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0:00.0	What's Pop and everybody? Hello and welcome to Popcorn Culture.
0:18.8	My name is Ben Carlin and I am your host.
0:20.8	You meet today's my brother Jay Jay who will be in every episode.
0:24.5	Man, happy 2026, Ben.
0:27.0	We made it.
0:28.3	This is our first day back in the office after what I think was like a like a 17 day break or something.
0:34.4	It was something fiercely long.
0:36.3	It was like it was I think the longest like work break we've
0:39.8	ever taken. I believe so. The timing this year of where like Christmas day. Yeah, landed because
0:47.7	there was like that weird situation where Christmas is on like a Thursday, but Christmas Eve also feels like a holiday.
0:53.0	Right. So our last day in office was like
0:55.0	Tuesday the 23rd. Right. And then a week after Christmas meant that like New Year's Day
1:01.7	was on a Thursday, which meant we're not going to come back on a Friday. On a Friday. Yeah. So then
1:07.3	then we have to make it all the way until the following Monday. Right. So whatever December 22nd through January 5th is.
1:15.6	How are many days?
1:16.6	How many days?
1:17.5	And boy howdy, was it rejuvenating?
1:21.3	I would agree.
1:22.2	It was rejuvenating, you know?
1:23.4	It was a real, it was a staycation for both of us.
1:26.7	It was, yeah. And I had to fight every urge. Like I, for months leading up to the knowledge that we had this like time off was like, like, I would like pull up Airbnb or VRBO or whatever. And I would be like, oh, I'm going to take a trip during that time. Exactly. You know, I kept being like, Alice, what if we go to like the Smoky Mountains?
1:46.7	You know, like we could just go like be touristy and like have, have fun. Like, you know, Addy can do all the things and, you know, it'll be joyous, whatever. Or we could go rent a cabin somewhere. or we could just go get away or I don't know you know like I had like all these ideas yeah
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