Alphonse Pierre, staff writer for Pitchfork, and Regina Cho, a freelance journalist with bylines on Billboard, DJBooth, and more, join the show. In this special episode, the pair discuss with Reed and Eric about Twitter being a tool for music journalists and when hot takes go too far. Later, we do a round of mini year-end lists on unexpected favorites, guilty pleasure songs, and albums we still have on repeat. Finally, Manny, who was on vacation, checks in from Bali.