Duck Call Room Podcast: Episode Summary

Episode Title: Uncle Si & John Luke Hope 2026 Will Hold No More Funerals
Hosts: Si Robertson & Justin Martin (Martin), joined by John Luke, Hunter, Scott, and others
Date: December 30, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode marks the Duck Call Room’s casual and heartfelt transition from 2025 into 2026. The crew—led by Uncle Si and Justin Martin, with regulars like John Luke—dive into hilarious family banter, discuss the highs and lows of the year gone by, reminisce over musical tastes, talk YouTube and Spotify Wrapped stats, and focus on hopes, resolutions, and a little wisdom for the new year. There is both laughter and some introspective moments, with themes of letting go, learning, relationships, and faith.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Farewell to 2025, Hello 2026

• The group reflects on how tough 2025 has been for some, trading humorous jabs and sharing hopes for a better new year.
  • John Luke: “2025 can eat my butt cheeks. ...We’re done with you, 2025.” (02:00)
  • Martin: “You run through those stages of life…Can we see if we turn this page that everything will be all right?” (02:08)
• Uncle Si, as usual, is unfazed by New Year’s Eve traditions, except for poker:
  • “I don't waste my time pull junk like that. ... If it keeps me up, anything that keeps me up is junk.” (02:47, 02:57)

2. Food, Traditions, and Good-Natured Arguments

• Black-eyed peas and cabbage come up as classic New Year’s food. Si’s sticking to duck and dressing, while the crew debate food versus band:
  • Martin: “New Year's Day, you eat some black-eyed peas and cabbage?” (03:40)
  • Si: “I’ll probably eat duck and dressing.” (03:50)
• Playful confusion erupts over “Black Eyed Peas”—the food or the band—culminating in Si realizing the joke midstream:
  • “Oh, you talking about that crazy bunch? ... I thought you... the band?” (06:06)

3. Upcoming Duck Dynasty Content & Family Updates

• The crew hints at "Duck Dynasty: Revival" Season 2 coming in March 2026, teasing funny episodes and reflecting on past shooting chaos (10:19–11:32).
  • Martin: “So we got new Duck Dynasty coming for everybody.” (10:24)
  • John Luke: “I know of a certain episode that I will enjoy, but I’m not going to tell people about it.” (10:30)

4. Listener Appreciation & Heartfelt Letters

• John Luke shares a touching letter from a listener, Ashley, whose son underwent serious surgeries but is doing well, highlighting the podcast’s comforting role for fans:
  • John Luke: “She has had a son with three brain surgeries in the first four months of his life, but now he’s doing great... She listens to us on tough days.” (14:43)

5. Faith, Hope, and New Year’s Wisdom

• Uncle Si and Martin stress the need for hope, renewal, and learning from the past:
  • Si: “My hope for, you know, the human race is... I sure hope we have a better year in 2026 than we had in 2025.” (18:01)
  • Si: “When are we going to learn to try God’s way? Love him first and foremost and... love your neighbor.” (18:20)
• John Luke injects some philosophy:
  • “What is something that you are going to leave behind in 25? And what’s something that you’re going to take with you?” (32:50)

6. YouTube & Spotify Wrapped: A Window into the Crew’s Psyches

• Everyone shares their algorithm-driven digital lives, from home repair and leatherworking to DIY and Christian hip hop:
  • Hunter: “I had listened to a thousand and sixty eight different YouTube channels in the past year.” (20:47)
  • John Luke's Top Spotify Genres: “Christian hip hop, worship music, country, musicals.” (30:04)

7. Resolutions, “Words of the Year,” and the Wisdom of Experience

• The group banters about choosing a word for the new year—“Twins,” “Double,” “Reset,” and “Relax” are discussed.
  • John Luke: “My friend… had the best New Year’s resolution ever: no new vices.” (32:16)
  • Martin: “I am gonna make a healthy attempt to, to leave Copenhagen in 2025.” (34:01)
• Uncle Si focuses on growing as a person, mentoring, and the importance of relationships:
  • Si: “Try to improve me first…then... try to help [others] improve.” (36:42)
  • Si: “The most important thing in your life is a relationship.” (41:19)
• Martin and Si discuss finding the joy again in duck hunting and life by focusing on people and community, not just the activity or goal:
  • Si: “If all it was to hunting was pulling the trigger, I would sell every gun I got… It’s not about the hunt. It’s about who you’re with when you’re hunting.” (40:45–41:10)
• Wisdom through experience:
  • Si: “Experience is the best teacher.” (46:09)
  • Hunter: “Some people experience things, but they don't learn anything.” (48:47)

