For the dozen or so of you still listening, thanks and Merry Christmas. We've rewarded your diligence (or lack of better things to do?) with some genuine, grade-A Christmas nonsense in this, our third episode. Among other things, Eric helps Nathan and Josh discover new things in Christmas food traditions, Josh welcomes Ann Risch (our first guest!) who introduces us to a favorite poet and Nathan tones his thighs on Christmas day. Oh man, what are we doing?

We warned you. We tried to anyway. You just wouldn't take heed. You listened to this madness and only encouraged him. Well, Them. Eric, Nathan and Josh. This time you'll find talk of Advent, Lessons and Carols, Christmas kitsch and plenty more nonsense. Who knows, we might get ourselves down to tens of people flocking to listen.

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Maybe we shouldn't have. Maybe we shouldn't have given Nathan Carr a microphone and 32 minutes to talk into it. Maybe Josh Spears shouldn't have been there to egg him on. But we did. We let them make the first Academy podcast (the first of many for the literally dozens of listeners sure to follow). A podcast best summarized as 'How did we get here?' Nate and Josh puzzle over how far the school has come, how they've changed along with it and, well, to be perfectly honest, sheer nonsense. Nonsense a plenty. Join us, then. Who knows, maybe they'll never again give either one of them a mic.