DIYers Make Do w/ Nick Garros
Binchtopia
Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Reporting live from the newly DIY'ed stu, Julia is joined by beautiful Nick, the king of DIY, to chart the chaotic history of "doing it yourself." From ancient Greeks assembling Ikea-style furniture to TikTokers accidentally creating mustard gas in their homes, they uncover how the urge to DIY is fundamentally human. Along the way, they discuss Victorian men who couldn't do shit, 1950s dads working through PTSD by tinkering in their garages, the health benefits of working with your hands, and the scientific proof that gay people are superior at home improvement.
Digressions include Nick's evil brother's latest crimes against humanity, the life-saving potential of eliminating daylight savings times, and a new candy that awakens something ancient within us.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and edited by Livi Burdette.
To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Binchotopia. |
| 0:11.0 | We hope you enjoy your stay. |
| 0:16.2 | Hey everybody, welcome back to Binchotopia. |
| 0:18.9 | Hey y'all, welcome back. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm Julia Hava and I'm here today again with Nick. Beautiful Nick. Hey. Hey, Nikki. How are you? Good honor to be back. It's not like I didn't see you yesterday in the day before. Welcome back. Welcome back. Oh my God, you guys. Does anyone notice the Knicks here? Wait, that's crazy. Wait, wait, what's going on? You went to the Knicks store. And I came back with several. |
| 0:37.5 | And you got several Knicks. I got a Costco-sized Nick and I'm never going to run out. Thank God. Oh my God. It is so fucking cold outside. When we started working on this stew, it was so hot. Like actually we were dripping. We have ice packs that we were wearing down our shirts. The first what the hell is sure. |
| 0:58.1 | You guys. Ice packs were down our shirts. We were sitting there iced up. Iced up. I tried to make it through. I sweat running down my back. I was literally. So. By the way, you guys, if you're not on our Patreon, you got to get on on that because Nick and I just did a one-of-a-kind Benchtopia episode. We did a Thanksgiving taste test. We cooked some family recipes, some historical recipes. We made a Wampanog stew from chestnuts. And we also made a lot of things with jello in it. We mashed those chestnuts in a mortar and pestle. |
| 1:28.8 | Just like they did in the old. |
| 1:30.2 | We made Wampanog soup, the old-fashioned way. |
| 1:33.5 | This podcast still makes Wampanog stew, the old-fashioned way. |
| 1:40.5 | Anyway, that's going to be on our Patreon. |
| 1:42.6 | So check that out. |
| 1:43.5 | We also have our what the hell sure. |
| 1:45.3 | Another one's coming this month, you guys. Revolutionary and has never been done before. If you guys want to see a clip of that for free on Patreon, you don't even have to be a member. Just check that out. And it's on there. Is that the Hilaria one? Yeah, we have two segments of us talking about Hilaria. So if you're desperate for Hilaria commentary, |
| 2:01.4 | we got all you need. |
| 2:02.6 | Get on over. |
| 2:03.8 | Anyway, as I would say, have two segments of us talking about Hilaria. So if you're desperate for Hilaria commentary, we got all you need. |
| 2:02.6 | Get on over. |
| 2:03.8 | Anyway, as I was saying, when we first started working on this studio, it was hot as fuck. |
| 2:10.0 | Now it's cold as fuck. |
| 2:11.9 | To be found. |
| 2:12.7 | I was walking here and I was like, I don't know that I can live through this. |
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