Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast

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234 - A Well-Oiled Underground Bartender Rape Railroad (S24E17 Lime Chaser) Oct 28, 2024

Things aren't going well for Churlish, Velasco, and Muncy this week as their bitter arguments over Churlish's white-foods-only habit reaches a boiling point. This week, we meet Muncy's brother Teddy, who is also Stabler's brother, who is also Kat's real-life husband. He leads us down the rabbit hole into a world of macho, MMA-training bartenders who work as gophers for a bizarre ring of South Asian chemists who procure unconscious young professionals to be raped by awful Canadian businessmen. Yeah, there's a lot going on here guys.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Lily, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, Whitney C, Alex, and Kaytlyn B - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcastsFollow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 3, Episode 22 "Competence"
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233 - Nips Out and a Necktie (S20E9 Mea Culpa) Oct 21, 2024

This week, ADA Peter Stone's fast and loose lifestyle during his younger days when he was still a baseball player comes screaming into the world of our SVUs. What happens when a main cast member is the lead suspect in the case the SVUs are investigating? Well, that largely depends on the showrunner and the according professionalism with which they execute the production of a television show. In this case, we're watching an episode from Season 20, and the results are... NOT GREAT, BOB.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Lily, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, Whitney C, and Alex - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 17 "Lime Chaser"
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232 - She Banged Carlos Baldarama After a Long Day at the Office (S4E14 Mercy) Oct 14, 2024

The discovery of a dead baby found in a cooler floating on the Hudson inspires SVU to JD Vance levels of state aggression towards pregnant people. They cast aspersions at every customer of a beloved uptown health food store then wantonly ruin the lives of every family member of every Hudson U student they can find. Sadly, after a fast-paced first act, this settles into a paint-by-numbers Tay-Sachs morality play for the second half.
Sources:
Tay-Sachs - Cleveland Clinic
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Lily, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, Whitney C, and Alex - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts ServerCheck out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 9 "Mea Culpa"
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231 - Fashion Equals Bad (S1E3 ...Or Just Look Like One) Oct 07, 2024

When the dedicated detectives of Season 1 SVU wander into the world of fashion, you can't help but assume the worst is coming. And it is. Fashion is scary, children, and it's especially scary if you're a minor, as our vics find out. There's a ton of peripheral weirdness in this ep, and we discover yet another TV show that's in the larger SVUniverse.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Lily, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Whitney C - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 4, Episode 14 "Mercy"
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230 - Ace Ventura Level Transphobia (S4E21 Fallacy) Sep 30, 2024

I know all there is to know about the SVU. I've had my share of the SVU. First there's a body, then there are slurs. And then, before you know where you are, you're saying Dick Wolf.
Once again, we meet a trans character who is placed in the middle of a brutal scene, and the usual ham-fisted SVU shenanigans ensue. Buckle up, kids!
Sources:
Dee Farmer Trial - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Whitney C - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 1, Episode 3 "...Or Just Look Like One"
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229 - It's More of a Stain in Heaven (S3E23 Silence) Sep 23, 2024

This one gets all up in the confessional, culminating in a no-holds-barred Catholic-off between Stabler and Father Michael Sweeney (Eric Stoltz--or is it Stolitz?). Red herrings and misdirects abound, and since we're watching an episode of SVU dealing with the Catholic Church, you can assume that some priest were taking some liberties with parishioners of an underage variety. While this one might kick off with some jarring early-season transphobia, it also has a lot of wild fun stuff, and if you weren't paying attention to the priest's name, don't worry, Josh caught it.
Munchies got an extra one hour and forty minutes of episode in the Uncut version this week. If that’s something that interests you, consider joining our Patreon.
Sources:
The effects of masturbatory reconditioning with nonfamilial child molesters - NIH National Library of Medicine
Arousal Reconditioning - Ethical Treatment for All Youth
Mike Sweeney Player Page - FanGraphs
Mike Sweeney Player Page - Baseball Reference
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Whitney C - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 4, Episode 21 "Fallacy"
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228 - He Has His Mitts in More than Just the Drawers Drawers (S8E16 Philadelphia) Sep 16, 2024

If watching beloved characters make terrible choices thereby endangering the careers and lives of basically everyone they come in contact with is your cup of tea, then this week's SVU starts hot and keeps on delivering. In it, we see Detective Olivia Benson blunder from one bad decision to another in a bizarre attempt to share a few giggles with a brother she'd never met until she started running an unauthorized, after hours stakeout on him. We also see Stabler, without house or family since we are deep into Season 8's bad Stabler, come very close to being kicked off the police force as a result of covering for his partner, and of course we see our beloved Captain Cragen have to clean up his "two best detectives" bullshit so many times that I'm shocked he survived this one without a massive coronary.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, Alison M, and Whitney C - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 3, Episode 23 "Silence"
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227 - No Good Has Ever Come from Snapping with a Chase (S20E20 The Good Girl) Sep 09, 2024

A teen girl in a domestic disturbance call ends up being pregnant and unwilling to divulge much information about who provided the batter for the bun in her oven. While fighting off the urge to vomit, the Munchie Boys dive into the disgusting reality of what stepkid smut would have you believe is titillating but ABSOLUTELY is not. They also take up arms in a fight that must be waged, defending the honor of a state being unjustly impugned by a writers staff with wanton disregard for actual laws on the books.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, Alison M, and Whitney C - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 8, Episode 16 "Philadelphia"
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97 - I Don't Like the Idea of Having Ninja Pedophiles Out There, That Scares Me (S12E12 Possessed) Sep 02, 2024

In conjuction with this week's interview with Michelangelo Milano, who plays Patrick Binder, Larissa/Brandy's boyfriend in this episode, we are dropping this classic episode back into the feed. Make sure to listen to Michelangelo's interview which dropped today, and check out his podcast, The Return Slot... Of Horror (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify).
Wanna hear what happens when an episode breaks the Munchie Boys and their patented SVU-episode scoring system? Well, “Possessed” (Season 12, Episode 12) broke it like the Kool-Aid Man. Next to every other of the 96 episodes they’ve watched so far, this beautiful piece of art had Adam and Josh contemplating some pretty grand concepts like: was Jerry Horne’s Twin Peaks walkabout really a representation of the liminal state at the end of his life where he was just looking for his Brandy? what exactly was contained within the pages of Buzz’s skin mags that Kevin couldn’t wrap his head around in Home Alone? where is the line where we progressives can stomach police brutality? are we seeing the tripartite peak of pedo performance?
If this were a podcast that employed trigger warnings, it’d probably have to get tagged with all of them. Instead, you are advised to hold onto your butts. There is simply an abundance of insanity that’s too fantastic to ignore. Bask in the glow of “Possessed,” listen, and rejoice.
Old Munch My Benson Blog Entry: Mimi’s Path to Crossroads and Back Again
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Alison M - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week’s Regularly Scheduled Episode: Season 20, Episode 20 “The Good Girl”
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Interview with Michelangelo Milano Sep 02, 2024

We were fortunate enough to have been graced by the presence of Michelangelo Milano this week, who dedicated listeners will know as Patrick Binder, the boyfriend of Taryn Manning's character, Larissa in Season 12, Episode 12 "Possessed." Not only does he appear in one of just TWO EPISODES OF SVU TO RECEIVE A PERFECT 10.0 FROM US, but he plays a huge part in what might be the most memorable scene we've ever seen in the history of this show. We had a great chat with Michelangelo, who told of his life's path to a random apartment in New York where he just so happened to grapple for hours with the older brother in Home Alone (who was wearing nothing but a creepy mask and a pair of whitey-tighties) and where he's been since.
Michelangelo Milano can be contacted via his website: http://www.michelangelomilano.com/
Follow him on Instagram.
Make sure to listen to Michelangelo's podcast, The Return Slot... Of Horror (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify). The Return Slot... Of Horror can be found on Instagram and Threads.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Alison M - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week’s Regularly Scheduled Episode: Season 20, Episode 20 “The Good Girl”
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/munch-my-benson-a-law-order-svu-podcast--5685940/support.

226 - Inferno The Musical (S2E12 Secrets) Aug 26, 2024

We all remember that great teacher from high school who would go the extra mile for all of their students. This episode of SVU presupposes that said exemplary educator is most likely a gang-bang-addicted sex-club enthusiast on the side. This wild ride takes us from the heights of the pre-2.0 internet to the depths of "Dante's Inferno" and to every lurid second unit photo shoot in between. We need to give special mention to both art department, who spared no depravities in their work for this episode, and for the outstanding quality of the background actors, who give (too much?) life to their wordless roles.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Alison M - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 20 "The Good Girl"
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/munch-my-benson-a-law-order-svu-podcast--5685940/support.

225 - Soda (S12E11 Pop) Aug 19, 2024

Stepdads can really be jerks, right? This episode of SVU definitely agrees with you. Your stepdad might be a one-of-a-kind A-hole, but I'm guessing he didn't get you into an underground fight club run by the white cabbie cabal where their adolescent children or charges throw down instead of them. This being Season 12, the episode careens all over the place, but it ends up with Elliot case-blocking Hardwicke in a prime Fatherly Stabler moment.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Alison M - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 2, Episode 12 "Secrets"
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224 - We Know Whether JD Vance Shaves (or Not) in His Grindr Profile (S25E12 Marauder) Aug 12, 2024

In our first brush with Season 25 of SVU, we are immediately thrown into a deep backstory flashback featuring a character hitherto unknown to Munch My Benson. If that wasn't jarring enough, a certain hit single from the seminal '90s album Pocket Full Of Kryptonite features heavily in said flashback, which obviously means the Munchie Boys have A LOT of reminiscing to do about Spin Doctors. In a shocking twist, Vice Presidential candidate--and couch lover--JD Vance might have made an appearance here as well. Lots to unpack folks.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Alison M - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 11 "Pop"
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223 - Why Don't They Have Someone Sexily Peel off a CPAP? (S24E15 King Of The Moon) Aug 05, 2024

There are strange episodes of the longest running primetime drama in television history, but none come close to matching what is happening in this week's entry. To say that the last four minutes of this episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is unlike any moment in any other installment in the show's 25-plus years of existence would be a grotesque understatement. Featuring guest star Bradley Whitford, the mold wasn't just broken in this one, it was disregarded entirely, and the effects are, ummmm, interesting?
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, and Kate K - y’all are the best!
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Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 25, Episode 12 "Marauder"
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222 - Speaking Of Stereotypes (S17E13 Forty-One Witnesses) Jul 29, 2024

The rape of a woman just outside her apartment building frays the social fabric of New York when so many of her neighbors saw something happen but none of them took action to help or even notify the police. This being a Season 17 SVU one can't help but notice the racism bubbling very close to the surface in the portrayal of the three bad teens who assaulted her, and of the urbane lower manhattanites who refused to notice a damsel in distress. We, of course, were more interested in which East Village coffeeshops allow the open sale of ketamine inside during business hours, and why Adam never visited during his time there. We also meet a magical drunk man on the witness stand and a Carisi unlike any we've seen before.
Sources:
Murder of Kitty Genovese - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, and Brian B - y’all are the best!
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Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Check out our guest appearances:Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 15 "King Of The Moon"
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221 - Can Credits Just Roll in Very Slo-Mo? (S20E2 Man Down) Jul 22, 2024

