A special holiday episode! Michael has been reading Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol every year for a while and he's seen SO MANY ADAPTATIONS. He teaches us all about keeping Christmas all the year.

Then we read the original for ourselves! Academic assigned reading vs. reading for fun. Will we learn the true meaning of Christmas?

Can a company be a hobby/obsession? Sure! Liles instructs us on demonic rituals with their hand-me-down Aryan Girl Doll and Nate overshares about his stuffed animal family meetings.

A week later, we WENT THERE. And it WASN'T THAT WEIRD. What a great capitalist company with some problems probably.

Man, that Stephen King guy wrote a lot of books! And did cocaine before he got hit by a truck! Will a book scare us? Cody Lindley has been reading King for decades and he's sure gonna try.

Then, did Nate and Sam read a whole book in a week? You decide!

Tori sews dresses and duvet covers and has a surging machine and we make pillowcases! So we're basically tailors!

Happy Thanksgiving! A whole EXTRA EPISODE IN ONE WEEK!

Man....it was only a matter of time before we got a train fanatic, and here we are. Henry tells us all about the sleeper okay hit computer game and tells us more about railroad history than you could possibly imagine. Then, Sam finds out that stocks are NOT AS FUN AS TRAINS.

Allison LOOOOOVES Miss Piggy and honestly you all should too. Nate and Sam get a crash course in Muppets and watch only the good movies. Will Gonzo consummate his relationship with a chicken?

Short Leap Theatre Company's Nathan Short tells us about their deep passion for VIBES ONLY. Sorry, DJing. Can Nate and Sam get from punk rap to noir jazz in one playlist?

Nate and Sam's attempt at a DJ set:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wJSTy5oBCvDzuUlskCPD0?si=bTfbnJUoQwerI7HXD3LSyQ

Nathan's actually good playlists and mixes:

https://www.mixcloud.com/nathan-dale-short/after-party/

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rYbLa9BYAgOEjfq6ZUk7T?si=xDtPv-WISN2bEsMd65tkjg&pi=EflHfax4TlCYS https://open.spotify.com/playlist/08iCT4kjVVutHToInbWBxS?si=4Z_DyQatRAGxKyVnljjNbw&pi=VQN6Rjx_Q0udO

Our good friend Madeline tells us about how she made 200 friendship bracelets for the LOVE OF THE GAME. Then during the week, Sam and Nate have a lil' girl's night and get mad at super glue.

First episode ever!

Links from Madeline to get started:

Tying the Knot

https://www.kernowcraft.com/jewellery-making-tips/beading-and-threading-techniques-and-advice/knotting-stretch-magic-thread?srsltid=AfmBOoq8SIkqCS0FwQZEz1NibiezhNfFz3Hhm9tR3TNoYRdJ1fd90KVy

Ideas/Inspo

https://sarahmaker.com/clay-bead-bracelet-ideas-and-diy-tutorial/