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Christian Debuque joins the show for a conversation about his experience in the military, starting a band during a pandemic and engaging with Instagram comments. Plus, Ryan challenges Christian with the hardest Simpsons' Quizzo question ever.

Illustrator Kailey Whitman joins the show for a chat about illustrating children's books, ghost illustrating, striking a work/life balance and true crime documentaries, plus Kailey's "favorite cult."

The last time Mike Smith was on the show he had just presented branding concepts to the Rail Park. Now he returns to discuss the evolution of the Rail Park as well as more of his work over the first five years of Smith Diction. Ryan and Mike also discuss the current state of America in the wake of last week's attack on the Capitol, coping with the pandemic and lamentations on getting old.

We're starting off the new year talking with illustrator Sean Rynkewicz about editorial illustration, how he always felt he was bound for the city, why he wants to continue learning and digging into Moby Dick.

We're revisiting highlights from this year's run of Hi-Res Daily episodes with a look back on conversations with Jason Rothman, Jon Billet, Alex Hillman, Mel Calantropio & Meg Potoma, Ellen Manning, Lydia Nichols, Andrew Zaeh, John Antes, Nate Nichols, Dan Mall, Gena Senior, Emily Kelley, Allan Peters, Debbie Millman, Neil Binkley, Nisha Dent, Kelly Holohan, Jason Craig, Amberella, Nicole Saltzer, Dermot Mac Cormack, Thomas Foley, Chris Piascik and Christopher Lands.

Friend of the show Jay Roeder returns to the show to wrap up 2020 with a conversation about his new book, "Harry Potter Hand Lettering," becoming a parent during a pandemic and the struggle of keeping up with peak television.

Ryan catches up with his friend and former co-worker Suzy Grimberg about her promotion to Associate Creative Director at M, discovering new strengths in her role, finding inspiration in unlikely places, doing a photoshoot during COVID-19 and finding her people on "Bookstagram."

Doug Heugel joins the show for a conversation about understanding your spirituality through nature, how much that connection informs his design work and his dream job of designing t-shirts for the Eagles during their Super Bowl run.

Laureen Wong joins the show for a conversation about being a plant parent, designing with intent, making positivity a daily practice and getting validation in your career from your family.

We're revisiting some of the great conversations from the sixth season of the show with guests like Josh Goldblum, Johnny Zito & Tony Trov, Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn, Pat Higgins, Luis Bravo, Kyle Confehr, Eric Hinkley, Doogie Horner, Jim Viola, Calan Ma'lyn, Aundre Larrow, Nick Vicente, Brandon Moore and Neha Agarwal.