In 2024, two Next Chapter Podcasts shows received nominations for Ambies awards: "Play On Podcasts" and "BEEF!" So on March 8, Bridget co-hosted an IG live with composer Lindsay Jones, who was nominated for 'Best Original Score' for his work on Play On's adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Enjoy the audio from that conversation, where they discuss their own work and BEEF's nomination for 'Best Indie Podcast.'

This week on Beef, the natural historians who started the Great Bone Wars refuse to bury the hatchet, wreaking havoc on the future of their field.

This week on Beef, pioneering 19th century paleontologists Othneil Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope help build a discipline of science with their bitter backbiting in part one of the "Great Bone Wars."

In our first piece of bonus content for season 2 of Beef, senior producer Sam Levine sits down with pro wrestling commentator and former-WWE writer and producer Kazeem Famuyide to talk about his his love of the sport, all the weird little idiosyncrasies that make it so unique and appealing, and what a monumental chapter in history the Monday Night Wars really were.

This week on Beef, professional wrestling promoter Vince McMahon and media mogul Ted Turner use their companies WWF and WCW to transform cable television into a sweaty warzone.

The wait is almost over! Our hit show BEEF with Bridget Todd is back by popular demand. After a stellar first season that earned us not one... not two... but THREE Gold Signal Awards (thanks to your incredible support), the pettiness returns to prey upon your better natures. Follow the show on all platforms and tune in on February 19 for the first episode of season two!

The Beef team is honored to be named as finalists for Best Writing, Best Emerging Podcast and Best Host in the 2023 Signal Awards. Check the show notes to learn how to vote!

Gil questions his place in the universe.

Check out this podcast we've been digging: "What's Your Beef?" from our friends at Sasshole!

Where NSFW meets LMAO

In this bonus episode for season 1, the writing team behind Beef sat down to talk about how they put the show together and give you a peek behind the curtain as to how these stories got told.

In our third piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with wrestling journalist Keith Elliot Greenberg to talk about pro wrestling’s unusual history, the thin line between truth and reality within the sport, and the lack of punches pulled between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.

In our second piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with African American music historian Dr. Portia Maultsby to talk about the origins of soul music, black culture’s unique effect on art, and the bitter divide between singers James Brown and Joe Tex.

In our first piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with sex & relationship advice columnist Dan Savage to talk about his experience as an advice giver, some of the best and worst words of wisdom he’s ever offered, and his love of Ann Landers.

This week on Beef, a rivalry that started with the brothers who founded athletic footwear giants Adidas and Puma passes down to their sons, with disastrous consequences.

This week on Beef, brothers Rudolf and Adi Dassler found competing shoe empires Puma and Adidas and turn the two halves of their small German town against each other.

This week on Beef, action stars Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme face off for third-tier celebrity status, roundhouse-kicking and snapping wrists along the way.

This week on Beef, porno pioneers Hugh Hefner of Playboy and Bob Guccione of Penthouse push the limits of public decency in "the Pubic Wars."

This week on Beef, English pirate Captain Henry Morgan takes on the entire Spanish Empire and not only holds his own. He wreaks spectacular havoc.

This week on Beef, professional wrestlers Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart weave between truth and fiction with a real-life feud in a sport that’s only sort of fake.

This week on Beef, soul singers James Brown and Joe Tex battle to become the biggest artist everywhere from the Chitlin Circuit to the Billboard charts.

This week on Beef, advice columnists Ann Landers and Dear Abby share a good old fashion sibling rivalry that oddly elevates their abilities to solve other people's problems.

Serving up the juiciest rivalries you're never heard of.