Hey Helen Hong. Hey, Jake Fitzgeratten. Well, wait a minute. We're not supposed to drop an episode today.

We're not supposed to drop one until January. I wonder why we're doing it. It's like a holiday gift.

Wait a minute. Our episode drops today on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to everybody who celebrates.

It's like Jesus in the manger, but not really. Thanks, Helen.

So listen, it's been a rough year for everybody, so we wanted to give you a little holiday

cheer by dropping our next episode early today on Christmas.

And we've got a special treat because this is actually a live episode recorded with a live audience.

Remember those?

Vaguely.

Well, actually, this one you were not there for, Helen.

You had, I believe, a family obligation and could not make it, but we've got the

wonderful Allie Gertz subbing as my hosting partner.

And, of course, we've got the incredible guests of Aaron Foley and Freddie Wong and

some really special experts.

Boy, listening to the show

really makes me miss being able to be with Helen in person and with our live audience in person.

And we can't wait for that to happen again next year. I know. Live audience, we miss you guys

so much. We really, really do. So we hope you enjoy this moment of happy times when we were all able to gather together.

And I'm also happy to share some very happy news and updates from some of our previous guests.

And Helen, I don't even think you know some of this that I'm about to tell you.

So those of you who remember episode 63, we had Mujan Zofagari on as a guest.

And our surprise expert for her topic of Gremlin's was

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