8. A Hope for “No More Funerals” in 2026

• After a tough year of loss, John Luke sets a hopeful, earnest tone:
  • John Luke: “Also, I don't want to be a pallbearer this year. So if we're anywhere near close… Don’t you go dying on me. It’s another goal of mine for 2026.” (52:14)

9. Faith as the Ultimate Resolution (Closing Reflection)

• John Luke wraps up with a powerful scriptural reference:
  • John Luke: “If you're not right with Jesus Christ, repent and be baptized. ...that will be the greatest New Year's resolution you could ever make.” (57:36–57:44)
    • Reference: Acts 2:37-39

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

[02:00] John Luke: “2025 can eat my butt cheeks...Get out of here. We're done with you, 2025.”
[06:06] Si (Realizing Black Eyed Peas confusion): “Oh, you talking about that crazy bunch? Yeah. Oh, good grief.”
[14:43] John Luke (sharing Ashley’s letter): “She listens to us on tough days. ...keep trudging.”
[18:01] Si: “My hope for, you know, the human race is, hey, I sure hope we have a better year in 2026 than we had in 2025.”
[18:20] Si: “When are we going to learn to try God’s way? Love him first and foremost and then...love your neighbor.”
[32:16] John Luke: “No new vices…Stick with your old ones.”
[34:01] Martin: “I am gonna make a healthy attempt to, to leave Copenhagen in 2025.”
[40:45] Si: “If all it was to hunting was pulling the trigger, I would sell every gun I got at the house. …because, hey, that goes from mom and dad to neighbors to brothers, all that. The most important thing in your life is. Is a relationship. How many do you have, and who are they with?”
[46:09] Si: “Experience is the best teacher.”
[48:47] Hunter: “Some people experience things, but they don’t learn anything.”
[52:14] John Luke: “Also, I don’t want to be a pallbearer this year. So if we're anywhere near close… Don’t you go dying on me. It’s another goal of mine for 2026.”
[57:36] John Luke (referencing Acts 2): “If you’re not right with Jesus Christ, repent and be baptized… that will be the greatest New Year’s resolution you could ever make.”

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|----------------------------------------------| | 01:09 | Episode intro, John Luke as "holiday guy" | | 01:57–03:02| Farewell to 2025 banter | | 03:46 | New Year's Day food & Black-eyed peas bit | | 06:06 | Black Eyed Peas (food vs. band confusion) | | 10:19 | Preview of Duck Dynasty: Revival S2 | | 14:43 | Listener letter from Ashley, comfort and appreciation | | 18:01 | Hopes for 2026, faith and improvement | | 20:47 | YouTube Wrapped, learning and hobbies | | 30:04 | Spotify Wrapped, musical taste confessions | | 32:16 | “No new vices” as a New Year’s resolution | | 36:42 | Si's mentor goal, relationships, Constitution referenced | | 40:45 | Joy in hunting/relationships | | 46:09 | Wisdom through experience | | 52:14 | “No more funerals” hope for 2026 | | 57:36 | Closing with scripture and faith |

Tone and Language

• The vibe is classic Duck Call Room: playful, warm, rowdy, and wise.
• Language veers from silly (“barely beatin’ the weirdo allegations”) to frank (“2025 can eat my butt cheeks”) to sincere and spiritual.
• Quotes are mainly verbatim from the hosts, delivering their trademark blend of humor and wisdom.

Final Thoughts

The episode is a blend of New Year’s reflection, family hijinks, and genuine encouragement. The crew’s friendship and faith shine through, grounding the humor in meaning. Core themes are resilience, gratitude, learning from experience, and keeping relationships (earthly and spiritual) at the center for the year ahead.

Closing Call:
As John Luke says, turning the page on the calendar doesn’t change everything, but it’s a chance to reset, deepen relationships, and “repent and be baptized”—rooting the coming year in faith, community, and a good dose of laughter.