What Should We Leave Behind in 2025?

It’s New Year’s Eve, and Steve Scaffidi and Kristin Brey ring out 2025 by revisiting Steve’s ongoing saga with a Facebook troll, then highlight some of the best things that happened in 2025, from medical breakthroughs to the rise of weight-loss drugs. Kristin questions why New Year’s falls in the dead of winter (blaming Julius Caesar), before the duo turns to New Year’s resolutions, reading listener goals for the year ahead. In the second hour, they talk about what they’re officially done with in 2026 — from endless Microsoft Teams meetings to doom-scrolling. As Kristin heads off to the ball drop at Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, Steve wraps up the show solo with Ask Steve Anything, taking listener questions, ideas for 2026, and sharing thoughts on conversations he hopes to have with faith leaders about the role of faith in modern life.