Scott is back home from Florida, where he managed to turn a positive Covid test into a positive experience. And he’s thankful for the friendly servers who called him “Hon”, and for the warm, sunny days on the white sands of Clearwater Beach. Tom’s Christmas was a happy family tale, despite the presence of a white van mysteriously parked in front of his room at the Holiday Inn Express in Libertyville, Illinois.

We celebrate pre spring, where the beginning of winter is offset by the days getting longer and lighter. Plus, we urge the rehabilitation of the word “amateur”, as we proclaim ourselves medical amateurs. No Big Pharma for us. Plus, why trees in cold climes love this time of year. Tommy reports from Libertyville Illinois while Scott is in Clearwater Beach Florida, showing that temperature disparity doesn’t have to divide people. Will that finally net us that elusive Nobel Peace Prize?

An historic podcast as Scott reveals he tested positive for Covid on Sunday. But Tom and Scott discover that doing a podcast can definitely be an effective treatment, but they stress, cannot prevent you from getting it.

Our listeners are geniuses, and so they are members of an exclusive club, that has no initiation fee. Or dress code! Plus, although you would never know it from our upbeat disposition, not being nominated for a Nobel Prize this year was quite disappointing to us.

Life imitates art that imitates life as Tom and Scott experience the exact same scenario at brunch at Friend of a Farmer as they did the last time they were there. Plus, a rare behind the scenes look at how they choose a restaurant on the Upper West Side after a film screening.

Tom and Scott feel like the toast of the town, as they bask in the elegance and gracious service at a reception after a film screening.

Tom is eating pastries every day since the pandemic began, but rather than judge harshly, Scott lauds Tom’s desire to enjoy mmmm good cinnamon buns. They wonder if Tom can find a way to get paid for eating pastries, and get paid for not eating them as well.

The lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree brings back memories of the days when there were lots of Christmas television specials and weekly variety shows that the whole family could watch together. Those days may be gone, but at least we have Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to bring joy to all, and to all a good night.

As part time speculative etymologists, we wonder if panic is derived from pancakes, originally known as panic free cakes. And as speculative film historians, we think people will still be going to movie theaters 1000 years from now.

Tom and Scott head to New Jersey for Thanksgiving, but they first must face the challenge of getting Tom’s car out of the garage just steps from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade route. What if a wrong turn puts his Volvo in the parade procession for 30 blocks?