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Man, what hyper-fixations will we get into next? Gardening? Video game accessories? Coming up with new gameshow ideas for the podcast? AITA?

WARNING!  WARNING! DOUG WALKER ALERT WARNING! WARNING!  Jon, Lauren, Spanky, and TJ talk about the fun time they had at the Midwest Gaming Classic 2026.  Yes, we saw the Doug Walker body pillow, no, we did not talk to him so you don't have to.

After a short discussion of new fancy drinks, dirty or otherwise, Spanky and Jon discuss their dueling gardens, and Matt continues his playthrough of the entire* Resident Evil Series.  Feel free to Read along with us, in the preview for Season 3 of Born in the Eighties, where we discuss the March and April 1996 issues of Nintendo Power!!!

When you are working with Dick's, you gotta be careful.  You never know how they will act, and you could end up burned.

Yeah, Pokemon day came and went. 30th anniversary?! Pah!  Where can you even buy cards when Gamestop is even scalping.  Jon needs to get his pack ripping fix, and he doesn't want to break the bank!

He died for our cars related sins.

We start of 2026 with many predictions, who will win? Who will lose?  Will anyone care? Grab your goo belt and pull up your big boy pants, it is 2026 baybeeee!

Girls can be gross right?  Yeah.

Well, here we are again, this time to watch the 2006 Christmas Dud "Deck the Halls", could a movie with a title this generic written by the guy who wrote "Big Momma's House 2" and directed by the guy who directed "Big Momma's House 2" be all that bad?   Yes.

Patties down, buns up, that is the way we like to... make Culvers Curdiracle rice. *Note, Born in the Eighties and its subsidiaries will not be held accountable to any intestinal distress by the consumption of Curdiracle Rice.

The gang tries out some fast food delicacies, and five below beverage finds.  Jon then tells the tales of his recent trip to Orlando.     Episode Photo by Jonathan Cooper: https://www.pexels.com/photo/big-container-on-pavement-8811446/

When you are thirsty, reach for the White Power-ade.  Don't think too long about what those words together mean, or how it sounded when you said it.  It is white cherry flavored!  What exactly is a white cherry anyway? Anyhoo, glug glug!

Sometimes the best way to protect yourself from the rain is a black sith cloak.

In this special episode we are joined by the author, Kaila Yu, talking about her new book "Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty".  Topics range from the import modeling scene and the very troubling depictions of asians in media in the early 2000's, to completely important questions by a returning "Quizbot".  Check out this episode, and check out Kaila's book, available now wherever you usually buy books!

Does Jon really need that gene sequencer?  What home is not complete without a gene sequencer?  Matt becomes Dr. Matt, Cat MD, and Spanky is really interested in Palmer Luckey's new gaming device.