As a 20 year old student, Scott once roamed the aisles of a supermarket nervously wondering what he could make for the first dinner he had to cook for his roommates. This week, Scott made a culinary breakthrough when, thanks to Ginger’s training, he cooked a salmon dinner. Food for thought and laughter.

Once again we announce an exciting new trend. The cozy movement. Yes, cozy and comfortable are the new words to live by, especially during these cold winter months. And since cozy actually sounds like what it means, it’s easy and fun to get cozy any time of the day.

The big news in DC isn’t the deal to avert a government shutdown, but Scott’s chance encounter there with Senator Joe Manchin. But the even bigger story might be that Scott wore earmuffs for the very first time shortly before he saw the Senator and his entourage at an iconic DC hotel. There are a million more questions than answers in this exclusive, not ripped from the headlines story.

Helpful tips on what to do and what not to say, if your guests don’t recognize your Pulitzer Prize at your apartment. Plus, we propose a bold new way to hedge your bets in the unlikely event the elevator is out in your building, when you’re expecting guests for dinner. Serve a small alternative dinner party in a corner of the lobby.

Scott scoops the Times again by revealing the new acronym TGIT. Thank God it’s Thursday, which is the new weekend. And Tom gets another scoop from his fiancée about workers returning to the office. You can wait a month to read it in the Times or hear it all right now on this episode.

Tom escapes a Bonfire of the Vanities-ish detour in the Bronx, which leads us to a joyous jaunt on our soon to be completed Time Traveler machine. Yes, we’re settled into a plush circular booth at Ciro’s circa 1950’s, telling the likes of Bogart, Lombard and other stars about the future. They laugh at first, but eventually we gain their trust, and their friendship.

Does Tom’s sea cure and Scott’s Gourmet Get Well diet make them candidates to be President at Penn or Harvard? Plus, Scott has an added edge at Penn since he already owns Penn sweatshirts and T-shirts. And Tom would be the first person in his family ever to President of Harvard.

On the second day of 2024, Tom introduces a look back at the first one, which is a lot easier than going through a whole year. Scott shakes up the nutrition and health industry by rolling out his Gourmet Get Well Diet, which features fresh food and fine cuts of meat and fish, that bring you back to good health.

Scott reveals for the first time that the first time he ate Chicago’s iconic Marshall Field created Frango Mints was just last Saturday at their Christmas Eve dinner that didn’t happen because of the elevator outage. And it was well worth the wait! It’s a Chicago centric end of year episode that you should listen to an hour earlier than you usually do.

We present a very different kind of Hallmark holiday movie called The Elevator Pitch. A planned Christmas Eve dinner with Tom, Sandy, Scott and Ginger is derailed by an elevator outage in Scott and Ginger’s building. But what happens next is stuff you can make up, but no one would believe you if you did.