Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Brandon Shank Podcast. This week we try eggnog dressed in our best Christmas attire.

40!? Can you believe it, we made it to episode #40. We're now officially over-the-hill. Thanks for listening and sticking with us. As always this week's episode is chock-full of sports, culture, and of course... Jesus!

A good friend of Brandons joins the podcast this week and shares some hilarious stories of their past. Let's just say Brandon has some song writing skills no one knows about!

We've all heard of Black Friday, but what about Brown Friday? It's probably not what you think it is.

It's Thanksgiving here at the BSP and we want to wish every listener a very happy, fun-filled, and safe Thanksgiving... just try not to gain 8lbs in one day!

Christmas Season is upon us and Christmas commercials be getting us! Someone making $26,000 a day!? What does Deion Sanders do now? Duping your Producer. Favorite Christmas commercials. Brandon wants a Peloton. Be you, but the best you! The kindness of the Lord. Scientist claims free-will doesn't exist. Crocs and socks. Passion of the Christ 2. Working on your mental Health.

There's almost too much ground covered in this week's episode to describe, but here's just a taste: Stealing signs. Hard time for what? Daylight savings got us depressed. Buying your jersey number. Sneakerheads. Did we find Noah's ark? 198lb Python in Florida. Gifts vs Time for your kids. A baseball broke my eye. Corey does flips. Israel and God's chosen people. Knowing who you are to God in the midst of criticism.

November, pumpkin spice and pumpkin pie, Tough cultural loses, what happens when Christians stop going to church, news on marijuana that we could have told you, anxiety, depression and the role that the spiritual realm plays, what it looks like to find your identity in Christ and what that means for your ambitions, and our running attire.

Does anyone else wake up thinking... "Has football gone soft!?

The highest scoring football game. Is Bill Belichick really that good? Yoked animals. Favorite candies ranked, apologies to M&Ms. When is it ok to decorate for Christmas? When are we going to give kids back their sports? Do you Airbnb? Adding value to people's lives and when is enough enough?

Pumpkin Spice season is upon us, How do you like your coffee?, candles that smell like college football, the NIL, Playoff Baseball excitement, Drake raps about VA Beach, what part of your life would you relive?, what's going on with Skittles?, The through line from what God has called us to and what He's prepared us for, and conversations on Israel.