BEEF with Bridget Todd
BEEF is an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast where Business Wars meets pop culture history. Award-winning host Bridget Todd tells the stories of legends in their fields and how they tried to stomp out their competition only to find that their enemies become the driving force behind their success, ultimately changing the world as we know it.
Episodes
This week on Beef, fearless explorers Sir Richard Burton and Captain John Hanning Speke face unimaginable dangers, and their own divisiveness, while searching for the source of the Nile River.
Check out Felipe Fernández-Armesto's latest book The Oxford History of the World.
Learn more about Robin Hanbury-Tenison's adventures in South America!
Hosted by Bridget Todd
Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Showrunner Pete Musto
Produce...
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May 8, 2024 • 43 mins
In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with journalist and author J. Randy Taraborrelli about the complexities of the Bouvier family, the weight of international fame, and what our fascination with celebrities says about our culture.
J. Randy Taraborrelli is a frequent contributing entertainment reporter for Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, Today and CBS This Morning. And he’s written multiple Ne...
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This week on Beef, Former First-Lady Jackie Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill play tug-of-war with the public’s affection and adoration.
Grab a copy of J. Randy Taraborrelli's latest book about the Bouviers - Jackie: Public, Private, Secret.
Hosted by Bridget Todd
Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Showrunner Pete Musto
Produced by James Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo
Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle
F...
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April 24, 2024 • 43 mins
In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Adrián Duston-Muñoz talks with professor of Hispanic Studies Dr. Stephanie Kirk about Mexico's Baroque period, the gender politics of knowledge during that time, and the connections between Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and modern day feminism.
Dr. Stephanie Kirk is the Director of the Center for the Humanities and a Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Women, Gender, and Sexua...
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April 17, 2024 • 32 mins
This week on Beef, the brilliant 17th century nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz dares to defy the Catholic Church with her scholarship and searing wit.
Pick up Dr. Stephanie Kirk's fascinating book Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Gender Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico.
Hosted by Bridget Todd
Written by Adrián Duston-Muñoz
The actors who voiced Sor Juana’s words are Luisa Sofia and Franco Machado-Pesce
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April 10, 2024 • 47 mins
In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto chats with pop culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong about TV history, diverse representation in media, and how Sex and the City paved the way for countless other hit shows like HBO's Girls and Comedy Central's Broad City.
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is a former entertainment journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of several incredibly enlightening books...
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April 3, 2024 • 44 mins
This week on Beef, actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Catrall, the stars of the groundbreaking HBO megahit series Sex and the City, exhibit peak mean girl behavior.
Grab a copy of Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's latest book "So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We're Still So Obsessed with It."
Look for Felix Gillette's comprehensive history of HBO: "It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO."
Hoste...
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March 27, 2024 • 24 mins
In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto sits down with University of Edinburgh paleontology professer Dr. Steve Brusatte to talk about the joy of finding fossils, why people are fascinated by dinosaurs, and the problematic legacy of the Great Bone Wars.
Dr. Steve Brusatte has worked as a researcher at the Division of Paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History, acted as scientific consultant for the ...
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March 20, 2024 • 31 mins
In 2024, two Next Chapter Podcasts shows received nominations for Ambies awards: "Play On Podcasts" and "BEEF!" So on March 8, Bridget co-hosted an IG live with composer Lindsay Jones, who was nominated for 'Best Original Score' for his work on Play On's adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Enjoy the audio from that conversation, where they discuss their own work and BEEF's nomination for 'Best Indie Podcast.'
Ambies winners will ...
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March 13, 2024 • 43 mins
This week on Beef, the natural historians who started the Great Bone Wars refuse to bury the hatchet, wreaking havoc on the future of their field.
Grab a copy of Dr. Steve Brusatte's latest book "The Rise and Fall of Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us."
Look for Dr. Matthew Carrano's contribution to "The Complete Dinosaur."
