WonderBinge

19/10/2024

This past Thursday night, Maria and her family suffered a terrible house fire. Thankfully, everyone is safe, but the damage is extensive. Many of their possessions could not be recovered, including our recording equipment. The indoor picture is the current state of the recording studio.
As you can imagine, this is a difficult time for us. Time is needed to recover from the physical and emotional loss. Until further notice, we will be postponing episode releases. Thanks for understanding ❤️

20/04/2023

Happy Birthday to WonderBinge Podcast!! To celebrate, we're releasing an impromtu recording of a light-hearted conversation between us and our good friend, Sab! Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts, or click the link :)

Join us, Gen Kull and Maria Monachino, as we explore many of our obscure findings and deep interests as well as those of our listeners. We love talking about our personal journeys into discovering a new (and sometimes old) thing to be briefly obsessed with. New Episodes every other Monday

16/05/2022

Better late than never, right!? Episode 54 was a fun dive into classic nursery rhymes and their not so childish origins. Scroll to the end to reminisce on the underside of a fish, because why not.

18/04/2022

Episode 53 is yet another spooky time with Maria! Join us as we discuss how weird the human mind is, what the dark shapes in your peripherals might be, and why recording on one’s darkened porch and talking about shadow people might not necessarily be the best choice.

04/04/2022

No new ep today, wonderers!
Your beloved hosts had a long chat about the episode we had prepared for you today and decided it was one best left in the editing suite. You all deserve the best content we can provide and so, we have opted to have a dark week.
In the meantime, keep wondering and don’t forget to rate and review us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. Send us a screenshot of your rating/ review and we’ll send you a sticker or two as thanks for helping us grow!

21/03/2022

It’s episode 52 already and we’re taking a look at the famously controversial Rorschach Test!
Join us as Maria explains how it’s not about what you see, it’s about how you see it… and be sure to have this post at the ready around 46:45 so you can analyze these ink blots alongside your hosts as we explore the Rorschach together.

Slide Guide!
1-10. Cards I through X of the ink blots meticulously chosen by Hermann Rorschach in order.

21/02/2022

ITS OUR 50TH EPISODE!

Episode 50 explores the history of Dungeons and Dragons, it’s evolution from the war games of it’s past, and the hiccups it met along the way, as well as plenty of tangents to discuss modern play, our own personal styles of play, and our love of the game.

Huge thank you to our very first official guest, storyteller extraordinaire Connor Riley!

Slide Guide!
1. Our special guest, Connor Riley (he/they) - Check him out pretty much everywhere
2. Dungeons and Dragons: Just harmless fun - or sorcery?
3. Gygax and Perren’s war game Chainmail would eventually lead to the development of the we all know today, Dungeons and Dragons
4. New management tried to make D&d high tech, wanna guess how that went?
5. The nerdy ass voice actors that proved that you can make the art of collaboration storytelling your craft and inspired countless streams and podcasts of the sort.

07/02/2022

Happy Chinese New Year and welcome to the Year of the Water Tiger!
Episode 49 has Genna absolutely geeking out over the Chinese zodiac, Yin and Yang, and the ever fortuitous interconnectedness of the Zodiac and how the Western Zodiac and the Chinese Zodiac sorta kinda match up.

Slide Guide!
1. The zodiac animals making their way to the banquet on the hill from Fruits Basket
2. The Chinese Zodiac wheel
3. The Chinese Zodiac wheel with yin and yang as well as element layouts
4. Animals by dates
5. Secret animals by time of birth
6. The reason YinYang looks the way it does
7. Fruits Basket which Maria loves very much

24/01/2022

Episode 48 explores our modern interpretations of love and death by following the discoveries of human remains locked in an eternal embrace. Listen along as Gen and Maria get deep and discuss how contemporary perceptions of gender and sexuality affect our views and presumptions about the lives of those in the past.

Slide Guide!
1. The Lovers of Valdaro
2. The Lovers of Modena
3. The Lovers of Cluj-Napoca
4. The Embracing Skeletons of Aleptrypa
5. The Hasanlu Lovers
6. The Two Maidens

10/01/2022

Episode 47 is a shocking continuation of secret killers of the Edwardian Era, and with it comes the introduction of electricity! Join us as Gen shares how water and electricity do not mix, asbestos is not a good time, and glow in the dark wasn’t as fun back in the day as you may think.

Slide Guide!
1. The Parkins illuminating tablecloth dating back to 1902
2. One lightbulb outlet and a whole lot of appliances
3. When electricity premiered, the hardware store lighting section was more like a museum
4. Raw asbestos (DO NOT CRAVE THIS MINERAL)
5. 1930s Westclox Big Ben alarm clock with a radium painted dial
6. The Radium Girls would glow as often as possible, not understanding the consequences
7. WARNING
8. The consequences: Radium Jaw