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!

Dr. Wu gets infected with a virus in the form of Teddy Fuller, the main character in last week’s episode. Teddy takes over part two of The Peace Offering to offer perspective on his story and Dr. Wu’s channeling skills, defining the doctor as an “unreliable narrator.”

Wu and Botsplainer present a teaser for season 2 in the form of a faction story, The Peace Offering—a mashup of trending topics spun into a fictional story about the pursuit of peace going off the rails.

Wu and Botsplainer react to the top trending video on YouTube at 5:28 pm EST on November 9th, 2020—Biden Victory Cold Open - SNL.

Watch the video clip on the NBC hit program Saturday Night Live's YouTube channel!

Wu channels Batman—from somewhere in the multiverse—as he discusses his life and times and responds to the question of “why so serious?”

Go to the following link for the full details!

https://www.danallittle.com/batman-responds-to-the-question-why-so-serious/

Wu and Botsplainer celebrate Halloween by cataloging the top three scariest or best horror movies with the help of Fear who offers input into the scariest moments of life and what makes them so much fun!

For more on Halloween, horror, and human hormones that make up the thrill of fear, check out our source material @thechannelshow on Facebook or at thechannelshow.podbean.com!

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• Halloween History | National Geographic YouTube
• Broadband Choices | The Science of Scare
• Why do we like to be scared? University of Southern California news asked Alex Ago their director of programming and special projects. He said that “conquering the fear of death is at the core of all horror films . . . it’s the way in which that problem is presented by the film that speaks to the specifics of the society at any given time.”
• From Allegra Ringo's "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?" 2013 article in The Atlantic: “New research from David Zald shows that people differ in their chemical response to thrilling situations. One of the main hormones released during scary and thrilling activities is dopamine, and it turns out some individuals may get more of a kick from this dopamine response than others do. Basically, some people’s brains lack what Zald describes as “brakes” on the dopamine release and re-uptake in the brain. This means some people are going to really enjoy thrilling, scary, and risky situations while others, not so much.”
• What is science? NASA tells us that science is “Science consists of observing the world by watching, listening, observing, and recording. Science is curiosity in thoughtful action about the world and how it behaves.”Rotten Tomatoes' Top 200 Best Horror Movies of all Time
• Psycho—at the top of the top 200
• Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 Best Horror Movies
• Us—at the top of the top 100

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