On this episode, we catch up after nearly five weeks away. Danielle recaps Christmas, NYE, Jurassic Quest, hiking, and New Year’s resolutions, plus an OCD-fueled organizing and cleaning spiral, while Dami fills us in on her long UK trip. We also break down Trump’s unhinged Twitter responses to the Brown shooting, Rob Reiner’s death, and the murder of Renee Good by ICE, along with the bizarre and ongoing situation involving the Venezuelan dictator kidnapping while still in U.S. custody. We confront the escalating ICE violence, including Renee Good’s death, students attacked at schools, and JD Vance announcing door-to-door mass deportations.

On the lighter side, we unpack Ashley Tisdale’s essay on toxic mom culture and the reaction from Matthew Koma, Hilary Duff’s husband.

Lastly, we cover a month’s worth of What We Watched: Emily in Paris Season 5, Heated Rivalry, the new season of Traitors, My Mother Jayne, Regretting You, The Beast in Me, People We Meet on Vacation, Industry, then finish with our thoughts on the Stranger Things finale, all the plot holes, and #comformitygate ...buckle up, it’s a lengthy one.

TIME STAMPS:

0:00 Catch-up on the last month

31:00 Trump, ICE & News We Choose

75:00 What We Watched

Links referenced:

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