We all have one.
That small, comfortable lie we repeat so often it stops sounding like a lie and starts sounding like who we are.

In this episode, I kick off Season 2 by tearing apart self-deception — the quiet, domestic kind.
The lies we tell ourselves to avoid reality, responsibility, and the discomfort of being honest for five minutes.

No inspiration.
No safe space.
Just recognition, cringe, and a mirror you didn’t ask for.

If you’ve ever thought “I’ll start Monday” and meant never — this one’s for you.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman

New Year’s Eve.
The most chaotic night of the year.
The night of promises, traditions nobody understands,
and the collective illusion that everything resets at midnight.

This episode closes the Holiday Sessions
with humour, observation, and a look at how ridiculous
—and strangely hopeful— we all become at the end of the year.

Resolutions we won’t keep.
Rituals we follow “just in case”.
Expectations we pretend to believe in.

More than a festive series, this season became an experience.
Messy. Exhausting. Honest.
A reflection of people, routines, and everything December does to us.

This is the end of Season One.
And in the new year, a new chapter begins.

Different energy.
Same outsider perspective.

Why are people like this?

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.

That strange space between Christmas and New Year
where time stops working,
motivation disappears,
and no one knows what day it is anymore.

This episode is short.
Because the Dead Week is short on meaning too.

No plans.
No structure.
No urgency.
Just pyjamas, leftovers, mental fog,
and society running on low battery.

A small, honest episode about that weird limbo
where nothing really happens
and somehow… everything feels off.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.

December 26th.
When the lights are still up,
the food is still everywhere,
but the magic quietly left the room.

This episode is about the aftermath of Christmas —
the leftovers,
the mess,
the emotional hangover,
and that strange calm that no one actually knows what to do with.

Not sad.
Not happy.
Just… human.

An honest, dry, slightly ironic look at the days after the chaos —
when pyjamas become permanent,
motivation disappears,
and reality slowly taps you on the shoulder.

We’re also getting close to the end of Season One.
Just a couple more Holiday Sessions to go
before we reset and move into a new season.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.

Yes, this episode is about Christmas Eve.

But after a whole month talking about Christmas —
the comfort, the joy, the chaos, the rituals —
it felt right to pause for a moment.

Because while many of us sit at full tables,
with lights, food, noise and laughter,
the world outside doesn’t stop.

This episode is about the Christmas Eve that exists beyond tradition:
for those who don’t have much,
for those who are far from the people they love,
for those whose Christmas is different this year,
and for those where grief and joy quietly sit side by side.

Not to make anyone feel guilty.
Not to give lessons.
Just to acknowledge reality — gently, honestly.

A Christmas Eve episode to listen to quietly,
to reflect,
and maybe to feel a little more connected.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.

Christmas doesn’t start on Christmas Eve.
It starts when the family begins to arrive.

One by one.
With bags, opinions, questions, chaos,
and absolutely no sense of personal space.

This episode is about that period before the big night:
everyone sleeping everywhere,
sharing rooms with people you barely know,
aunts observing in silence,
kids running wild,
last-minute shopping,
Christmas markets gone wrong,
and the slow realisation that…
this is just the warm-up.

It’s loud.
It’s messy.
It’s uncomfortable.
And somehow… completely familiar.

Because if this is already like this,
Christmas Eve is going to be unhinged.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.

December turns into a full-time job very quickly.

One minute you’re fine,
the next you’re decorating, buying, baking, donating, preparing,
opening advent calendars you’re never fully happy with,
and somehow doing everything — willingly.

In this episode, I walk through my December so far:
the tree, the traditions, the little rituals,
the things we laugh about, complain about,
and still do every single year.

Not because we have to.
Because it’s Christmas.

This isn’t about hating traditions.
It’s about living them — proudly, imperfectly,
and slightly overwhelmed.

And yes… I did all of them.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.

Work Christmas parties are not celebrations.
They’re social experiments.

In this episode, we sit quietly at the table and observe the full parade:
the loud ones,
the oversharers,
the awkward flirts,
the karaoke confidence,
the photos nobody asked for,
and the dance floor nobody wanted.

No big speeches.
No moral lessons.
Just quiet judgment, real situations, and that feeling of
“I’ve definitely seen this before.”

If you’ve ever survived a work party by watching everyone else implode,
this episode is for you.

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Hosted by Noah B Jackman.