In this episode, the derailment begins before we’ve even settled in — welcome back to Out of Context Weekly Scenarios. This week’s curiosities arrive in two familiar-but-unhinged flavours: Imran opens with what sounds like a sudden descent into “gangster mentality”, throwing Shaun completely off the scent before revealing he’s simply started The Sopranos — a bait-and-switch that sparks reflections on masculinity, power, and whether watching prestige TV automatically makes you feel like you understand organised crime. Meanwhile, Shaun confesses to a far more chaotic ritual: verbally abusing The Coronas five nights in a row at five different gigs, purely to manifest one specific song from deep within the group-of-groupies energy field. Was it dedication? Was it delusion? Did it work? Emotionally, at least — yes.

Our Topic of the Week turns to something both aspirational and quietly terrifying: Goals and the Five Year Plan. We unpack what it means to plan a future when life keeps changing the rules — the tension between dreaming big and staying realistic, how goals evolve as you do, and whether a five year plan is motivation, pressure, or just a polite way of lying to yourself with structure.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we take aim at Santa Claus — not the man himself, but the spectacle. From elaborate traditions to escalating expectations, we question when festive magic becomes logistical madness, and how a simple idea turned into a full-scale seasonal production with emotional stakes.

And finally, we close with Your Distance Dilemmas — real listener stories of friendship, communication, and the blurry terrain between drifting apart and circling back.

As always, it’s just the two of us — chatting nonsense, poking holes in big ideas, and tracing that winding line between laughter and the things that quietly shape our lives.

In this episode, the derailment begins before we’ve even settled in — welcome back to Out of Context Weekly Scenarios. This week’s curiosities arrive in two equally baffling flavours: Imran discovers that there’s an AI Jesus being trialled in Switzerland, sending him spiralling into questions about faith, technology, and whether salvation now comes with an algorithm. Meanwhile, Shaun finds himself deeply moved by a commemorative biscuit moment — specifically, a packet of Jaffa Cakes with his tea, unexpectedly heavy with nostalgia, comfort, and the quiet drama of realising a snack can carry emotional weight.

Off-topic (but very on-brand): Shaun quietly, then not-so-quietly, hits his weight loss goal for the year, prompting reflection, celebration, and the strange anticlimax that comes with achieving something you’ve been aiming at for months.

Our Topic of the Week turns to something we’re all navigating in real time: Adult Struggles. We dig into the unglamorous middle bits — managing energy instead of ambition, the admin of being alive, friendships that require calendars, and the slow realisation that everyone’s winging it, just with different levels of organisation.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we break down our Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay — what our most-played tracks say about our moods, our years, and the patterns we didn’t realise were following us around. From comfort listens to accidental personality traits, it’s a musical audit we didn’t consent to but absolutely will overanalyse.

And finally, we close with Your Distance Dilemmas — real listener stories of friendship, communication, and the blurry terrain between drifting apart and circling back.

As always, it’s just the two of us — chatting nonsense, diving into the serious moments, and tracing that winding line between laughter and the things that hold us together.

In this episode, the derailment begins before we’ve even settled in — welcome back to Out of Context Weekly Scenarios. This week’s curiosities arrive in two equally baffling flavours: Imran finds himself holding a baby for the very first time, rigid with the kind of terror usually reserved for defusing a bomb, while everyone around him insists he’s “a natural.” Meanwhile, Shaun is fake-orgasming in a Dunnes Stores car park for reasons even he can’t fully explain, questioning at what point in life you simply accept that you’ve become your own cautionary tale.

Our Topic of the Week circles something a little more universal: Long Distance FOMO. We explore why watching your friends live their lives through screens can feel like both connection and punishment, how the world keeps spinning without you, and the weird ache of being present but not there — half-included, half-forgotten, and trying to make sense of it.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we turn our attention to all things Christmas — the good, the chaotic, and the quietly stressful. From the pressure cooker of gift-giving to navigating expectation, tradition, and the annual performance of festive cheer, we unpack why this season can feel like both a hug and a headache.

And finally, we close with Your Distance Dilemmas — real listener stories of friendship, communication, and the blurry terrain between drifting apart and circling back.

As always, it’s just the two of us — chatting nonsense, diving into the serious moments, and tracing that winding line between laughter and the things that hold us together.