Hello and welcome to citation needed, the podcast where we choose a subject, read a single article about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts because this is the internet and that's how it works now.

I'm Noah, or most of them anyway, and I'm going to be presenting this feast, but I'm an anorexic who thinks hot pockets are the upper echelon of flavor,

so I'm going to need people who are better at eating than me.

First up, a seasoned liberal and his hapless sidekick, Cecil and Eli.

The key is to always be salty, guys.

That's the key.

And if you're wondering why Noah's voice sounds that way, he actually tried to eat a hot pocket

right out of the microwave just before I'm recorded.

We are doing this in his hospital bed.

The frozen middle wasn't enough to save me.

And also joining us tonight, two men who are checking to see if random objects were cake

way before that show came out, Heath and Tom.

And they were cakes.

Yeah, even the AI is cake now.

I don't know how that's...

Oh, interesting.

It is, though.

And, of course, as all that time with the extended family looms ever larger on our

calendars, is a great time to reflect on all the people who make stuff that you could

put on your headphones when you want an excuse not to listen to anyone around you.

Anyway, if you'd like to learn how to support this show financially, pretty sure to stick around to the end.

And with that out of the way, tell us Eli, what person, place, thing, concept, phenomenon, or event what we'll be talking about today?

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