It's been a long two years...of releasing absolutely zero episodes. But it has also been five years since we released our very first (what's "COVID-19"?) - crazy!

We didn't get around to talking about every kind of reunion in this episode, so here are some Honourable Mentions:

1. Your butt on the couch at the end of a work day.
2. Finding your passport for that one trip you take every 10 years or so.
3. The delivery driver that brings you pizza every Friday night.
4. The ending scene from "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey" *starts crying*

We're sure we left a few out, but that's all off the top of our head. Oh, and if you're reading this Hamish, we'll do pepperoni on just half of the large one this week. Thanks. It's the same address. Yeah, sure - you're invited.

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Merry Christmas! Recorded prior to the Season 3/series finale, your four favourite podcasting elves sat down to discuss the pros and cons of advertising the winter holidays as an annual event to attend, rather than a celebration to enjoy and be fully present in. Whether it's a notable airline company buying the dream gifts for everyone on board or a beverage company convincing us that we can only really enjoy get-togethers with a glass of their popular product in-hand, Christmas has become more and more of a performance art piece. The weird thing is, we all see it happening, but we buy into it anyway. Why? Well, you can bet that Holly, Greg, Ashlynn and Chris will talk about (if not try to answer) that question.

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The penultimate episode has arrived, and just in time to fulfill our very loose promise to you of talking about things in our houses (eventually)! On this episode, we talk about garages, bedrooms and good use of the living space - especially when it comes to gaming or recording a podcast.

There's something in a song that has the power to build us up, tear us down, invite imagination, invoke a memory, transport us to another world or ground us in our own. And that "something" is (usually) the French horn, whether we like to admit it or not. Ashlynn, Chris, Holly and Greg all appreciate music and all enjoy it differently, but what is it that draws us to this art form in the first place, and why do some people seem not to appreciate it at all?   

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Extra-Terrestrial experimentation, spyware disguised as what most would assume are just birds, and hypnotic therapies supposedly leading to repressed memories of demonic rituals that were then dubbed the "Satanic Panic" are among the more prominent conspiracy theories of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (which may make you wonder why we didn't touch on any of those topics during this episode - a missed opportunity, to be sure). But whether you believe the COVID-19 vaccines contained microchips or that repeatedly purchasing 10 iced coffees at $1 each during the summer months saves you money in the long run, aren't we all just being willfully ignorant of the truth?

Last episode was all about memories. Mostly, generally positive memories - or, at least, not negative. This month, Greg takes us on a journey down the more problematic side of the social media's recent history. We discuss controversies, senate hearings and we ask questions about whose jobs it is to protect the public from the actions of big businesses: the consumer or the company?

We'll never record another episode using this topical style again, because it's just down-right weird to know someone's thoughts. But Holly has no filter, so we thought we should give it a try. What could go wrong?

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Greetings, from tropical Saskatchewan!

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