Chinwags & Bin Bags
by Charlotte and Sophie
Welcome to Chinwags and Bin Bags, the podcast where two best mates, Charlotte and Sophie talk about utter nonsense in their everyday 30 something lives. Join us for red flags and what's in your bin bag. If you have any red flags you'd like to share or anything you want to put in the bin, email us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the following: Main link on RSS: https://rb.gy/ogl8e Spotify: https://rb.gy/rrpho Amazon music: https://rb.gy/zwuf2 Google: https://rb.gy/z2qwf Facebook: https://rb.gy/0p9pa TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/bde83mtn Instagram: chinsandbins2023 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): <a href="h
Episodes
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The Flat White Martini Birthday Pod
Happy Birthday to Sophie! She's now the grand old age of 30 something! It's all fun and games from here on in! Woop! We've discovered a delightful new drink in the flat white martini, Charlotte went the extra mile and added orange flavour Irish cream liquor to hers - chef's kiss! Send us an email...
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If I was a potato ...
We had a funny Q&A session this week, the question 'if I was a potato, would you eat me or keep me' being one of them. Sophie had 4 hunky coppers at her door, don't worry, she wasn't arrested. Charlotte has had a twitchy eye and both girls completed their challenges. Enjoy! Send us an email if…
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Gappage at the top
Charlotte is on location dog sitting an aggy dog called Babe. Sophie has more bus drama, like what bus skips stops when they have a 'busy' day, surely that's just called running late? And why can't women accept compliments? We always have to downplay how cheap it was or that we've had it for…
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Banana investigation
What is it with fruit flies and their need to constantly investigate bananas? A fun scenario we came up with in our chat, hence the title. What would you do/how would you feel if your sibling matched with your best mate on a dating app? What toys did Sophie buy this week? Send us an email if you...
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A spare Geri leg
Sophie's dad assisted with a Geri leg situation following her latest 90's nostalgia purchase and Charlotte sampled her latest purchase of some fake hair, as you do. Some fun fortnightly challenges for the ladies too! Tune in next fortnight to see if they succeeded. Enjoy! Send us an email if you...
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Who is Gordon Bennett?
Let's find out who the man behind the saying is shall we? Sophie finally received Charlotte's postcard, she's only been back a month! This week's agony aunt is about the bill disputes at meals for big groups and what have the girls bought that's worth every penny? Enjoy! Send us an email if you...
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Moobicon
Sophie created a new name for a popular mango drink hence the title. We had toilet roll drama in the agony aunt section followed by bio film and Disney mysteries in the rabbit holes. Also spolier alert - if you were a fan of art attack as a kid - close your ears 15 mins and 43 seconds in! Enjoy!...
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A renovated podcast!
We've had a little pod revamp and mixed things up a bit. Not talking about our weeks so much and instead we have some new segments including the agony aunt, the rabbit hole, revamped bin bags, shopping and whether it's justified or not and a fortnightly challenge where each of us sets a challenge...
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Did you know who was in the urn?
Sophie tells us a hilarious story of how she misheard a word because it was said with a strong Irish accent, hence the title of the pod. Charlotte bought a new tiktok special in the skincare department and decided to do her night time routine on the pod. Enjoy! We'll now be podding every…
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Enjoy your coronial spritz!
Sophie tried a new drink concoction this week, hence the title - Aperol and corona, give it a go and let us know what you think! Charlotte went to the dentist and had a traumatic filling experience. Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, shout outs, red flags or bin bags on…
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What do you do with your milk?
Apologies on the crap quality and broken chat but hopefully you'll be able to piece together what the hell we're on about. Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, shout outs, red flags or bin bags on the pod. Email us at [email protected]. Spotify:...
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I'm cleaning you sticky balls
We had some technical difficulties this week and decided to add captions to the chat, hence the title of this pod - I'm not sure it quite understood what we were saying, pretty sure our lovely listeners will though. Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, shout outs…
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We're back after galavanting!
Hope you didn't miss us too much while we both went off on our little trips. We're back now though so all is well. Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, shout outs, red flags or bin bags on the pod. Email us at [email protected]. Spotify: https://rb.gy/rrpho...
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Millennimals!
Sophie invented a new word this week and we thought it so good that we decided it should be the title of the pod because we discussed the interesting fact that our generation is in fact now a subject in schools! How fun! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, shout outs, red...
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The perfect (part-time) partner
Is the perfect partner a part-time one so you can each live your own lives and only be together part of the week/month/year? E.g. lots of people have sleep divorces and still live quite happy as couples, if not happier than when they did share a bed. What are your thoughts? Let us know. Send us…
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Catching print? What on earth!
This week, we talk about the term 'catching print' and also how not to be a podcaster when Charlotte didn't realise you had to actually claim your own podcast on Spotify, duh! Sophie also tells us about her fun night out and how she woke up with a random Spanish song in her head, while Charlotte...
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The fun has returned!
And we're back after our little week off! Hope you didn't miss us too much. We caught up on our antics while we were away including Sophie's bus drama and Charlotte's very hectic Easter weekend. How much can you fit into one weekend?! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories,...
