The Sandalwood Song, Vortices around Anne Levine, The Santal-33 Story (Very Mysterious, BIG BOTTOM), Oscar-Winning Performance by CL-S, Judy rolls up with The Suitcase (packed with SO MUCH STUFF) that Artemis mailed to us, and the Story of Cake, pistachio and "carrot." Plus: Shanghai Tang, Massimo Alba (The best of everything), Wavertree London (awesome soap), My Octopus Teacher (Documentary), Greenland (Film), Brody's Wife, Tenet (WOW), "Juhan Elfsack," And Maybe Looking Forward to Next Year. Happy New Year!

The CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

Bing (or Dean), 29 Days, New Strain of Covid, The British "Bubble" Bursts, A Crackling Fire, Stop & Shop (in French), Festivus Festivities, In Other Parts of the World, The Pull of the Stars (Book by Emma Donahue), The Lord-Soles on Holiday (including vacuuming), Andrea tells the story of Jews on Christmas, and the Sacredness of Chinese Food (Coupon for Noodles). Plus: An excerpt from How The Grinch Stole Christmas (By a miraculously recovered Nicholas), The MO-TOR (sexy), Improv Lessons, Kate with a view of Jews on Christmas, Handkerchiefs and Starch, Molly reads The Night Before Christmas, and Dylan Brody (Opening for David Sedaris) recites A Child's Christmas in Brief . Happy Holidays!

Magnetic fields, The Lowest Note, Rock Castrati, Old Ear Worms (How To Get Rid Of Them), Mrs. Miller, Thank You For Your Service, The Pounder, Calling The Insurance Company, and the Great Neiman Marcus Battle of 2020. Plus: Monukkah, Giveaways, The Story of Pineapples, Let Them All Talk (Film), Public Enemies (Film), Christian Bale is the New Keanu, Family Feud, The Flight Attendant (Stewardess), And What Happens Behind the Mic? Happy Hanukkah!

Around 30 years ago, Michael was reunited with his sister after being separated almost 20 years and Monnukah was born. We get a little more into that and a lot more into the BIG GIVEAWAY! Listener Contest Entries are read and Anne also talks about an odd business card and the story of its origins. It's BIG! It's Hanuukah! It's MONNUKAH!

The Truth from Judy Gold, Highest Among the Things, Straight Freaking Trippin' (Drug Side Effects), Reeling Toward The Bedroom, Doing The Crossword in Magenta, and Writing Spider Poetry are just a few things that happen before the Show Starts. THEN, these things happened: Monnukah Contest Talk (Win Fabulous Prizes), The Really Really Bad Not Very Good Undoing Finale (ICK), FILM- Let Him Go, Hostiles, An American Pickle, Valley of Tears (TV), The Flight Attendant (TV), A Certain Hunger (BOOK), What We Did For Thanksgiving, and Covid-19 Silver Linings. Plus: Ancient Jewish Weed Rituals (Tel Arad), World Aids Day, and Down at the Drugstore.

Whole Lotta Show (Amazing Stuff), Exciting Stuff (CONTEST!!!!), Monnukah, A-Listers from Sarah Lawrence, Cabaret in Israel (Song Requests), The Fantastic Prize Package, and Dylan Brody has a new "Relatively Painless" book coming out on December 1st and he's on the show to tell us about it! Plus Peters, Piranesi (Book) by Susanna Clarke should be LISTENED TO (read by Chiwetel Ejiofor), A Moment With Molly, Dylan Brody tells how he got the gig opening up for David Sedaris, The Better But Less Funny Joke, and Rivertone (a Slovenian Rock Band) Closes the Show with their soon to be Megahit: Every Day I See You.

Happy Thanksgiving!

John Oliver says goodbye to 2020, A listener comments on the Presidential Election, Upstate NY (Where is it), Luann's Round House (RHONY), Duchess County, Sarah Lawrence Heavy Show, Dylan Brody's new BOOK (Dec 1), Nell of Wyoming, More Housewives Stuff, Trivia Shows (Weakest Link), and a Moment With Molly. Plus: Lucius Furius (Poet), Charms, A Look at a Listener Amy Dubin, Robin Hood (of Dennis), BOOKS: Group, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, & Leave the World Behind. Also: Racism Inventory, The Crown, The Undoing (TV), Nicole the Vampire, Flipping Switches and Turning Knobs, Kids Holiday Baking Championship, Egyptian Kit Kats from Artemis, and Magic.

A lot of show today (eventful), Michael's Birthday Week, Anne's Noise Box, Jazz/Gonzo Show, We Hear from Listeners About The Election Results, Uprising vs Job, Very Tinny, Comedy Gold, CALL DAY, Dylan's Candy Bar, Animals Crackers/Cookies, and The Great (TV). Plus: Hyphenated Names (And Their Baggage), Old People Jokes, Foreign (or not) Correspondents, NO PATH, Mr. Vice President (Doug), You're in Trouble Now, The Nicholas Song, The Chicago 7 (Film), Not Colin Firth, The Ricky Gervais Show, and Maybe Things Will Be OK.

New Show Open, Hello Election, Year 2032 Predictions, Anne Plays with her Noise Box, Writing Class, A Little Vocal Fry, Automatic Writing, My Late Bloomers (not underwear apparently), School Mentality, Paul Rudd Hands Out Cookies, Listener Question, Michael's Harmonica Tendencies, "Neck-Assisters," Guitars as Cigarette Holders, Cool Notebooks, and Journaling. Plus: The Queen's Gambit (Book and Miniseries), Thomas Brodie Sanger (Rhinestone Cowboy), The Vow. The Undoing (TV), The Podcast People, and Erin Brockovich's Anne Levine Syndrome is finally recognized.

Michael Rappaport, actor, comedian and Michael's favorite Real Housewives Fan had a few things to say about the show! It won't be played on our show so I thought I'd put it here in case you'd like to hear it! Feedback welcome, find us on social media.