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Post-Thanksgiving Leftovers: a Smorgasbord of Random Topics with Laura and Kevin

Laura Milstein, Gabriela Schulte and Kevin Albert

This week’s post-Thanksgiving episode is a full smorgasbord of random stories, internet rabbit holes, and tech-adjacent tangents. Laura and Kevin skip the usual guest and run through a pile of listener-requested topics. They start with the viral Tinder profile of a man who openly admitted to abusing women yet pulled in more than 800 matches, which leads them into the strange world of dating-while-incarcerated sites. From there, they jump to Japan’s businesses that help people legally disappear without a trace, and how that even works in a world where everything leaves a digital footprint. Things keep escalating, including a true story about a man who robbed a bank to get away from his wife, only to be sentenced to house arrest. It’s messy and funny and they somehow still land the plane with a tech angle at the end. Perfect listening if you want something light but still genuinely interesting after the holiday.