Broads Next Door

Broads Next Door

Join Daniela Scrima and guests every Monday-Friday as they discuss pop culture, scandals, unsolved mysteries, weird history and more while trying to gain a broader understanding on how any of this happened. Shop BroadsNextStore.com or join our Patreon.com/Broadsnextdoor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Episodes

August 28, 2025 48 mins
Put on a cozy sweater, grab a slice of cherry pie and pour a damn fine cup of coffee because today we’re taking a trip back to Twin Peaks, as we gain a broader understanding of Catherine Coulson, or as you may know her, The Log Lady.

But we’re not doing this alone, we are joined by some very special guests Jenny Sullivan an accomplished actor, director, and playwright whose career spans film, television, and the stage, Claire Olliv...
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Summon your rage and gather your empathy because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of the disappearance and death of Amber Tuccaro as well as the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

CW: violence

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Back for another crossover episode is Kristen Bear, host of Creative Sobriety. She knows a thing
or two about potions, hysteria, and the ways society
polices what we do with our bodies and our minds.

So grab your mandrake root and sprinkle some salt,
because today, we are getting a broader understanding of
witches, potions, and the original ‘bad trip’ that may have
sparked the Salem witch trials, plus the spookiest spell of
all- the one t...
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Grab your ankle weights & caffeine pills because today we’re getting a broader understanding of The Biggest Loser. It was one of the most predatory, manipulative and harmful reality TV shows to ever air- so why was it marketed as helpful? And why did people keep watching?

CW: all things surrounding weight, weight loss, and disordered eating

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Grab your sense of skepticism in police investigations and turn on your Amber alerts because today we’re getting a broader understanding on the alleged Portland serial killer, Jesse Calhoun and why police fumbled warning the public. Plus, the disappearance of Baby Emanuel Haro in California and the parole hearings of Erik and Lyle Menendez.

CW: violence, SA

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Grab your prescription refills (if you can still afford them) leave the gun and take the cannoli, because today we’re joined by author, screenwriter, producer, publisher extraordinaire Luke Goebel, as we try and gain a broader understanding of the December 4th, 2024 assassination of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson… and the man accused of killing him, Luigi Mangione. 

We’ll also be talking about Luke’s upcoming novel, Kill Dick (which...
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August 20, 2025 21 mins
Grab your Bath and Body Works bag, take the blurriest video of an interdimensional being possible and maybe get a pretzel on the way out because today we're gaining a broader understanding of the January 1st 2024 Miami mall alien incident. It swept the news and social media but disappeared as fast as it came. Was it just fireworks and teenagers or did other worldly beings really want to see what The Cheesecake Factory was all about...
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Grab your repressed memories from your 20s and the unfounded fears of your 30s as we"re joined by Kristen Bear of Creative Sobriety to gain a broader understanding of why turning 40 is actually pretty awesome. 

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Put on your black eyeliner and learn how to use the remote control because today we're getting a broader understanding of all things The Osbournes. How they changed reality television forever, the darkness behind the scenes, and the moments of joy along the way.

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Get in your hyperbaric oxygen chamber or swallow a cursed potion because today we’re letting death become us- or rather we’re taking a broader look at those who want to live forever- the fictional, the factual & the futuristic paths to eternal life. Why do people want to live forever? Can we? Would you? In this episode we take a look at immortality- Death Becomes Her, people who think they’re vampires, my vampire facials, Bryan...
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Turn on your dial-up modem & get ready to send this email to ten friends before a limewire virus crashes the family desktop  because today, we're getting a broader understanding of how the internet became an ad.

In this episode we travel through the ghost town of the old internet through chain emails, geocities fan sites, LiveJournal confessions, MySpace betrayals, before making are way to the Facebook takeover & the rise o...
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Grab your chargers, put your heart in airplane mode, and maybe delete that Replika app, because today, we are stepping into the uncanny valley of AI romance. We’ll be talking about the new film Companion, starring the brilliant Sofie Thatcher. We talk about real stories of people dating AI, films like Terminator, Her & Ex Machina before finally getting a broader understanding of AI companionship- why we’re obsessed with with me...
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Grab your true crime timeline and get ready for the defense reach out to the prosecution, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal in the November 2022 murders of Kaylee Concalves, Maddison Mogen, Xana Kernodle & Ethan Chapin while also getting more info on the case and what happened that one night in Idaho.

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July 10, 2025 37 mins
Grab a makeshift  weapon and say goodbye to your best friends, because today we're getting a broader understanding of the Final Girl trope- why we love them, why we root for them, how far they’ve grown & how far they still have to go. Plus, why it's lonely be to the last one left. 

Sources in show notes.

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Grab your backstage pass and put on a baby doll dress, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of what happens when a woman in Hollywood opens her mouth before the media is ready to listen. When Courtney Love warned us about Harvey Weinstein in a 13 second red carpet clip at the Comedy Central roast of Pamela Anderson. It was one of her briefest but boldest moves, and like anyone who spoke out against the monster, it g...
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July 8, 2025 47 mins
Grab your anti-aging routine and get ready to become another person as we discuss the 2024 film The Substance and the lengths people will go to have a younger self.

(Originally released in October of 2024)

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Grab your emergency radio and whatever’s left of your faith in infrastructure, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of what happens when a system fails and the water comes anyway as we look at the devastating floods that hit Texas, the failure of leadership and lawmakers, the unsavory online discourse that followed, and a reminder that we should care about every child, not just the ones whose parents vote like us.


Don...
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Grab your pearls and pack up your personality, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of the viral trad wife trend and why no broad is safe while barefoot submission is trending.

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Grab your towel animal, your bottomless daiquiri, and your basic human rights waiver, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of cruise ship horror stories.

From the infamous “poop cruise” where passengers slept in sewage, to the final ship before COVID where people were locked in cabins while the virus spread like a nightmare… to the women who boarded and were never seen again- we’re setting sail into the absurd, the d...
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June 30, 2025 52 mins
Grab your court transcripts, your conspiracy corkboard, and a very strong cup of coffee, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of June’s wildest crimes, trials, acquittals, disappearances, and internet-fueled chaos.

Trigger warning because this one contains everything from sexual assault to pet death to missing children to Stockholm syndrome and Twitter serial killers.

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