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Dec 2022
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S5 Ep461: How to Spend Time Alone + Chri...

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About this episode
It’s our last show of 2022! Kathleen is helping everyone spend more quality time with themselves by recommending fun (and out-of-the-ordinary) things you can do while alone! Then, ’tis the season to rob a bank and stab your common-law husband. Bethany is listing some of the more bizarre crimes that have taken place during the holidays. Plus, what endorsement did Bethany and Kathleen turn down IMMEDIATELY? 

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What We Talked About:

14:26 - How To Spend Time Alone
36:06 -  Christmas Chrimes

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KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:
https://www.southernliving.com/home/things-to-do-alone-at-home
 https://www.southernliving.com/healthy-living/happy-at-home

BETHANY’S SOURCES:
https://dgriffinlaw.com/16-weirdest-craziest-christmas-crimes/
https://thetab.com/us/umass-amherst/2016/12/07/two-umass-students-arrested-charged-stealing-christmas-tree-boy-scouts-5601
https://christopherkokoski.medium.com/did-helen-ann-williams-get-away-with-murder-i-think-so-b623c78a0f38
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-stabbed-ceramic-squirrel-failing-buy-beer-article-1.1560341
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/prison-not-north-pole-for-santa-claus-burglar/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-02-mn-49864-story.html
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Pics-released-of-Santa-bandit-who-robbed-bank-5966969.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_(1999_film)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/h0y4hi/til_that_in_december_2014_a_guy_dressed_as_santa/
https://www.thedaonline.com/article_e6274c73-6c53-54b3-8206-762944fa758b.html
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