{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Dark Companion Podcast","title":"Your Dark Companion & the OG: The Best Of 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7864,"description":"Welcome to the Best Of 2025 of Your Dark Companion — a beautifully chaotic time capsule of how this show somehow survived lightning strikes, live disasters, questionable fashion choices, deeply honest conversations, and more than a few moments where someone probably should’ve said, “hey, maybe don’t say that.”\nThis episode is part victory lap, part therapy session, part sports bar conversation that accidentally gets profound. You’ll hear the stories that stuck with us, the moments that made us stop mid-sentence, and the ones that made us laugh so hard we forgot we were recording. There’s baseball, radio, music, mental health, chemistry, legacy, and the very real realization that some of the best moments in life happen when everything goes sideways.\nIf you’ve been with us since the beginning, this one’s for you.If you’re new here… this is probably not the right place to start — but it is the most honest one.\nThanks for riding with us through Year One.We’ll see you next year.And yes… the pants story made it in.\n⏱️ CHAPTERS\n00:00:00 - Baseball, Big Mics & Immediate Lightning00:03:15 - AOL Instant Messenger and Accidental Career Turns00:07:26 - Chemistry: If You Don’t Have It, It’s Church00:08:31 - Credibility, Goldie Throats & Being Taken Seriously00:11:31 - Underdogs, The Little Ticket & Doing It Your Way00:13:04 - One Year In and Asking “What Did We Just Do?”00:20:04 - Sports Overload, RedZone Addiction & Needing Rehab00:24:15 - Free Will, Fate & Conversations That Actually Matter00:27:43 - Willie Mays, Perfect Games & Sacred Baseball Moments00:37:52 - When the Power Goes Out and Everything Changes00:41:51 - All-In Jobs and No Half Measures00:50:09 - Punk Rock, Leather Pants & Classroom Regret00:53:44 - Bunny Costumes and a First Pitch Gone Sideways00:57:26 - Why Sports Moments Stick Forever01:01:27 - Joe Flacco, Big Tex & Somehow Serious Analysis01:06:38 - Building a Station on Chemistry and Chaos01:10:15 - Unexpected Guests and Office Situations You Can’t...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MY5pcsVq0QCXSElEJXNsUEiC8gyrgEoWfpnhiVr9GdU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZTA1/ZjBmZGFkOTk5ZDdi/YWRmMDQ3NGZjY2Ex/ZjgxYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}