Agnes offers a system update and outtakes from two seasonal headlines and arguments: "White Christmas Allegedly Mugged By Black Christmas" and "Baby It's Cold Outside Accused Of Harassment"!

Show Notes!

As promised, more on workplace safety from The Atlantic in response to Tom Cruise's inspirational speech on the matter!

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/12/what-tom-cruises-covid-19-rant-really-means/617430/

Find the featured suspects—here!

"White Christmas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ36gbGlm8Y

"Baby It’s Cold Outside" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crFQpOCDfEc

As the official launch of Season 2 remains put off, Agnes the Announcer interviews The 12 Days Of Christmas. Meanwhile, in the background, Dr. Wu persists with experiments toward a cure to the virus that allows the continuation of Season 1’s attack on Season 2.

Show Notes!

More on The 12 Days of Christmas:

The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carol vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained

The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)

[OFFICIAL VIDEO] 12 Days of Christmas - Pentatonix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHmQANFtNs

Lyrics on Genius https://genius.com/Christmas-songs-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-lyrics

More on hoarders:

Hoarders https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hoarding-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356056

And on Math's 12 Days calculations: "PNC Financial annually calculates the total cost of all the gifts presented in the song, and the estimate for 2018 total comes to $39,0094.93. Source: The Twelve Days of Christmas Explained" https://library.osu.edu/site/copyright/2018/12/21/public-domain-christmas-songs/

The launch of Season 2 is thwarted as Season 1 holds it hostage, refusing to accept the end of its tenure, not seeing Season 2 as a legitimate successor. While Dr. Wu consults with renowned negotiators to end the stalemate between the Seasons, Agnes The Announcer patches into Dr. Wu’s “What We’re Listening To” channel which turns out to be an audio feed mashup of searches into pet advice and survival tactics!

Bonus features!

• More on Cleopatra: https://www.ancient.eu/Cleopatra_VII/
• Harvard’s Best Negotiations in History: https://www.pon.harvard.edu/tag/best-negotiators-in-history/

Enjoy!