In a satirical skit, Ryan pretends to call in from a bleak imagined 2035 and describes an exaggerated future of political upheaval, climate trouble, collapsing public services, AI control and a bribe-driven tax agency, while Agnes plays along. Midway the hosts talk about real delays in the IRS offer in compromise process, then Agnes promotes an eight-week bereavement group program and both close with a serious plea for society to look after its weakest members.
Takeaways
- Agnes's eight-week bereavement program starting March 12 offers groups for loss of a spouse, general loss, and the loss of an adult child, and she suggests attending two to three meetings before deciding.
- Grief is described as love with no place to go, and sharing it in a group can help you realize you are not alone.
- The hosts close by urging people to help the vulnerable and rethink where current trends could lead.
Chapters
- 0:00 Live from the future: the skit begins
- 3:12 Imagined air travel and education
- 7:33 Imagined Social Security and the IRS
- 10:11 Real IRS offer in compromise delays
- 12:18 Imagined health care, environment and animals
- 18:04 Imagined territories controlled by tech billionaires
- 21:14 Agnes's bereavement groups starting March 12
- 23:50 A serious close: helping each other
- 26:26 Like, subscribe and sign-off
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