
Your Weekly Breakdown
The silly and smart podcast for busy women.
Have a think, have a laugh.
Everyone’s invited.
Every week, join comedian Caitlin Howden and washed-up tech exec Emily Key to catch up on cultural conversations and news, make fun of the latest pop culture happenings, and judge each other’s life choices.

Breakdown 027
Canada’s new Prime Minister, great new books, Dumb + Dumber moments in Fort McMurray, growing wine on the moon, women’s retirement crises, Elon Musk’s many children, and Issa Rae’s midlife crises theory.

Breakdown 026
Tariffs, Made in Canada, are you your family? Gen X's sexual awakening, Manifestation apps, Gen Z men leaning right, Emily's Ins and Outs list

Breakdown 025
Plastic surgery, BOOing things IRL, Periods, Misogyny, Cancel culture isn't real, Gen Z's party habits, AI bfs and gfs, Tacos!!!, New fav music, Mom PTO, Christie's AI art auction.

Breakdown 024
A vegan cult, a friendship study, voice notes, NASA women in leadership, Big Balls running DOGE, Canada vs US hockey, social anxiety, Oscar movies.

Breakdown 023
~conspiracy theories~ come true, $$ cuts to the humanities, using AI makes you dumber, Tariffs and the border Czars, how to deal with info overwhelm, a calm podcast, Elizabeth Holmes interview.

Breakdown 022
An erotic masseur for women, where ppl fantasize about having s3x, Bryan Johnson talks a lot about boners, can marriage be equal?! fun new words, Kendrick at Super Bowl, great music and books, and the best in pharmacy beauty

Breakdown 021
Luigi, Trudeau, Jon Stewart and Mark Carney, LA Fires, Rauhnachte, Noah Wiley and other hot men, prestige TV, new music, and books.

Breakdown 020
Cait was on Las Culturistas?! AG1 deep dive on Delve pod, daydreams and goals for 2025, Ballerina Farm in Ev!e mag, Em's fav newsletter, the makeup free trend, and Dame Judy Dench's potty-mouthed bird

Breakdown 019
Vision boards and 2025 goal setting, a deep dive on goal setting, Cormac McCarthy's secret muse, Don West's new album, Zoe Ligon and the s3x ed you didn't get in school, voice AI hacks, and toast snacks

Breakdown 018
Real Housewives life lessons, Holiday movies, the business of breakups, hiker found alive after 50 days, traveling without a plan, why are the tech titans so weird? 50 Cent's Diddy documentary.

Breakdown 017
Holiday overwhelm, new music, Em goes viral, Canadian Rage Index, sleep needs, snow in Hawaii, PWHL in BC, Christmas movies, spy novels, tech tips, and Gisele Pelicot's daughter.

Breakdown 016
Guest co-host Briana Buckmaster talks astrology, the labia puff, work and burnout, Hawk Tuah, building community, TV and the realities of being a working actor, and AI impacting the arts.

Breakdown 015
US vs Canada snacks, Alpha vs Beta and leadership, Cait's time at Second City, raising kids, gut health, female friendships, Wicked vs Gladiator, Martha's documentary, and the ultimate skin care drop.

Breakdown 014
Victoria Secret's quasi-rebrand, the New York Liberty and Clara Wu Tsai, AI in publishing, climate updates, a new book, and music worth listening to.

Breakdown 013
Separating your identify from work, aging, banned books, YOLO energy, good books, advice for creatives.

Breakdown 012
Chin hairs, how to break up with a friend, gender parity, backpack bans and periods, Kamala on Call her Daddy, Kendrick at the Superbowl.

Breakdown 011
Parent influencers and child privacy, good health news, skin care for winter, watching SATC then vs. now, stalkers and Anna Kendrick's new movie, Tim Burton draws Monica Belluci.

Breakdown 010
Guest Briana Buckmaster, dopamine menus, data brokers, relationship advice, good apologies, and parenting.

Breakdown 009
The end of remote work? festival films, books to read, fissures, fall fashion, and femicide.

Breakdown 008
Paris Olympics firsts, Katy Perry and Dr. Luke, "rawdogging", metal in tampons, conspiracy theories, anti-sunscreen movement, and we're all going to die!