We've made it to a seventh season! Notes for this episode:

• Old School Simplified Intro
• What's been going on lately?
• Why we'll never use AI to write our episodes
• New co-host (and past guest) Jered Feldman
• Rajesh Krishnankutty In Memoriam
• Listening recommendations

When the primary co-host from your previous podcast recalls the time you picked against the local baseball team making the playoffs - and gives you a punishment.

From our episode with Tim Crippen

If you have been living under a rock since before September, the two major spring football leagues - the XFL and the USFL - have merged. Mike (a St. Louis BattleHawks fan) and Jered discuss.

When your high school buddy asks you about the origins of the name of your podcast - and then you segway into a story of a certain post-high school party.

From our episode with Matt Sewell

When your high school buddy recalls how he wound up leaving the school's NJROTC program because of a girl.

From our episode with Jered Feldman

In this bonus episode of the podcast, we invite YOU to join our NCAA DI men's basketball pool on Yahoo! Fantasy Sports and see if you can pick brackets better than our intrepid host!

Winner will receive an invite to do an episode of the podcast.

When your very first guest talks about one of the films you worked on together.

From our very first episode with Pat Lamb

Trevor is a former Bernie Sanders campaign staff member who came on to talk about the potential dangers of the 2024 election cycle, what we as citizens can do to save democracy, and shares a very relevant fact about what happened in Mike's 2016 State Senate race.

When your friend asks you about foreign travel and he brings up having gone to Tijuana.

From our first episode with Lucas Stoneking and Daniel Rains

When your guest has a lot of fun with the name of your podcast.

From our Virtual Fringe episode with Brian Boye