In this episode, the derailment begins before we’ve even settled in — welcome back to Out of Context Weekly Scenarios. This week’s curiosities arrive in two very different flavours: Imran recounts the wholesome Irish gathering he had in a café, retelling it with such gentle pride that you’d think it were a national holiday. Meanwhile, Shaun finds himself ambushed with a pop-quiz on the appearance of Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter, and Billie Eilish, and his answers tumble out with the chaotic confidence of someone guessing their way through a pub raffle.

Our Topic of the Week steps into the clang and hum of everyday ritual: the culture of the gym. We get into the unspoken codes, the subtle hierarchies, the friendships forged between sets, and the strange way a place full of clanking metal teaches discipline, vulnerability, and the quiet art of showing up for yourself.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we turn our attention to Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus and the upcoming Frankenstein film from Guillermo del Toro — what they promise, what they challenge, and why both feel like love letters to the curious corners of storytelling.

And finally, we close with Your Distance Dilemmas — real listener stories of friendship, communication, and the blurry terrain between drifting apart and circling back.

As always, it’s just the two of us — chatting nonsense, diving into the serious moments, and tracing that winding line between laughter and the things that hold us together.