Picking up where we left off in MMB 219, we had a SUPER bad dad who was just found not guilty of ummm, SAing his son to show him what a real man is. The Munchie Boys were left to wonder what fresh hell awaited them upon returning to this foul ground in a second part that seemed unnecessary, and this one did not disappoint in terms of exceeding their already low expectations. There are bad episodes of SVU, and then there's this week's installment, which achieves lows hitherto reached only once before.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, and Brian B - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 17, Episode 13 "Forty-One Witnesses"
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220 - Carmy's Cum To Jesus Moment (S11E21 Torch) Jul 15, 2024

For our 220th episode, the Munchies voted and selected a wild Season 11 SVU which sees the unit inexplicably called to investigate an arson leading them first to suspect streaming TV's It Boy, Jeremy Allen White, who is sporting the most disgusting zit makeup ever imagined, before the investigation shifts to a grief-stricken dad. This one marks the first appearance of Sharon Stone as Jo Marlowe, and makes the savvy Munchie wonder if Benson has seamlessly shifted from BenBot to JoLivia in the few episodes since Cabot left for the Congo.
Sources:Cameron Todd Willingham: Wrongfully Convicted and Executed in Texas - Innocence Project
Music:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, and Brian B - y’all are the best!
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Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Join our Discord: Munch Casts ServerCheck out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 2 "Man Down"
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219 - His Pecs Were Unleashed (S20E1 Man Up) Jul 08, 2024

There are bad dads, and then there's the dad played by Dylan Walsh in the first half of a two-parter to kick of Season 20. Hold onto your--wait, are we still doing phrasing? Ummm, be prepared, yeah, be prepared for some gnarly stuff in this installment of SVU. Also, be ready to watch seasoned detectives on this unit have no idea how to investigate the crimes they've been investigating for decades. At least we get some pretty hawt Stone action in the cold open...
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, and Brian B - y’all are the best!
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Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 11, Episode 21 "Torch" ***Munchies' Choice***
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MMB Movie Club 00 - The Heartbreak Kid Jul 04, 2024

Who loves ya, baby? That's right, the Munchie Boys do. This month we did an entire bonus Movie Club entry for all of our audience, not just the Munchies on Patreon who get one of these a month.
And we didn't do just any old movie. We did the anti-rom-com that might just have been the origin of cringe comedy, Elaine May's 1972 masterpiece The Heartbreak Kid, starring Munch alums Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd, along with two different Academy Award nominees for their work in this film, Eddie Albert and Jeannie Berlin. Did those two ever earn their nominations here. Wow. Great film. Come along for a blast.
You can watch this film (which has otherwise evaporated into the ether on account of its distributor shuttering more than two decades ago) on: Archive.org or YouTube.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, and Johnathon M - y’all are the best!
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Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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218 - They Don't Whip Out That Stamp for No One (S12E7 Trophy) Jul 01, 2024

This Season 12er takers us on a wild ride from unionizing dry cleaners, to piss-wielding nurses who just need an early-morning quickie, to militant environmentalists, and finally to the first installment of the Calvin Arliss saga which might have spared us all from the horrors of Baby Boy Doe, but for the fact of a clearly non-legally binding guardianship document. So many wild things happen in this one before it devolves into a weird template for later SVU character development.
Sources:
Can dry cleaning give you cancer? The hidden hazards of delicates - The Guardian
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, and Johnathon M - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 1 "Man Up"
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217 - Always Be Brewing (S2E17 Folly) Jun 24, 2024

This week's installment really takes the Munchie Boys on a wild ride, starting with a working boy stumble-crashing a wedding in his boxers, dipping its toes in the water with Finnish furniture design and Altoona-style pizza, and finishing with a perp stroking Elliot's hand asking if he's going to protect them. Along the way, we take a voyage through high-end gigolo culture, the world of political donors and ambassadorial appointments, and one of the most extreme instances of folie à deux imaginable for a married couple. This is a classic early season journey where we're a pinball flicked between weird plot points in a way that's truly refreshing after spending so much time in late-season SVU.
Sources:
Deaths: Leading Causes for 2001 - CDC
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, and Johnathon M - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests’ youth: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
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Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
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Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 7 "Trophy"
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216 - She's Just Kim Novak-ing Bailee Madison (S12E1 Locum) Jun 17, 2024

When an overprotective mom has a second daughter disappear, only to be accused of smothering the second daughter and murdering the first, you know SVU is going to be involved. This one features an aggressively weepy Joan Cusack and some seriously sassy kid work from Bailee Madison. Watch as the entire world gaslights this mom into insanity while she's right about what happened all along. Oh, Liv also turns down a date for no good reason.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, and Melsa A - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 2, Episode 17 "Folly"
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215 - God, I Miss Neal Baer (S23E6 The Five Hundredth Episode) Jun 10, 2024

Cold Case comes in with a cold case, and Olivia's ancient history comes screaming into this week's big-round-numbered installment of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The old friends who join us this week are a welcome sight. Olivia's personal relationship with an older man alluded to in prior episodes, however, was much less welcome, as everyone around her tells her what she needs to hear while she bafflingly ignores their advice and is a real jerk to an old partner in the process.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, and Melsa A - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 1 "Locum"
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214 - They Only Serve Beef Grogan-off (S11E15 Confidential) Jun 03, 2024

The Randomizer finally gifted the Munchies with a Season 11 Stablersode, and in classic fashion, our beloved, bechiseled-butt-cheeks boy takes an already convoluted mess of a case, and thoroughly Fs it in the B. Here we see a karate-loving ponzi schemer get off on rubbing out his accountants whenever the market takes a downturn, before passing the episode's baton to his attorney who might have protected her client's confidentiality but certainly did not protect his person.
Sources:
U.S. Supreme Court Says Prisoners Have No Right to Test DNA Evidence That Could Exonerate Them - Equal Justice Initiative
Obama Administration Contends Prisoner Has No Right to DNA Testing - Human Rights Watch
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 6 "The Five Hundredth Episode"
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213 - He's a Senile Train Perv (S14E8 Lessons Learned) May 27, 2024

SVU takes on the tony world of upper-crust prep schools, which would often be quite the turn-off for the Munchie Boys, but an episode that could otherwise have fallen into any number of traps is buoyed by fantastic performances from some heavy hitters. The gloves come off and whoever had it in for prep schools in the Season 14 writers room lucked out and got Charles Grodin, Elliott Gould, Anthony Rapp, and Buck Henry to come in and knock it out of the park in a story focused on an institution that didn't just fail its charges--it serially and systemically sexually abused them.
Munchies got an extra 40+ minutes of episodes in the Uncut version last week, including quite a bit of discussion about the many high profile guest stars in this week’s episode, so all you Gould and Grodin nuts that were on the fence might be advised to subscribe to our Patreon.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
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Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 11, Episode 15 "Confidential"
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212 - The Load Distance King Of Lancashire (S21E1 I'm Going To Make You A Star) May 20, 2024

When the Randomizer chose an SVU featuring one of the Munchie Boys' all-time favorite actors (Ian McShane) as the Harvey-Weinstein-esque heel in Warren Leight's triumphant return to showrunnerdom, we were understandably excited. While McShane shines, certain choices by said showrunner leave the boys baffled and wishing for what might (should?) have been.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 14, Episode 8 "Lessons Learned"
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211 - Oh, He Wants to Plumb Her Depths (S23E14 Video Killed the Radio Star) May 14, 2024

A shock jock cut from the same cloth as any number of high-profile sexual predators (be they Hollywood execs, former Presidents, or unassuming television hosts) enters the world of SVU, and everyone loses their minds. Or at least forgets how things like logic, character motivations, or professional storytelling would dictate where the episode should go. With plot holes as gaping as the Grand Canyon, this exasperating journey into the world of the undercover triple-crossing faux private eye crime genre will try one's patience while still approaching being fun.
Sources:
Project Cold Case
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 21, Episode 1 "I'm Going To Make You A Star"
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210 - Watch the Voltage, Babe (S7E2 Design) May 06, 2024

After nearly four months, the Randomizer finally rolled a Neal Baer-era SVU for us to watch, and despite a slow beginning, "Design" really delivers the wild stuff we love. This episode was supposed to star disgraced former President Donald J Trump as a hot piece of genetic material who's disrupting the mortuary sciences industry. Instead it features a laundry list of famous faces with strange backstories. What kind of madness allows the Munchie Boys to say "electroejaculation" 21 times in a single episode? Listen and find out. We also learn some terrible news about Odafin Tutuola's taste in music. Somehow, this is a crossover episode that terminates in Law & Order "Flaw" (S16E2).
Sources:
Electroejaculation: its technique, neurological implications and uses - PubMed
The Five Most Environmentally Friendly Funeral Alternatives - Eirene Cremations
Preimplantation Genetic Testing - ACOG
Did 1997 Contain the Two Worst Weeks in Music History? - AV Club
A Burial That Will Freeze Your Corpse and Turn It Into Soil - Atlas Obscura
The Moral Maze of Using a Dead Man's Sperm - BBC
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 14 "Video Killed The Radio Star"
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209 - You Don't Skip off the Curb Because You're Going to Get Meet Joe Blacked (S23E17 Once Upon A Time In El Barrio) Apr 29, 2024

Realizing they had added an actor to the main cast but given him very little to do in the intervening episodes, vics tangentially related to Velasco via his parish priest back home bring Juárez screaming into this week's installment of SVU. Heavy on Mexico but light on events occurring with a semblance of storytelling logic, this episode bounces back and forth pretty dramatically between what could be called good and bad. Hold onto your cellphones and don't look both ways before you cross the street this week if you want to fit in.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 7, Episode 2 "Design"
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208 - Trial Chief Ghislaine Maxwell (S24E4 The Steps We Cannot Take) Apr 22, 2024

A DIY renovation leads to a kidnapped daughter which leads to yet another case referencing the Ariel Castro and Josef Fritzl kidnapping cases. This one introduces us to notorious welder, Elias Olsen, who we at Munch My Benson first met in his final appearance in "Bad Things" (S24E21). Can Grace Muncy's colorblindness and Fin's Eric Adams impression save us from Graziano fatigue?Music:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybensonBe sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcastsFollow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)Join our Discord: Munch Casts ServerCheck out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at ZazzleCheck out our guest appearances:Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.Visit Our Website: Munch My BensonEmail the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.comNext Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 17 "Once Upon A Time In El Barrio"
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Firstborn with Chad Byrnes, film critic at The Village Voice/LA Weekly - Main Event Apr 19, 2024

