps out any critical thinking skills) and wanted them to know just in case. And I'm pretty sure that's why this one nice girl stopped talking to me as much. RIP Brittany, sorry I was weird.
The Immaculate Witch Kaitlin Reckord
2024-12-07 11:53:52 +0000 UTCIn no way a Londoner, I'm Canadian, you better believe that I was taking backand correcting knowing full well they couldn't hear me lol
The Immaculate Witch Kaitlin Reckord
2024-12-07 11:47:08 +0000 UTCMy mom sliced the top of her finger off when she was cutting box tops while I was at vacation bible school 🩵
Kristen Gload
2024-12-06 19:20:41 +0000 UTCdid any other Londoners scream at the pronunciation of Thames lol I learnt in school that it’s a hard “T” sound rather than the soft “Th” sound as one of our old kings (James I maybe?) had a speech issue which meant he couldn’t do the “Th” sound, so everyone switched to a hard T to placate him, and it stuck
Ellie Fox
2024-12-06 12:13:29 +0000 UTCthat's so real that people are so excited for some kind of novel doomsday apocalypse and they love stocking up on guns and powdered mashed potatoes, but they won't actually just put on a damn mask for covid 🫠
Lily Ana Verna
2024-12-05 23:55:55 +0000 UTCI got it in Livermore lol
avvsies
2024-12-05 23:30:25 +0000 UTCSo here’s my take: while I know humans are tempted towards thinking it’s always the apocalypse, it actually is nearing the apocalypse for the actual earth itself. We have until 2029 to reverse the climate crisis and America just elected Donald trump who thinks it’s a hoax and who is already making/already made deals with oil billionaires to destroy environmental regulations to get them more money. So I think this thing of oh people are being alarmist is actually this sort of soothing urge we have to calm ourselves down and continue to numb and pacify ourselves out of reality. Will the apocalypse happen because of cultural shifts and anti human rights laws? No. But does the Earth have literally 5 years until it is irreversibly damaged, global temperatures are set to rise by around 38 degrees (F) by 2100, and most animals will go nearly if not fully extinct if we continue on the track we’re on? Yes. The earth will become incompatible with life for many animals, plants and ecosystems. We have to comfort ourselves with organizing. We have to soothe ourselves by taking action.
mozillafirerox
2024-12-05 22:57:39 +0000 UTCI've been finding my new ~worst tweet of the week~ on threads 😭 Or I'll see a very wholesome but very "r/thathappened" type thread with the MOST EVIL replies possible
Lily Ana Verna
2024-12-05 21:18:01 +0000 UTCNot my listening getting interrupted by an tsunami warning alert 😔
Sallie
2024-12-05 20:15:16 +0000 UTCBinchtopia manifested the Humboldt earthquake? They’re too powerful
Rachel Glover
2024-12-05 20:09:25 +0000 UTCMe listening to this episode peacefully then getting a tsunami warning in sf. Is this the big one or did I just happen to be listening about doomsday as I got pranked with my biggest fear?
Bella Maddy and Mikayla
2024-12-05 19:27:06 +0000 UTCpeople telling me that 2012 was the end of the world is genuinely the root of my anxiety issues
Ellie Beringer
2024-12-05 17:42:33 +0000 UTCFor winter coats Patagonia is an amazing organization that donates the proceeds and you get lifetime repairs as well
Ava
2024-12-05 17:28:53 +0000 UTCA cut the tip of my finger off with a mandolin on Halloween. Everyone thought the blood was fake and I was being a little Halloween prankstress. 3 years later and my fingerprint is fucked up now. Also when people ask me why I wasn’t using the safety… it’s for babies DONT VICTIM BLAME ME
Callie Sokoloski
2024-12-05 16:58:54 +0000 UTCMy cat son (pictured) had a UTI earlier this year and it was awful for all of us ❤️ Hoping Harley feels better soon. The emergency vet did not tell me I had to refrigerate his antibiotics BTW so I had to pay for a second vial/accidentally delayed his treatment so make sure you pay close attention to the instructions!
