Would you like a friend? We love friends!! In this episode, Maddy and Doug talk about how to make friends as an adult--a problem that doesn't seem to have a solution--and how to maintain friendships when the world is literally ending in fire al

MINISODE: Queers in history! The Miley Cyrus of Transgender French Spies

Feb 1st, 2021 27m 37s

This story is incredible! If Netflix doesn't make this an original series, we will be contacting the attorney general!! This week Doug shares the amazing story of Chevalier d'Éon, a French spy who used the power of gossip to live her best life.

Remember when we could sleep well?

Jan 30th, 2021 56m 5s

What is the best night of sleep you've ever had? Has your sleep patterns gone totally to shit because we are living through the apocalypse? Us too! This week Maddy and Doug discuss sleep in a changing world, how it affects our day to day lives

Remember when we could sleep well?

Jan 29th, 2021 55m 58s

There was a time--we think--when people slept and slept well. Or maybe that is just a myth? In this week's episode, Maddy and Doug discuss their relationship with sleep and how it affects their daily lives, the best sleep they have ever gotten,

Yoink Yoink right into 2021 and Let's Talk About Failure

Jan 21st, 2021 53m 32s

This is a debut 2021 episode! Doug and Maddy discuss everyone's favorite topic, failure. However, they try to take the sting of such a negative experience and look at all the positives and what they might mean. What was the best thing to come o

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MINISODE: Frosty Came Fast and Now It's 2021

Jan 18th, 2021 28m 23s

2021 is here and so are we! bigger, badder, thiccer! Branched 2021 has a lot planned, and in this minisode we welcome the year with goals, expectations, and a hint of realism we may have been too naive to have last year. We will finish projects

Minisode: Letters to Satan Claus

Dec 7th, 2020 39m 28s

We have two amazing guests on the show this week to kick off the holiday season the only way Doug and Maddy know how, by accidentally summoning satan! Letters to Satan Claus director, Emma Sutherland. and writer, Michael Zara. join us to talk

You Should Have Branched! With the Assless Chaps

Nov 26th, 2020 1h 24m

We tricked another unsuspecting guest onto our show! This week we discuss why true crime has become such a phenomenon with our new best friends, Shayna and Liz from You Should Have Ghosted. And swap stories about close calls, creepy meet-ups, w

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Minisode: These Are A Few Of My Favorite Queens

Nov 23rd, 2020 29m 32s

Here we dive in to all things Drag Queens! We talk Drag Race, local drag, bearded queens, and Doug's plans for his drag in the future!(Want to hear about Drag Kings? That minisode is coming soon, we promise!)--- Support this podcast: https

The Carbs of Episodes

Nov 19th, 2020 1h 10m

This episode may not be a part of a healthy, balanced diet. But it sure is good to listen to. We talk about... all of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

Minisode: Threesomes, Foursomes, and Moresomes

Nov 16th, 2020 31m 47s

We're talking about sex again. We just can't stop ourselves. This time it's about BDSM and consent!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

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Minisode: Doug Loves Scream

Nov 2nd, 2020 37m 38s

This whole minisode is basically Doug gushing about how great the Scream movies are. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

Cryptids And Assorted Creeps

Oct 29th, 2020 1h 14m

It's that time again! Our Halloween Episode is upon us! This time we're talking about the unexplainable and the stories that come out of it!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

I Want to Try Drinking Blood

Oct 15th, 2020 57m 30s

This episode, Maddy and Doug talk about La Croix, soda, and what your favorite drink says about you. And also some other things. Just listen to it.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

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Minisode: (MAXIsode) Kissing the Coronavirus: The Epic Conclusion

Oct 12th, 2020 53m 23s

Part 2 of our deep dive into the romantic drama that is Kissing the Coronavirus by MJ Edwards. Kids, it's about to get DIRTY.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

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Minisode: Alexa Ashingtonford's Dummy Thicc Ass

Oct 6th, 2020 31m 36s

It's our first ever 2 PART MINISODE! And y'all, we peaked on this one. It won't get better. It just won't. This minisode we read and review the Amazon ebook "Kissing the Coronavirus". You aren't ready. --- Support this podcast: https://podc

Shaft on Screen

Sep 24th, 2020 59m 56s

It's not about Shaft, y'all.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/support

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Minisode: BRANCHED FAN FAVES (Haunted Doll...)

Sep 7th, 2020 21m 48s

While Doug and Maddy are busy with many things, we get to look back at some of our fans favorite episodes! This one Doug and Maddy look for weird shit for sale online!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branche

Branched Fan Faves! (Our XXX Podcast)

Sep 3rd, 2020 1h 5m

This week we're giving you that fan favorite realness, henny. We're giving you a chance to relive our most popular episode! And of course it's all about sex, ya little pervs.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/

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Minisode: Our Chat with Gavin Michael Booth - Director of Last Call

Aug 31st, 2020 29m 33s

This week's minisode is possibly the most fun we've had on this show! We screened upcoming indie movie Last Call and talked with the director, Gavin Michael Booth! It was an amazing experience!Find out more about Last Call here: http://www.la

Let's Talk About Sex, Baby!

Aug 27th, 2020 1h 10m

It's our second sexpisode! And this time, we brought in the sexperts! We talked with Jacqueline Jones, the owner of award-winning sex shop Sugar! Jacqueline talks with us about the importance of good sex ed in schools, how to find sex toys tha

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Minisode: ATLA Watch - The Painted Lady

Aug 17th, 2020 28m 18s

This week we kick off a new minisode miniseries (say that three times fast) where we review some of our favorite episodes of the iconic children's TV show Avatar the Last Airbender.This installment is all about Season 3, Episode 3: The Painte

Millet is Bad and Everything is Brunch

Aug 13th, 2020 59m 10s

Brunch, my friends, is just a state of mind. This episode, Doug and Maddy talk brunch, talk food, and talk about terrible comedy for like WAY too long.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branched-podcast/suppor

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Minisode: QUEERS IN HISTORY - Compton's Cafeteria Riot

Aug 10th, 2020 22m 45s

This week, we're treated to another lesson in queer history as Doug tells us about the Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966 and how it helped shape the movement for transgender rights throughout the country.DEFINITELY worth the listen!--- Supp

Short Shorts and Nipples

Aug 6th, 2020 53m 4s

What are clothes even?Maddy and Doug attempt to work that out and talk about their style, how style is different than fashion, and how clothes can make you feel. Special shout-out to Florida Man Brian this episode for proving that not everyon