***We wanted you to check out our new podcast, Unkind Rewind, so we've dropped the newest pair of episodes into the feed. They are a real blast. We have another couple cycles of movies that we've done which are just as awesome--Labyrinth with Kay from F**k My Work Life and Night of the Creeps with one of Josh's industry buddies from L.A., Leon Henderson Jr.--so there's more Unkind Rewind out there to take in immediately if you're digging what you hear. We won't be dropping new eps in the Munch My Benson public feed often, so if you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast on its own page in your podcatcher or you can watch on our YouTube Channel! Firstborn is conveniently streaming on Netflix in the U.S.***
We sat down with LA Weekly/Village Voice film reviewer Chad Byrnes and dove into the borderline traumatic childhood viewing experience that was seeing Firstborn--a cautionary tale about letting pinball, cocaine, Coleman grills (and Big Charcoal, by proxy), and Peter Weller into your single-parent home--in the movie theater with his divorcée mother. We also celebrate the creative forces that were Peter Weller, Michael Apted, Teri Garr, and Corey Haim, while wondering what happened to Christopher Collet, all of whom were great in this 1984 heightened family trauma drama. Come for the discussion of seeing a movie with your mom that traumatized you both, stay for tons of talk praising Corey Haim, speculation that RoboCop derailed Peter Weller's acting career, and the offer of unequivocal proof that Sam was lying about his baseball-playing past.
Chad can be found online at: Instagram
Chad's work can be found at: The Village Voice and LA Weekly. His most recent review as of the release of this episode was of Alex Garland's Civil War and can be read here.
All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave.
Josh Duggan and Adam Schwitters can also be heard on their seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.
Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created.
You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube
Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd
Adam's Social Media: Twitter and BlueSky
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Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: unkindrewindpod@gmail.com
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Qs and Tease with Chad Byrnes, film critic from The Village Voice and LA Weekly Apr 19, 2024

***We wanted you to check out our new podcast, Unkind Rewind, so here's the newest pair of episodes, which are a real blast. We have another couple cycles of movies we've done--Labyrinth with Kay from F**k My Work Life and Night of the Creeps with one of Josh's industry buddies from L.A., Leon Henderson Jr.--so there's more Unkind Rewind out there to take in immediately if you're digging what you hear. We won't be dropping new eps in the Munch My Benson public feed every week, so if you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast on its own page in your podcatcher or you can watch on our YouTube Channel! The film we're watching with Chad is conveniently streaming on Netflix in the U.S.***
We are joined by Chad Byrnes, film reviewer at The Village Voice and LA Weekly and all-around righteous dude, to discuss his personal history with a mostly forgotten cautionary family drama that reaches a fairly terrifying fever pitch by the end, which he's not seen in ages. As a child of divorce at the time, the movie we'll be watching for next week may not have been the best movie to see with his mother, but that's what happened to Chad, which we dig into a bit here before we head off to watch the film before next week's Main Event.
Chad can be found online at: Instagram
Chad's work can be found at: The Village Voice and LA Weekly
All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave.
Josh Duggan and Adam Schwitters can also be heard on their seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.
Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created.
You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube
Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd
Adam's Social Media: Twitter and BlueSky
Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.
Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: unkindrewindpod@gmail.com
Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.
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207 - I've Known Five Boys Who Went JonBenet (S1E21 Nocturne) Apr 15, 2024

Getting kicked back into the Pre-History of SVU could have been jarring for the Munchie Boys, but Nocturne had them speculating that it might have served as a blueprint of sorts for the Neal Baer years that episode.lol seems dead-set against ever letting them revisit. Despite not having guest stars who Adam or Josh knew, this episode really ticked all the boxes, landing a tragic story of long-term abuse begetting another cycle of abuse. We were also thrown into a somewhat lengthy discussion of the McMartin preschool trial fed by the Satanic panic of the mid-'80s (and prosecutorial misconduct, overzealous investigators, bunk leading interviewing of hundreds of children, and wildly unprofessional behavior of people in the media who were literally in bed with the prosecution) thanks to a throwaway line from Cragen.
Alt Episode Title: Snappies Don’t Make Me Happy
Sources:
The McMartin Preschool Trial - Wikipedia
The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: An Account - Famous Trials by Professor Douglas O Linder
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 4 "The Steps We Cannot Take"
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206 - That's Not Egg Foo Young on Your Tongue (S24E22 All Pain Is One Malady) Apr 08, 2024

Saddle up as we discuss the fourth part of a five-part mega-crossover event between Laws & Orders Organized Crime and SVU. This week, we wonder if part-time adjunct professorship confers magical powers, while Josh becomes CBS-show curious. We also see Chief McGrath turn the flummoxed dial up to 11, and we see the last time SVU is graced with the presence of Detective Muncy as she's poochied off to the DEA, or DAs office, or something.
Sources:
Muncy and Velasco's Deleted Goodbye Scene - via Wolf Films on X
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our brand spanking new second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Post, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 1, Episode 21 "Nocturne"
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205 - It's Not as Dark as the Licorice Hole (S24E21 Bad Things) Apr 01, 2024

The Randomizer (episode.lol--use it!) decided that we didn't have enough on our plate already and gave us a FIVE-PART ORGANIZED CRIME CROSSOVER EVENT to unpack, starting with the second of the five installments (and first of the SVUs), S24E21 Bad Things. Often these unwieldy offerings aren't particularly fun, but despite the fact that a dark story arc keeps getting darker and darker, there's a lot of fun to be had throughout this sprawling ep of SVU. We also talk about the first part, which happened over in Organized Crime, Season 3, Episode 20 "Pareto Principle," so completists can track that one down over on Peacock.
ALTERNATE EPISODE TITLE? They Are Eiffel Towering This Case
ALTERNATE EPISODE TITLE 2? Necrotic Junk Wound
Sources:
There are welders, and there are dobbers - Marty Rice, March 13, 2003 - The Fabricator
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson
Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Post, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 22 "All Pain Is One Malady"
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204 - I Can’t Breathe Because of the Patchouli Stench (S14E23 Brief Interlude) Mar 25, 2024

The discovery of a raped and battered woman in a rowboat next to the Mayor's mansion leads SVU on a wild adventure through the strange and spicy world of world music festival groupies. We meet bawdy bouzouki players, peek behind the curtains of a legendary Midtown motor lodge, contemplate the economics of the Canadian podcast ecosystem, and learn, conclusively, that Warren Leight's New York is no place for prairie provincers.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, Lily, and Lucy - y’all are the best!
Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/munchmybenson
Follow us on:
BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Post, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)
Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server
Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle
Check out our guest appearances:
Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 21 "Bad Things"
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203 - We've Seen Kid Rapists (S22E1 Guardians and Gladiators) Mar 18, 2024

The first episode back from lockdown and the tumultuous summer of 2020 has our SVUs grappling with their own existence. Can they reckon with the role they've played in the realm of copaganda? Can they talk about systemic racism without doing the racism themselves? Can they figure out how to wear masks in the throes of the pandemic? These are questions that the Munchie Boys are forced to answer in this navel-gazing episode of SVU.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, Lily, and Lucy - y’all are the best!
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Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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202 - The Mouthfeel Is Creamy (S22E9 Return Of The Prodigal Son) Mar 11, 2024

The grand return of Elliot Stabler (and family) to SVU would probably hit harder if we were watching these eps in order one at a time. That, however, is not how we do things at Munch My Benson. Instead, we are treated to an investigation that is way, WAY outside the Special Victims Unit's purview, and which won't pay off in an episode of SVU (if it ever does). Still, it's fun to see how Dickie Stabler has grown up and to indulge in the wildest fan service fantasies that were surely swirling when this one first dropped.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, and Lily - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 22, Episode 1 "Guardians And Gladiators"
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201 - He's Gonna Be Gone Well Past November (S18E6 Broken Rhymes) Mar 04, 2024

If there's one thing that SVU does consistently, it's dealing with trans issues indelicately, and this week's installment--the first under Rick Eid's guidance--is no exception. Season 18's Broken Rhymes has the unit dealing with trans bathroom usage in a way that isn't even remotely close to the law being discussed. Of course, this one also sets our trans victim--who is on life support by the cold open and not given much in the way of agency or depth--against the world of hip-hop, bringing in Wyclef Jean to, well, not do much. This wouldn't be a trans-focused SVU ep without homophobic and transphobic epithets being slung or the paint-by-numbers conversation amongst the members of the unit explaining trans people to Middle America, so steel yourself for that.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, and Lily - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 22, Episode 9 "Return of the Prodigal Son"
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200 - Tearful iPad Reunion (S14E6 Friending Emily) Feb 27, 2024

***Munchies' Choice***
For our 200th episode, the Munchies let the sword of Damo-Kim drop. That's right folks, this week we watched the episode that introduced the most dysfunctional sibling in the entire SVU universe, Kim Rollins. We are also treated to a "never let your teen daughters go to New York" A-plot, which postulates that there are hordes of child pornographers hanging out in hotel lobbies across the city, ready to pounce on unsuspecting teens who are sick of museums. This was much more fun than expected, enjoy!
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, and Elia S - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 18, Episode 6 "Broken Rhymes"
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199 - It's Like a Human Centipede Ouroboros (S1E2 A Single Life) Feb 20, 2024

After three straight episodes spent in Season 24, the Munchie Boys get weird with the prehistoric SECOND EPISODE of Law & Order: Sex Crimes--er, Special Victims Unit. Adhering to the old TV trope that the second episode is basically a second pass at a pilot, this one hits a lot of the same beats that we saw all the way back in Episode 1. Just like the rest of the first season, the salacious and disgusting is cranked up, the darkness is unavoidable, and the Stabler family is prominently featured, though this one prominently features Elliot and Kathy in their underwear, selling sex marital-style.
Alt-title: Dickie’s Turtle Getting Cannibal Holocausted.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, and Elia S - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 14, Episode 6 "Friending Emily" ***Munchies’ Choice***
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198 - Dr. Tim, Medicine Wanker (S24E12 Blood Out) Feb 12, 2024

We're back with the third and final installment of the Season 24 BX9/Oscar Papa epic which began with Benson nearly getting hacked to death on the street outside her apartment. This time we get a lovely little diversion in the form of a Fin and Terry Bruno side quest in the Bronx. Before SVU can finally turn the screws on super criminal Oscar Papa, we witness the shocking end of a recurring character, and we end with a famous case of fan service blue balls.
Sources:
HOSTAGE DRAMA IN MOSCOW: THE TOXIC AGENT - New York Times
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Brandy S and Elia S - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 1, Episode 2 "A Single Life"
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Econofoods! - Interview with Johnny Pemberton Feb 05, 2024