Hannah
2024-12-05 16:05:12 +0000 UTCi'm only a few minutes into the ep, but if anyone wants to learn more about the history of rapture ideology, have the real meaning of Revalations unobscured & dig into the real-world ramifications of the misinterpretation of it read Bart Ehrman's Armageddon! he's a world renowned new testament scholar who moved from conservative, evangelical Christianity into Agnosticism over like 30 years and I really think his journey allows him to express both compassion & understanding to those who are/have been entrenched in potentially harmful Christian ideology!
amber walls
2024-12-05 15:56:29 +0000 UTCYes! Crowdstrike’s faulty software update was so disruptive causing BSOD all over the place
Ru
2024-12-05 14:16:09 +0000 UTComg my parents went through a war prepper phase when russia invaded ukraine but they kinda gave up halfway through so now we have a cement bunker/basement in the backyard with the shittiest wooden door you’ve ever seen in your entire life (used exclusively to store pickles)
Julia Domagalska
2024-12-05 10:47:18 +0000 UTCTHANK GODDD for this ep im so ill and I needed the binch IV
betty
2024-12-05 02:51:31 +0000 UTCAll those flights that were cancelled this summer because of a global IT outage (?) was y2k vibes
kai
2024-12-05 01:36:30 +0000 UTCAll I can think about is the Parks and Rec episode where they all wait in the park with the cult lmaoooo
CalamariAnderson
2024-12-04 23:41:02 +0000 UTC“maybe Jesus has a refractory period” ASGDHFJFJFDH
Sophia
2024-12-04 23:18:49 +0000 UTCalso re: cold showers, i’ve been having the exact same problem and my mom told me I need to have my landlord flush the hard water from the water heater. apparently they’re supposed to do it every year bc hard water is really bad for water heaters and causes them not to heat as well but landlords suck and I doubt yours (or mine) is staying on schedule with that kind of thing
abby elsethagen
2024-12-04 23:14:02 +0000 UTCbinchies! my dad personally worked in an IT department at the time of Y2K and he didn’t give me a ton of details when I asked (he isn’t really a conspiracy theorist so I think he just didn’t really believe it was that big of a deal) but he was required to go into work that night “just in case” so he basically spent that whole night in an office building doing basically nothing while my pregnant mom was home alone
abby elsethagen
2024-12-04 23:06:58 +0000 UTCThe Thames is pronounced kinda like 'tems' ! From a London binchie xx
Morgan Harries
2024-12-04 22:37:38 +0000 UTCnever thought as a maya archaeologist i would hear long count explained on the pod but honestly close enough love yall
kate burns
2024-12-04 21:47:31 +0000 UTCaw eliza tell your mom i lost half of my finger recently in a surfing accident and can also commit crime if she ever wants to bond over coffee and a robbery 🫶🏼
haley
2024-12-04 19:30:05 +0000 UTCme in the luxury ark: “oh my god its so preppy in here”
liv
2024-12-04 19:14:26 +0000 UTCOne of the key principles of not crazy prepping is to prep for Tuesday, not for doomsday. The thing a lot of these gun and food bucket preppers get wrong is that you're much more likely to be in a natural disaster or lose your job than you are to be facing off the US government. Some basic prepper things that everyone can and should take is buying some extra canned food whenever they go to the store and CYCLE IT OUT so it doesn't go bad, and make sure to only buy food you want to eat; have a plan for water purification and storage, which can be as casual as having a backpacking water filter and tabs around; and managing to build up a financial cushion no matter how small, which is especially important now that we're facing down likely economic volatility as a result of the Trump admin. Fundamentally the most important tenant of prepperism is building community - knowing your neighbors, knowing what capacity you have and what you need to build, and having a spatial grasp of where you are. Gun nut preppers HATE community and that's why they always freak out when shit minorly hits the fan.
lizzy
2024-12-04 18:46:11 +0000 UTCmen are still named camille in france 😂 also its pronounced cam-ee
Francesca Schneider
2024-12-04 17:59:33 +0000 UTCNo joke, I just sliced the side of my pinky off with a madoline. Truthfully, more humiliating than cutting a thumb. Mind you, I had listened to the pod only a few hours ago and was like damn, sucks that happened to Eliza's mom.
