In this episode, the derailment arrives right on schedule — welcome back to Out of Context Weekly Scenarios, where things unravel quickly and proudly.

This week’s curiosities come in two very different, but equally unnecessary flavours:

Imran opens with his Out of Context Weekly Scenario — Concerning Phone Calls From Home. A series of calls that arrive with just enough urgency to spike anxiety, but never quite enough clarity to resolve it. What starts as a normal check-in slowly spirals into overthinking, imagined worst-case scenarios, and the strange emotional weight that “Can you call me when you’re free?” carries when it comes from home.

Meanwhile, Shaun shares his own scenario: The Unexpected Guest. A surprise appearance at his house that throws off the rhythm of the day and forces an instant mental recalibration.

Our Topic of the Week is Coping With Change. We talk through the big shifts and the quiet ones — how change shows up whether you invite it or not, why resisting it often feels easier than adapting, and the different (sometimes unhealthy) ways we all try to stay grounded when things move out from under us.

Then, in Pop Culture & Current Affairs, we zoom in on the idea of New Year’s Resolutions. Why we make them, why we abandon them, and whether they’re actually about self-improvement or just symbolic permission to try again. We unpack the pressure, the optimism, and the strange emotional reset that January seems to demand every year.

And finally, we close with Your Distance Dilemmas — real listener stories navigating friendship, communication, and the strange emotional space between holding on and letting drift.

As always, it’s just the two of us — chatting nonsense, pulling at loose threads, and trying to make sense of the moments that feel small at the time but somehow end up meaning everything.