Dec 29, 2025 · 50 min · 8 segments
The boys catalog the definitive worst takes of the year, from the pundits who misunderstood our political moment to a guy who wants to have sex with a computer. To hear the rest of the episode…
Peter ShamshiriHost
Michael HobbesHost
And I think that means that we h- we have between us the actual worst takes of the year.
No recency bias either, that's just this week what you've been thinking about.
The only thing you've been thinking and, uh, texting me about for the last two weeks.
You do a two-parter about how this guy is the biggest piece of shit on Earth-
... and then at one point you're like, "Hey, and by the way, he knows how to do vertical integration," and then people are like, "Peter, you're a sucker."
As usual, I, uh, am using this as an opportunity to reflect on the year that has come behind us.
I think politically, the central fact of this year was that it became undeniable that we're in the middle of an authoritarian resurgence.
It's really fucking obvious what has happened to the United States at this point, and so the op-ed pages of the country had to, like, deal with it.
Like, what are they going to do as this becomes just increasingly, thuddingly obvious?
And I think that means that we h- we have between us the actual worst takes of the year.
No recency bias either, that's just this week what you've been thinking about.
The only thing you've been thinking and, uh, texting me about for the last two weeks.
You do a two-parter about how this guy is the biggest piece of shit on Earth-
... and then at one point you're like, "Hey, and by the way, he knows how to do vertical integration," and then people are like, "Peter, you're a sucker."
As usual, I, uh, am using this as an opportunity to reflect on the year that has come behind us.
I think politically, the central fact of this year was that it became undeniable that we're in the middle of an authoritarian resurgence.
It's really fucking obvious what has happened to the United States at this point, and so the op-ed pages of the country had to, like, deal with it.
Like, what are they going to do as this becomes just increasingly, thuddingly obvious?
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