SJ and Kay kick off 2026 by diving headfirst into the steamy world of hockey romance, fresh off SJ's binge of HBO's Heated Rivalry - the Critics' Choice-nominated adaptation of Rachel Reid's queer M/M powerhouse. Honorary Hockey Mom Kay gives a hockey crash course (complete with a brutal quiz on shifts, sticks, and glove-dropping consent), SJ talks beautifully cast leads like Connor Sherry and Hudson Williams, and both do real-talk on why the show's rosy romance clashes with hockey's zero-out NHL reality. From heart-melting on-ice proposals to critiques of locker-room homophobia (shoutout to trailblazer Brock McGillis), the gals talk why straight women love gay sports smut, recommend must-reads like Mile High by Liz Tomforde and The Deal by Elle Kennedy, and ponder hotter adaptations for curvy heroines, throuples, and beyond-hockey vibes (hello, pickleball and rowing?). Plus, a nod to why all sports are low-key homoerotic. Grab your "I Hope Both Teams Have Fun" sweatshirt for 45 minutes of cognitively offloading in a terrible world.

Join us as we ring in 2026 with a fierce boycott on body-shaming resolutions, trading gym guilt for feel-good intentions like starting a romance-smut book club, embarking on quirky micro-adventures in our own city, and treating ourselves to fancy coffees and airport snacks without apology. We play a Family Feud-style game guessing America's top resolutions which Kay was shockingly bad at, dish on branching into new literary genres, and wrap up holiday drama with a takedown of shame-y Elf on the Shelf parenting and a fact-checked tale of sneaky separate-bed sleepovers. It's all about fun, fabulous goals that celebrate joy over judgment. Grab your little treats, light your possibly-overpriced candles, and hit play for a positive start to the year!

In the chaotic glow of 2025's close, we reflect on pop culture that absolutely delivered in a year that aged us a decade: uncomfortable brotherly vibes in The White Lotus, steamy hockey romance in Heated Rivalry, and the ultimate female friendship glow-up in Wicked (shoutout to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo's interlaced fingers). We talk 2025 book news like Onyx Storm and Rebecca Yarros's boundary-holding brilliance, debate fantasy's sneaky progressivism amid self-pub smuts and tropes galore. We bop to Taylor Swift's joyful era, Sabrina Carpenter's energy, and rising pop girlie Adela. We mostly keep it light with music recs for millennial moms, book hauls from Ali Hazelwood to Emily Henry, and a dystopian Love Island twist in The Compound. But...we do dip into the depressing (Epstein files, weird "machine-gun lips" mentions, and disturbing JD Vance AAO3 fanfic) with a side of Satanic '80s history. Wrapping with wishlist hilarity: athletic heroines, Issa Rae for prez, elderly Love Is Blind sex ed, and bipartisan blowjob scandals. It's silly, smutty, supportive, and the perfect cognitive offload for good girls surviving the void, cheers to 2026!