International Whiskey Day lands on a Friday this year and World Theatre Day is today too, which means you can go to the theatre and drink whisky and technically be celebrating two things at once. Ryan O'Donnell would like it noted that International Smashburger Day is also a real calendar entry and that smashburgers are categorically different from regular burgers, a position he holds with the conviction of someone who has clearly thought about this a great deal.

There is a pillow fight day coming. There is a world octopus day, which Ryan O'Donnell argues should technically be eight days. There is a talk like a pirate day, which raises the question of how you write a pirate email to a coworker you are trying to get into a meeting. These are the kinds of problems worth sitting with on a Friday.

Also today: the sun rose. The ecosystem cleaned the air without being asked. The cells in your body did things you are not aware of and turned them into energy anyway. International Whiskey Day or not, that is already a lot.

Topics: International Whiskey Day, smashburger debate, silly international days, World Theatre Day, Friday show

Originally aired on 2026-03-27

International Whiskey Day lands on a Friday this year and World Theatre Day is today too, which means you can go to the theatre and drink whisky and technically be celebrating two things at once. Ryan O'Donnell would like it noted that International Smashburger Day is also a real calendar entry and that smashburgers are categorically different from regular burgers, a position he holds with the conviction of someone who has clearly thought about this a great deal.
There is a pillow fight day coming. There is a world octopus day, which Ryan O'Donnell argues should technically be eight days. There is a talk like a pirate day, which raises the question of how you write a pirate email to a coworker you are trying to get into a meeting. These are the kinds of problems worth sitting with on a Friday.
Also today: the sun rose. The ecosystem cleaned the air without being asked. The cells in your body did things you are not aware of and turned them into energy anyway. International Whiskey Day or not, that is already a lot.
Topics: International Whiskey Day, smashburger debate, silly international days, World Theatre Day, Friday show
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-03-27

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