BONUS: Introducing No Skip Christmas - Justin McElroy

Hello From The Magic Tavern

Arnie Niekamp

Fiction, Comedy

4.8 • 11.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Check out the first episode of Arnie’s new podcast miniseries No Skip Christmas with guest Justin McElroy!

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Show Description: Building the perfect Christmas playlist episode by episode. Musicians, comedians and podcasters recommend songs and Arnie decides if they’re added to his ever-growing Christmas music playlist or not.

Arnie and Justin McElroy (My Brother My Brother & Me, The Adventure Zone) swap Christmas songs to see what does and doesn’t go on their Christmas playlists. Songs from Pearl Baily, Ariana Grande, Bill Murray and more.

Creator and Host: Arnie Niekamp

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Guest: Justin McElroy

Producer and Editor: Garrett Schultz

Artwork: Allard Laban

Opening Theme Music: Andy Poland

Song Playlists:

Playlist of all the songs for this episode here

The growing list of accepted Christmas songs here

Christmas-ellaneous: all the songs lovingly rejected so far here

Additional Materials:

Demi Adejuyigbe’s September videos playlist

Support No Skip Christmas with a tip of any size here

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The weight is over. Dive into Audubles' most anticipated collection, the best of 2025, featuring top audiobooks, podcasts, and originals across all genres. Our editors have carefully curated this year's must-listens, from brilliant hidden gems to the busiest new releases.
0:23.7	Every title in this collection has earned its spot.
0:28.3	This is your go-to for the absolute best in 2025 audio entertainment.
0:31.6	Whether you love thrillers, romance, or non-fiction,
0:33.6	your next favorite listen awaits.
0:38.8	Discover why there's more to imagine when you listen at audible.com slash best of the year.
0:46.5	Tis I, Usador, to tell you about a new podcast, why it's Push the Roll with Ross Bryant.
0:55.8	It's an improvised horror comedy, actual play podcast, with a great storyteller making up cosmic horror stories on the fly. That's right.
1:01.7	None other than host and GM Ross Bryant himself. You probably know him from dropout TV,
1:08.0	improvised Shakespeare, and Glass Cannon Network. The Khthulu-inspired horror comes to life through immersive sound design that amplifies cosmic dread and hilarious
1:13.8	moments.
1:14.6	The whole thing starts with a role of a die to pick an episode title suggested by their fans
1:18.7	on Patreon.
1:19.5	Then things get very weird, very fast.
1:22.3	And they have an amazing rotating cast and special guests like Ashley Birch, Brennan,
1:26.8	LeMilligan, Becca, Scott, Colton Dunn, Lou, Vic McAilis, and Matthew Lillard. Why, I even heard that one of Arnie's friends Matt Young went on there and had a very good time. So search for Push the Roll with Ross Bryant, wherever you get your podcasts, or check out Pushtherroll.com. That's R-O-L or RustyQuill.com for more details.
1:52.4	Hey, happy Thanksgiving.
1:54.0	This is Arnie from Earth, breaking in with a little extra something.
1:58.2	I know we're taking a couple of weeks off for Thanksgiving,
2:00.3	but I wanted to
2:01.3	share with you my new podcast, No Skip Christmas. It's a Christmas music playlist podcast mini-series.
2:08.5	I've been doing them through November. I'm going to be doing them every Tuesday until Christmas.
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