Dana was on vacation so Dennis did a review of the "I Dare You To Read" selections from past episodes, including the following books:

• Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

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As the last show before the holidays start (but don't worry, we'll have new shows next week!), Dana and Dennis talked about the past year, how we and our staff are making it through, our holiday plans, and more.  Dana's "I Dare You To" selection was for all of us to re-watch Parks and Rec, which Dennis wants you to watch (probably for the first time) Ancient Aliens.

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Dana and Dennis were graced with the presence of past-interviewees (and one of their staff) today for a pre-holiday special episode.  We talked about 2020, how we're all holding up, holiday plans, and more with Tammera Shinar, David Shook, Ken Lira, and Brittney Blakely.  Many of them offered up great "I Dare You To Selections" (Dana suggests we all take naps, Tammera suggests you play some Professor Noggin's trivia card games, David suggested "spicing up" your hot cocoa with peppermint twist vodka, and Ken wished everyone to stay staff and well).

TECHNICAL NOTE:  There is a small dropout in sound around 20 minutes into the show.  I had an issue affecting the Zoom connection to the guests so I needed to splice together two audio files.

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A slightly-longer episode than normal, Dana and Dennis were joined today by former interviewees Anafe Robinson, Linda Williams, and Michael Dear.  We talked about 2020, this past fall semester, how we and our staff are handling the pandemic and WFH, and plans to relax over the next couple of weeks.

We had a bunch of good "I Dare You To" selections:

• Dana dares you to watch The Mandalorian (seconded by many of us).

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Dana was off handling a small family emergency, leaving Dennis to run the show on his own.  We covered a lot of news on the show, including:

• Improvements to the MyStudentAid mobile app.

Dennis's "I Dare You To Read" choices were books from his shelf:  Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf, and any of the books in the Encounter Broadsides series of tiny books on big subjects.

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Dana and Dennis talked about plans for shows for the coming weeks, then headed into The News:

• CSAC Special Alert GSA 2020-44 regarding Cash for College workshops for the 2021-2022 FAFSA/CADAA application cycle.

Dana's "I Dare You To" (IDYT) selections were holiday movies.  She wants you to email the show your favorite moves.  Dennis's IDYT selection is Elvis Costello's new album, Hey Clockface.  Get it on CD or vinyl. 

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Dana and Dennis were graced with the presence (virtually) of David Shook, Director of Financial Aid at Copper Mountain College and CCCSFAAA Webmaster.  We talked about how David first became involved in Financial Aid, his previous time as a Marine, and his work for CCCSFAAA.

David's "I Dare You To Read" selection was The Way of the Warrior Kid books from Jaco Willink, a retired Navy SEAL officer and current host of the Jocko Podcast.

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Although we started with the intent to do some "live news", we quickly switched to talk about the 2021 and 2022 CCCSFAAA conferences (updates coming to the CCCSFAAA website soon!).

We had a studio audience of one today - one of our regional reps joined us on the Zoom to see how the show gets produced.  Maybe soon we'll include him in our interviews on a future Friday.

Dana's "I Dare You To." selection was David Byrne's American Utopia.  Dennis' seconded her selection and also suggested people check out David's discography, including many albums with Talking Heads and collaborations with artists including St. Vincent and Brian Eno.

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We talked about this past holiday weekend and gift giving to friends.  When we finally got around to the news, we covered:

• A book edited by Professor Mario Escobar at LA Mission College made the 2020 Top Ten list at Latin Stories.

Our "I Dare You To..." selections were a reminder to watch FARGO on FX (from Dana) and read Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future - And What To Do About It by Then Tzuo.

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Dana and Dennis talked about their Thanksgiving plans, office holiday parties in the time of COVID, gift exchanges, and having some CCCSFAAA peeps join us in a live studio audience (via Zoom) for future shows.

We had a lot of "I Dare You To" selections.  Dana's included Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and The Queen's Gambit on Netflix.  She also suggested viewing James Brown videos from The Tami Show (1960s era).  Dennis suggested people read National Affairs magazine (really, a small quarterly book released by AEI) and the Hoover Digest from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

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