Assault & Bakery
While the Great British Baking Show is in season, we'll watch along, recap, and make predictions. When it's not, we'll find some true crime show to watch and dissect.
Episodes
37 episodes
GBBS - Series 16 - Finale
The finale made it final for Series 16! Kayla and Liz discuss the outcome and reflect on the season as a whole. The is talk of accurate and failed predictions, the judges’ inconsistency, and overall satisfaction. Thank you for liste...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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47:03
GBBS - Series 16 - Patisserie Week
The Patisserie semi-final really made the bakers show their stuff. Stuff was indeed shown! Tune in to learn how many pounds are in 12 kilograms, the truth about bay leaves, and what the least desirable finale outcome would be for Kayla an...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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45:01
GBBS - Series 16 - Dessert Week
The quarter-final Dessert Week is here! Kayla and Liz talked bakes and bantered about Aaron’s reputation, Jasmine’s free time, and strategies going forward for Fantasy Bake-Off. Signature: Basque CheesecakeTechnical: Gluten-F...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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48:10
GBBS - Series 16 - Meringue Week
Put on your dancing shoes! It was Meringue Week — with a tiny bit of time travel back to Pastry Week to revisit some important oversights. Though it was the first ever Meringue Week, one baker also time-traveled for Show Stopper inspiration. It...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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46:17
GBBS - Series 16 - Pastry Week
Have you ever recorded your podcast and then realize you didn’t mention some pretty significant details? That’s Kayla and Liz this week. There’s just a lot happening outside the podcast that had them distracted. They plan to do their own versio...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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40:49
GBBS - Series 16 - Chocolate Week
“We recorded then ate seven bars of chocolate. We declared Prue Leith should be a bigger artist.” “We’re dressed in sweats. From head to toe. We got hot takes hidden under our microphone.” Get it? It was Chocolate Week! ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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43:53
GBBS - Series 16 - Back to School Week
Back to school, back to school, to prove to Paul and Prue the Bakers are not fools. There was a lot of "that must be the British version of [insert American thing here]" this week, which was fun for Kayla and Liz and less fun for the Baker who ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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44:14
GBBS - Series 16 - Bread Week
Kayla and Liz got this bread - in a non-financial way, of course. But this episode is a couple days early so they are getting after it! The Bakers really leavened up this week. (Are you groaning?) This week featured balls, holes, and m...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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52:39
GBBS - Series 16 - Biscuit Week
It was... Biscuit Week! (Did you read that in Kayla and Liz's voices? You should. Try it!) The Bakers' skills and personalities are shining like a perfect mirror glaze after a bit of a nervous start to Series 16. Bakers seem to rise and fall be...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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45:41
GBBS - Series 16 - Cake Week
Spoiler-not-spoiler: Kayla and Liz are back! With actual baking activity to talk about instead of wild speculating! But don't worry, there's also plenty of wild speculating. The conversation meanders from Signature discussions of Michelin Stars...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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46:08
GBBS - Series 16 - Previews & Predictions
Kayla and Liz are here to do some WHYLD speculating about the Series 16 bakers. They are a hard bunch to get a read on, so it's a particularly banter-y episode. (If you're not here for the banter, why are you here?) They discuss which bakers lo...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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51:44
Devil In The Ozarks
Kayla and Liz return with the second summer break episode on HBO’s Devil In The Ozarks. This case is sorta local, but also has recent developments not covered in the show because they happened after it was released. Kayla and Liz are again amaz...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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38:06
American Nightmare
Kayla and Liz are back for a mini-summer-season with some more true crime tales before Bake-Off returns in the fall. For this episode, they revisit a favorite of Liz’s: American Nightmare on Netflix. It’s a crazy home invasion and kidnapping st...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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48:45
48 Hours - The Poisonous Wife
It's the final episode of season two and Kayla and Liz are ending with another local-ish story. Set in nearby-ish New Florence, they discuss the story of reptile expert and enthusiast Ben Renick's murder. The case brings up questions they hadn'...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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40:50
20/20 - Meet The Other Me
Kayla and Liz cover the 20/20 episode Meet The Other Me. It is the story of Shawn Grate, a modern-day serial killer from Ashland, OH. The detective on this case is a major badass and wrote a book on this investigation. Kayla and Liz are a bit s...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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41:12
Dateline - Before Daylight
Kayla and Liz (AKA: Columbia’s phinest) did a last minute switcheroo and watched Before Daylight. (Snake Farm coverage is coming. Probably.) Before Daylight is the case of the murder of Jesse Valencia. It’s memorable as a hometown murder for Ka...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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45:32
The Murder Tapes - Scene of the Crime
Kayla and Liz are off the scam crime train and back on the violent crime train with this week's episode. It's the case of Brad McGarry's murder which initially appears to officers as a robbery gone wrong, but there's more to it. This episode ge...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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40:07
Scamanda (Part 2)
Part 2 of Scamanda comes to you in 2 parts. (You'll understand when you listen.) Kayla and Liz recap episodes 3 and 4 of the Scamanda series on Hulu which includes conversations with a childhood friend of Amanda's, a psychologist, and an IRS ag...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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38:05
Scamanda (Part 1)
Kayla and Liz recount episodes 1 and 2 of the Hulu series, Scamanda. If you are unfamiliar, Scamanda is the story of con-artist and scammer extraordinaire, Amanda Riley. The first episode of the show establish Amanda's history and character. Ep...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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46:50
Jailbreak: Love on the Run
Kayla and Liz recount the beautiful prison love story of Vicki White and Casey White as told by Netflix's Jailbreak: Love on the Run. It was beautiful love story, until it became a criminal love story, and then it got even messier. Kayla gives ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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39:24
20/20 - Explosive Secrets
Kayla and Liz and basement banter are back with an episode of 20/20 this week. Explosive Secrets covers the case of Gary Triano’s death. It’s thorough, but Kayla and Liz still have questions… mostly about why they don’t have wealthy husbands.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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40:44
The Menendez Brothers
Spoiler (for your wellbeing): This episode includes mention of sexual assault. It is not detailed or graphic, but if that is a topic you don't want to engage with, skip this one. Kayla and Liz are back at it with The Menendez Brothe...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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41:14
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
Kayla and Liz take a break from murder to discuss the Netflix documentary, Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare. Catfishing cases are Liz's contemporary true crime fascination. They cover it all: Why do people catfish? How do people get away with ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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48:13
Catching Killers - BTK
This week, Kayla and Liz follow the investigation of the BTK killer from the Netflix show, Catching Killers. BTK is one of the first true crime stories Kayla remembers being interested in. Catching Killers focuses on the process of investigatio...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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42:53
Unsolved Mysteries - Body in the Basement
Kayla and Liz are back for season 2! There is no GBBS to watch, so they are in the "assault" realm of Assault & Bakery. This season starts with an episode of Unsolved Mysteries, a show from Liz's childhood that contributed to her t...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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47:46