Fasten your seatbelt for Josh Spiegel’s year-end spectacular. He’ll unnecessarily go back and review the moments that made us gasp, laugh, and cry. The panic, the chaos, the ridiculousness - it’s all here. And who better to break it down and have a breakdown while doing it than Josh Spiegel?

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Josh Spiegel embarks on a voyage on the high seas. Unfortunately, he soon finds himself at the center of a very loud misunderstanding. This week’s episode is a fictional story loosely tied to a real headline and Josh’s paranoia.

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Josh Spiegel says it’s time to reinvent Thanksgiving. Turkey has had one heck of a run but there needs to be a new centerpiece: Catfish. Does this revolutionary idea have any chance of catching on? Absolutely not. But Josh makes a strong case for it.

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It’s been 55 years since a beached whale was blown up with dynamite on an Oregon beach. In this episode, Josh Spiegel gets the legendary story firsthand from a newspaper reporter who was there and saw it happen. 

Food recalls seem like an everyday occurrence.

Josh says, it’s not just because of salmonella or listeria. It’s pieces of golf balls found in food. 

Plus, Josh imagines how politicians celebrated the end of the government shutdown.

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Josh Spiegel’s faces his fear of public bathrooms as he interviews a public bathroom historian. Professor Bryant Simon of Temple University knows everything about bathrooms. He’s even writing a book on the subject. Josh also calls for a ban on men fathering children after the age of 65. Finally, he expresses his shock and annoyance at Dictionary.com choosing 6-7 as its word of the year.

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Josh Spiegel gets life advice from a 75 year old man who lives in a retirement home. He also talks about people who bought shoes that are so squeaky, they’re suing the shoe maker. Also, Josh wonders if your retirement savings are about to vanish and expresses his cautious optimism about a big change at Snapple. There’s also talk about Bigfoot and much more.

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Josh Spiegel revisits the touchy subject of legalized marijuana. He can’t stand the stench, as he described at length in Episode Two. Now, it’s time for solutions. In this episode, Josh offers ideas that could make both smokers and non-smokers happy.

He also calls in the big gun and interviews Lizzie Post, the great, great Granddaughter of Etiquette Icon Emily Post. Lizzie is Co-President of The Emily Post Institute and weighs in on the topic. Listen to Lizzie Post co-host Awesome Etiquette anywhere you get your podcasts every Monday.

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In this week’s episode, Josh Spiegel wages war on spam callers, expresses disappointment at a breakthrough that could protect swimmers from sharks, discusses the rigorous training it must take for people to learn how to protest, and interviews a man obsessed with the sport of darts.

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The government shutdown continues as Congress refuses to compromise on healthcare. Josh Spiegel has his own ideas on healthcare reform that should immediately be enacted including ending nonstop texts about appointment confirmations. He also talks about the widespread panic over Starbucks closings and the dilemma he faces whenever his bar of soap melts in the shower.

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Josh Spiegel worries about the rise of robots, natural disasters, and new pandemics as they threaten civilization as we know it! Lewis Dartnell, author of "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm" helps Josh prepare for survival.  

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