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you a very special installment of Munch My Benson.Johnny Pemberton was kind enough to spend far too much of his time with Adam and Josh, discussing his life, career, one-man show, and guest appearance on the Season 23 episode of SVU “One More Tale Of Two Victims” which we talked about back in MMB 184 - He’s Never Going to Get the Cum Blankie Back. He also talks a bit about his upcoming roles in the highly anticipated Amazon Prime series Fallout, what could have been with the Bo and Cheyenne Superstore spinoff that NBC passed on, and his upcoming leading man role in the dark comedy Mermaid from visionary Butt Boy director Tyler Cornack.
Johnny Pemberton can be seen performing his solo show at The Den Theatre in Chicago February 14 - 17. Tickets can be found here:
https://thedentheatre.com/performances/2024/1/18/johnny-pemberton-the-den-theatre-comedy-club
Find Johnny on whichever social media platform you might desire via his Linktree page:
https://linktr.ee/johnnypemberton/
His podcast, Live to Tape with Johnny Pemberton can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-to-tape-with-johnny-pemberton/id1162386297
And if you want to listen to the Octavio Pisano episode mentioned more than once, it’s here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/195-octavio-pisano/id1162386297?i=1000548569974
And be sure to keep abreast of all things Pemberton at: https://www.johnnypemberton.dog/
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, and John W - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 23, Episode 12 “Blood Out”
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197 - It's Like She's Getting Pumped for Her WWE Fight (S24E11 Soldier Up) Jan 29, 2024

Still in Three-Parter Land, the Munchie Boys tackle the middle chapter of the BX9 saga that sends our intrepid SVUs north to the Bronx, where they have to continue fixing Bronx SVU while Liv chases down the gang that took a run at her with machetes last week. This means Liv has to trust Captain Mike Duarte (a tall order for her), and this means that Duarte has to trust that Liv can relearn how to police without getting waylaid by tunnel vision, the thing that led to this situation in the first place but which Liv won't accede to being the case. Fortunately, we continue to get new blood working cases, which actually makes for some SVU that's probably more interesting than any 24th-season episode of a television show should be.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, and John W - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 12 "Blood Out"
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196 - Is the Breathalyzer Broken Cause Liv Seems Drunk? (S24E10 Jumped In) Jan 22, 2024

In the first episode of a sweeping, mega, three-parter, Benson and Noah are nearly hacked to death by a crew of gangsters with a deep grudge. This sparks SVU to head north to the Bronx, meet some new and old friends, attempt to fix a massive NYPD screwup, and solve the rapes of 6, or maybe 12, young deaf girls. Get comfortable because we are going to be in this case for a while.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, and John W - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 11 "Soldier Up"
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195 - He Was Killed by Assassins, Ninja Assassins (S3E16 Popular) Jan 15, 2024

If this week's installment is any indication, being a kid actor on Law & Order: SVU in the early days was not for the faint of heart. They'll either have you playing a scumbag turning out your girlfriend for whichever old reason, or they'll have you raping your best friend's girl who isn't into you but who he instructed to bone you anyway despite the fact that you can't stand him, or they'll have you get turned out, get gonorrhea, have your parents find out you've become ensnared in a beej-for-beer barter middle-school party scene, and have everyone say you are not attractive. No complexes developed here...
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, and John P - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 10 "Jumped In"
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194 - Pandora's Box Has Been Opened and Kokomo Has Been Unleashed (S9E4 Savant) Jan 08, 2024

This week, we meet an Irish-American father-of-daughters who is even angrier than our own, beloved, Stabler. However, instead of 'swinging from a pole,' said daughter is possessed of superhuman hearing and a charming inability to be "normal" due to her Williams Syndrome. Thankfully, our super daughter is able to help the SVUs get to the bottom of just how many dudes were in mom's bedroom the night she was attacked, and exactly which noises they were loudly producing.
Sources:
What is Williams Syndrome - Williams Syndrome Association
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, and John P - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week's Episode: Season 3, Episode 16 "Popular"
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193 - She Really Wants to Get Back to the Pretty Boy Perp with the Peen Prob that Elliot’s Probing (S8E19 Florida) Jan 01, 2024

In this week's episode "Florida," the Munchie Boys are dragged into the Simon Marsden Saga, leaving them wishing they'd been sent to Florida on a pointless side mission like Dean Porter was in this one. Alas, they're fully immersed in this Liv-servicing backstory, one which errs into some pretty painful narrative territory and squanders a golden opportunity to dive into what should be rich and interesting waters. There's a lot of next-level bad policework being done, and Olivia Benson channels the worst impulses of Elliot Stabler, Amanda Rollins, and Nick Amaro in an SVU in which nearly every action she takes is antithetical to the character we’ve all known for 25 years.
Sources:
Imipramine (Tofranil): Uses & Side Effects - Cleveland Clinic
Elavil Uses, Dosage & Side Effects - Drugs.com
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, and John P - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 9, Episode 4 "Savant"
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192 - They’re Trying to Joe Camel the Sex Toy Market (S21E15 Swimming With The Sharks) Dec 25, 2023

Things get spicy when Benson, Rollins, and Tamin go to a convention hosted by a hot women's wellness brand and leave with more than just a treasure trove of impossible vibrildos and yoni eggs. Adam's middle school trumpet rival leads an ensemble cast that some how adds up to less than the sum of its parts in this "bad boss is raped by worse employees in a ludicrous scheme to kick her out of the business" caper.
Sources:
Think Twice Before Putting a Yoni Egg in Your Vagina - Cleveland Clinic
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, Douglas P, and John P - y’all are the best!
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Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh).
Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 8, Episode 19 "Florida"
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191 - I Mean We Want His Joint to Have Been on Fire (S2E1 Wrong Is Right) Dec 18, 2023

The first installment of the Neal Baer era is a doozy, pitting our intrepid SVUs against the defense-industrial complex. In a momentary distraction from family time, which became all too common during his time on the Unit, Elliot Stabler is pulled away from his family--in this case Maureen, a daughter who follows instructions POORLY--for a case in which he literally cannot help but become embroiled. Sure, jurisdiction and the vic's very speculative status as a special victim as it burned to a crisp are real-life hurdles that are completely ignored as Stabler and the Unit dig into the vic's eventually uncovered extremely terrible past.
Along the way, we find out that the US government paved the way for an especially odious pedo to victimize innocent youths without any roadblocks or pushback. We also get a Stabler traumatized for the first time and the introduction of one of the most beloved characters in the entire L&O universe. Fun is had amidst the tragic but fairly realistic world in which our victims live.
Sources:
Historical New York City Crime Date - New York City Police Department
Killings in the U.S. are dropping at historic rates. Will anyone notice? - David Lauter, Los Angeles Times
Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They’re wrong. - Ken Dilanian, NBC News
Defund the Police? New York City already did. - Nicole Gelinas, Manhattan Institute
Military Spending by Country - World Population Review
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Next Week's Episode: Season 21, Episode 15 "Swimming with the Sharks"
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190 - You Can Say 'Slunt' on Network Television? (S15E12 Jersey Breakdown) Dec 11, 2023

When we think about what SVU is "about," things like advocating for victims of sexual abuse or normalizing coming forward about abuse or copaganda generally come to mind. This episode, however, is about something entirely different. It postulates that the entire state of New Jersey is irredeemably corrupt and downright evil. From the seagulling scumbags of the cold open to the heights of political and judicial power, the Garden State would appear to have no good side. Did onerous bridge tolls, overpriced beach towns, and the inability to pump ones own gas so poison the Season 15 Writers Room as to turn them this decisively against Jersey?
Sources:
Luzerne "Kids For Cash' Scandal - Juvenile Law Center
Tennessee Judge Who Illegally Jailed Children Plans to Retire - ProPublica
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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189 - Oh, No, He Hand-Shaves His Meat All the Time (S17E11 Townhouse Incident) Dec 04, 2023

Sit back, and try to imagine an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit where Olivia Benson, be she Detective or Sergeant or Lieutenant or Captain, finds herself held captive in a hostage situation. Go ahead. Any scenario that could land her in the middle of a standoff with just her wits (and SWAT standing by) to get her out of the situation.
Now, in that hypothetical situation you concocted in your head, things happened to get her there, right? Well, "Townhouse Incident" presupposes a scenario wherein Liv finds herself in a hostage situation in MINUTE TWO.
Yes, you read that right. The 2:12 mark, in fact. In a show where the first 0:21 is taken up by the intro and title card.
This was our Vietnam.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 15, Episode 12 "Jersey Breakdown"
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188 - Stabler's Id Cries on Fin's Shoulder (S9E8 Fight) Nov 27, 2023

A high-period Neal Baer episode which careens wildly from squabbling cub scouts to open-relationship-having MMA legends to racist frat houses and finally to Riker's Island prison gangs educated by one of the absolute legends of alt-country with a healthy dose of our favorite single season star, Chester Lake, thrown in. This SVU goes places none of us could have expected, including having one of the most recognizable guest actors in the episode die in the most disrespectful way possible after a single line of dialogue. It's really something.
Sources:
Companies say organized retail crime is on the rise, but there’s no data to prove it - CNBC
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 17, Episode 11 "Townhouse Incident"
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187 - Like, We're Asking If It's Racist Against Midwesterners (S20E7 Caretaker) Nov 20, 2023

Responding to a grisly crime scene, the Unit are called upon to investigate the murders of a father, daughter, and son, who were stabbed a bunch of times while they slept in their Upper West Side brownstone. As the case unfolds, a team of SVUs who've literally seen every horrible thing known to humankind, act shocked that a mother could murder her whole damn family to protect them from descending into the middle class.
Along the way, the Munchie Boys encounter characters who've been established for many years acting in ways that they wouldn't, fake NASCAR fandom, and a very bad mom/lawyer. Oh, and the episode forces one of them to do a particularly disturbing Google search for the umpteenth time in the history of this podcast.
Sources:
Child murder by mothers: patterns and prevention - Susan Hatters Friedman and Phillip J Resnick, October 6, 2007, NIH National Library of Medicine
"When This Is Over" - Hayden, Everything I Long For (1994), YouTube
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, and Douglas P - y’all are the best!
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Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 9, Episode 8 "Fight"
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186 - We Saw Edward James's Olmos (S8E12 Outsider) Nov 13, 2023

A series of seemingly unconnected rapes forces Fin Tutuola to join forces with a man who never sleeps. A man who knows the precise tenor and pitch of every recycling center's lunch whistle in the city limits. A man who walks. A man named Chester Lake. We also meet our first perpetrator who staffed the Obama White House, and one of the vics totally isn’t Amanda Rollins—she just looks like her, right?
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, Tim Y, and Douglas P - y’all are the best!
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Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast (BRAND NEW!) and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.
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Next Week's Episode: Season 20, Episode 7 "Caretaker"
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185 - We're the Most Disgusting Second Unit in Television (S15E19 Downloaded Child) Nov 06, 2023

