Episode 17: 2026 is here!

Send us Fan MailStart the year where curiosity meets chaos: we kick off 2026 with a no-filter tour through TV finales, airport seizures, lab breakthroughs, Florida oddities, and the economics of love and labor. First up, we lock horns over the Stranger Things ending—some of us cheer the callbacks and the generational handoff, others wanted a relentless, grander final battle. That clash exposes a bigger tension in modern storytelling: does a finale owe us fireworks, or a clean emotional landing?Then we zoom out to the borders and biology. A suitcase packed with bushmeat at O’Hare sparks a debate about culture, public health, and why biosecurity rules exist. We balance empathy with reality: customs agents aren’t taste-policing, they’re pathogen-proofing. On the science front, Japan’s synthetic blood research turns heads; not a sci‑fi immortality serum, but a potential lifesaver that carries oxygen when lungs can’t. Think trauma care, ambulances, and battlefield triage—the minutes that decide everything.Florida being Florida, we wade into a shattered handicap-stall seat at Outback and what “premises liability” actually means when a bathroom accident becomes a legal battle. Miami then gets surreal with a reported break-in involving groping and urination, raising hard questions about victim narratives, sensational headlines, and the slow grind of due process.Money myths crack next. Dame Dash’s bankruptcy filings collide with public bravado, reminding us that image isn’t income and you can’t flex your way past judgments, tax bills, or child support. We pivot to a big idea that had us debating for real: formally paying motherhood as labor—per-pregnancy compensation plus a salary for full-time caregiving. We unpack the equity upside, the power risks, and the safeguards that make it work: separate accounts, clear timelines, independent counsel, and a plan that honors both care and autonomy.We wrap by staring down power dynamics in the music industry—contracts rushed, parties blurred, credits unpaid—and laying out practical guardrails for creators: escrow deposits, kill fees, time-capped deliverables, and the courage to walk when the terms get fuzzy. Hit play for honest laughter, useful skepticism, and a few takeaways you can actually use.If this conversation made you think, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review—what topic should we tackle next?With your support Table 4 Three can improve.  We are looking for donations to reach our goal of a thousand dollars.  But let's make this fun!!!  Whenever someone donates $10 or more, they will receive a shoutout on our next episode.  The person who has the highest donation can choose which Table 4 Three member gets a pie to the face...to which will be aired on our first video podcast.  As always, we love and appreciate your support.Support the showEmail:  [email protected]:  @table.4.three.podcastInstagram:  @table4three_podcast