Soundtrack of the Week

It’s the last show of the year! This week, the gang gives their predictions for 2026. Will the economy collapse? Will there be another blue wave in November? Will the world end? Tune in to find out.

(0:02:35) Revisiting last year’s goals for 2025

(0:08:02) Ty’s pay “increase”

(0:12:57) Meredith vs. cats

(0:17:25) News update

(0:23:28) Sounds of the Week: Democrats’ message to military and intelligence community

(0:32:52) Sounds of the Week: JD Vance on how to reunify the MAGA movement

(0:46:00) 2026 predictions

SONGS:

“Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice

“I’m on a Boat” by The Lonely Island featuring T-Pain

“Machines (Or ‘Back to Humans’)” by Queen

NOTES:

• Democrats flip Miami mayor’s office (0:17:25)
• Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike (0:25:40)
• Gal Gadot “Imagine” video (0:30:29)
• Senate rejects both bills on ACA subsidies (0:31:30)
• The Republicans Breaking Ranks (0:38:15)
• Indiana Republicans defy Trump (0:39:40)
• Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid (0:40:56)
• Now You See Josh Hawley, Now You Don’t (0:40:56)
• DOJ fails — again — to re-indict Letitia James (0:42:22)
• President Donald Trump’s public schedule (0:51:40)
• Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office (0:51:40)
• Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great (0:55:35)
• Is there an AI bubble and will it pop next year? (1:03:06)
• AI’s grip on the S&P (1:03:59)  

After months of swearing they'd do a palate-cleanser, the gang finally coughs one up. In this Thanksgiving special, Ty, Jay and Meredith dig into holiday memories, dredging up all the triumphs, disasters and psychic scars that happen when you trap an entire family in one house and call it gratitude. It's festive. It's nostalgic. It's a slow-motion car wreck with pie.

(00:04:05) Meredith's corn casserole experiment

(00:05:40) Jay's working for the Mormons

(00:09:37) Soaking parties

(00:12:30) Ty's company is "restructuring"

(00:14:40) News update: Epstein files

(00:16:40) News update: Immigration crackdown

(00:24:25) Sounds of the Week: Gracie Hunt talks Jesus and Bad Bunny

(00:35:08) Sounds of the Week: Trump Derangement Syndrome

(0:49:14) Thanksgiving stories

Songs:

"Father of Mine" by Everclear

"Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham

"We're a Happy Family" by Ramones

Notes:

• What Is Soaking? The Mormon Sex Technique, Explained (0:09:37)
• Mormon Soaking: Fact or Fiction? (0:09:37)
• Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months (0:14:40)
• At Trump's urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein's ties to Clinton and other political foes
• Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago (0:16:50)
• Sales Soar on Bibles and Beyond (0:29:05)
• Bible sales keep growing, even as many Americans lose their religion (0:29:05)
• Bible Sales Surged Following Killing of Charlie Kirk (0:29:05)
• National Day Calendar (0:29:27)
• Trump's social media posts suggesting death penalty for certain Democrat Congress members: here, here and he reposted this (0:41:00)
• About Jonathan Alpert (0:43:17)
• Jonathan Alpert's Mis-Statements, And Possible Misconduct (0:44:41)

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The Democrats finally caught a big wave, rode it for five glorious minutes, and then face-planted into dry sand. On this episode, the gang digs into the 2025 "blue wave" that briefly washed over the country before evaporating in record time. Eight Democratic senators broke ranks to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history, with voters left blinking like "wait, what?"

Intro:

• Northern Lights in the U.S.
• Everything is AI
• Meredith believes in werewolf moons

Sounds of the Week:

• Elon Musk's chatbot wants your child's nudes
• Megyn Kelly's mental gymnastics to downplay new Epstein Files

2025 blue "wave"

Songs*:

"Blue Monday" by Orgy

"Blueprint" by Fugazi

"Tangled Up In Blue" by Bob Dylan

*Jay based this theme on the song "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65, but the app he uses for music only had weird remix versions that sucked. Rest assured, that song was top of the list.

