Happy New Year… and yes, we’re already tired. 😅 In this 2025 recap episode (recorded January 4), the Braga sisters get honest about a year that felt like the longest 12 months ever — politically, personally, and for the immigrant community at large. We talk about job instability, self-employed health insurance sticker shock, the corporate-to-contractor pipeline, and what it really looks like to build a business while life is life-ing.

We also bring the levity: jury duty stories, appliances dying in dramatic fashion, a very niche drag show (Hanukings!), and a truly unhinged podcast pitch that made us roll our eyes into another dimension. Plus: our favorite episodes + guests of 2025, behind-the-scenes podcast lessons, and what we’re carrying into 2026 to stay unapologetically ourselves.

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