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Guaranteed Human.

The best bits of the week with Morgan.

Part one.

Behind the scenes with a member of the show.

What's up everybody and happy 2026.

Mike D. What's up?

Hey, New Year.

Feels crazy because we are currently recording this in 2025.

Feels like the old year.

It is the old year for us.

But in this moment you're hearing this, it is a happy 2026. What did you do for New Year's? What were your plans that you had planned to do, at least? I love New Year's Day. New Year's Eve is kind of like, I don't really do anything. I don't drink, so it's not really a holiday to me anymore.

Used to be, I used to party all.

That was like my favorite day in the year.

Really?

Yeah, but now New Year's Day is my favorite because you can do nothing and there's no expectations. I think it's the best holiday. It really is that in between right after Christmas and those five days until New Year's and New Year's Day, there is nothing happening. Yeah. Like there's not a single brain cell that's moving in my head during those five days. It's that time where you forget what day of the week it is. You're like, what am I eating? Who cares? And you're kind of like in that blindness. Yep. I live in my sweat uniform. Yeah. You see me in the same outfit probably about three or four times during that whole thing. Yeah. I totally get that. But I feel like New Year's is an overrated holiday.

I mean, it's fun depending on what you do. Like if you love to party, it's a great holiday. It's true. But like I used to love to party and I still do. Like I love gatherings now versus party per se. But I don't know. Something about the hype around New Year's where you have to get all dressed up. It's freezing cold outside. You pay an exorbitant amount of money to go somewhere. And Uber's cost a crap ton of money. So if you are drinking, you better be prepared for that. it's like the only way that New Year's is good to me is if you're going to a house party.

Oh yeah.

When I say party, money so if you are drinking you better be prepared for that it's like the only way that new year's

is good to me is if you're going to a house party oh yeah when i say party i mean only house party i

didn't really do going out partying i'm talking about house party like i have the best memories is like

getting and drinking a lot in the cold like something about like having a cold drink in your hand and it also being cold out. Oh, you like that. It's like you're committed to it. Like this is, that's fun to me. Okay, but maybe it's because you don't have to wear like a tiny sparkly dress and heels. That's the difference. But that's fair. I will say we're doing a house where we did a house party this year with a bunch of my friends from back home. And I was

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