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Release Date: 12/09/2025

Did the Elizabeth Smart Documentary Change How We See True Crime?

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What happens when a Netflix documentary is so good it ruins your entire emotional stability? Natalie Sanderson Jones and Angela Bingham hit record and immediately spiral. In this episode of Put Your Books Down, the hosts unpack Netflix’s Elizabeth Smart documentary—why it hits differently than every true-crime special before it, how the media failed a family in real time, and why believing girls (especially nine-year-old girls) would’ve changed everything. From shocking bystander behavior to the cult-like delusion that let kidnappers hide in plain sight, this...

Why Gordon Ramsay Terrifies Us But British Bakers Feel Safe | Put Your Books Down

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Why does The Great British Baking Show feel soothing while Hell’s Kitchen activates our nervous systems? In this episode of Put Your Books Down, Natalie Sanderson Jones and Angela Bingham dive into the psychology of cooking shows, celebrity chefs, and why watching adults scream over risotto is somehow considered entertainment. From Gordon Ramsay’s public persona versus his real-life charm, to Paul Hollywood’s quietly terrifying handshake, the hosts unpack why kindness feels radical in competition television. They compare Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, The Bear,...

Is January a Scam? Plus Michael Douglas’ Worst Dad Era & Brittany Murphy Supremacy

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January is fake, Michael Douglas is way too calm about child kidnapping, and Brittany Murphy deserved the world. This week on Put Your Books Down, Natalie Sanderson Jones and Angela Bingham spiral joyfully through seasonal despair, unearned cinematic confidence, long leather coats, emotionally unavailable therapists, dry lips, and the absolutely BONKERS ending of Don’t Say a Word now that it’s resurfaced on Netflix. We question why everyone in early-2000s thrillers reacts to trauma like it’s a mild inconvenience, pitch the sequel Hollywood was too cowardly to...

DON’T SLEEP, IT’S A TRAP 😱🌿

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Gucci aliens, Donald Sutherland’s legendary hair, mud-bath man buns, revenge bedtime procrastination & why you should NEVER trust your houseplants—Natalie Sanderson Jones & Angela Bingham lose their minds over Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) on Put Your Books Down 🎬👽✨ #PutYourBooksDown #InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers #AlienMovies #70sCinema #DonaldSutherlandHair #MoviePodcast #PopCulturePodcast #CultClassics #FilmTok #TrustNoOne #HouseplantsAreSus Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow...

🎧😂 “Laugh Tracks Ruined My Life (Or Did They?)”

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Nat & Ange spiral from MASH* to Breaking Bad to SVU chaos asking who told TV when to laugh, whether Gen X is emotionally broken, and why Ice-T deserves a studio audience 😭📺🔥 #PutYourBooksDown #LaughTrackDebate #GenXHumor #PodcastComedy #TVHotTakes #BreakingBad #LawAndOrderSVU #SitcomLife #DarkHumor #PopCulturePodcast Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow Put Your Books Down on social media: Facebook: Instagram: Natalie on IG: Angela...

Reprise of "Over the River, Through the Woods, some drama and some curtain rings"

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Enjoy this encore presentation of this holiday episode! We will back next week! Our dear Allison came back to the pod to laugh about two of the greatest Thanksgiving movies ever: “Home for the Holidays” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow Put Your Books Down on social media: Facebook: Instagram: Natalie on IG: Angela on IG: Podcast produced by

🎙️ Roofman - Aka Phrogger Goes a’Courtin’

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Nat & Ange spiral from fake Christmas trees to Roofman (Channing Tatum living in a Toys R Us?!) with phrogging, Peter Dinklage chaos, gentle criminals, trauma talk, and zero jazz hands—pop culture at its unhinged finest ✨📚 #PutYourBooksDown #Roofman #PhroggerRobber #PodcastComedy #PopCulturePodcast #MovieTalk #ChanningTatum #KirstenDunst #PeterDinklage #TrueCrimeAdjacent #BunsAlert Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow Put Your Books Down on social media: Facebook: ...

🎄Christmas With the Cranks… and the Creeps 👀

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Nat & Ange Survive Aggressive Carolers, Tanning-Bed Trauma, Tim Allen’s Midlife Meltdown & Demonic Frosty in This Chaotic Holiday Roast 🤣🔥✨ #PutYourBooksDown #ChristmasWithTheCranks #HolidayComedy #PodcastLOL #JamieLeeCurtisForever #VigilanteCarolers #TimAllenDrama #FrostyHasDemonicEyes #HolidayMovieReview #FunnyPodcast #WomenWhoPodcast #ChaosChristmas #ViralPodcast #ComediansOfInstagram Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow Put Your Books Down on social media: Facebook: ...

What We’re Watching - AI Zombies, Cowboy Fever & Kim K’s Butt-Crack Suits 🤖🤠💔👗

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Nat & Ange spiral into TV chaos, cold meds, patriarchy rants & Sister Wives mullet trauma 😂🔥 #PutYourBooksDownPodcast #StrangerThings #Pluribus #LonesomeDove #SisterWives #AllsFair #MorningShow #PatriciaArquette #KimKardashian #CowboyCulture #TVRecap #BingeWorthy #PodcastComedy #ViralPodcast Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow Put Your Books Down on social media: Facebook: Instagram: Natalie on IG: Angela on IG: ...

Don’t Get Me Started 😂 — Harmonica Prodigies, Tesla Trucks & Christmas Music Crimes 🎄🔥

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Nat & Ange go OFF in a hilarious rant-fest about harmonica duos, Cybertruck chaos, elevator sigh-ers, dessert shamers, ‘K’ texters, ASMR click-clackers and people blasting Mariah Carey in SEPTEMBER 🤦‍♀️🤣 #PutYourBooksDown #FunnyPodcast #ComedyPodcast #HolidayRants #HarmonicaFail #Cybertruck #ASMR #DontGetMeStarted #PodcastReels #WomenPodcasters #ViralPodcast #RelatableAF Check out our website here: Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: Follow Put Your Books Down on social media: Facebook: ...

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