Welcome to Baumshell. I'm Erin Simpson. I'm Lauren Dion Schellman. And I'm Roda Ayn Gar. And we are here without a guest this week. We actually wanted a guest this week. Yeah, we tried and we kind of failed.

It turns out the holiday season, which is just sort of everything that happens between Thanksgiving and New Year's is kind of a Charlie Flaxstrot.

Right. So if you wanted to know more about either China or Gaza, you should listen to another podcast.

But just know that we tried. We tried. We tried. And because we didn't get a guess, we're really not going to talk about either of those things.

Not in the least.

There are lots of things that happen in the world in a given week.

And some weeks we struggle to edit it down.

And some weeks we struggle to figure out what exactly happened in the last 10 days that we should talk to all you all about.

So here's what we've figured out for this week. Before we get

started, actually, Lauren, what are you going to release next week? Next week, we are releasing

our annual holiday gift guide, which is going to be as fabulous, if not more fabulous than last

year. Please reference it for all of the bombshells in your life or the

bombshell fans in your life. And I hope you will greatly enjoy. Meanwhile, Lauren, what are we

drinking? We are drinking Rosa de Vente Lambrusco del Amelia, which is just frizzy red wine of some

kind. It's really good. You're just saying words.

It's from the Latin wine shop here in Shaw.

It's from Grancata, where they will be happy to pick out a delicious wine for you of your choosing.

So it's fantastic.

Roda, what are you drinking?

I'm drinking an icy cold glass of milk, which is refreshing, but also critical because I'm eating a giant bowl full

of brownies. Oh man, Lauren, I totally forgot to make you brownies. I may forgive you since you brought

the fizzy red rind. And also I'm eating stolen, which is basically the Alsatian Christmas fruitcake,

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