North Carolina is pretty much about freedom unless you have a vagina - but honestly that is not what this episode is about but then it sort of is.  Until recently you could basically have any kind of pet you wanted if you lived in North Carolina.  Gorillas, tigers, bears - name a dangerous wild animal and if you could catch it and keep it in a cage, it was yours.  Chris Gifford (yes, famous Tik Tok Chris Gifford) had over 75 snakes and some of them were deadly - but that was perfectly fine because North Carolina allowed him to legally have venomous cobras in his basement because freedom.

When one of the cobras escaped, Chris just knew it would die in the freezing cold of winter and since it was November and already cold, this was a problem that would solve itself.  The snake would freeze to death and he would just get another one.  Except the venomous snake was spotted the following summer, it had not frozen to death and it had grown.

The pet inspectors came calling because they knew Chris had a bunch of deadly snakes in his basement and Chris did what any of us have done in the same situation - he lied but then confessed and then apologized.  Oh Chris, if only you had not apologized!  Now you are fair game (pun) for Apologies Accepted, the Podcast.