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Well, we made it.

Despite being approximately 1,000 years long, 2025 has finally come to a close. We came, we saw, we screamed, we laid down, we made some jokes, and some of them, dare I say, many of them even landed. There was a lot of this year we might not want to look back on, so don't worry, we did it for you, while assembling this, our 2025 best of love it or leave it episode, handpicked by the love it or leave it team. We tackled so many hard questions on the show this year like, is this the end of American democracy? Has the social contract been irrevocably broken? And most importantly, do white jeans make you gay? The answer to all of those questions is we don't think so. But we'll let you be the judge as you listen to our favorite segments selected by our writers and producers. There are too many great moments to choose from. We got Bob the

drag queen, John Marco Seraci, Roy Wood Jr., Tignitaro, and Stephanie Allen. And at the end of the

episode, I will be joined by Sarah Lazarus and Halle Kiefer are writers because I made a bet.

And we're going to see how that bet turned out, but I don't

think everybody would be excited about this segment if I won. So let's get into it. What a year.

First up, these are two of my favorite moments from this year. Bob the Drag Queen and

Jessica Carson screamed, look over there them there back in April. And boy, did I. And then Andy Richter, Jason, Isaacs, and Paula Poundstow dig into what you can do with the vegans number two during one of the best rant wheels of the year. As things get progressively worse, an American conservative media gets more and more panicked about gender and sexuality, because if they didn't, they'd have to cover the news. I'm running out of things to say about it,

which is why I wanted you two to say it instead,

as we all weigh in on the question,

will this successfully distract

straight conservatives

from the many terrifying real problems

affecting our country?

In a segment, we're calling,

look over, they, them there.

I love

Bob and Jessica

sounds like a straight couple

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