Apparently, working from home with no place to go in Chicago is finally getting to Himmel as he can’t seem to understand basic conversation. In the stranger or already strange conversations, Don finally loses his shit and then they talk about the NYT article about Smith College which David seems to think is fine.

Himmel stepped into a pile of his own digital crap this week and, apparently, the Chicago Storytelling Community is up to its old gossipy, bitchy tricks. Don calls Alvin Las a Class A Cunt and David makes fun of the rest. Brilliant, bitchy fun about life on the digital freeway.

In a rare occurrence, Don records a bit drunk and it just gets worse as the podcast continues. Somehow David manages to engage in a conversation about culture, David’s bizarre coat, and a discussion of the cancelling of Gina Carrano by Disney.

Turns out that Don is just one year younger than Abraham Lincoln was when he was shot and that David is getting older by the day because his child is almost three and living in a pandemic.

The boys welcome return guest Rory Zacher to talk the 80s nostalgia porn that s Netflix “Cobra Kai” and our mutual love for it. Plus two bonus stories about Corey Feldman.

David takes parenting advice from the least qualified source in history and then the boys settle in on the ups and downs of being a writer for a living. Also WARNING: Complete spoiler alert for the Netflix film The Vanishing featuring a fat Jason Patric and a nonexistent child disappearance. Oops. Sorry.

Last week’s events have thrown the boys off. Reactions to the breach of the Capitol, a bizarre truncated BUGHOUSE! Debate about whether Congress should impeach the Donald again and if there’s any point to it, plus David plays Capitol Police to Harry’s MAGA Traitor (except Harry vacuums instead of takes a selfie at Pelosi’s desk).

The Apes have ten predictions for the coming (happy or relieved) new year. Do you agree with them? Are they completely cracked? Welcome to 2021 (which sounds like 2020 Won)!

Harry wants to watch the iPad but the battery is dead. His two-year old existential angst is a metaphor for 2020 and the Chimps in Charge break down their hopes for the coming year.

After a group text when a trusted intellectual lowers the conspiracy-boom on both the Apes, the boys chat about how to square the circle and not simply shun their friend. Also, Don is leaving his work as a casino manager to work remotely and wonders what big life-changing risks are worth it?