#136 - Merry Mitchmas!
From Bittersweet Infamy by Josie Mitchell + Taylor Basso
December 24, 2025 · 1h 26m · Episode 136
About this episode
The hosts celebrate a fictional holiday called Mitchmas by sharing infamous stories and interesting facts.
Josie Margaret Mitchell, Taylor Mitchell Basso, and guest host Mitchell Charles Collins ring in Mitchmas, a made-up holiday celebrating people named Mitchell, by exchanging infamous stories—including a compendium of psychic pets, the surprising history of Christmas tree tinsel, and how a song that came to its writer in a nightmare became Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 smash hit "Torn."
People in this episode
Hosts: Josie Margaret Mitchell, Taylor Mitchell Basso
Guest: Mitchell Charles Collins
Topics covered
- holiday
- infamous stories
- psychic pets
- Christmas history
- music history
Keywords
- Mitchmas
- infamous stories
- psychic pets
- Christmas tree tinsel
- Natalie Imbruglia
- Torn
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Torn
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