This week, Dai and David are joined by Christian Stran, a Texas-based music educator turned political commentator. The three talk about music, West Coast vs. East Coast vs. Gulf Coast, TikTok, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Sanders, The I've Had It Podcast, Texas politics, George W. Bush, being gay, faith, James Talarico vs. Jasmine Crockett for US Senate in Texas, Zohran, voting, gerrymandering, Jeffrey Epstein, Trump, the government shutdown, taxes, walking fast, chasing waterfalls, dating, and much much more!

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Happy New Year, and Welcome to Season 8 of Call Me Limbo! This week, Dai and David introduce themselves as "the ponks of politics," translate words into Spanish, set their 2026 goals (personal and podcast), figure out how to say "Wednesday," read their tarot cards, visit a psychic, grill hotdogs, watch Heated Rivalry and White Lotus, draw an oracle card, shower in the dark after a potion bath, play Hilary Duff at Zohran's inauguration, raise the minimum wage, root for the orcas in St. Barth's, benefit from the halo effect, and much much more!

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Clavicular Says Charlie Kirk Would Be Alive If He Was Hot | The Kyle Kulinski Show (YouTube)

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This week, Dai and David celebrate the season seven finale and wrap up 2025 with the Third Annual Friend of Phoebe Awards! These awards are given to people who have made a positive impact in our worlds, and we want to take a moment to recognize them. Thank you to anyone who has ever listened, shared an episode, financially contributed, or supported us in any way in our podcasting journey! See you next year!

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David Recites All The US Presidents on Talk To The Nation (TikTok)

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This week, Dai and David are joined by Cris and L Bolton-Hunter. Cris and L are the founders of a nonprofit called Rainbows and Reflections that gets books with LGBTQ+ representation to the readers who need them most at no cost to them. The interview covers queer joy, queer survival, liberation theology, deconstructing faith, Subarus, U-Haul lesbians, book bans, healing our inner child, values based living, resistance, the power of community, unconditional love, book shipping logistics, and much much more.

We feel so fortunate that Cris & L shared their third wedding anniversary with us! Go support Rainbows and Reflections, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

The Reading List:

• Gender Magic by Rae McDaniel
• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
• Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe & Sarah Peitzmeier
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices by Casper Ter Kuile
• Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table by Brandan Robertson

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicidal ideation.

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This week, Dai and David are joined by an incredibly special guest, Melat Kiros! Melat is running for Congress in Colorado's First District to represent Denver in the U.S. House of Representatives. The three discuss running for office, the Democratic Party, money in politics, FDR, DSA, corporations, power in organizing, public funding of elections, corporate PAC money, stakeholder supremacy vs shareholder supremacy, public safety, surveillance, over policing, housing first, AI regulations, unionizing, unlimited free hot chocolate refills, and much much more.

We hope you enjoy listening to this interview as much as we enjoyed having it! Go learn more about Melat at her campaign website and follow her on social media (links below).

More Perfect Union's Exclusive on Dynamic Pricing and AI Algorithms Manipulating Grocery Prices (YouTube)

Tyson Foods Closes Nebraska Plant (Yahoo Finance)

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This week, Dai and David celebrate a December to remember by drinking only good water, getting engaged in public, accepting free desserts, highlighting lime (over lemon) citrus supremacy, adding peppermint syrup to sweet tea, accepting boyfriend applications, sharing their love languages, negotiating over the thermostat, surviving flying on a Boeing, BYOTP, making the case for larger snack portions on airplanes, avoiding surprises but welcoming spontaneity, using facial recognition as an airplane ticket, eating baked beans and Christmas turkey for breakfast, becoming exhausted by chewable ice everywhere, and much much more.

Call Me Limbo Mixology with Sean Norris Episode

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This week, Dai and David put on their best performances as heterosexuals, share thoughts on the Wicked movie, celebrate corporate behemoth downfalls, gather their sense of direction, debate Apple Maps vs. Google Maps, diversify their data storage, discuss AI created music, express what they are thankful for this year, and much much more.

We Are Charlie Kirk AI-Created Song by Spalexma (YouTube)

AI-Created Song "I Run by HAVEN" Explained (Digital Music News)

"Madame Morrible MM Flip It Around Wicked Witch" -Michelle Yeoh (TikTok)

FACT CHECK: Evidently, people have driven into lakes using multiple GPS systems and not just Apple Maps (even though David will continue to not use it).

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This week, Dai and David don't know what they don't know, meet the lizard people in the underground tunnels at Denver International Airport, forgive but never forget, generate megawatts of power, eat at the food forest, figure out how to say and spell amortization, feed the naked (and the hungry), find love, discharge dishonorably, and discuss nuclear power, community land trusts, affordable housing, 50-year mortgages, churches not providing baby formula for people in need, and much much more.

Denver International Airport (DIA) Wants New Energy Sources (Denver7)

DIA CEO Spends Nearly $19k on International Flight (CBS News)

Tierra Colectiva Community Land Trust (GES Coalition)

Trump's 50-Year Mortgage Gets Warning from Moody (Newsweek)

Nine in Ten Denver Area Homes Lose Value in Past Year (Denver Post)

Church Baby Formula Test on TikTok (Religion Unplugged)

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