Wally is not calling to check on Jess for any reason, Jess's mom passed, ICE is getting more devious, the government turning its back on the agents it empowered, Jess showed great restraint in obituary writing, and digitizing audio reels.

How long will it take Wally to find his way onto the show? (Note: we cut a lot of waiting time out of the final edit because who wants to sit through that? Skip to 9:00 if you want to get to the good parts) ICE hits close to home, Jess's side hustle continues with some interesting requests, the impending storm (which you're probably living through now), car dealers selling furniture, remembering how cooperative our bodies were when we were young, dentists, and a preview of our plans for Greenland.

Two out of three of us are scared of the dentist, changing things up that will or will not confuse the most geriatric of our group, Wally's new job update, the ICE situation in Maine is about to look like Minnesota, the reason Jess will not legally get the death penalty, the things in our algorithms, the questions you have to answer for guns and citizenship, Jess takes some steps in the right direction in all her jobs but has to smooth over a problem, being overqualified for work, and one of us is now a sex worker.

Bluegrass vs jazz, our government for the people, the awful situation in Minneapolis, ICE and Hilton, how is anyone still MAGA, music industry trade publications, trade publication content thieves, exclusives, mom and sister updates, Jess's mom is going down swinging, Chris is tearing down some studios, Wally shares his wife's health information for some reason, the stolen holiday tip, two old men try to remember things, esqueefies, Wally shocks us with the news that he's not social media savvy, and doing great radio with no budget or staff.

Jess has a rough start to the new year, and she also makes the mistake of mentioning a "lick mat," claiming dogs as dependents on taxes, taxes on Netflix and rain, the ball dropped late, emergency alert abuse, parking wars, job hunt bait and switch, contractors who dropped the ball, swearing at work, applying for jobs vs getting them from people you know, jobs we couldn't consider, Craiglist is still a thing, and the ways they know you're old.

This episode was recorded on Christmas Eve. Thrilling topics include the beach in the winter, timeshare presentations, winning the lottery, people with the same birthday, a job update (or lack thereof), Jess is doing a thing, Sophie B Hawkins, Chris pulls out a show nobody remembers because it only had 6 episodes in 1982, we help Wally order pizza, Wally's giving us each a million bucks, good pizza, hole in the wall restaurants, seasonal restaurants, Slurpees vs Slush Puppies vs Icees, Jess considers branching into... adult services (and Chris would not be a customer), and men and fetishes.

Wally's stumped on Christmas gifts, men buying jewelry, Chris brings a long awaited dad joke, all the keys, ICE and it's BS, Chris is finally embarrassed about who he voted for, Rob Reiner, women and other non-white men as national leaders, a potential investment, insurance companies and other phone assaulters, automated doctor's texts gone bad, the advertising algorithm, Cuisinart is still a disappointment, companies making products they have no business making, toasters vs toaster ovens, two of the three of us has never had ham salad, the new return fees that are pushing us toward Amazon, and the unemployment continues.

Cold weather stuff -- including proving Wally wrong about plumbing issues, the anniversary of the day the music died, Chris gets his meds updated, Jess had a job interview(ish), Homeland Defenders and the Space Force, queefs, and yardwork.