There are two kinds of breaking news in this episode:

* Michigan wins the national championship.

* My husband gets laid off.

So naturally, we process it the only way we know how:By singing a 19th-century fight song, letting the cat in, and unpacking a corporate layoff that affected roughly 30,000 people. Ya know… like… normal podcast stuff.

This episode has everything:

* A passionate defense of The Victors as the greatest fight song of all time

* A surprisingly upbeat take on getting laid off (baby bird… pushed from nest… etc.)

* A marriage recalibrating in real time as one deeply troubled spouse becomes the “primary breadwinner” (pray for us)

* A deeply honest—and slightly concerning—amount of time spent with an AI named Claude

Also, if you’ve ever:

* Stayed too long at a job because it felt safe

* Been really good at interviewing but suspiciously bad at getting hired

* Or watched someone you love slowly become eight employees in one increasingly stressed-out body

…this one might hit.

It’s about burnout.It’s about identity.It’s about what happens when the thing you couldn’t leave… leaves you.🎧 Listen if you like:existential career pivots, long marriages with strong opinions, and light emotional chaos set to a college fight song

Vanellope Von Schweetz, our emotional support catnow with laser eyes

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