Thanksgiving Food Traditions, Holiday Movies & a Live-Stream Update

Recorded just after Thanksgiving 2021, Michelle and Henrique Couto compare two very different holiday tables. Michelle maps out stuffing, rice pilaf, broccoli casserole, marshmallow-topped yams and a crowded dessert spread, while Henrique champions mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, cornbread pudding and his mother’s twice-baked potatoes. Cranberry preferences, potato skins and a family pie order from Frisch’s Big Boy turn the meal into a playful regional-food argument.Henrique’s exhausting holiday continues through two family dinners and a late movie night with friends. The annual double feature pairs Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Dutch, then everyone stays for the 2021 horror comedy Black Friday. He explains why the retail-worker setting hit home, why the gathering lasted until 3:30 a.m. and why making potato latkes was less appealing when they could not be served straight from the stove.Then the title’s “talk” becomes a real announcement. After 108 conversations, the hosts explain that this was the final episode in the show’s original podcast-first format. Their 100th-episode livestream had been fun enough to inspire a looser interactive version built around audience participation and reaction videos. As described in this 2021 recording, live video would happen when their schedules allowed, archived video would remain available and edited audio would continue on the podcast feed.The episode also checks in on Michelle finishing Squid Game after a social-media tease spoiled part of its mystery. A final Hanukkah tangent finds her searching Wegmans for menorah candles and explaining that the holiday begins the previous evening on the Jewish calendar. Thanksgiving food, seasonal movies and a format experiment make this a transition episode that still sounds unmistakably like Michelle and Henrique.LinksEmail the hosts: [email protected]