Hosted by Bridget Todd
Written by Nicole Walkow-Benedi
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March 6, 2024 • 38 mins
This week on Beef, pioneering 19th century paleontologists Othneil Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope help build a discipline of science with their bitter backbiting in part one of the "Great Bone Wars."
Pick up a copy of David Bainbridge's "Paleontology: An Illustrated History."
Check out Robert Peck's co-authored history of the Academy of Natural Sciences, "A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelph...
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February 28, 2024 • 50 mins
In our first piece of bonus content for season 2 of Beef, senior producer Sam Levine sits down with pro wrestling commentator and former-WWE writer and producer Kazeem Famuyide to talk about his his love of the sport, all the weird little idiosyncrasies that make it so unique and appealing, and what a monumental chapter in history the Monday Night Wars really were.
Kazeem Famuyide is the co-host of The Masked Man Podcast for the R...
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February 19, 2024 • 51 mins
This week on Beef, professional wrestling promoter Vince McMahon and media mogul Ted Turner use their companies WWF and WCW to transform cable television into a sweaty warzone.
Listen to Kazeem Famuyide on The Masked Man on the Ringer network!
Hosted by Bridget Todd
Written by James "Sam" Levine
Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto
Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo
Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle
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January 31, 2024 • 2 mins
The wait is almost over! Our hit show BEEF with Bridget Todd is back by popular demand. After a stellar first season that earned us not one... not two... but THREE Gold Signal Awards (thanks to your incredible support), the pettiness returns to prey upon your better natures. Follow the show on all platforms and tune in on February 19 for the first episode of season two!
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September 29, 2023 • 2 mins
The Beef team is honored to be named as finalists for Best Writing, Best Emerging Podcast and Best Host in the 2023 Signal Awards. Check the show notes to learn how to vote!
Voting is open until October 5th. Go to ncpodcasts.com/signal to cast your ballot!
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August 9, 2023 • 37 mins
Gil visits a psychic after Lex asserts he has the worst luck of any person he’s ever met. Nadya, the beautiful psychic, isn’t exactly truthful about what she sees in Gil’s tarot spread. Later, after attending a college philosophy class, Gil has serious doubts about his standing in the universal order.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA...
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Are you a fan of adult entertainment? Then, you've got to listen to one of our favorite podcasts: Holly Randall Unfiltered. In this episode from Holly's show, Holly interviews Christy Mack. Christy Mack made international headlines in 2014 when she suffered a life-threatening beating at the hands of her MMA fighter ex-boyfriend, War Machine. But that is not where her story started — or where it ends. In this episode, ...
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July 5, 2023 • 46 mins
Episode 138: I'll Always Have Coach - What's Your Beef? Coach has complications with cat sitting, JD tiffs with taxes, and Davis makes a first class friend. Beef. Everybody's got it. Join feral comedians Leah Kayajanian (Coach), Jenny Davis (JD), and Emily Davis (Davis) as they take a deep dive into the petty beefs we all encounter, dissecting life's little stresses and inviting you to share your beefs too. WYB covers the spectrum ...
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May 24, 2023 • 43 mins
Comedian Kiki Andersen finds the funny in the most uncomfortable corners of our culture. Sex. Politics. Religion. But in the digital age, what can and can’t be talked about at the dinner table has changed dramatically. Indecent is a podcast all about what’s off-limits and who sets the boundaries for today’s taboos. Through conversations with comedians, psychologists, journalists, theologians and scientists, Kiki peels at the wallpa...
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May 17, 2023 • 37 mins
In this bonus episode for season 1, the writing team behind Beef sat down to talk about how they put the show together and give you a peek behind the curtain as to how these stories got told. Our writing team are James Levine (who scripted the stories of Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels and Adidas vs. Puma Pt. 1 & 2), Ben Austin-Docampo (who wrote James Brown vs. Joe Tex, Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Steven Seagal, and Captai...
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