This week we go big-picture: what is religion, and do people truly believe—or is belief sometimes more about comfort, community, fear, hope, or how we were raised? From there we wrestle with a darker idea: if “only the good die young,” does that make it feel like evil is winning… or even running the world?

Then we shift into a heavy GenX moment with the passing of Catherine O'Hara—another iconic thread tied to our childhood and the movies/TV that shaped us.

We close with a sports reality check: the modern Pro Bowl Games—does it matter anymore when so many alternates get pulled in and the “honor” starts to feel watered down?

This episode jumps from real-life weather drama to pure GenX nostalgia and straight into championship football. We kick things off with the winter storm sweeping across America, how it’s impacting people, what it reminds us of, and the last time we can remember a storm that felt this widespread and intense. From there, we rewind to the golden era of 80s cartoons, including He-Man, and talk through the past and upcoming live-action adaptations on the way, what we hope they get right, and why these shows still hit decades later.

Then it’s all football: we break down the latest NFL playoff games, the biggest moments, what surprised us, and which teams will play in the Superbowl. We wrap with the College Football Championship and Indiana getting their first ever national title.

This week we’re calling out MLB’s “no salary cap” reality and how super-spenders like the Dodgers are stretching the sport into a payroll arms race that small-market teams can’t realistically match. Then we hit the NFL coaching carousel—who’s actually got the best opening (and why), plus what each vacancy really offers. We wrap with a playoff temperature check: Divisional Round matchups, who’s built to survive this weekend, and which teams have the cleanest path to Super Bowl LX