Notes:

• Does the full moon affect human behavior? Kind of, but not really. (00:08:00)
• Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' (00:20:35)
• Here's why some people think Tesla automobiles can 'see ghosts' (00:21:20)
• Grok's chatbot market share in the U.S. is actually 0.6%, not 3% (00:26:15)
• Millions are turning to AI for therapy (00:28:05)
• South Park Calls Out ChatGPT and Useless Tech-Bro Sycophants (00:28:33)
• House Oversight Committee Releases Jeffrey Epstein Email Correspondence, Raising Questions About White House Coverup of Epstein Files (00:30:50)
• The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart - 11/13/2025 (00:36:36)
• R. Kelly is not a p*dophile (technically speaking) (00:38:30)
• New York City Mayor Results 2025 (00:44:45)
• Andrew Cuomo lost with 41.6% of the vote, where his father lost by 41.0% in 1977 (00:45:30)
• How key demographic groups voted in 2025, according to the AP Voter Poll (00:45:47)
• "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" by Eric Hoffer (00:58:05)
• Trump issues four-word response after NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani declares 'mandate for change' (00:59:45)
• The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown (01:01:33)
• Trump administration asks Supreme Court for OK to hold back full SNAP benefits (01:12:35)
• Justice Jackson goes 'her own way' in Supreme Court's SNAP fight (01:13:05)

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Trump's latest real estate investment? Flatten the East Wing and drop $300 million on a ballroom big enough for his ego. This week, the gang breaks down the funding fiasco, the motives behind the demolition, and why the new dance floor might be the most expensive metaphor for American politics yet.

Intro: Labubus, Meredith's spooky 911 experience, Jay's Halloween vacation, Ty's health scare

Sounds of the Week:

• The Ontario anti-tariff ad which led Trump to end trade talks with Canada
• Wild video shows dad getting on school bus to order his daughter, 6, to punch another girl: 'Again. I want her crying'

President Donald Trump's ballroom

Songs:

"Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads

"Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet

"Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus

Notes:

• How will Andrew's titles be removed and what happens next? (0:10:36)
• Millions face 'huge sticker shock' when ACA open enrollment starts Nov. 1 (0:18:40)
• Trump social media post reacting to Canada tariff ad (0:29:40)
• Trump announces additional 10% tariff on Canada (0:29:57)
• Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context (0:30:15)
• The White House Announces White House Ballroom Construction to Begin (0:45:00)
• Who's paying for Trump's $300 million ballroom? (0:45:05)
• From crypto billionaires to cabinet members: What to know about the donors paying for Trump's ballroom (0:46:05)
• Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks (0:46:05)
• Billionaires Spend Big to Tank Mamdani, Who Vows to 'Tax the Rich' in NYC (0:48:26)
• Billionaires are spending big to stop Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral bid (0:48:26)
• Meet The Florida Sugar Barons Worth $4 Billion And Getting Sweet Deals From Donald Trump (0:53:35)
• Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs as the retailing giant embraces AI (0:55:05)
• Treasury clamps down on sharing of White House demolition (0:58:15)
• How Trump just subtly claimed a Nobel Prize in physics (0:59:45)
• What we know about White House plans for an 'Arc de Trump' (1:01:35)
• Trump reveals first photos after Lincoln Bedroom's renovation in the White House (1:01:58)

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In SOTW 1.0, the gang was young, dumb, and invincible ... or so they thought. Fast-forward to their 40s, and their bodies are staging a full-scale rebellion. Jay has a Frankenstein knee, Meredith's running shoes are mostly decorative, and Ty faints at the sight of his own hemoglobin.

This week, they talk about what "self-care" looks like when your warranty's expired—and the fine art of selective neglect. Their health plan may be questionable, but it's still better than whatever Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is selling.

0:00:00 - Intro (SOTW doesn't suck, Meredith's conservatorship hell, Jay got a boo-boo on his knee)

0:23:15 - Sounds of the Week:

• Trump explicitly attacking free speech
• Brewers Karen

0:46:37 - Aging bodies and healthcare

Songs:

"Broken, Beat & Scarred" by Metallica

"My Shit's Fucked Up" by Warren Zevon

"Life is Killing Me" by Type O Negative

Notes:

• Secretary of State Approves Redistricting Referendum for Circulation (0:10:57)
• Missouri says 100K signatures to repeal voting map aren't valid. That's not all (0:11:04)
• Missouri's lawsuit challenging redistricting referendum petition (0:11:21)
• Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation (0:12:55)
• Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington (0:13:30)
• Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race in redistricting (0:13:30)
• 'Whites-only' group draws bipartisan rebuke over potential move to Missouri (0:15:22)
• Kansas City Karen (0:30:50)
• Johnson County KS Mugshots (0:33:27)
• House Speaker Mike Johnson's hot take on Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl (0:35:06)
• 'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat (0:36:19)
• Vance's Telling Defense of a Racist Group Chat (0:36:50)
• Brewers fan loses job and is banned from stadium for life after being named by internet as spectator saying 'Call ICE' on Dodgers fan (0:37:54)
• "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson (0:41:26)

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Every ten years, the census hands politicians a fresh box of crayons—and somehow the "art project" always ends up looking like a crime scene. Despite the next census not due until 2030, the redistricting free-for-all is already underway: Trump pushing Republican states to redraw early, Democrats striking back, and the whole country caught in a cartographic cage match.

