JAG Cast

It's the final POD before Christmas! Chrissie and Steve are taking off next week, but they are leaving this holiday aural gift for your enjoyment. This week, Chrissie sits next to something disturbing and discusses her Christmas Village adventure with the cousins that includes sausages, grinches, and divorce ornaments! Then, the duo discuss their favorite Christmas movies and debate which is the Greatest of All Time! All that and a Merry Christmas...LIVE from the 19046!

## Topics Discussed:

- 11 Days till Christmas (at time of recording)

- Disturbing Amazon boxes

- Fashion Design Class is Enrolling Now!

- Christmas Village Fun Times

- Favorite Christmas Movies

    - Chrissie: Rudolph

    - Steve: Die Hard

    - The Grinch Who Stole Christmas!

    - The Nightmare Before Christmas

- Parting Words

Links:

- Intro to Fashion Design Class

The Christmas season has officially begun and Chrissie has been busy decking the halls and filling her living room with trees covered in bizarre and embarrassing ornaments. Meanwhile, Steve has been busy writing an app, so he missed Santa in town square, but did get to explain to Chrissie that "property shrinkage" is not a thing in Swift. Finally, the Partners in Crime announce they are taking a film class created by Casey Neistat! All that and more...LIVE from the 19046!

Topics Discussed:

- Chrissie's Fire Hazard Tree

- Christmas Ornaments

- Light up the Square

- Steve's Writing an App

- Property Shrinkage

- The Partners in Crime are Taking a Film Class!

- New JAG Fashion Design Class

Links:

- Filmmaking & Storytelling with Casey Neistat

- Intro to Fashion Design Class

- Side Project Spotlight

Back from stuffing ourselves with food over the long holiday weekend, Steve and Chrissie return to the Pod and share their Thanksgiving holiday experiences and dinner spreads. Steve goes on multiple tangents about Hallmark movies and Brandon Routh. The duo describe what it's like to see fireworks in the freezing cold at a bank and Amelia learns math as her epic Christmas countdown begins. All that and more...LIVE from the 19046!

Topics Discussed:

- How to Watch a Parade in 2021

- Steve's Hallmark Thanksgiving

- Chrissie's Poconos Thanksgiving

- Thanksgiving Dinner Shokugeki

- Chrissie's Thankful Game

- Hallmark Superman

- Fireworks at a Bank!?

- Amelia's Christmas Countdown Begins

The birthday trilogy is complete just in time for the holiday! Chrissie and Steve talk about the Feels Like Home recital that took place over the weekend, Chrissie wraps up birthday month talking about a surprisingly normal Mexican meal downtown at a place with "fascinating" bathrooms, then recalls giving birth on Thanksgiving, 15 years ago, before the duo discuss holiday plans and Chrissie tries to make dip. Happy Thanksgiving from the Partners in Crime in the 19046!

Topics Discussed:

- Feels Like Home Recital

- Birthday month, part 3/3

- Fascinating bathrooms

- Giving birth on Thanksgiving

- Thanksgiving tacos

- Chrissie "cooks" dip

This week Miss Chrissie goes on a birthday adventure with her middle child and a clown-car full of tweens. But, first, an interlude about *almost* giving birth in a bank. Steve adds an appropriate Nicolas Cage movie to the queue, Chrissie gets trapped in a parking garage, the most interesting gift-giver is revealed, and we end with a useful tip for your own restaurant adventures. It's birthday month, part 2...LIVE from 19046!

Topics Discussed:

- Birthday month, part 2/3

- Almost giving birth at a bank

- Chrissie’s clown car/TARDIS

- Napster vs Tapes

- Chocolate for dinner

- People can’t drive

- The most interesting gifts

- Chrissie's tip of the week

Miss Chrissie turned 43 and the weekend was jam packed with fun! But, before the fun times could begin, Chrissie had to do some adulting and take a trip into "Filthidelphia" while the city was literally on fire. Then, Chrissie and Amelia have fun controlling Steve's lights with a new HomePod mini and we try out Newbolds pizza for the first time and are impressed. Finally, Chrissie and Steve get out of the house and out of town for a songwriter's round featuring the Uber-talented, John Faye! All that and more...LIVE from the 19046!

Topics Discussed:

- Into Filthidelphia

- Birthday gifts and Newbolds pizza

- Croquettes NOT Croquet

- HomePod mini fun with Steve's lights

- John Faye birthday sing-along

- Spicy chili is better than sweet

- Chrissie hates pumpkins

This week was Halloween! Miss Chrissie used her +9000 luck to snag some last minute costumes. Her kids brought back an obscene amount of candy and we learn that at least one child has good taste in music. All that and more...LIVE from the 19046!

Topics Discussed:

- Refreshingly normal Halloween

- Chrissie's superior costume luck

- 14 pounds of candy!

- Shocking! A teen with good taste in music!

- Belly button oranges

- Overly complicated Jack o’ Lanterns

- We are going to see John Faye and Joey DiTullio for Chrissie's birthday!

This week, Miss Chrissie and Steve talk about one of the best movies of all time, Back to the Future! **Spoiler warning for a 36 year-old movie.** 

Topics Discussed: 

- BTTF plot summary

- Why BTTF is a "Perfect" movie

- The script

- Why Marty is NOT a Slacker

- Nature vs. Nurture

- The Best McFly

- Timeless SFX

- An Earned Ending

- Favorite Scenes

Cover Photo by Sebastiano Piazzi on Unsplash

This week we debut a new segment called "Jenkintown Spotlight" where we spotlight a local business or happening in Jenkintown that we think is cool and worth your attention. This week, we talk about the recently opened The Art of MBB gallery. Then we discuss Chrissie's first steps towards upping her adulting game by embracing budgeting using Steve's favorite budgeting software, YNAB. 

Topics include:

- The Art of MBB

- The YNAB Way

- Chrissie's root canal and "cap"

- Fashion Design class at the JAG

This week, Miss Chrissie and Steve review season 2 of Ted Lasso (**SPOILER WARNING**)! But, not before saying "Butler's Pantry" way too many times and there is a digression about Halloween socks. All that and more...LIVE from the 19046!

Cover photo: Diego Muya (IG: @yadiemugo)