Episode 244 – New Year’s Day rituals, our yearly wrap-up, and some minor castration confusion

January 3, 2025

Episode Summary:

For the first show of 2025, Ben and Celestia go over some of their favorite shows, the highlights and lowlights of the past year, and some stories we never got a chance to tell. Ben discusses the men who recently lost their lives on a Bigfoot hunt, and Celestia goes down a rabbit hole about children supposedly getting sex change operations and how different outlets report on that issue. But first, we kick off with a tour of new year rituals–most of which have to do with food (and we don’t mean eating healthy).

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