Bluegrass vs jazz, our government for the people, the awful situation in Minneapolis, ICE and Hilton, how is anyone still MAGA, music industry trade publications, trade publication content thieves, exclusives, mom and sister updates, Jess's mom is going down swinging, Chris is tearing down some studios, Wally shares his wife's health information for some reason, the stolen holiday tip, two old men try to remember things, esqueefies, Wally shocks us with the news that he's not social media savvy, and doing great radio with no budget or staff.

Jess has a rough start to the new year, and she also makes the mistake of mentioning a "lick mat," claiming dogs as dependents on taxes, taxes on Netflix and rain, the ball dropped late, emergency alert abuse, parking wars, job hunt bait and switch, contractors who dropped the ball, swearing at work, applying for jobs vs getting them from people you know, jobs we couldn't consider, Craiglist is still a thing, and the ways they know you're old.

This episode was recorded on Christmas Eve. Thrilling topics include the beach in the winter, timeshare presentations, winning the lottery, people with the same birthday, a job update (or lack thereof), Jess is doing a thing, Sophie B Hawkins, Chris pulls out a show nobody remembers because it only had 6 episodes in 1982, we help Wally order pizza, Wally's giving us each a million bucks, good pizza, hole in the wall restaurants, seasonal restaurants, Slurpees vs Slush Puppies vs Icees, Jess considers branching into... adult services (and Chris would not be a customer), and men and fetishes.