H Possibly
2024-12-04 17:26:54 +0000 UTCI thought the 2012 apocalypse was going to be like the movie G-Force about the guinea pigs that stop all machines from coming alive and taking over the world
Emily mckeithen
2024-12-04 17:16:23 +0000 UTChi! they know about what’s on the tails because when certain elements burn, they give off different “colors” (they all absorb or emit light at different ranges) which are measured by wave length! it’s called spectroscopy
Al
2024-12-04 16:35:36 +0000 UTCok but the way Eliza’s mom’s “love youuuu” sounded just like Eliza at the end of every episode 😭
Abbey W
2024-12-04 16:20:11 +0000 UTCAlt episode title: it’s so preppy in here
Bel Kelly-Russo
2024-12-04 16:03:36 +0000 UTCThis.
Jordan Jones
2024-12-04 16:00:38 +0000 UTCGrowing up in Utah was a constant state of earthquake doomsday prep conditioning
Jacey B
2024-12-04 15:22:31 +0000 UTCNeed Eliza’s mom bonus episode ASAP
Jacey B
2024-12-04 15:15:24 +0000 UTCMandolines scare the shit out of me
Jacey B
2024-12-04 15:14:24 +0000 UTCI was convinced all was over in December 2012 I cried for days and stayed home from school on the day the world was supposed to end
Meg K
2024-12-04 15:14:11 +0000 UTCi’ve never listened to a podcast that talks about mormons so much lmao
car
2024-12-04 15:10:47 +0000 UTCget a carhartt jacket. They’re sooooooooo warm. I work in ag field research in NC and now bring it over my patagonia.
Eliza
2024-12-04 13:42:38 +0000 UTCMy friend cut their fingertip off w a mando to the BONE and it did grow back!!!
Kelly Gilbert
2024-12-04 11:48:15 +0000 UTCAlso the reason nothing happened with Y2K was exactly because they spent so much money and had so many ppl working on it, but it’s interesting too there ended up being a white supremacist aspect to it as well?? Of course, there always is when doomsday is involved
Junny
2024-12-04 08:00:47 +0000 UTCVice has a show called Dark Side of the 90s and there’s an episode on Y2K, highly recommend watching that for a better understanding of why it was so serious! I only watched it like yesterday, I didn’t realise how complicated it actually was there was apparently 52 million lines of code that needed to be amended
Junny
2024-12-04 07:58:38 +0000 UTCre y2k: there’s a super interesting episode of the podcast Flash Forward that offers an interesting perspective on what might have happened if the y2k bug hadn’t been identified/fixed ahead of time. There’s a common perception that Y2K never would have been a big deal because nothing really happened, but this is because the problem was identified and fixed by software engineers ahead of time! So, things like the government creating a special Y2K task force or whatever may seem silly in hindsight but were likely doing important preventative work
Holly Acker
2024-12-04 07:31:06 +0000 UTCMy mom also cut the tip of her finger off with a mandolin a couple weeks ago
Emily Love
2024-12-04 06:02:46 +0000 UTCHave yall seen the vid of the bunker with the whole underground like scenery bro
Leo flood
2024-12-04 05:11:39 +0000 UTCRE: how did they find toxic gas in the tail of Halley's comet? It's so far away?? ANSWER: spectroscopy! Think the album cover of Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. From the Canadian Space Agency: "Colour and light carry information. Studying the way that different wavelengths of light interact with different types of matter can reveal many of its characteristics, including temperature, composition, and motion." https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/basics/what-is-spectroscopy.asp SOURCE: my partner, who is doing a MSc in physics!
