Celebrations are strange, but some are stranger than fiction. Hunter takes a look at a relatively small, but highly viral Indian celebration called Gorehabba.

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Gorehabba - Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorehabba

Gorehabba Cow Dung Festival: A Theme Based On Throwing Cow Dung - SwadeshiVIP blog – https://swadeshivip.com/blog/gorehabba-cow-dung-festival-a-theme-based-on-throwing-cow-dung/

Gorehabba In Karnataka And Tamilnadu - DiwaliFestival.org – 

https://www.diwalifestival.org/gorehabba.html

This village in South India celebrates a unique 'cow poop festival ... - The Times of India – https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/things-to-do/this-village-in-south-india-celebrates-a-unique-cow-poop-fest/articleshow/

Indian village celebrates end of Diwali with cow dung fight - Al Jazeera – https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/10/24/indian-village-celebrates-end-of-diwali-with-cow-dung-fight

Indian village marks end of Diwali with massive cow poo fight - ABC News (Australia) – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-08/cattle-royale-dung-fight-marks-end-of-diwali/100601634

'Gore Habba': Villagers Celebrate Unique Post-Diwali Festival By Throwing Cow Dung - ETV Bharat – https://www.etvbharat.com/en/offbeat/villagers-celebrate-unique-post-diwali-festival-by-throwing-cow-dung-in-chamarajanagar-enn2…

Don't poo-poo it! Indian dung festival celebrates end to Diwali - The Jakarta Post https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/11/19/dont-poo-poo-it-indian-dung-festival-celebrates-end-to-diwali.html

Tyler Oliveira releases 29-minute 'Poop throwing festival ... - Indiatimes article – https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/tyler-oliveira-releases-29-minute-poop-throwing-festival-documentary-after-pump-faking-every…

YouTuber Tyler Oliveira cancels his India cow dung-throwing festival documentary ... - The Times of India – https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us-streamers/tyler-oliveira-cancels-his-india-cow-dung-throwing-festival-documentary-a…

US YouTuber Faces Backlash For Filming India's Cow Dung Festival ... - India Today – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1tdcHUIIjw

Tyler Oliveira releases India 'poop-throwing festival' documentary amid doxxing and threats - The Express Tribune  https://tribune.com.pk/story/2576788/tyler-oliveira-releases-india-poop-throwing-festival-documentary-amid-doxxing-and-threats

"Not Racist": US YouTuber Defends Filming Karnataka Cow Dung Festival - NDTV https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/not-racist-us-youtuber-defends-filming-karnataka-cow-dung-festival-9523314

Cow dung fight - that's how this village in Tamil Nadu marks the end ... - India Today article – https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cow-dung-fight-village-karnataka-end-diwali-pictures-1874025-2021-11-07

Hunter sits down with "Legacy Dad" Keyton Blocher where Keyton shares the struggle of being a parent with a cancer diagnosis and all he's learned along the way. In true Privy style, they discuss how cancer, and chemo, affects life in the bathroom.

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Against the advice of many, to ring in the new year, Hunter discusses brainrot, takes a look at bathroom specific Italian brainrot, and even tries creating a Privy inspired Italian Brainrot.

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Merry Christmas. Hunter attempts to finally finish his Christmas treat tier list... and is interrupted once again by a visitor from the North Pole. We decided to keep the audio and the ensuing privychat in the hopes that it would help Bluto and his pals.

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Christmas Introduction Included: "Jingle Bells Calm" by Kevin McCleod

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For Privy Christmas, we once again drop back into the world of South Park to check in on Mr Hankey. This year, Mr Hankey helps the boys bring Christmas to Iraq, and things go terribly wrong.

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Christmas Introduction Included: "Jingle Bells Calm" by Kevin McCleod

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The modern debate between Christmas Fir and Christmas Fake is ongoing. But, how did toilet brushes lend to the development of this back and forth?

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/history-origin-artificial-Christmas-trees?loggedin=true&rnd=1763354950249

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Housewares#cite_note-8

Hunter announces and discusses the winner of America's Best Restroom 2025 over a month after all others have covered it in what is a celebration of nature and a peaceful protest of arbitrary online competition announcement timelines.

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Jaret Brown, co-host of the Under the Influence Podcast from Christian Influence, stops by to share his tales of bathroom woe and slip in some bathroom wisdom.

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Hunter's back to rate a fall favorite. Pumpkin spice. Where did this spice come from, how did it invade out bathrooms, and... why would we choose to test thim in all these formats? Bad idea or not, Hunter RANKs Pumpkin Spice Bathroom products on an admittedly strange and arbitrary point based system.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCormick_%26_Company

“PSL turns 20: The story behind Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte” – Starbucks Stories

“Pumpkin Spice Latte” – Starbucks Coffee Archive

“The rise of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte, by the numbers” – Associated Press

“Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte, an autumnal favorite, turns 20” – CBS News

“What You Never Knew About The Origin Of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte” – Tasting Table

“McCormick & Company” – Wikipedia

“McCormick & Company Celebrates a Milestone” – Baltimore Magazine

“McCormick & Company, Incorporated – Company History” – Company-Histories.com

“Spice trade” – Encyclopedia Britannica

“‘Pumpkin Spice’ Has Been a Thing for 3,500 Years” – HISTORY.com

“Spice Migrations: Cinnamon” – AramcoWorld

“The Early History of Clove, Nutmeg, & Mace” – World History Encyclopedia

“Nutmeg” – Wikipedia

While Hunter waits for this week's guest, Ana accidentally takes over the show for a macabre interview with a call to Justice for the Twist.

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