E20: Iced Dunkin' in a Snowstorm, Explaining Y2K, The Impact of Oregon Trail, and Some Politics, Too

For our year-end episode, I brought on two good friends who are a generation younger than me: Emerson Doiron and Zach Nelson. We talked 2025 politics (NH and national), but then things careened wildly: Getting iced coffee at Dunkin' with Eric Swalwell during a snowstorm. How playing Oregon Trail on the one computer in the classroom in the early-to-mid 1980s made me afraid of...Oregon. How Vegas (where Zach is from) has changed the rules, minimum bids, and payout of blackjack over the past 15 years to make it a lot less attractive to everyday people. Why Drake Maye is the NFL MVP (and Matthew Stafford is not). How the "Nick Punto trade" caused me to wake up my entire family while getting gas in Gray, Maine. And describing the leadup to Y2K to young Millennials without sounding crazy. Have some fun, kick back, and enjoy this wide-ranging, stream-of-consciousness conversation as you take some time off before 2026 kicks in!