Lofi Beats & Holiday Science Facts | A Nerdy Podcast Special!

Like Boromir said, "It is a gift! Let us use it against them!" The internet has been taken over by #lofi girls, so we commissioned an artist to turn Julian and Trace into our own #lofigirl for the holidays! (Is it a lofi girl? are we lofi guys? We're honestly not sure. Either way, we did it!!

We love you all! Thanks for making 2025 such an amazing year (for our little community) even though it was generally a terrible year for *gestures broadly*. Hope this can being a little light to your holiday season. Enjoy the wintery lofi beats interspersed with #holiday-themed fun facts! See you in 2026!

*QUESTIONS*
00:00 Have a LoFi LoEffort Holiday 🎁
13:33 Trace: 🎶 The First Yule Log – the angles did say… was filmed by a crew who burned a rug that day
25:19 Julian: “Cutting down a tree 🌲 outside and bringing it inside is the behavior of a drunk person”
42:12 Trace: "Why is it ‘Merry’ Christmas, but ‘Happy’ for every other day?” - Matt P. 🎅
56:55 Julian: TIRED: Putting candles on a dry flammable tree. WIRED: lights. 🕯️
1:18:18 Trace: Was Rudolph Red-nosed because someone was on shrooms? 🦌
1:38:25 NORAD Santa Tracker™ and final message 📡

Thanks to commenter @kateli8386 for the timestamps!

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