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Rich Easton explores how we navigate challenging conversations during holiday gatherings and why we fight with people we know over politicians who don't know we exist. He shares the hilarious saga of "Wi-Fi" and "Kris Kringle," two golf buddies whose friendly football bet led to an unexpected satchel curse, and examines our society's tendency toward being easily offended.

• Holiday travel and consuming 32 hours of podcast content featuring advice on avoiding contentious family arguments
• Storytelling contributed to human cooperation according to Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens"
• Fighting with people we know on behalf of politicians who have no idea we exist
• The saga of Wi-Fi and Kris Kringle's football bet that led to a cursed golf satchel
• Society's increasing tendency to take offense and use "shaming" terms
• America's obesity epidemic and our sensitivity about discussing it
• Golf as a mental game requiring consistent pre-shot routines
• The two entities in our heads when playing golf - feeling vs. technical knowledge

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