I very much enjoy the podcast TrueAnon, hosted by Brace Belden, Liz Frantzak, and produced by Yung Chomsky. They do very high-quality research, have an encyclopedic knowledge of trends, sports, history, culture, and politics, and are funny as hell. I've been listening to them for years. I very much enjoyed their last few shows of the year. <dl dt_class="field"> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-508-145605595" author="" source="Patreon">Episode 508: Southern Strategy</a> This show discusses <iq>the new National Security Strategy, Machado, oil, and Trump's attempts to instigate a war with Venezuela.</iq> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-510-tip-146145162" author="" source="Patreon">Episode 510: Tip Line #10 Ft. Sarah Squirm and Jack Bensinger</a> Though they call it a <iq>classic call-in show</iq> because they play some calls from their tip line, this show has long riffing on those topics with SNL cast-member Sarah Sherman and SNL writer Jack Bensinger, who was actually funnier than Sarah. Sarah did have a few zingers but Jack, Brace, and Liz were noticeably more quick-witted. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-511-and-146436685" author="" source="Patreon">Episode 511: Haters and Losers</a> This is the yearly installment of who's a winner (e.g., Erika Kirk) and who's a loser (e.g., Charlie Kirk). <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-512-old-146662408" author="" source="Patreon">Episode 512: Old Saint Dick</a> <div><img attachment="struwwelpeter_-_die_geschichte_vom_daumenlutscher.webp" align="right" caption="Struwwelpeter - Die Geschichte vom Daumenlutscher">This show was released on Christmas. Brace and Liz read stories from the Bible, without skipping the weird parts. They discuss the logistics of the birth of Christ and his ensuing circumcision. <iq><b>Brace:</b> I think we have to accept the possibility that Baby Jesus had a missile.</iq> Citing the show notes, <bq>We discuss the amazing birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, and discuss at length the mystery of his foreskin.</bq> This may sound bizarre but it's because <i>history is bizarre</i>. They talk about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce" author="" source="Wikipedia">Holy Prepuce</a>, which is a relic that is Jesus's foreskin and which was banned by the Holy Roman Catholic Church. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce#Relic_in_Calcata,_Italy" author="" source="Wikipedia">Calcata, Italy</a>, it <iq>was paraded through the streets as recently as 1983.</iq> They did this on the first day of the year because that honest-to-God used to be called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Circumcision_of_Christ" author="" source="Wikipedia">Feast of the Circumcision of Christ</a> until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" source="Wikipedia">Vatican II</a> put the kibosh on that. Yum.</div> </dl>