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 equally baffling flavours: Imran finds himself holding a baby for the very first time, rigid with the kind of terror usually reserved for defusing a bomb, while everyone around him insists he’s “a natural.” Meanwhile, Shaun is fake-orgasming in a Dunnes Stores car park for reasons even he can’t fully explain, questioning at what point in life you simply accept that you’ve become your own cautionary tale.

Our Topic of the Week circles something a little more universal: Long Distance FOMO. We explore why watching your friends live their lives through screens can feel like both connection and punishment, how the world keeps spinning without you, and the weird ache of being present but not there — half-included, half-forgotten, and trying to make sense of it.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we turn our attention to all things Christmas — the good, the chaotic, and the quietly stressful. From the pressure cooker of gift-giving to navigating expectation, tradition, and the annual performance of festive cheer, we unpack why this season can feel like both a hug and a headache.

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.

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 equally baffling flavours: Imran finds himself on the bus beside a man dressed head-to-toe in full samurai clothing, trying desperately to act normal while quietly wondering whether he’s about to witness a historical reenactment or a public transport fever dream. Meanwhile, Shaun is jolted awake at midnight as an entire cabinet in his kitchen peels itself off the wall and crashes down, leaving him standing in the wreckage like a man questioning every life choice that led him to this very moment.

Our Topic of the Week drifts into the digital threads that connect us: can you keep a bond online? We explore what makes certain connections thrive across screens, why others dissolve the second real life gets loud, and how presence — even pixelated — can still feel real, grounding, and unexpectedly intimate.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we turn our attention to the bizarre case of the man in Zurich who sold fake meat to Muslims between 2011 and 2013 — what happened, why it mattered, and how the story speaks to trust, community, and the strange places deception can take root.

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.

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 sits down for his first-ever poker game, only to be completely derailed by watching Troy Parrott score for Ireland mid-hand, narrating the moment with such ecstatic disbelief you’d swear he’d just won the World Series of Poker. Meanwhile, Shaun finds himself strong-armed into making egg fried rice at his nannie’s house, moving around her kitchen with the frantic precision of a man following instructions shouted from three different generations at once.

Our Topic of the Week drifts into the quiet magic of the everyday: the power of small gestures. We explore how the simplest acts — a message, a favour, a shared moment of attention — can shift the atmosphere of a day, patch over distance, or deepen the kind of care that doesn’t need to announce itself.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we turn our attention to Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the World Cup — what feels possible, what feels precarious, and why the dream still pulls at something collective, stubborn, and hopeful.

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.