This week, Geoff Gerling returns to help Ty and Jay tackle everyone's favorite "sexy" political scandal: gerrymandering. The gang breaks down what's happening, why it's happening, and how those squiggly lines on a map quietly decide who holds power.

0:00:00 - Intro (Dropping out of news and social media, Jay's in extreme Halloween mode, the left is beating the right at something, sports betting revisited)

0:18:20 - Sounds of the Week:

• Jimmy Kimmel Fired-Was it Right & Should the FCC have Gotten Involved
• Trump, Hegseth address rare gathering of U.S. military leaders from around the world

0:44:28 - Gerrymandering

Songs:

• "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis
• "My Song" by Jerry Cantrell
• "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" by Primus

Notes:

• GWAR gets viral pushback for fake killing Elon Musk and Trump onstage (0:04:46)
• The movie Ty is talking about is Victor Crowley, also known as Hatchet IV (0:06:37)
• Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us (0:09:30)
• Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports (0:11:15)
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure (0:20:04)
• GOP Playbook: Democrat Edition w/ Tim Miller & David Faris | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (0:23:35)
• The U.S. economy performs better under Democratic presidents (0:27:35)
• Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance (0:34:33)
• Supreme Court lets Fed Governor Lisa Cook keep job pending January oral argument (0:35:50)
• Missouri State Supreme Court Rules Against Redistricting Decision (0:52:24)
• New lawsuit argues Missouri violated constitution by splitting up Kansas City in redrawn map (0:53:18)
• NAACP argues Missouri governor lacked authority for special session (0:54:39)
• Missouri lawmakers pass gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits (1:07:12)
• As few as 5% of voters could defeat initiative petitions under Missouri GOP legislation (1:08:00)
• People Not Politicians (1:09:40)
• Missouri abortion ban ballot language rejected a second time for being 'insufficient and unfair' (1:14:45)
• Rucho v. Common Cause (1:15:20)

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It's finally time for a palate cleanser episode! Just kidding. We're totally talking about ... you know ... that thing that happened. This week, the gang gives their totally neutral, not at all controversial, unbiased hot take on the $h0t heard around the world.

0:00:00 - Intro (Crypto currency investment fraud and other old people scams)

0:22:08 - Sounds of the Week:

• Musk on importing votes

• Sen. Eric Schmitt's pretty racist speech on what is an American

0:39:32 - He who must not be named

Songs:

"Bullet in the Head" by Rage Against the Machine

"Hey Man Nice Shot" by Filter

"See You In Hell" by Grim Reaper

Notes:

• Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever (0:24:00)
• Mr. Bungle goes to lunch (0:33:20)
• The only event held at an Ivy League school appears to be a 2019 event at Brown University (0:42:20)
• Reichstag fire (0:49:35)
• Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States (1:01:13)
• DOJ quietly removes study showing right wing attacks 'outpace' those by left (1:02:08)
• What NIJ research tells us about domestic terrorism (1:02:20)
• How Social Media Exacerbates Disaster & Disinformation | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (1:02:55)

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Trump promised tariffs would make America strong. He didn't just tinker with trade—he brought a sledgehammer to a scalpel's job. Ten federal judges have already declared the biggest tariffs unlawful, and now the Supreme Court gets to decide whether to call it policy or vandalism. After months of whiplash—on again, off again—the pain is finally trickling down, landing squarely on families already gasping for air. This week, the gang talks about how tariffs are less an economic strategy and more a slow-motion robbery, and whether breaking the camel's back is a bug…or a feature.

