We’re back! After taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, producer Sam steps out from behind the curtain to be our third chair this week and boy do we cover a lot! Including:
* Elf on the Shelf culture
* Wicked: For Good and Oz’s opaque political system and the lack of sexual chemistry between a gay guy and a green lesbian
* The Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza feud getting really dark
* A wild story about a University of Oklahoma student writing a bad essay, getting a zero, and using it as the latest flashpoint in the anti-trans culture war
* The absolutely cursed and definitely made-up “FIFA Peace Prize” Trump got that is giving Pacific Rim Emmy
Also: We finally figured out our closing segment! And it only took seven episodes. It’s everyone’s cultural recommendations for the week:
* Jack recommends Traitors UK Series 3, all-celebrity edition, now on Peacock for U.S. viewers
* Sam recommends The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reunion and the wonky 4K remaster on Mad Men on HBO Max
* Aleks recommends Heated Rivalry on HBO Max
Until next week!
