Utah is weird. New Orleans is haunted. St. Louis still sucks.

This week, the gang ranks the best and worst destinations they've encountered, from cult compounds and liquor laws to ghost tours and big-city energy. Plus, a White House economist explains why your maxed-out credit card is actually good news, and Republicans discover a new strategy: middle school insults.

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:03:19) 2026 Bingo Card and Celebrity Death Pool update

(0:10:30) Meredith’s leather bag addiction update

(0:14:00) Jay might be dying

(0:24:00) White House chief economic adviser doesn’t know anything about economics

(0:33:45) Republicans roast James Talarico

(0:51:00) SOTW travel guide

Songs:

“The Passenger” by Iggy Pop

“Roam” by The B-52s

“Road Trippin’” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Notes:

GLP-1 cancer study (0:04:48)
A Whistleblower Claims the CIA Is Searching DNA Sites for Alien-Human Hybrids (0:07:25)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Ebola virus disease update (0:08:39)
The Effects of a “Low-Fire, Low-Hire” Economy on Workers (0:30:10)
The “No-Hire, No-Fire” Economy: What the Latest Data Really Shows (0:30:10)
Job openings jump, but labor market stuck in 'low-hire, low-fire pattern' (0:30:10)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Facebook depicting James Talarico as a woman (0:37:32)
Republicans cannot stop generating images of James Talarico as a woman (0:41:40)
Oklahoma City is the 4th largest city in the contiguous states by land area, preceded by Jacksonville, Fla.; Anaconda, Mont.; and Butte, Mont. (1:05:10)