This week, Matt and Akshay celebrate Frankenstein Day, We Love Memoirs Day, Chicken Boy Day, and Be Late for Something Day — and somehow end up talking about everything from Monsters, Inc. and tax-preparing superpowers to fading memories and a giant fiberglass chicken-headed man.Frankenstein Day leads to an important question: If you could turn yourself into a monster with three traits or abilities, what would you choose? Akshay builds a monster suspiciously committed to skipping leg day, while Matt plans for the long game by creating a monster capable of becoming an attractive antihero — with the extremely useful ability to complete his taxes effortlessly.Then We Love Memoirs Day takes the episode somewhere more personal. Akshay shares how several unexpected discoveries brought memories of his mom back into his life, while Matt reflects on a difficult part of his childhood that once felt impossible to forget — but has slowly started fading into distant memory.Things get strange again with Be Late for Something Day and Chicken Boy Day, featuring the Procrastinators’ Club of America, an appropriately late newspaper editorial, a giant Route 66 roadside chicken man, and a college mascot that brings the entire episode unexpectedly full circle.In this episode:Frankenstein Day — Mary Shelley's strange dream, building the perfect monster, Monsters, Inc., skipping leg day, flying, jump scares, and the most practical monster superpower of all: effortless tax preparationWe Love Memoirs Day — The stories worth preserving, unexpected reminders of the people we've lost, childhood memories, and how even experiences that once defined us can begin to fadeBe Late for Something Day — The Procrastinators’ Club of America, escaping the pressure of always being on time, and an editorial about Be Late for Something Day that was appropriately published lateChicken Boy Day — A giant fiberglass chicken-headed man, roadside Americana, hometown mascots, and the surprising return of Akshay's skipped-leg-day monsterWhether you're building the perfect monster, preserving a memory, running a little late, or wondering why someone built a giant chicken-headed man, come celebrate the strange with us.New episodes every Sunday. Thanks for celebrating the strange with us!#NotYourAverageHoliday #Podcast #ComedyPodcast #FunnyPodcast #FrankensteinDay #WeLoveMemoirsDay #ChickenBoyDay #BeLateForSomethingDay #Frankenstein #MaryShelley #WeirdHolidays #Comedy #ShortPodcast Sources & Further ReadingFrankenstein Day & Mary ShelleyEncyclopaedia Britannica — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleyhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Wollstonecraft-ShelleyThe British Library — Frankenstein and the Doublehttps://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/frankenstein-and-the-doubleWe Love Memoirs DayPurdue University Press — We Love Memoirs Dayhttps://www.press.purdue.edu/blog/2025/08/31/purdue-university-press-loves-memoirs/Be Late for Something DayNational Day Calendar — National Be Late for Something Dayhttps://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-be-late-for-something-day-september-5/Chicken Boy DayChicken Boy — The Statue and Its Storyhttps://www.chickenboy.com/
