Ben and Robin celebrate a whole YEAR of podcasting, finding community, and finding themselves. On the opening episode of season 2, we look back at what's changed over the past year, drop a lot of lore updates, and debate switching fully to ASMR.
Thank you for your love and support as we enter a second year of podcasting! We have so many more stories and interviews on the way. If you want to help with our fundraiser for a new editing computer and web hosting expenses, donation links are at https://bratpod.com
Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our Discord server! Find our Discord and socials at https://bratpod.com
21 Jul 2025
Ben and Robin Go Back In the Closet!
In the last episode from our first YEAR of podcasting, Ben and Robin go back in the closet...just to take a look around for a bit. We talk about our own experiences being closeted to family, to the world, and to ourselves. We get into:
- Reasons to come out of the closet
- When it's OK to stay in the closet
- How hard would it actually be to go back in the closet after coming out?
- Is it possible to be closeted to yourself?
- Shadow work and Internal Family Systems
- Nami doing ASMR!
Thank you for your love and support through our first year of podcasting! We have so many more stories and interviews on the way. If you want to help with our fundraiser for a new editing computer and web hosting expenses, donation links are at BRATpod.com (https://bratpod.com/)
Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our Discord server! Find our Discord and socials at BRATpod.com (https://bratpod.com/)
Content warning: suicide (22:38-23:20)
16 Jul 2025
Ben and Robin and Dan Get Cultured! (Or, the Unexpected Virtue of Transness)
Ben and Robin welcome back Dan (any pronouns) to talk about the pop culture we grew up with and how it affected our understanding of ourselves as trans people. We get into a wide array of topics, including:
- Common trans tropes in movies, TV, and video games (and why we deserve better)
- How we conceptualized ourselves in a world where (almost) all trans representation was negative
- The power of positive tragedy-free queer content, and how to tell a trans trauma story the right way
- Why trans actors and creators deserve good contracts and good agents
- Another Jerry Springer rant and another Jim Carey rant
- How pop culture and the media are used as anti-trans propaganda and erasure
- All sports are gay
- Our new strategy of funding the podcast with crypto and NTFs! Get your BRATcoins now!
The documentary Disclosure can be found at https://www.disclosurethemovie.com
Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our Discord server! Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at BRATpod.com (https://bratpod.com/)
Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at TransHopeUnited.com (https://transhopeunited.com/)
Looking for resources for your transition? Have resources that helped you that you'd like to share? We post all the resources we can find at directory.TransHopeUnited.com (https://directory.transhopeunited.com/)
Spoilers: The Last of Us Part II (45:40-55:03)
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Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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YouTube
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Engagement
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