Anne Margaret
2024-12-04 04:59:27 +0000 UTCOmg my friends middle name is Halle Bopp 😂
Senda
2024-12-04 03:33:51 +0000 UTCLogically I know I would never want to be in any kind of disaster/an very grateful that I haven't been, so tell me why the one time I was in an earthquake and it was really tiny I was kind of disappointed? Wouldn't expect to relate to preppers on much, but it was kind of a let down and I don't understand WHY
Ashley Viljoen
2024-12-04 02:36:46 +0000 UTCeliza, i’m sure you’ve considered this, but have you ever tried pretty litter? the litter changes colors if there are any issues or irregularities in your cat’s urine, and if there is any cause for concern for your cat’s health. it may save you an expensive vet bill or two.
Kat Cupp
2024-12-04 02:14:59 +0000 UTCRecommending a poetry collection by Franny Choi called “the world keeps ending and the world goes on.” I heard Franny read the title poem at AWP a few years ago and it was really nice. Love that book
Leo flood
2024-12-04 01:39:19 +0000 UTCi can second this (i’m in minneapolis)
Isabella
2024-12-04 01:39:06 +0000 UTCOmg I was hoping we would have some Mormon tie ins since those hoes LOVE prepping! If there are any binchies in utah, let’s have a ki 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Hannah Mitchell
2024-12-04 01:20:06 +0000 UTCi just want to say that i started running recently (a mile a day OUTSIDE bc i don’t have a gym membership) and i’ve discovered that podcasts work best to distract me from overthinking my breathing which makes running harder. today was my easiest run yet bc of the pod🛐
izzy
2024-12-04 00:07:58 +0000 UTCWhen I read the description for this ep I thought ur mum was launching her own pod and i would listen tbh !
Emily
2024-12-03 23:55:56 +0000 UTCEliza ur mum is so iconic
Emily
2024-12-03 23:54:38 +0000 UTCJulia when the water changes temperature thats someone else in ur building flushing the toilet
dani
2024-12-03 23:31:41 +0000 UTCeliza’s mom i cut the tip of my thumb off with a mandoline 4 years ago and i have part of my thumbprint back finally!!
Elliot
2024-12-03 23:27:37 +0000 UTCI TOOK MY SLEEP MEDS AND WAS ABOUT TO CONTINUE RELISTENING OLD EPS thank you queens, i feel like you heard my anguished annoyance over staying up already too late.
HM
2024-12-03 23:17:35 +0000 UTCunfortunately the best coat i’ve ever owned IS an aritzia superpuff but in the medium length that covers your butt (i’m in toronto)
Ally Chozik
2024-12-03 23:09:50 +0000 UTCtis the season in NYC because i’m reporting my landlord to 311 for not having the heat on while i listen to this 🙃
Leslie
2024-12-03 23:04:17 +0000 UTCFrom a lifelong Chicago-n lands end and l.l. Bean for your warm af coats. They’re expensive but last forever and are so worth it
Hannah
2024-12-03 23:03:00 +0000 UTCPerfect timing
Josh F
2024-12-03 23:00:27 +0000 UTClove u so very much queens
bug
2024-12-03 23:00:21 +0000 UTCsigh of relief THANK YOU
johanna
2024-12-03 22:59:56 +0000 UTCOn the way to the airport as we speak thank you binchies
Sophie
2024-12-03 22:59:44 +0000 UTCbig bet
Skyrim
2024-12-03 22:59:41 +0000 UTCThank godess
Bridget Bullard
2024-12-03 22:59:35 +0000 UTCConsuming the weekly ration immediately this time
Rachel Burkman
2024-12-03 22:59:32 +0000 UTCI needed this so bad
Bridget Bullard
2024-12-03 22:59:28 +0000 UTCYAY
mazie
2024-12-03 22:59:07 +0000 UTCYASSSS
Kyra!
2024-12-03 22:58:36 +0000 UTCOmg first hey girlies
Baby gorgeous
2024-12-03 22:57:26 +0000 UTC
