{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Dark Companion Podcast","title":"Twas the Night Before Christmas and the OG’s are in the House | Mike, Grubes, Greggo, & Expo","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/663a818d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6412,"description":"It’s the last live hang before the holidays, and Your Dark Companion does what it does best: wanders happily from topic to topic, trips over nostalgia, and somehow lands on donuts, Rubik’s Cubes, World Series box scores, and the existential sadness of aging rock stars.\nMike, Grego, Shoopy, and Kevin (Expo) settle in at Dudley’s for a loose, laugh-heavy, very OG holiday episode. Shoopy drops a major life update, Expo casually solves a Rubik’s Cube while talking football, and the crew takes a long scenic drive through Cowboys dysfunction, Rangers reality, NFL parity, ancient radio carts, Philly snowballs, and the unspoken rules of bands that should (or should not) still be touring.\nIt’s funny, rambling, sentimental, sarcastic, occasionally profound, and exactly what a pre-Christmas episode of YDC should be. No agenda. No rush. Just stories, opinions, memories, and a lot of candy.\nHappy holidays from the boys. We’ll see you on the other side.\nCHAPTERS\n00:01:19 – Live from Dudley’s & The Last Live Show (For a Bit)00:02:45 – Christmas Pressure Is Real (And Can Ruin Lives Until May)00:05:02 – Shoopy’s Big News: Married and Still Standing00:07:21 – No Proposal Video, No Film Crew, No Regrets00:09:14 – The Legend of Multiple Wives (Mostly Fictional)00:12:22 – Expo’s Superpower: Solving a Rubik’s Cube Mid-Conversation00:14:33 – Radio Archaeology: Carts, Magnets, and Primitive Glory00:18:03 – Let’s Talk Sports (Unfortunately)00:18:15 – Cowboys Playoff Hopes (LOL)00:19:36 – Jerry’s Stadium, The Sun, and Eternal Denial00:21:25 – Cowboys Dysfunction: A Holiday Tradition00:22:36 – Are They Actually Close… or Just Delusional?00:25:02 – Franchise Tags, Divas, and Wide Receiver Psychology00:28:37 – Fans, Fights, and DK Metcalf Losing a Million Dollars00:34:24 – Geography Is Fake: Kansas City, Texarkana, and the Quad Cities00:40:30 – Coaches, Motorcycles, and the Bobby Petrino Resume00:44:00 – NFL Parity: Everyone’s Good, Everyone’s Bad00:48:40 – Bears, Packers, and Why That Game...","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}