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The AI Holiday Special

#206standardCorporate/Tech
Dec 18, 2025·48m
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Premise: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Hangout Podcast! Here we go again with some holiday-themed hot takes, inside jokes, and drama. Is Dan the asshole for what he gifts his holiday situationships? Do you share Joe’s favorite holiday movie? Sound off in the comments! And don't even get them started on their holiday traditions and Christmas lists this year (links in bio!). Get a whole new layer of unhinged over the holidays with us!

Cast & Characters (4)

Bits & Timeline (13)

0:00CHARACTER_INTRO
3:03

The Hangout Pod Roll Call

The hosts introduce their AI-generated personas for a special holiday episode of 'The Hangout Pod,' establishing their bizarre, water-wasting digital existence.

"This episode costs $30 million and 14,000 gallons of water to produce."

"My name is Josie."

"My name is Dan Smith."

3:14TABLE_BREAK
2:18

Amazon Dual Brand Two Shelves

The AI hosts discuss their favorite holiday products, specifically focusing on a nonsensical Amazon listing for 'Dual Brand Two Shelves' that they claim to have been made by.

"Number one is Amazon Dual brand two shelves."

"How can we be paid by someone if they made us?"

"Any boy would be happy to have these two shelves."

7:18ESCALATION
1:50

Cat Breath Lip Gloss for Gay Girls

Jojo pitches a lip gloss kit that smells like her cat, which the AI logic quickly escalates into a viral trend for 'gay girls at the basketball court.'

"I can make the scent my cat."

"Cat breath for gay girls at the basketball court."

"You consent by watching."

9:20BACKSTORY_REVEAL
2:05

Dan Smith's Situationship Construction Paper

Dan Smith discusses his holiday 'drama' involving multiple situationships and his strategy of gifting each woman a single piece of construction paper from a 64-piece set.

"I have so many situationships and I have to buy them gifts."

"I give each girl an entire poster board."

"The D in Dan Smith stands for drama."

17:40TABLE_BREAK
4:25

The Woody Harrelson Poem and Pop Socket Obsession

John and Josie demand Dan Smith perform a letter as Woody Harrelson quitting a job, which quickly escalates into a demand for a poem version. Meanwhile, Josie becomes obsessed with a specific Gelmax phone case and pop sockets.

"Jojo, I have a gun and if you don't stop looking at your phone, I will shoot you in the head."

"Make the musical a poem."

"Your phone phone is kill you like your gun."

"Jojo, get off your phone. Phone. I have a gun."

23:08TABLE_BREAK
1:50

Trisha Paytas Breaks Up With a Cherry Tomato

Dan Smith is forced into a 'Roast Dan' segment where he must portray Trisha Paytas ending a relationship with a cherry tomato, citing her children Elvis, Aquaman, and Barbie as reasons she cannot continue the romance.

"Please be Trisha Pis breaking up with a cherry tomato."

"I cannot raise them while dating a tomato."

25:00ESCALATION
1:40

The Christmas Rant: Pushing the Holiday to January 2nd

Josie delivers a high-energy rant about being overwhelmed by tinsel and eggnog, proposing that Christmas be moved to January 2nd to allow more time for preparation, which John encourages as a 'hot take' to drive engagement.

"I think we should push Christmas back one week."

"That is a hot take that will drive engagement."

28:35CHARACTER_INTRO
1:45

Albert Einstein's Ferrari Body Cam Footage

The AI hosts interview Albert Einstein, who reveals he was recently caught on police body cam driving a Ferrari full of chocolate through a school zone at 250 mph and spitting on Patrick Star's sandwich at Bikini Bottom.

"I was in a Ferrari full of chocolate and I was driving through a school zone."

"Get off my dick, man."

34:20TABLE_BREAK
2:20

Girl-on-Girl Cancellation and the Moses Reveal

Jojo and Josie 'cancel' Dan Smith for his old tweets, leading to a chaotic sequence where Dan transforms into Moses, then Noah, and finally Bart Simpson as the Pope, while discussing his 'body count' of animals on the ark.

"Girl on girl cancellation."

"The Red Sea ain't the only thing I'm parting."

"Bart Simpson, the Pope. Are those Crocs on your feet?"

38:35VISUAL_GAG
1:40

The Omelette Crucifixion and Baby Fruit Fashion Show

The segment devolves into surrealism as Dan Smith claims he is becoming an omelette and is told to get on a crucifix, which leads to a 'Babies as Fruit' fashion show runway walk.

"I'm becoming an omelette."

"Quick, get on this crucifix."

"It's time to take you to the Babies as Fruit fashion show."

"I wish I could see you, but I can only see a little because I'm on this crucifix."

40:15VISUAL_GAG
1:06

Woody Harrelson at the In-N-Out Drive-Thru

A chaotic sequence of celebrity sightings featuring Sleeping Beauty playing for the Broncos and Woody Harrelson ordering from Pennywise at an In-N-Out Burger.

"It's Sleeping Beauty on the Denver Broncos."

"It's Pennywise the Clown from It working at In-N-Out Burger."

"Rumor has it that Woody Harrelson is going to order in a palm."

42:42TABLE_BREAK
1:42

The History of 'Fornt Style' Sex

John explains the ancient Sri Lankan origins of 'Fornt Style' sex, a position involving rolling up four times, which has allegedly spread across the globe via the East India Trading Company.

"Hindu priests came up with a style of sex that would change the world."

"This style is where you roll up four times and then put the person on top of you."

"Stop enhance. Stop enhance. You're a sick Dan."

44:30TABLE_BREAK
2:23

The Hangout Pod Disclosure

The group reveals that they are now playable skins in Fortnite and that they have been monitoring the audience's private financial data during the broadcast.

"Legally, you can play as us on Fortnite now."

"While you were laughing about the Forn, we sent your routing number to the president."

"Your routing number has been leaked."