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Squirreling about!
This week Charlotte tells us all about her squirrel adventures and Sophie is devastated at the quantity of mini eggs you get for your money these days. What an absolute scandal! We have a couple of birthday shoutouts for Mel who's birthday it was on 24th March and for Wendy who turns 60 on 6th...
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No, I just collect penises
Don't judge a pod episode by its title haha! Enough said, you'll have to listen to the pod. Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, red flags or bin bags on the pod. Email us at [email protected]. Spotify: https://rb.gy/rrpho Amazon music: https://rb.gy/zwuf2...
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Happy Mother's Day
Happy mother's day to all the mums and pet mums! You all do an amazing job. Get a beveraaaage and put your feet up so you can enjoy this week's episode. Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, red flags or bin bags on the pod. Email us at [email protected]. Spotify:...
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The invention of the Cucumber Burger!
Well this was different, podding on a Sunday! Only so we could continue to allow Sophie access to an alcoholic beveraaage because otherwise, there's no point in podding! Charlotte is onto something with the invention of the cucumber burger! It's a revelation! Enjoy! Send us an email if you want…
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Savoury pancakes? Absolutely not!
Sophie was quite disgusted at Charlotte's savoury pancakes this week and to make it worse, she had the audacity to eat them on Wednesday instead of Tuesday! It was quite a foody pod with some quick fire questions on favourite foods too. Charlotte didn't quite grasp the concept and Sophie found...
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Catfish washing machine minutes
Why on earth do our washing machines lie to us about the time left on a cycle? It's just not on! Also this week, we learnt the difference between incompetent and incontinence - every day is a school day, especially for our English teacher Sophie! Charlotte invented a new word - vimremals - get…
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What's the point of nipple tassels?
So what exactly is the point of nipple tassels? If anyone knows, please do let us know. This was just one of the questions we asked of life in this week's pod as well as, what's the problem with rapeseed oil. Lots of other random topics discussed as ever. Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to...
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How do you milk an almond?
This week was a reminiscing pod where Charlotte read Sophie a bedtime story from the notebook Sophie gifted to Charlotte as a wedding present from her first wedding. It was all about the life long friendship the girls have shared - it was really very lovely and sentimental as well as funny of...
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Take it with a pinch of salt and a shot of tequila
Lots of discussions this week from Olivia Attwood's documentaries, trauma healing, cabbage with cereal and lots more! Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, red flags or bin bags on the pod. Email us at [email protected]. Spotify: https://rb.gy/rrpho Amazon…
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Do your boobs get propped up when you're dead?
A very interesting shower thought title which came from a discussion about funerals - we were pondering if women would have a fabulous pair or boobs once in a coffin and if they would be propped up to make you look fabulous on your way out, one last hurrah! We of course discussed other things…
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Be our guest!
We have a very exciting pod for you this week with our first guest of 2026! Meet Emma, she's very interesting and we had lots to chat about but we won't give away any spoilers, you'll have to listen for that! Enjoy! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, red flags or bin bags...
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This is the year ...
Happy New Year! Welcome back to your favourite pod! New year, new season! Get your beveraaaage and give us a listen. What are you leaving in 2025? Let us know and we'll happily share it! Send us an email if you want us to share any funny stories, red flags or bin bags on the pod. Email us at...
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Ep. 26 - Last pod of 2025! Merry Christmas!
We had a very festive pod this week with festive backgrounds and some lovely karaoke of Christmas songs. Sophie finished the episode with some nice story time. Thanks for all your support in 2025, we really appreciate all our listeners and snippet watchers. Hope you all have a great Christmas…
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Ep. 25 - Caffeine 'ice' cream
We're back after a week off and sharing all our new beauty products. Sophie bought a haul and who knew 'ice' cream for your face was a thing?! Charlotte was so hyped to share her concert story that she forgot to do the intro and Sophie was gasping for a drink!
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Ep. 24 - Run Charlotte Run!
Charlotte completed her very first half marathon this week - not that she's bragging or owt, just wore her medal on the snippets. Sophie went to the dentist again. She may as well move in at this point! We busted some primary school teaching as they actually taught us wrong would you believe! We...
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Ep. 23 - The story she weaves
Another episode of unstable internet! Very annoying! We discussed a lot this week from Lilly Allen to beetroot turning Sophie's poo pink and from Charlotte's research into collagen to the sandwich effect of life and just knowing sh*t. Sophie is also hopefully getting back to the dentist, find out...
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Ep. 22 - Sophie's Dictionary
This was an interesting episode where Sophie made up some new words and phrases, hence the title. Pretty sure it was her beer mixing with anti-biotics but I guess we'll never know! We talked about the tea on MAFSUK - Julia-Ruth! Shocker! Plus lots more fun things. Enjoy!
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Ep. 21 - You can't hold what's not in your hand
Well this was a fun week! Lots of interesting topics, the Tudors, aging, collagen, cholesterol, robots, millennials - all the good stuff! Oh and Charlotte is TikTok famous! Enjoy!
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Ep. 20 - Sophie's Birthday with a "Spice Girls" Reunion!