In Season 15, the SVU writers room decided to revisit the subject matter of the Season 12 All-Timer "Possessed," wondering what it would be like without a Bud the Ninja Pedo gleefully pawing at pics of younger incarnations of their vics or other pedos defending themselves at trial by using the "of course my ejack was all over this pornographic physical media" defense. The result here is harrowing. And, like, obviously, it probably should be. Yeah, it should be. But when it's played this straight, uhhhh, it's tough. It's also a pretty good platform for eventual White Lotus guest Meghann Fahy to strut her stuff.
Sources:
18 U.S. Code § 2259 - Mandatory restitution - Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law
Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 8, Episode 12 "Outsider"
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184 - He's Never Going to Get the Cum Blankie Back (S23E4 One More Tale Of Two Victims) Oct 30, 2023

It's Velasco's first official day on the unit, which means that Fin, Rollins, and Benson will all be adjusting to almost having a reasonable number of investigators. Of course, it also means that Chief McGrath now has eyes inside the unit. While season-long arcs are all well and good, we Munchers are after the good stuff, which in this episode means pondering the physics of rooftop coitus and digging deep into the unintentional racism in which certain iterations of this show sometimes traffics.
Sources:
What Is Touch DNA? - Scientific American
As Summer Begins, NYC's Sofet-Serve War Reignites - NY Eater
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 15, Episode 19 "Downloaded Child"
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183 - It Doesn't Tickle My Twasn't (S6E23 Goliath) Oct 23, 2023

NYPD officers who've been serving in Afghanistan are getting pretty violent, domestically, and the Unit has to race against a *gasp* journalist to get to the bottom of what's going on in this week's Ripped from the Headlines edition of SVU. The Army are very bad, doctors are huge cowards, and journalists may or may not be bottom feeders in this screed where no cows are sacred and no army wife is safe. And before you entertain the conciliatory notion that at least no actors were harmed in the making of this episode, Goliath marked the end of yet another child actor’s on-screen career, and it seems unlikely that it was due to his performance, rather owing to the exceptionally dark things to which he was meant to see and react.
Sources:
Ripped from my headlines - Mark Benjamin, Salon
The Dark Side of Lariam - David Kohn, CBS News
Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Mefloquine Exposure Among U.S. Military Service Members - Angelia A. Eick-Cost, Zheng Hu, Patricia Rohrbeck, and Leslie Clark, NIH - National Library of Medicine
Lawyers claim anti-malaria drug to blame in US soldier's Afghan massacre - Elizabeth McLaughlin, ABC News
The Other Foe: The US Army's fight against malaria in the Pacific Theater, 1942-45 - Seth Paltzer, ArmyHistory.org
An anti-malaria drug may have inflicted permanent neurological injuries on some servicemembers - Ken Olsen, AmericanLegion.org
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 4 "One More Tale of Two Victims"
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182 - Suburban Hate Snow (S18E5 Rape Interrupted) Oct 16, 2023

When a Nassau County Cop's awful, investment banker son rapes a woman after a miserable Halloween party next to a pile of disgusting New York City trash bags, you know SVU is getting the call. What you might not expect is that this time, the goose is Benson's former partner, the budget did not account for Halloween, and that the budget also did not account for requiring a script. Along the way, Benson gives such a subtle, loving prison-rape-taunt that you might well miss it, unless your brain is as thoroughly SVU-pilled as ours.
Sources:
Yes, Mom, There Is Something Wrong - Anthony Edwards, Medium
People v. Turner - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 6, Episode 23 "Goliath"
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181 - I Think Dilbert's the Juiciest Role (S4E8 Waste) Oct 09, 2023

It wouldn't be a peak-era SVU episode if we weren't treated to an investigative red herring that eats up an entire act of television only to be discarded unceremoniously, forever forgotten and treated as though it never have happened. That misdirect usually isn't a NINE MINUTE NECROPHILIA KICK that plays as exploitative and shocking, leaving the audience's collective jaws on the floor, all while having the perp in question just brush up against the periphery of the Unit's case. It's a real shocker, and "Waste" provides it. It also has nothing to do with the pregnant woman in a permanent vegetative state who was knocked up while in the hospital.
Sources:
Complying with the Funeral Rule - Federal Trade Commission
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 18, Episode 5 "Rape Interrupted"
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180 - New York City Sidewalk Juice (S12E19 Bombshell) Oct 02, 2023

***MUNCHIES' CHOICE***
When an older gentleman with a knife sticking out of his junk slumps against a Lexus belonging to the worst parker in Lower Manhattan, the unit embarks on an investigation which leads them into a delightfully well-run swingers club. Liv and Stabler go, possibly, a little too undercover and find themselves at the mercy of a legion of pawing hedonists. This being a Season Twelver, the plot careens wildly from red herring to red herring, but it's fun and saucy throughout. Thanks to our splendid Munchies for picking this as our Munchies' Choice episode this week!
Sources:
Fatal Familial Insomnia - Cleveland Clinic
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 4, Episode 8 "Waste"
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179 - Carisi Chokes Out Another Pedo in the Meat Wagon (S14E13 Monster's Legacy) Sep 25, 2023

Some very questionable stuntcasting forces the Munchie Boys to wrestle (box?) with Mike Tyson's checkered past while reluctantly acknowledging that he's actually pretty good in this SVU. He's no Andre Braugher--WHO IS ONCE AGAIN INCREDIBLE--but he was pretty effective. Ed Asner's really good at playing a real monster, too. Kind of burying the lede there though because Peter Scanavino pops up in "Monster's Legacy," and it's not as Domenick Carisi, so this ep is one helluva brainmelter.
Sources:
Jerry Sandusky - Wikipedia
John Geoghan - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Jason S, and Tim Y - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 19 "Bombshell" ***Munchies' Choice***
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178 - Human Urinal Etiquette (S17E18 Unholiest Alliance) Sep 18, 2023

As we race towards the thrilling conclusion of this two-parter, we ponder important questions such as: did SVU throw the Catholic church under the bus in order to curry favor with the location-rich Episcopalians; and, would we watch a Mike Dodds-i-series? We also get to the (power?) bottom of the spicy, ripped-from-the-headlines drama that underpins our favorite interlude from this episode.
Sources:
'Sex slave' NYC priest, 57, who was accused of spending $1million of church funds to pay for his
BDSM master died from chronic alcohol abuse, autopsy reveals - Daily Mail
Priest, wrongly accused of stealing £1-m from church, is found dead - Patheos
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Next Week's Episode: Season 14, Episode 13 "Monster's Legacy"
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177 - This Is a Civil Servant Sex Party in All the Worst Ways (S17E17 Manhattan Transfer) Sep 11, 2023

The power brokers in New York Law Enforcement and the Catholic Church seem to be in cahoots as they end up in SVU's crosshairs. Why might these powerful men be under investigation? Oh, they just appear to be trafficking teen girls from St. Fabiola's to their closed-door sex parties featuring a slew of city employees who will gladly abuse their power to turn the tables and go after Tucker and the SVUs hot on their trail. By the end of the first part of this compelling two-parter, bodies have dropped, careers are in jeopardy, and acting and accent choices put an otherwise high-quality episode in dire straits.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, Suzanne B, and Jason S - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 17, Episode 18 "Unholiest Alliance"
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176 - The Bonzo Birthday Bouquet Is Stuck in a Blowhole (S11E24 Shattered) Sep 04, 2023

Obviously, when you have one of the most decorated actresses in European film history acting across from a legendary American actress in the Season 11 finale, you're going to expect an episode to remember. Well, the minds behind SVU might have forgotten to write or fully fund this episode. Seriously. Munchies, however, will be treated to LOTS of tangents about Adam's travels, Friday Night Lights, and Heaven's Gate.
Sources:
The kingdom of women: the society where a man is never the boss - The Guardian
The Women's Kingdom: In China, how free can a woman be? - Frontline
Karamojong People - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 17, Episode 17 "Manhattan Transfer"
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175 - That Is Not Safe Candling (S3E10 Ridicule) Aug 28, 2023

For the second time, the Munchie Boys go back to the well from the earliest episodes of the podcast to reevaluate (with the benefit of having now seen and rated more than 170 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) the truly brainmelting Season 3 banger, Ridicule, which gives us Casey Novak's very disturbing origin story before she changed her name from Amelia Chase. The world of SVU is upside-down in this one as women sexually assault men, tumescence exams are discussed, and autoerotic asphyxiation is de rigueur. And… Casey Novak—er, “Amelia Chase” is involved in almost all of that.
Sources:
Law & Order actress Diane Neal made aliyah after being made victim of ‘unpleasant’ antisemitism in US - The Jewish Chronicle, June 14, 2023
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 11, Episode 24 "Shattered"
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174 - If Anyone Knows What Leather Will Do To A DNA Sample, It’s O’Halloran (S8E17 Sin) Aug 21, 2023

A dead, naked male prostitute is found in a cemetery which leads SVU from hell house to Long Island proto-mega church to the responsible brother from Wings to his accountant over the course of the investigation. Hilarity ensues assuredly.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 3, Episode 10 "Ridicule"
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BONUS EPISODE - What Did the Season Five Writers Room Have Against Mothers? (with Special Contributor Natalie) Aug 18, 2023

Josh sits down with special contributor Natalie, who graciously dives into the themes of Season Five, chiefly just what had happened to the members of the SVU Season Five Writers Room to make them devote more than half a season to how horrible moms can be? Move over, men, because the damage moms do in this season is IMPRESSIVE.
Additional Material to Consider Reading:
The Outer Limits of Liberalism: What happens when a society takes individualism to its logical conclusion? - David Brooks, May 4, 2023, The Atlantic
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, and Asteria K - y’all are the best!
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173 - Pant-Suit Connie Is Coming for You, Bro (S2E11 Abuse) Aug 14, 2023

Young Hayden Panettiere melted our brains this week, as we are forced to watch the origin story of the teenage girl we saw doing some pretty, pretty, pretty bad things back in MMB 16, where we watched the Season 6 all-timer "Hooked." After seeing how bad her parents are in this week's episode, it's not hard to see why the Birmingham call-back might end up being too mundane for this deeply damaged girl. There’s quite a bit of disturbing child acting and costume choices to unpack, along with a wild scene for a 10-year-old’s birthday party that left Adam and Josh breathlessly pinballing between the psychedelically mismatched celebrants and odd art department choices.
Sources:
Reactive Attachment Disorder - Mayo Clinic
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 8, Episode 17 "Sin"
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172 - Make America Waco Again (S24E19 Bend The Law) Aug 07, 2023

Deep Velasco backstories! Lorraine Maxwell smokes a dude! Terry Bruno! Churlish eats nothing but smooth white foods! Poor Adam has basically no idea who any of these people are, but we tighten our belts and do our best to break down this radically new SVU. Oh, and we're making Churlasco a thing.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 2, Episode 11 "Abuse"
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171 - We're on a Bad Dad Kick (S18E11 Great Expectations) Jul 31, 2023

What happens when you thrust SVU and The Mighty Ducks together? We found out, and it's NOT pretty. Like so not pretty that we could easily have just titled this episode “It’s Kind of Like the Foreign Object Anal Penetration Ouroboros of the SVU Universe” because of how world [and mind] warping this whole fever dream is. Along the way, The Great One is possibly impugned, Carisi outs himself as a Ducks stan with little understanding of causation, D2 and an SVU we've covered are reframed because of the traumatic events seen here, and open shots on goal are grossly misrepresented.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 24, Episode 19 "Bend the Law"
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170 - A Fur-Humping Compilation Tape (S13E13 Father's Shadow) Jul 24, 2023

