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It's Twisted Tea time! Q Jr leads the charge on the last dab, and the last wing of the night while the gang tries to recover from the ill advised hot wing challenge. Bruce entertains and enlightens with her singing and responses to the five questions for all new guests on the show. And no season finale would be complete without a few Charles Bukowski poetry readings from Infectious, including "Dinosauria, We" and "Bluebird". Enjoy!

The conversation continues with the addition of a new guest to the show, Bruce! Bruce brings her own particular brand of ferocity and humour, as the gang hits the wall taste testing the last 3 hot sauces: Garlic Reaper Sauce by Torch Bearer Sauces (Carolina Reaper) from Mechanicsburg, PA Fear This! by Hellfire Hot Sauce Inc (Carolina Reaper) from Lake Geneva, WI Da Bomb: Beyond Insanity by Spicin Foods from Kansas City, KS

Prophet, Infectious, Easy, Q Jr, and the Apostle Judas are joined by Mom and get right into discussion of their recent travels. Mom and Infectious discuss Windermere and where to take your dog for a dip and find turtles. Q Jr segues into his own travels to Hawaii where he saw turtles and celebrated "Aloha Day" with his family. Finally the gang starts the hot wing challenge. We lead off with some relatively tame entries, including: 1. Hippy Dippy Green by Angry Goat Pepper Co. (Avocado and Kiwi hot sauce) from Bradford VT 2. Cheeba Gold by High River Sauces (Barbados Style Scotch Bonnet Pepper sauce) from King's Park NY 3. Heartbeat Hot Sauce by Heartbeat Hot Sauce Inc. (Red Habanero) from Thunder Bay, Ontario

In this Fire and Wine segment, the gang welcomes Q Jr (aka White Chocolate Mocha aka Big Sexy) to the show, as well as returning guest the Apostle Judas. With Q JR changing poetry houses, the PIDLLP crew leads discussion on new beginnings and the end of an era, and ask him to detail his new and old tattoos. Finally, we hear his epic tale of being stranded in sunny, tropical Hawaii and how he finally got off the island.

In this final installment, the PIDLLP crew and AJ deep dive into the topic of tattoos. Easy Evan details the events that inspired his first and new tattoo, and the painful process he endured to celebrate his love of his dog and English football. Tyler Infectious explains the meaning behind many of his pieces, including the story behind the lion and the snake in the grass. Oh, and it's his birthday (don't worry, we sing the song). Finally, Easy recounts his Messi experience seeing Inter Miami CF in Vancouver.

The conversation veers to coffee, and the boys reference the unofficial sponsor of the Hello Calgary Podcast, the Kensington institution known as The Roasterie. Changing tastes in coffee and in life directions leads us to the Apostle Judas' new interest in options trading. The Prophet Esau's son Isaac (aka Thick Boy Jones) and his friend Nolan (aka Post Nalone) make a brief cameo on the show to discuss politics, camping and words that have been cancelled that are now making their way back.

The PIDLLP kids are back and talking tattoos and travel, and celebrating Easy Evan's and Infectious' new ink. Join us for a bottle of Traveller's 5 year aged Belizean rum as we welcome a surprise guest to the show... the Apostle Judas.

The Prophet Esau sits down to an NBA summer league game with BOC to talk about the Raptors young prospects and the impact of the frozen Kawhi Leonard trade. We dive into the recent Jaylen Brown trade and finally get reactions on the future of our very own Calgary Flames.

The PIDLLP Crew closes out this chance and fortunate meeting with author/ Calgarian Serena Arora.  Edmontonians emerge from the woodwork,  and Infectious admits to being born in our northern rival neighbor city.  Enjoy the sounds on the patio at the Ship, as we bid farewell for now to our new friendn Serena.

Easy Evan has additional questions for Serena, delving into the existential mystery of how she found us and how this all came about. The Prophet Esau discusses the parallels to his own life with Serena's experiences growing up in this great hometown. Infectious reads excerpts from Unbound and Serena provides insight and clarity to her words and stories. Enjoy!

The PIDLLP crew finally goes public, meeting author Serena Arora at the best pub in Calgary, the Ship and Anchor. Serena graciously answers our plethora of questions, connecting her responses to the life lessons and insights found in her new book Unbound. As a hometown Calgarian at heart, she shares her experiences of going to school and living in the greatest hometown we know. Easy Evan closes out this first segment with the poem Comfort by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza. Enjoy!

Another reading by Infectious from the Pocket Poet Series #4 entitled Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg. Easy Evan requests the most filthy and obscene poem from the book and Infectious delivers in spades. The boys reiterate their open invitation to Marlaina Danielle Smith to meet them for glass or at least an open, uncensored conversation on the first day of Stampede. Bring it on!

The boys continue the evening with a reading by the Prophet Esau of Bill Watterson's poem A Letter From Santa. The boys serve up a challenge, an open invitation to Danielle Smith to join them for a pint and uncensored conversation at the Ship and Anchor. The wine tasting comes to a head as the boys tally up the scores on the Best of the Worst blind wine identification contest.

The PIDLLP boys discuss censorship with reference to the censored poem Dick Pics by Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, read by Easy Evan. The conversation meanders through redactions, book bans and notwithstanding clauses, all issues affecting Calgarians. All this with a few glasses of the "Best of the Worst" wines in the world, come enjoy one with us and get nothing done.

The PIDLLP crew with Mom discuss old animations that gave Easy Evan nightmares. The group then pulls it together to finish out the Christmas season with their rendition of a Christmas Carol, enjoy and Happy HoHo! (in May)