285) Most Loved + Most Hated Thanksgiving Traditions

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Nick Amell challenges listeners to guess a top 10-ish list about Thanksgiving traditions, starting with the 1621 harvest legend.

In episode 285 of the 10ish Podcast, host Nick Amell is joined by recurring guest Daniel Zafran, co-host of the candy review podcast Candy is Dandy. The episode focuses on two mini-lists: the top five most popular and top five most dreaded Thanksgiving traditions, sourced from surveys by Inner Body and USA Today Blueprint. Nick introduces the topic by referencing the 1621 harvest legend and Abraham Lincoln's 1863 declaration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, noting the controversy around its origins. Daniel guesses the lists in real-time, with Nick providing trivia and corrections. The most popular traditions include Thanksgiving dinner (63% of respondents), family gatherings, Thanksgiving lunch, the Thanksgiving Parade, and watching Thanksgiving movies or TV specials. The most dreaded traditions are hosting Thanksgiving, holiday expenses, stressful travel, political disagreements, and seeing uncomfortable family members. The hosts share personal anecdotes, such as Daniel's non-traditional family meals and Nick's travel habits in Los Angeles. They discuss statistics like 55 million Americans traveling an average of 44 miles for Thanksgiving and the plumbing industry's term 'Brown Friday' for post-Thanksgiving service calls. The episode features humorous segments, including callbacks to past episodes like 'Frank and Weenie' and plugs for bonus content on Black Mirror. It concludes with Daniel promoting his podcast and Nick encouraging listener feedback on Thanksgiving traditions.

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Thanksgiving trivia gets stuffed with bad arithmetic, host teasing, and one memorably unfortunate plumbing term.

Thanksgiving is mostly an excuse to rank, guess, and argue over whether an average 44-mile trip to a holiday meal counts as travel. Nick Amell brings the researched list and random trivia; Daniel Zafran answers with guesses, mock indignation, and cheerful resistance to nearly…

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