A certain 1992 Documentas winner can't stop sexually assaulting young actresses which leads to one of their coats getting humped which leads inevitably to Liv getting into yet another hostage situation. Why, SVU, why? At least we'll always have the coat humper. This episode also feature the one and only acting credit in country star Miranda Lambert's résumé.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 18, Episode 11 "Great Expectations"
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169 - Whoever Put This Smut on Her Computer Entered Through a Cyber Back Door (S10E21 Liberties) Jul 17, 2023

Strange things are afoot this week, as this SVU starts with an ex stalking his former flame from Rhode Island to the Big City and catfishes a rando into raping her via a rape fantasy website and then takes a wild left turn when the judge presiding over the case becomes convinced the perp is his son who was kidnapped when he was three years old. To make things even weirder, he enlists none other than Elliot Stabler to handle the investigation into this cold case. There are huge leaps and ghost babies in the concrete in this one. Prepare yourself.
Sources:
Mapp, Dunaway and Huntley Hearings - the most common pre-trial hearings in NY - Dusenberry Law
New York State Law Requiring Video Recording of Interrogations Takes Effect - Innocence Project
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 13, Episode 13 "Father's Shadow"
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168 - Elliot Gets A Monkey Text (S12E16 Spectacle) Jul 10, 2023

A Season 12 SVU which opens with a smut film broadcast live on a college campus populated with computer science savants, hard-partying frat boys and greasy English children's soccer coaches sounds like a promising episode, no? Well, come along with the Munchie boys and see exactly where this goes awry.
Sources:
Bystander effect - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 10, Episode 21 "Liberties"
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167 - The Whole Point of the Thong Is That You Don't Make the Pantyline (S2E3 Closure (Part 2)) Jul 03, 2023

In a conclusion to last week's installment of Law & Order: SVU following nearly a full year later, another rape victim turns up describing an attack an awful lot like our vics described in Part 1. This means Tracy Pollan is back, picking up where she left off, which was getting an Emmy nomination for playing this role. This doesn't yield a second one, but she still rocks in "Closure (Part 2)" and helps give this episode the titular want that last week's left us all wanting while letting us imagine a continuing arc where Harper Anderson becomes Reno Raines, a Renegade on the warpath for vengeance.
Sources:
What Is the Marital Privilege? - Giovanna A. D’Orazio - D’Orazio Peterson
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 16 "Spectacle"
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166 - Don't Ever Compost Your Avocados (S1E10 Closure) Jun 26, 2023

This week, we watched a Season 1 gem which, in spite of several characters not having names or jobs, was uncharacteristically grounded in the real world. SVU investigates a brutal home invasion rape where the victim is unable to correctly identify her assailant. Along the way, we see the genesis of Cassidenson, meet the wettest peeper in lower Manhattan, and learn about some brutal turn-of-the-century muffin murders. This one was so well received when it first aired that it earned its leading guest star, Tracy Pollan, an Emmy nomination, and led to an out-of-order Part 2, which we'll cover next week.
Sources:
2 Shot to Death in Botched Robbery of Muffin Shop in SoHo - New York Times
Ovral Touted as Morning-After Pill - PubMed
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Angie H, and Suzanne B - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 2, Episode 3 "Closure Part 2"
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165 - I'm Just Gonna Call Her Swimfan (S9E12 Signature) Jun 19, 2023

Special Guest Star(?) Erika Christensen swoops in from outer spa—er, the FBI to help the Unit find a gruesome serial killer and his likely next victim. Of course, nothing is as it seems and Lake and Benson have to try to figure out what all is amiss in an effort to find said victim. And obviously, the entire time you watch this episode, you wish that this Special Agent Cooper was a better-known Special Agent Cooper and that this one was not making mistakes that Dale Cooper would never make. The weirdness of this SVU also forces Josh and Adam to reckon with what might be the darkest Second Unit shoot in this show’s illustrious history, gets Adam looking into his urban foraging options in Central Park, and diving into the case of The Toy-Box Killer.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 1, Episode 10 "Closure"
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164 - Cragen Hand Play, Check (S1E20 Remorse) Jun 12, 2023

In a first for Munch My Benson, we are rewatching an episode of SVU we covered in the first 10 episodes of the show. How will the intervening years have affected our opinion of this classic, Munch meets girl-who-is-also-victim, Munch falls for girl, girl gets blown up by a psychotic fan who just wanted to see her happy face? We also get deep into 1999's East Timor news, and wonder whether the mafia has fallen so low that they're pumping gas along the NJ Turnpike.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 9, Episode 12 "Signature"
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163 - Maybe They Could NOT Talk About Murder Weapons Up Butts in Front of His New Girlfriend? (S15E9 Rapist Anonymous) Jun 05, 2023

Recovery is not going smoothly for Rollins this week, as she is unwittingly dragged into an all-caps MESSY ménage à quatre that ends up making her look like a dupe. Could be worse, though, she could be the guy who does a post-head header off a rooftop. Things get messy, but this is a Rollinsisode, so that should be expected. Does that excuse her going for Nate with that awful hat, though. That's a hard no.
Sources:
‘The Idol’: How HBO’s Next ‘Euphoria’ Became Twisted ‘Torture Porn’ - Cheyenne Roundtree, March 1, 2023, Rolling Stone
Shane Carruth Accused of Abusing Ex-Girlfriend - Gene Maddaus, July 27, 2020, Variety
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 1, Episode 20 "Remorse"
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162 - Poor Dude Thinks He Prejacked a Kid (S23E13 If I Knew Then What I Know Now) May 29, 2023

This week, SVU investigates the coldest of cold cases while dishing out hot servings of delicious Amanda Rollins fan-service content and heaping portions of Staten Island food. Rollisi come clean, Rolldhun never happens, and Benson meets two-time National League Cy Young Award winner, Jacob deGrom.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 15, Episode 9 "Rapist Anonymous"
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161 - Bring Mother Her Juice, She's Parched (S12E18 Bully) May 22, 2023

Luscious Grape Distributors--yup, that's the name--seems like a truly awful place to work, if its depiction in SVU's Season 12 gem "Bully" is any indication. As a harrowing journey into abusive workplaces for the first two-thirds of its runtime, the ep succeeds on its own. Then? Well, then there's a turn so shocking, so inventive, and so ingenious that it had Adam and Josh wanting to do a five-season oral history on the making of this single episode of television. This one's got bad bosses, bad moms, and bad coworkers all packed into one delightfully disgusting package where Warner gets to deliver a slew of utterly insane dialogue, introducing us all to the violent masturbation theorem that somehow isn’t even remotely the most disturbing topic she broaches.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 13 "If I Knew Then What I Know Now"
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160 - The Hardest Core Of Hardcore BDSM Benslers (S10E22 Zebras) May 15, 2023

***MUNCHIES' CHOICE***
The Munchies thought they were sending us down a dark and unprofessional path when they selected this haired-brained thriller of an SVU episode which begins with a dead Topekan tourist in Central Park, traverses a Lady From Shanghai-esque fun-house sequence in Coney Island, and tiptoes around all manner of Dale Stuckey-related content on its way to unceremoniously killing off one of Munch My Benson's favorite characters as a prelude to some kinky Liv and Elliot fan service. Little did they know, that we are just messed up enough to enjoy this wild, and very much not SVU, romp. Also, Adam suffers some very real life consequences from trying to record this episode in his bedroom.
Sources:
How Nick Stahl Survived Skid Row and Hollywood Stardom - The Daily Beast
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 18 "Bully"
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159 - He Feeds Off the Smirk of His Clients (S23E5 Fast Times @TheWheelhouse) May 08, 2023

Late SVU gets down with influencer incubators this week, and we're treated to some pretty epic douchebros treating an up-and-coming TikToker very badly. This means there's timely pop music punctuating the cold open, some pretty brutal implementation of influencerese, and some odd Organized Crime storylines crossing over into this episode. It's a strange world we're stepping into this week, but that doesn't mean there's not plenty of Rollisi-related content to keep us going.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: ***Munchies' Choice*** Season 10, Episode 22 "Zebras"
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158 - Her Screams of Agony Are One of the High Points of the Episode, Emotionally (S5E3 Mother) May 01, 2023

Two dipshit wannabe writers on an uptown depravity tour lead the detectives at SVU into a truly outlandish world populated by avenging sister-moms and serial-rapists-made-good who are pushed back into serial raping by the heavy-handed approach of Stabler & Co. Along the way we learn about cleaning fish, proper wine breathing etiquette, and whether or not Ricardo from the Java Barn is the right guy to ask for illicit hard drugs. This episode revels in the early season insanity. Does it make sense? Does it have to?
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 23, Episode 5 "Fast Times @TheWheelHouse"
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157 - I Don't Think She's a Val Gal (S19E11 Flight Risk) Apr 24, 2023

Imagine a world in which pilots were quasi-celebrities before having performed some heroic feat. No really imagine it. Then imagine a world where the heroic feat they perform to make them even more famous could only have happened because 9/11 must not have happened and a pilot could be left alone in a cockpit, locking the entire flight crew out while she erratically turns the plane around because she doesn't want to be trapped in the cockpit with her rapist. Then imagine that this is all occurring at an airline with a retrograde hypersexualized ad campaign that harks back to the ads for which Dick Wolf was responsible in his ad man days. Because this SVU does all that.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week's Episode: Season 5, Episode 3 "Mother"
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156 - There's Bear Goatse, and She Goes All the Way Up (S4E10 Resilience) Apr 17, 2023

When television's Harry Bosch (technically Titus Welliver) started firing blanks a few years ago, the strangest thing happened. Instead of happily raising the large brood of children he already had, he chose to pimp out first his wife, then his nanny, and finally his own daughter in a bizarre cult-like scheme to rear as many children as possible. Obviously, things went off the rails, or in the case of his daughter, nearly on to them when she attempts to throw herself in front of the N train starting this week's SVU in motion. Along the way Adam tells you all about applying for pre-K in New York, and we wonder whether or not NYPD could conceivably plant evidence beneath two feet of concrete under your townhouse.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, Asteria K, and Angie H - y’all are the best!
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 19, Episode 11 "Flight Risk"
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Matthew Wilson - Creator of SVU: The RPG Apr 13, 2023

The Munchie Boys sat down for a delightful chat with Matthew Wilson, creator of the positively sublime game SVU: The RPG, diving into the background and inspiration for the only video game you should all be spending your time playing.
You can find the game at: https://svuroleplay.com/ (The game doesn't like Chrome, so use a different browser)
Matt's non-SVU-related music discussed on this episode can be found here:
https://nsajk.bandcamp.com/
And here:
https://skannieraitt.com/
Matt can be contacted at his website: https://matthewwilson.website/
And if you love the game, you can tip him here: https://ko-fi.com/matthewwilson69
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, and Asteria K - y’all are the best!
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155 - King Sebastian and the Manual Release (S14E7 Vanity's Bonfire) Apr 10, 2023

