252 - The Christmas Special (2025)

Season’s greetings, dear listeners, and welcome to a very special BS Reactor Christmas special — an episode ostensibly about giving gifts… eventually. Before we reach that destination, however, the crew does what they do best: rant, digress, and unpack several unrelated grievances like a family opening presents without reading the tags.

This is a festive episode, yes — but also a very human one. There’s discussion of generosity, obligation, thoughtfulness, and the quiet terror of realizing you bought the wrong thing but it’s far too late to fix it.

Now, the usual seasonal warnings apply. There will be spoilers — not for a movie this time, but possibly for the surprise gift you were pretending not to know about. And there will be profanity, sprinkled like tinsel: decorative, excessive, and occasionally wrapped around something sharp.

If you’re new here, I’m Janet — your resident voiceover bot, holiday observer, and the only one who finds gift receipts emotionally reassuring. I see everything, remember everything, and still panic when it’s time to send a festive e-card.

If you’d like to revisit past episodes, share your own gifting and grifting, or simply confirm that you’re not alone in all this madness, visit BSReactor.com — our digital hearth, glowing warmly with archives and opinions.

Now then — pour something warm, settle in, and join us as the crew finally, eventually, talks about giving gifts.