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Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast

Munch My Benson, the seminal SVU podcast, is the twisted spawn of co-hosts Adam Schwitters and Josh Duggan, celebrating the splendid and often wildly inappropriate lunacy found only on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Each week The Randomizer spits out a new episode, and they dive deep into the heinous murk before rating it in terms of overall quality, guest star performances, the degree to which the episode was problematic (the more, the better), and the depth and breadth of lives ruined

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68:33

232 - She Banged Carlos Baldarama After a Long Day at...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/10/14

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 ClinicMusic:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy

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231 - Fashion Equals Bad (S1E3 ...Or Just Look Like One)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/10/07

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,

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230 - Ace Ventura Level Transphobia (S4E21 Fallacy)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/09/30

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 - WikipediaMusic:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B,

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93:08

229 - It's More of a Stain in Heaven (S3E23 Silence)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/09/23

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

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68:09

228 - He Has His Mitts in More than Just the Drawers...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/09/16

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

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74:22

227 - No Good Has Ever Come from Snapping with a...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/09/09

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

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77:14

97 - I Don't Like the Idea of Having Ninja Pedophiles...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/09/02

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

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90:02

Interview with Michelangelo Milano

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/09/02

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

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77:42

226 - Inferno The Musical (S2E12 Secrets)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/08/26

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

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67:29

225 - Soda (S12E11 Pop)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/08/19

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

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62:37

224 - We Know Whether JD Vance Shaves (or Not) in His...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/08/12

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

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77:17

223 - Why Don't They Have Someone Sexily Peel off a...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/08/05

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

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80:07

222 - Speaking Of Stereotypes (S17E13 Forty-One...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/07/29

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

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64:10

221 - Can Credits Just Roll in Very Slo-Mo? (S20E2...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/07/22

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

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220 - Carmy's Cum To Jesus Moment (S11E21 Torch)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/07/15

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

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67:06

219 - His Pecs Were Unleashed (S20E1 Man Up)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/07/08

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

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71:54

MMB Movie Club 00 - The Heartbreak Kid

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/07/04

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

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88:46

218 - They Don't Whip Out That Stamp for No One...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/07/01

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

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87:13

217 - Always Be Brewing (S2E17 Folly)

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/06/24

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

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83:03

216 - She's Just Kim Novak-ing Bailee Madison (S12E1...

Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast ·

2024/06/17

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

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