You'd think that an SVU centered around Scott Bakula tricking his mistress into putting their love child up for adoption would lend itself to hours of Quantum Leap conversation wondering just how Ziggy and Al let this whole situation get this out of hand, and that definitely happens, but so does a dive into a pretty heinous guest star, who lived through some gnarly trauma and then doled out a lot more herself.
Just as important though, this episode emphatically chides parents who have the temerity to try to parent AND use their cell phones at the same time, and makes you wonder how more parents aren't clocking clear pedos at the park. And if you ever wanted to know how to artificially inseminate your significant other in the comfort of your own home, Adam tries to tell you while Josh derails the conversation. And both Adam and Josh cry during this episode for very different reasons.
This week’s episode had tons of content cut from the Patreon-exclusive version. Like over an hour’s worth. So if you care about panhandles or digressions into significant actors’ other works, there’s a ton of extra content there for you.
Sources:
Teenage Flicks - William Shaw, The Guardian, March 2, 2002
I am telling this story of homophobia... - Daniel Franzese, Facebook
John-Patrick Driscoll Bio - IMDb
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, Briley O, and Asteria K - y’all are the best!
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 4, Episode 10 "Resilience"
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154 - Sniffing Cold Pies Lasciviously (S16E20 Daydream Believer) Apr 03, 2023

Wherein we meet a terrifyingly gross Greg Yates for the first time and are forced to dive deep into the One Chicago Universe. Along the way, we speculate about the lives we will live once we become avid Chicago Fire fans, whether or not it's worth your time smelling a cold pie, why it's sad when hardened cops can't unlock a Camry, and, of course, the answer to the question every Munchie will have upon watching this megasode: exactly how many times did Greg Yates cum during that trial?
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Daniel K, and Briley O - y’all are the best!
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 14, Episode 7 "Vanity's Bonfire"
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153 - Make 'Em Space Communists That Are Waiting for Sentient Dolphins to Come Impregnate Us (S4E24 Perfect) Mar 27, 2023

Another SVU, another bizarre cult. This time around, a certifiable quack of the cloning-will-save-humankind-from-the-depleting-ozone-layer variety has an entire organization hornswoggling teen girls with low self-esteem into becoming his own personal baby factories. Don't worry, it's not just non-sexual sex cult action we're dealing with this time around. No, we've got police brandishing their weapons and running hilariously, accents that spin you around, and surprising restraint from a cult leader who seems much more interested in playing God than hide the salami. Of course, talk of claims of human cloning took Adam down a strange rabbit hole into the Raëlians, and there are some wildly unexpected revelations with regards to this week’s guest stars, so there’s a ton of munchy weirdness afoot this week.
Alt episode title this week? Her Mouth Is a Melting Pot.
Sources:
Clonaid - Wikipedia
Raëlism - Wikipedia
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, and Daniel K - y’all are the best!
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 16, Episode 20 "Daydream Believer"
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152 - I Gave Your Mom a Guardian Ad Litem End-Around (S5E19 Sick) Mar 20, 2023

In an episode Adam already covered on his guestisode of the These Are Their Stories Pod, we watched a preposterous reimagining of the various Michael Jackson sexual abuse allegations in which an uber-wealthy toy mogul lures children into his low-rent pirate-themed sex lair to dress them up in precious pajamas and have his way with them. Was it fun? Yes, absolutely. Did it feature enough lemur? Sadly, no.
Sources:
Michael Jackson: A Quarter-Century Of Sexual Abuse Allegations - NPR
If the Cops Mistakenly Kick Down Your Door, Who Pays for the Damage? - Mental Floss
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, and Sean M - y’all are the best!
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151.1 - The We Biffed Sabrina Getting Arrested for Getting an Abortion Addendum with Special Guest Isabel (S9E3 Impulsive) Mar 17, 2023

Sometimes Adam and Josh are idiots. In this instance, they glossed over a PRETTY MAJOR plot point in S9E3 Impulsive because they were bored with how SVU generally deals with abortion, totally missing the VERY PROBLEMATIC moment where the Unit essentially arrests Sabrina the Teenage Witch for aborting her rapist's baby. Thankfully, our Munchie Isabel was there to hold us to account in this bonus convo.
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151 - This Is Basically SVU's Rashomon (S9E3 Impulsive) Mar 13, 2023

This installment of SVU pits very recognizable teacher against an also recognizable student in a he-said-she-gonorrhea'd-me/she-said-he-raped-me exercise in who can we believe for the Unit and the audience. Sure, the teacher is Sabrina/Clarissa, but if we know anything about this show, it's hard to believe the potentially stuntcasted. And, yeah, the kid is basically known for playing quiet lunatics, but they can't both have done it, right? This one's fun AND strains credulity in all the best ways.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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150 - He Sucks Off His Own Carpet (S20E5 Accredo) Mar 06, 2023

This week we meet a sex cult based in a mansion located north of Manhattan, so you know we are getting deep into a NXIVM-based, ripped-from-the-headlines SVU. Along the way, we talk knife handling, record collections, elite-level badminton, and extremely high-end security cameras. Also, Rollins is extremely pregnant (again), and this perp can smell the Al Pollack inside of her.
Sources:
A Timeline of the Nxivm Sex Cult Case - New York Times
Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult - Starz
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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149 - He's Basically the Gentrifying Rapist (S17E19 Sheltered Outcasts) Feb 27, 2023

Sonny Carisi gets down and dirty with some pretty gnarly dudes in this week's SVU, which sends dearest Dominick undercover into a shelter populated by paroled sex offenders. One (or more?) of these parolees appears to be raping neighborhood women, and the Unit has to figure out who's doing it before Carisi gets beaten to a pulp by meathead vigilantes. Luckily Michael Rapaport is around to save Carisi's bacon once, but is he the guy? This mostly effective episode leaves Carisi wondering aloud if maybe the sex offender registry is unfair when compared to, say, a murderer who gets out and doesn't have to tell a soul that they cut off someone's head with a dull machete.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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148 - The Post-Micturition Dribble (S10E15 Lead) Feb 20, 2023

What happens when a trusted pediatrician is found to have extra-medically milked many young boys urethras over the years? Well in SVU he is brutally beaten to death by one of his former victims who himself was doubly victimized as his Pica led him to eat the lead paint off of cheap toy cars which permanently stunted his development and planted the seeds of his rage. Come for Alexandra Cabot's jaw dropping Season 10 return, stay for Kim Greylek's unceremonious act 2 poochie'ing, and go home with a delightfully detailed breakdown of what exactly blood alcohol content means and whether or not the arrogant rich guy could have blown a 2.2 and kept driving.
Sources:
Blood Alcohol Content - The Cleveland Clinic
Driver So Drunk He Should Have Been Dead - Irish Examiner
Post Micturition Dribble - Bladder And Bowel Community
Pica - The Cleveland Clinic
Thomas Midgley - The Dollop
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Farewell, Munch: A Richard Belzer Tribute Feb 20, 2023

It’s a sad day in the Munchiverse, as it lost its lodestar with the passing of the man who brought John Munch to life. The Munchie Boys pay homage to the man, the myth, the legend, Richard Belzer.
SVU lost a mensch.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business”
Clips:
Intro - Munch’s Going Away Party (Part 1) from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 15, Episode 5 “Wonderland Story”
16:58 - Munch’s Going Away Party (Part 2) from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 15, Episode 5 “Wonderland Story”
Outro - Fin gives us an update on Munch from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 24, Episode 14 “Dutch Tears”
Sources:
Richard Belzer - Peter Castro, March 29, 1993, People - https://people.com/archive/richard-belzer-vol-39-no-12/
Richard Belzer - Noel Murray, November 23, 2010, The A.V. Club - https://www.avclub.com/richard-belzer-1798222737
Richard Belzer, Extraordinarily Smart-Ass as a Comic and a TV Cop, Dies at 78 - Chris Koseluk, February 19, 2023, The Hollywood Reporter - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-belzer-dead-homicide-law-order-1235329813/
Barry Levinson Interview Part 2 of 3 - Jenni Matz, September 20, 2016, Television Academy Foundation - https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/barry-levinson?clip=92975#about
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147 - Knowing that Layla Is in Finance Only Tweaks Munch's Kink-Sensing Nips More (S1E9 Stocks and Bondage) Feb 13, 2023

This week the Munchie Boys travel back into the Pre-History of SVU, before it knew what it was but when it definitely knew what it wanted to be: salacious, outrageous, and just a little bit pervy. "Stocks & Bondage" marked the show's first dalliances into the world of BDSM, and it wastes little time getting weird as hell. So come along for the ride, and get familiar with The Human Ashtray, comely leather salespeople who seem to have an interest in Cassidy (and who Cassidy is decidedly into), and Tennesseans who should never have been let out of the state.
And if we're talking finance, as the episode's title implies, you know things are going to get pretty dark in this one, so strap on--er, strap in.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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146 - He Keistered Her Entire Collection Of Pens (S2E19 Parasites) Feb 06, 2023

Season 2 SVUs typically mean one thing, and that is bonkers plots stacked on plots with bizarre flourishes stuff in, and in that regard this frantic ride does not disappoint. We talk underground hydrangea markets and age progression specialists, correct the record vis a vis erotic vs autoerotic asphyxiation, meet Martin's obscure Amis brother, and find out just who is leaving their rare orchid pollen on our victim's panties.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 1, Episode 9 "Stocks and Bondage"
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145 - They’re Wasting No Time in Letting Logue Brogue (S15E17 Gambler's Fallacy) Jan 30, 2023

If there is an episode of SVU featuring a worse version of Bad Amanda Rollins, the Munchie Boys have yet to come across it. Gambling Amanda gets in Dutch with an improbable art forgery/gambling outfit who use her massive debts to them to get her to be their evidence-disappearing cop on the take. Rollins do so much to warrant her immediate firing that it's shocking she made it another decade past this. More than that, for a solid half-hour, we're left to think she was forced to blow Declan while he's undercover in his first appearance. Dark, bad stuff is afoot, but don't worry, we also take plenty of detours into improbable names paired with nonsensical accents, Logue going full brogue, and how being an art history major from an Ivy makes you immune from the heat.
Sources:
Branford Marsalis Gets the Blues For "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - The Credits - Motion Picture dot Org
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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144 - He's Wearing a Pedo Sweater (S12E4 Merchandise) Jan 23, 2023

Helen of Troy might have had the face that launched a thousand ships, but this gem of a Season 12 SVU is the problematic hellscape that launched the Munch My Benson ranking system. Kids are never safe in SVU, and in this episode we see kids casually listing their prostitution fees, kids getting Meet-Joe-Blacked outside of a farmers' market, kids getting chained up and forced to drink cyanide, and kids destroying a bespoke, heirloom blueberry compote. This is one hell of a ride. Enjoy!
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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143 - Whatever, We’re Just Gonna Leave This Dangling (S1E8 Stalked) Jan 16, 2023

