In the final bonus episode of the off-season, Meghan and Neda look back at all the gossip--good, bad, AND ugly, from this summer in skating land. Featuring: Elvis, haircuts, shitposting, and cigarettes for cats.

What's that under your seat? It's a bonus episode! Meghan and Neda reprise their original concept* of telling each other about their Favorite Things of late! TV shows, cookies, music, more TV shows--it's all here folks! We can't give everyone a car but if you open your mouth maybe Neda can throw you a cranberry cookie really far.

**pls don't sue us Oprah it's satire

“Slappy Theme Song” by Meghan Kelleher

In this bonus episode, Notorious European Neda guides That Bitch From America (Meghan) through the magical, campy world of the Eurovision Song Contest as the two recap their impressions from the 2022 competition. Featuring the answers to such burning questions as: Which skaters should skate to which of this years songs?? Why is Australia here?? And most importantly, what can you eat in Latvia instead of meat?? 

“Slappy Theme Song” by Meghan Kelleher

Meghan and Neda react in real time to 2022-2023 season program announcements we've gotten so far, while also playing Geoguessr because multitasking is fun.

Watch this episode in video form here: https://youtu.be/bdXbHygjVY0

In this bonus episode, Meghan and Neda recap the galas from the Olympics and Worlds 2022, from the tear jerking to the utterly baffling. Hurry up and listen now or you'll make Kazuki late for work!

In this bonus episode, Meghan gives Neda and Jamie (friend of the pod/hotel roommate/British correspondent) an oral history of the Olympic Mascots, culminating in an attempt at understanding the enigmatic, vacant-eyed panda in an exoskeleton who has captured our hearts and nightmares, Bing Dwen Dwen. Get in, lugers, we're going investigating! 

In this episode (THE FIRST ONE NEDA AND MEGHAN HAVE EVER RECORDED IN THE SAME ROOM!!!!!!!) we recap the Olympics so far with a special emphasis on the team event and a brief detour into miscellaneous drama. (Recorded at 3pm Germany time on 2/9, for shitstorm posterity.)

Raindrops on roses, whiskers on very fucked up AI-generated kittens: these are a few of our favorite things! We're closing out the year with a bonus episode dedicated to us just talking about random stuff we've enjoyed lately, from podcasts to recipes to video games to tiktoks. Come hang with us, though we make no promises of free cars (bees though? Maybe.)

Here at Spiraling we ask the IMPORTANT questions, such as: Who's YOUR Russian-sona? What ARE the rules of chess anyway? Does anyone know who invited Ekaterina Ryabova to this wedding? What would happen if you crossed a peacock and a fish? And more! 

Matteo Rizzo was right when he wrote Legally Blonde. Featuring smile related emotions, Nicole Schott’s political career, Kao Miura the hedgehog, Michael Bolton pooping, and the Samarin neural network.