Your Weekly Breakdown

Fart Gate, the Second Wife Economy, and Learning Personal Boundaries

This week, Cait and Em cover everything from $1,000 theatre outings and elite family vacation strategy (built-in kids club, obviously) to the deeply unserious state of Canadian politics—yes, including Fart Gate. Caitlin wins a CBC comedy panel (as she should), Emily pitches a documentary on Anne Hathaway’s press tour (greenlit in our minds), and together we unpack why women are now… quietly managing their husbands’ job searches.Also on the docket: billionaires buying forests (a win? a warning?), gambling apps turning your phone into a casino, AI morphing into a Stepford wife, and a caterpillar that wears dead bugs as an outfit (nature is healing, sort of). We end, as always, with friendship drama, emotional labor, and the radical act of saying: I can do this.It’s silly, it’s smart, it’s slightly unhinged—and yes, the girls are still dressed the same.Shownotes:SNL UKwomen are doing their husband's job searchesnoami klein interview w/ ezra kleinavi lewis new head of NDPa good billionaire? Tim Sweeney is buying forestsfartgate in canadian parliamenthonestly the gambling ads (+helplines!!) are out of controlwait AI just a digital stepford wifethe bone collector catapillarAir Canada CEO under fireBooksBrawler by Lauren GroffThe Power of Real Optimism by Deepika Chopra***Follow along:Your Weekly Breakdown on instagram: www.instagram.com/yourweeklybreakdownCaitlin on instagram: www.instagram.com/caitlinhowdenEmily on instagram: www.instagram.com/hardcopy.onlineInterested in advertising in a Hard Copy Media property? Click hereEmail anytime with questions: hey@hardcopy.onlineSubscribe to the weekly newsletter at hardcopy.online/sign-up

Pierre Poilievre on Joe Rogan, Mormon Wives Drama, + the Collapse of Modern Society (Fun!) with guest Jill Clark

This week, Cait and guest co-host Jill Clark enter our political curiosity era (against our will) as Pierre Poilievre goes on Joe Rogan and… behaves? They unpack the surprisingly competent PR glow-up no one asked for, plus what it says about Canadian politics getting just a little too interesting.Then, because Emily is away, enjoy some Reality TV chat!! Chaos, crime, and soft-swinging collide as The Bachelorette implodes in real time—because nothing says “ready for love” like a pending assault charge and a perfectly timed TMZ leak.The girls spiral (productively) into the death of the Metaverse, the rise of AI slop, why Broadway is now stunt-casting influencers, and how weddings quietly became financial ruin disguised as love.Finally, a palate cleanser: women’s sports are (finally) getting paid, yogurt might fix your mental health, and the radical act of being nice to strangers could save us all.Light, unhinged, and occasionally profound—just the way we like it.Shownotes:PP on joe rogandeath of the metaversewnba salary increases***Follow along:Your Weekly Breakdown on instagram: www.instagram.com/yourweeklybreakdownCaitlin on instagram: www.instagram.com/caitlinhowdenEmily on instagram: www.instagram.com/hardcopy.onlineInterested in advertising in a Hard Copy Media property? Click hereEmail anytime with questions: hey@hardcopy.onlineSubscribe to the weekly newsletter at hardcopy.online/sign-up

Content, Capitalism, and the Cost of Being Alive w/ guest co-host Jill Clark

Excuse the audio, we did our best! Tune in for a Great Yap Session with guest co-host Jill Clark, standing in while Em is out drowning in the chaos of life. This week it's wide-ranging (and very correct) episode on modern life: how to game travel points, dress like you tried (without trying), and survive the Oscars discourse. We get into influencer creep on red carpets, the economics of having kids, the disappearance of third spaces, and why libraries deserve more respect—and funding. Plus, a radical but necessary idea: stat holidays belong on Fridays. Shownotes:max alexander designertrain dreams moviekidney and liver cleanses and transplantsjimmy rush oysters the chicks singer buys laundromat and why we think it's all about building community and 3rd spaceslibrary in hamilton ontario needs to screen visitors***Follow along:Your Weekly Breakdown on instagram: www.instagram.com/yourweeklybreakdownCaitlin on instagram: www.instagram.com/caitlinhowdenEmily on instagram: www.instagram.com/hardcopy.onlineInterested in advertising in a Hard Copy Media property? Click hereEmail anytime with questions: hey@hardcopy.onlineSubscribe to the weekly newsletter at hardcopy.online/sign-up

Hockey culture, Burnt bangs, Olympic Village after dark, and the usual newsy chaos

This week: burnt bangs, horny Olympians, hockey culture discourse, and a geopolitical crisis. You know, the usual light fare. Emily and Caitlin dive into Elliotte Friedman's poorly-chosen metaphor and the real problem with hockey culture, why the Olympic Village might be the world’s most athletic dating app, the strange politics of daylight saving time, and a few headlines that range from adorable to deeply alarming. Come for the chaos, stay for the cultural commentary.Shownotes:bc time changespei tenant apptourettes at the baftasspill tabsmerzplaylists as a love languages3x at the olympicsforever fan girling alyssa liumelania security councilUS-Israel attacks on Iranongoing epstein list of people impactedconvicted stowawaythe barkely marathon is insane***Follow along:Your Weekly Breakdown on instagram: www.instagram.com/yourweeklybreakdownCaitlin on instagram: www.instagram.com/caitlinhowdenEmily on instagram: www.instagram.com/hardcopy.onlineInterested in advertising in a Hard Copy Media property? Click hereEmail anytime with questions: hey@hardcopy.onlineSubscribe to the weekly newsletter at hardcopy.online/sign-up

Olympic Cheaters, Year of the Unhinged Horse, the Death of Privacy, and Let's All Go Full Bush

This week, we’re limping in with workout injuries and leaving with a full-blown existential crisis. Emily and Caitlin unpack everything from Meta’s terrifying facial-recognition glasses and Canada accidentally investing your retirement in Elon’s chaos machine, to Olympic-level cheating scandals, pickleball fights among the elderly, and a possible 12-year-old future dictator. Plus: why improv kills your inner critic, why Cuba is running out of gas (literally), and why modern beauty standards might have more sinister origins than you think. It’s surveillance, scandal, and soft-belly solidarity—all wrapped up in one silly and smart spiral.Shownotesrosalia luxfiona apple fetch the bolt cuttersyear of the fire horseflorida country club brawlhate metas ray ban smart glasses and now they're adding facial recognitionCPP invests in GROK?? what?!north korea successioncuba running out of oilthe figure skating jacket guybiathlete credit card fraudholly davidson refs the six nations matchsudoku packing for travel your brain memorized vs improvisedjameela jamil essay on teenage aestheticthe last late showBooks:everyone in my family has killed someonehalf his agevladimir***Follow along:Your Weekly Breakdown on instagram: www.instagram.com/yourweeklybreakdownCaitlin on instagram: www.instagram.com/caitlinhowdenEmily on instagram: www.instagram.com/hardcopy.onlineInterested in advertising in a Hard Copy Media property? Click hereEmail anytime with questions: hey@hardcopy.onlineSubscribe to the weekly newsletter at hardcopy.online/sign-up