SVU takes on Big Realty this week, so Adam and Josh strapped in for a wild ride from pre-historical Season 1, where reason--and any future plotting with a big, bad bogeyman--goes to die. Liv ends up in the perp's crosshairs for the first of so, so, so many times, but not until a child and his grandfather are scared away from frisbee in the park forever, a corpse with a shocking hole in the middle of its head is shown to the delicate sensibilities of network TV viewers, and Munch idly wonders if it actually wasn't a coincidence that the (faked?) moon landing was scheduled to distract the public from Chappaquiddick. Season 1 eps can be quite the fever dream, and "Stalked" is no exception.
Sources:
New York Stalking Laws - Find Law
§ 240.26 Harassment in the second degree | Statutes - Westlaw
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, and Amy A - y’all are the best!
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142 - I'm Not Gonna Kink Shame a 12-Year-Old (S23E11 Burning With Rage Forever) Jan 09, 2023

In our first brush with Season 23, the Randomizer (episode.lol) gifted us with the sight of that precious little Baby Boy Doe himself locked in a cage being forced to eat dog food by one of his friends. This kind of depravity only happens on SVU, folks. Of course, the madness only begins there as we are treated to a truly bonkers world where no child is ever, EVER safe. Along the way, the Munchie Boys go way off the rails with loads of esoteric content. Fans of that stuff will really enjoy the unedited Patreon edition which features an additional 40 minutes of fun.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, and Amy A - y’all are the best!
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141 - Tension's Building in the Amandolas Relationship (S16E8 Spousal Privilege) Jan 02, 2023

Josh and Adam--both of whom are pretty big fans of Cutty in The Wire--are forced to watch an episode this week where Chad L. Coleman is seen Ray Rice-ing his special lady friend, played by the wonderful Meagan Good. That's not fun to watch, but it's also not fun to watch the SVUs acting against the victim's vehement wishes. It's even less fun to watch after Amaro (who is just back from beating a perp to within an inch of his life) blows up in the opening scene of "Spousal Privilege" (Season 16, Episode 8), making the audience wonder just what qualities in outburst-prone people determine that they get a second chance.
Don't worry, the Munchie Boys also use this episode to revel in RedChanIt, take notice of how many of the SVUs were abused as children, and dive deep into the NYC's first black mayor, David Dinkins, who happens to have two lines in this episode.
Sources:
Walking Tall - Richard Foster, February 12, 2013 - Style Weekly, Richmond, VA
Five years later, setting the record straight on the Ray Rice video - AJ Perez, September 7, 2019 - USA Today
Peyton Manning’s squeaky-clean image was built on lies, as detailed in explosive court documents showing ugly smear campaign against his alleged sex assault victim - Shaun King, February 13, 2016 - New York Daily News
The Past Is Never Dead: Peyton Manning and Today’s Jock-Rape Culture at Tennessee - Dave Zirin, February 15, 2016 - The Nation
Older elite football players have reduced cardiac and osteoporosis risk factors - Nicole A Lynch, Alice S Ryan, Joyce Evans, Leslie I Katzel, and Andrew P Goldberg, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, NIH National Library of Medicine, July 2007
Prosecuting Domestic Violence Cases Without a Victim - New-York-Lawyers.org
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 23, Episode 11 "Burning With Rage Forever"
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140 - It's Sub-Tropical Water Not Dom-Tropical Water (S12E22 Bang) Dec 26, 2022

We let the Munchies pick this week's episode, and by god did they pick an all-timer. Everybody's favorite cool uncle, John Stamos, shines as a reproductive abuser, and Lori Singer is but the most famous of his many, many victims. This one really has everything we here at Munch My Benson are looking for out of this unique series. Thank you for this marvelous choice!
Sources:
Contraceptive Effectiveness in the United States - Guttmacher Institute
Reproductive and Sexual Coercion - ACOG
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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139 - We Might've Seen Peen, Everybody (S7E5 Strain) Dec 19, 2022

The Munchie Boys are dealt an episode with super-AIDS and methed-out party boys running roughshod all over the gay party scene. This episode is chock-full of problems, in all the best ways. How far does it go? Well, let's just say that if you have to wonder whether you're seeing hand or dong on a posed nude corpse, you found yourself in a pretty wild place.
Sources:
Rare and Aggressive HIV Reported in New York - Marc Santora and Lawrence K. Altman, February 12, 2005, New York Times
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 12, Episode 22 “Bang” ***MUNCHIES' CHOICE***
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138 - There's No Freezer Burn in That Hair (S20E10 Alta Kockers) Dec 12, 2022

Have you ever heard the old joke about the longest-running scripted drama in television history doing a bizarre ripped-from-the-headlines episode about two aging, hoarder brothers as a convoluted excuse to say nasty slurs on primetime TV? Oh, you haven't? Well, after you've seen "Alta Kockers," you will have. Oh, and one of these brothers, who hasn't left his mother's house since 1976, somehow becomes the literary voice of the present generation via his anonymously published novel. Sure. This one is about as absurd as SVU gets, but thankfully wonderful moments from legends Judd Hirsch and Wallace Shawn, and some truly standout background acting prevent this from being an all-time stinker.
Plus: Special Contributor Natalie graciously joined Josh with a dissenting opinion to tell us why our ranking of 'Service" (S19E18) which we covered in MMB 119 - No, Rollins Is A Tactile Detective was unfair.
Sources:
JT LeRoy Unmasked - The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/20/jt-leroy-story-modern-literary-hoax-
The Legendary Collyer Brothers - Harlem World Magazine - https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-legendary-collyer-brothers-harlem-ny-1881-1947-rare-video/
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, and Christine L - y’all are the best!
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…These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 7, Episode 5 "Strain"
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137 - I Have Known People Who Served; They Do Talk Like Humans (S18E12 No Surrender) Dec 05, 2022

What happens when a trailblazing female Army Ranger is sexually assaulted, jeopardizing a nationwide media blitz? The Munchie Boys found out this week, and whatever it was, it wasn't fun. Or good. Or memorable. Go along for the ride as they investigate Army guidelines for haircuts, bizarre Army propaganda, full pressers out of nowhere, and false accusations undercutting our victim's status as sympathetic figures.
Also find out how Adam liked his leaf-peeping that possibly infected an entire train full of yahoos, get more Hudson Fjord talk, and follow along as Adam and Josh wonder from what universe this truly unprofessional episode of SVU came.
Sources:
Are Green Berets Turning Pink? Integrating Women into Special Forces - David Walton, 9/20/2022, War on the Rocks - https://warontherocks.com/2022/09/are-green-berets-turning-pink-integrating-women-into-special-forces/
First woman passes Special Forces Assessment and Selection - Drew Brooks, 11/14/2018, The Fayetteville Observer - https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/military/2018/11/14/first-woman-passes-special-forces-assessment-and-selection/8003027007/
Hair & Appearance Guidelines - GoArmy.com - https://www.goarmy.com/how-to-join/requirements/appearance.html
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, and Christine L - y’all are the best!
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…These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 20, Episode 10 "Alta Kockers"
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136 - They Really Shared a Moment Over Those Chickpeas (S20E13 A Story Of More Woe) Nov 28, 2022

Both Josh and Adam were a little sick when they recorded this one, but not nearly as sick as the twisted minds inside Michael Chernuchin's SVU writers' room who crafted this byzantine scheme wherein a 13-year-old girl convinces her 15-year-old sister to murder their own father, so that she can become adopted by and live with the love of her life, a 30-something weirdo who lives down the hall who reads Shakespeare with her. Obviously, the Munchie Boys are forced to confront The Bard among many, many other topics including the real reason no one on SVU orders food at the Square Diner, and the many spellings of "Catherine."
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, and Christine L - y’all are the best!
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Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson
Check out our guest appearances on:
…These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 18, Episode 12 "No Surrender"
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135 - Only SVU Is Able to Backdoor in Some Kiddie Porn (S17E3 Transgender Bridge) (With Special Guest Summer) Nov 21, 2022

To say Law & Order: SVU's historic treatment of the transgender community is fraught with problems is an understatement of epic proportions, and this week's episode--S17E13 Transgender Bridge--makes, ummm, progress? Of course, it's incremental at best, and much of the ground gained is immediately lost by jamming the episode full of racial stereotyping that plays rough.
This week's episode pushed the Munchie Boys so far out of their comfort zone that they brought in reinforcements in the form of a guest (for Munchies, this was an entirely separate bonus episode) with gracious trans listener Summer, who hopefully makes up for the two cishet honkies who host this weekly show and is more qualified to speak on how this episode still had a lot of work to do to get things right.
Hold onto your butts. This is a long one.
Sources:
Arrests by Age and Offense - The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ucr.asp?table_in=1
Signs, Saints, and Symbols: Transgender Kids in Media are Not Here to Forgive You - Evelyn Deshane, bitchmedia - https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/transgender-kids-television
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Madelin K, and Isabel P - y’all are the best!
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Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson
Check out our guest appearances on:
…These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
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Next Week’s Episode: Season 20, Episode 13 "A Story of More Woe"
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134 - This Overreach Isn’t Going to Assuage Your Guilt, Alex, but Maybe Dripping Candle Wax on Benson Will (S3E18 Guilt) Nov 14, 2022

When a sting to catch a groomer pedo goes sideways in a New Jersey train station, Alexandra Cabot disregards due process, civil rights, and decades of precedents in the pursuit of a conviction. We see the SVU debut of everyone's favorite legal hard ass, Elizabeth Donnelly, we learn about a particularly outlandish purchase that Josh is contemplating, and we definitively answer that age old question: Who's the boss? Those wanting Adam's airport rankings or our views on the relegation system in world football are encouraged to sign up for the Munchies tier on our Patreon. Enjoy!
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, and Madelin K - y’all are the best!
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Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson
Check out our guest appearances on:
…These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week’s Episode: Season 17, Episode 3 "Transgender Bridge"
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133 - Elliot Can't Get Drinks Because He Might Have HIV (S2E13 Victims) Nov 07, 2022

The Munchie Boys tackled a tough one this week, as Stabler is forced to investigate the murder of an admittedly odious perp he'd locked up previously. If ever there were an episode that wallowed in the "you can't choose your victims" edict, it's this one. "Victims" also has some pretty big names in it to go along with some pretty rough pre-9/11 fashion and a Guardian Angels storyline that gives Adam a bit to talk about.
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Karen D, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, and Robyn S - y’all are the best!
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Adam’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/atschwitters
Josh’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/oldmanduggan
Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson
Check out our guest appearances on:
…These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
Visit Our Website: https://www.munchmybenson.com/
Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com
Next Week’s Episode: Season 3, Episode 18 "Guilt"
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