Episode 889: Welcome to 2026

Cognitive Dissonance

Tom Curry

Comedy

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Gen Z men are moving away from MAGA in droves, polls show | The Independent The Worst Thing About Elon Musk Is That He Got Away With All of It | The New Republic Could the feds throw you in jail for merely filming ICE immigration raids? An HIV expert at the CDC was asked to scrub data on trans people. He quit instead. - LGBTQ Nation Congress looks to reclaim relevance after ceding power to White House Trump sent Mar-a-Lago masseuses on Epstein house calls: report - Salon.com

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0:00.0	This episode of Cognitive Dissinence is brought to you by our patrons.
0:04.3	You fucking rock.
0:09.1	Be advised that this show is not for children, the faint of heart, or the easily offended.
0:15.0	The explicit tag is there for a reason. Recording live from Gloriahole Studios in Chicago and beyond.
0:43.9	This is Cognitive Dissence.
0:46.6	Every episode we blasts anyone who gets in our way.
0:49.1	We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence.
0:52.9	To any topic that makes the news, makes it big or makes us mad. It's skepticism and irreverence to any topic that makes the news makes it big or makes us mad.
0:57.7	It's skeptical.
0:59.1	It's political.
1:00.7	And there is no welcome at.
1:03.0	Today is Friday, January the 2nd, 2026.
1:10.0	Cecil.
1:10.6	Happy New Year, myil. Happy New Year,
1:11.9	Tom.
1:13.0	Hey,
1:13.2	do you have any
1:13.8	predictions for this
1:14.8	upcoming year?
1:15.8	It's going to be a shit show.
1:20.9	Oh,
1:21.6	brother.
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