The holiday season is fast approaching and Jeremy Bradley discusses the excitement (or dread) of the staff party. Is it something you look forward to or are people just working for the sake of working and getting the hell away from co-workers once the workday is done? He talks about a company party he attended where staff said they were forced to go so it showed that their department was represented and wouldn't look bad. Plus, what's the protocol for buying a gift or card for your boss? On the flip side, do you expect something from your boss? JB has thoughts about mixing gift giving and professional relationships. 

It's almost frightening how much has been in the news this week. From the crisis in Israel to the Taylor Swift spectacle in Los Angeles to the billion-dollar Power Ball jackpot to the Speaker of the House drama -- how can we maintain our sanity? Or can we? Jeremy Bradley tackles the dominating headlines on the show this week. With the war in Israel, JB wonders if news reporting is making an already-tragic situation worse. He comments on the media and reporting, primarily how things are presented online by traditional media outlets and random users. Plus, Taylor Swift shutdown a mall this week to premiere her concert movie. Is the world a little too into Swift? JB has some thoughts.

Happily married Jeremy Bradley chimes in on the status of relationships nowadays. After a recent dinner with two of his cousins, JB shares a story about his 50-some-year-old relative getting back into the dating scene after a divorce. She talked about the games guys her age are playing but how she also spies and even catfishes them to test their loyalty. Are shows like MTV's Catfish and ABC's The Bachelor/Bachelorette ruining relationships? Or has social media made it an open market for an endless dating pool where the next person is always a click (or swipe) away? JB has thoughts on relationships and technology. 

Credit cards are notorious for putting people in debt. (Or is it the people that put themselves in debt?) Either way, Jeremy Bradley -- a bestselling author of a "cheapskate" book -- reveals the many ways you can save money by using credit cards and how you can lower the costs of using apps. JB has creative workarounds for some transactions and how doing a little bit of planning can see big savings. Sure, all the ways are legal but some might be a little, well, immoral? Nevertheless, saving is saving!

If he's said it once, he's said it a thousand times: customer service ain't what it used to be. That's how Jeremy Bradley feels and he explains why being a customer is so exhausting nowadays. He also says he understands why people are losing their minds when they endure a bad "customer experience" with employees or a business. JB talks about a trying two hours of being a customer and how it made him not want to deal with any companies for a long time. Later, when it comes to customer service, is tipping getting out of hand? He's talked about it on the show before but now JB understands why consumers are getting offended about being asked for tips in more and more places.

Fall is here-ish and the new TV season is starting... or is it? Jeremy Bradley talks about the programming strategies the networks are having while most (all?) scripted shows are off the air because of Hollywood strikes. With writers demanding more -- and better -- pay, JB has some thoughts about their position on wages and residuals. Should TV and movie writers be paid forever because of a project? Or, should they be like any corporate writer who's paid the one time to write for someone and the money ends after that project? JB shares his opinion on his fellow writers. Later, do you find that as you get older your viewing habits change? JB talks about his "maturing TV tastes."

It was the summer of the strike. Workers in a variety of industries either walked off the job or threatened strike action in recent months. Jeremy Bradley talks about workers agreeing to certain pay and benefit arrangements when taking the job but then coming forward down the road and complaining they were insufficient -- or at least haven't kept up with the times. JB wonders if this new strike trend will continue or if people will eventually find new work if they're unhappy with their current arrangement. He discusses the "pandemic cojones" people had when they reassessed their job situation and, in some cases, made drastic changes to their career. Although, it seems to be a rite of passage to complain about your job with co-workers so maybe people should just shut up and deal with what they've agreed to.

Responsible pet parent, Jeremy Bradley, has some words for people who have no control over (or just don't care to control) their dogs in public. JB shares some stories from around his community when dogs have come running at him while he's walking his dogs and how some owners feel their dog -- on those 60-ft. retractable leashes -- have control of public sidewalks. JB throws down and gives them a pet parent smackdown. Later, a dog showed up at JB's front door -- literally, ran up the front stairs and sat at the door -- which caused all sorts of chaos on a Sunday morning. 

Fires to the north, fires to the east, fires to the south, fires to the west. That's the reality in North America and Jeremy Bradley isn't going on a rant about global warming or climate change, but rather how weather patterns seem to be flipping in his home province of Manitoba. Instead of a sweltering summer, it's been mild -- almost cold -- in August. Meanwhile, other Canadian locations are scorching, and American cities are under extreme weather alerts for heat. Is the constant wild weather making you wonder what's down the road in the coming months and years? JB shares his thoughts. Later, is it really "the thought that counts" when it comes to gift giving? Or do you secretly check to see how much someone might've spend on your gift? JB talks about a co-worker who's researching gift prices in her new relationship.

Class is back in session -- or it will be -- for students around the world. Jeremy Bradley takes a walk down memory lane and shares stories about preparing for a new school year. It had all the excitement: picking out pencil crayons, color-coding notebooks, organizing a backpack. All stuff that today's kids, well, probably don't do... or at the very least consider lame-o. Later, JB shares his memories about what he liked and didn't like about certain classes. The endless Shakespeare lessons in English class. Why? What was the point? Has it ever come in handy over 20 years later? (Maybe that's debatable, but for the most part, no.) Whether you like/liked school or hate/hated school, you'll have an opinion on the conversation this week.