Sophie had her 21 again birthday this week where the "Spice Girls" came back for a reunion tour! (Nails, we're talking about Sophie's nails.) They looked great by the way! Charlotte had more issues with unwanted bugs in her house, why can't they just stay outside?!
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Ep. 19 - We can't believe it's not chocolate!
What is the world coming to with 'chocolate flavoured' chocolate bars! Absolute scandal! It was quite a foodie pod this week as we discussed food getting smaller and less fun. We also had a natter about alternative career paths. There were a few technical difficulties with unstable internet...
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Ep. 18 - That dollop on your foot
There are no words for this pod, it was all a bit bonkers and Charlotte hadn't even had any alcohol! She had a sneezing sensation in her eye, a dollop on her foot and not to mention her Malteser head! Sophie had to deal with the likes of a small child eating playdoh at work and had a right mare...
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Ep. 17 - Feeling like a froob!
We're back after our little hiatus. Hope you didn't miss us too much. As we were actually in the same room last week, we didn't have much to say this week and so you have a shorter pod but we still had a good natter about MAFSUK and a few other bits and bobs. Enjoy!
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Ep. 16 - She went to London to buy a heat magazine!
That's right! Sophie went all the way to London to buy a Heat magazine! She understood the assignment. Hear all about Sophie's adventures and her very annoying pin badges along with her boujee pret. Charlotte on the other hand had a foodie weekend and a stressful week living and breathing her...
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Ep. 15 - BBQ Boobs & Titanic Fruit Flies
Interesting title for some interesting stories in this week's pod but you'll have to listen to understand what on earth we're on about haha! Sophie tells us about her skincare routine and Charlotte is influenced to instantly purchase said products - nothing new there. Enjoy!
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Ep. 14 - How are we going to afford spam!
We love a bit of spam me and our Suzanne - I mean Sophie! God knows what was going on this week but it was very full on with birthday celebrations for Charlotte, maggots (eww!) and a whole lot of random improv along with some nostalgia thrown in. Enjoy!
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Ep. 13 - I wasn't starving until I saw your KFC!
Sophie had an unfulfilling tea, so understandable she became quite hungry when Charlotte was offered some KFC chips to munch on the pod. Sophie proceeded to get herself some popcorn so excuse the chewing sounds this week. We reminisced about the childhood TV shows we used to watch and had fun…
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Ep. 12 - I don't need dignity, I have pockets!
Charlotte has an exciting product review this week and it involves a LOT of pockets! Sophie tells us of her naughty antics and they don't involve the red light district. Charlotte has had an interesting week of stuff going wrong and Sophie painted a giraffe eating some sushi - as you do. Enjoy!
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Ep. 11 - Spilling the Tea! (Or coffee)
This week, Charlotte has got back on her bike and began cycling to work. Sophie has been entertaining the idea of chia seeds - find out how well they gelled with her next week. In one topic we talk about the data leak from an app literally spilling the tea on men and whether such an app should…
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Ep. 10 - 'Rotterdam or Anywhere, Liverpool not Rome'
This week, Charlotte tells us all about her adventures in Rotterdam and Liverpool - not Rome. Sophie has a bit of a bee situation buzzing round her kitchen and we touch on the viral story of an affair with it's lid well and truly lifted for all to see! Enjoy!
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Ep. 9 - It's Our Birthday!
Happy 2nd pod birthday to us! As if we've been going for 2 years and you're still here listening to us talk absolute nonsense! Thanks so much for your support. We really appreciate it and apologies for the glitches in this episode - Charlotte's internet connection was unstable. Unsurprisingly…
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Ep. 8 - I'm not revealing my sources (mayo, ketchup)
When life gives you lemons, you should get lemons on your nails! Charlotte is trying to convince Sophie that some more summer themed nails should include lemons - will she get lemons? Find out next week. We discuss matters like 'do women dress for men or other women?' and what you'd do if your...
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Ep. 7 - Buzz balls all around!
This week, Sophie shares her adventures of Barcelona and Madrid. Charlotte makes a couple of TikToks. Sophie is on her way to the dentist again and Charlotte explains how not to consume a hot cup of tea. Enjoy!
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Ep. 6 - Skincare according to pre-teens
Recently, skincare products have shoehorned their way into children's lives with clever marketing, social media and attractive packaging and now our young girls and pre-teens are obsessed with skincare. This week, we have a couple of very special pre-teen guests discussing their favourite skin…
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About this show
Welcome to Chinwags and Bin Bags, the podcast where two best mates, Charlotte and Sophie talk about utter nonsense in their everyday 30 something lives. Join us for red flags and what's in your bin bag. If you have any red flags you'd like to share or anything you want to put in the bin, email us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the following:
Main link on RSS:
https://rb.gy/ogl8e
Spotify:
https://rb.gy/rrpho
Amazon music:
https://rb.gy/zwuf2
Google:
https://rb.gy/z2qwf
Facebook:
https://rb.gy/0p9pa
TikTok:
https://tinyurl.com/bde83mtn
Instagram:
chinsandbins2023
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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