0:00:00 - Intro (Meredith in SantaCaliGon, Ty in Manhattan, Jay's extreme horror book obsession)

0:26:19 - Sounds of the Week:

• Snoop nearly canceled for hot "Lightyear" take
• Angry Missouri voter grills Rep. Alford

0:50:26 - Tariffs

Songs:

"Moneytalks" by AC/DC

"Money" by Pink Floyd

"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits

Notes:

• SantaCaliGon (0:03:51)
• The Rock Gods (0:06:25)
• Raised By A Killer: Extreme Horror (0:23:03)
• BEST EVER AC-DC impression by Jim Breuer (0:26:32)
• African-American LGBTQ community: Persecution inside the Black community (0:32:58)
• Missouri Republicans begin redistricting to erase one Democratic seat in US House (0:42:42)
• Trump's tariffs hanging by a thread, but will that affect freight? (1:05:36)
• Trump's lawyers just inadvertently admitted that his tariffs are illegal (1:07:25)
• Trump Administration Drops Biden Plan for Flight Delay Compensation (1:12:20)
• Trump signs executive order rebranding Pentagon as Department of War (1:12:50)

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After 16 years, Marc Maron is calling it quits on one of the most iconic podcasts ever. That news got Tyson spiraling: if Maron can walk away, why does he struggle to let go of… well, anything? This week, the gang dives into the art (and agony) of moving on—from jobs to hobbies to relationships—and why cutting ties, even when things are good, can feel like pulling teeth. Spoiler: it's harder than it looks.

0:00:00 - Intro (black cat shenanigans, Bingo Loco, Meredith saw a laser light show for the first time, Jay had lunch with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce)

0:25:34 - Sounds of the Week:

• Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., on high prices
• Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., a former MMA fighter, is afraid to drive in DC

0:43:34 - Letting go

Songs:

"Take This Job and Shove It" by Johhny Paycheck

"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" by Billy Joel

"I Will Survive" by Cake

Notes:

• Bingo Loco (0:08:38)
• Laser Ozzfest - Ozzy Osbourne Tribute (0:13:47)
• Chiefs kickoff luncheon (0:15:50)
• Camelcamelcamel.com - Amazon price tracker (0:26:24)
• Spokes Cafe (0:29:15)
• Walmart Sees Sales 'Momentum' Despite Tariffs (0:30:35)
• More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging (0:34:54)
• White House Releases List of Smithsonian Exhibits It Objects To (0:31:55)
• Trump threatens full 'federal takeover' in DC, blasts Bowser over crime data (0:32:55)
• Trump delivers pizza to National Guard working on his DC crackdown (0:33:09)
• Assessing Claims About the Reliability of D.C. Crime Data (0:34:35)
• Markwayne Mullin - MMA Stats (0:36:27)
• Congress Isn't a Schoolyard. Time to Deal With Toxic Immaturity. (0:36:32)
• Senator wants to make Americans fight again (0:36:36)
• Jeep Death Wobble: What Is It and How to Fix It (0:38:10)

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After nearly 40 years of white-knuckling life with anxiety, Jay has finally joined Team Psych Meds™. Meredith and Ty — seasoned pros in the world of pharmaceutical mood maintenance — welcome the rookie to the roster. From side effects to life upgrades, the gang kicks back on the imaginary shrink's couch and swaps war stories about mental health, meds, and the weird, wonderful ways our brains respond to modern chemistry. Side effects of this episode may include headaches, diarrhea, and sexual dysfunction. Consult with your doctor before listening.

(0:00:00) - Intro (spooky season is upon us, Ma'am vs. Miss, SOTW book club)

(0:22:37) - Sounds of the Week:

• Isaiah Martin Testifies At House Redistricting Committee

• Texas House Democrats hold press conference after leaving the state, breaking quorum

• Kevin Hassett defends Trump's firing of BLS chief: 'I've never seen revisions like this'

(0:47:35) - Psych Meds

Songs:

"Mother's Little Helper" by The Rolling Stones

"Meds" by Placebo (feat. Alison Mosshart)

"I Wanna Be Sedated" by Ramones

Notes:

• r/ExtremeHorrorLit (0:12:52)
• President Trump says he wants a "simple redrawing" of the Texas congressional map so Republican pick up five House seats (0:23:07)
• Gerrymandering Explained (0:23:30)
• Texas Democrats leave state to stop GOP redistricting plan backed by Trump (0:26:39)
• Trump orders new census that excludes immigrants in the US illegally (0:29:00)
• Blue-state Republicans sound alarm on redistricting tit-for-tat (0:30:00)
• Newsom welcomes Texas Democrats who fled to foil Trump's redistricting plan (030:13)
• Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump's efforts to add GOP House seats (0:31:25)
• Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers (0:32:52)
• Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge (0:40:55)
• How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises U.S. job numbers (0:40:55)
• 'Just getting started': Trump touts surprising jobs report amid tariff turmoil (0:42:20)
• Trump Says 'America Is Hot' After Jobs Report (0:42:24)
• Compass Health Network (0:59:30)

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