Episode
Happy New Year… From Bottle Machines to Butterfly Effects
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- The Confession Box
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- Jan 5, 2026
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- 1854
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Summary
It’s the first episode of 2026 and the gang ease into the New Year in true Confession Box style — by immediately arguing about dates, shopping, and who actually paid for Christmas. Julie reveals how a year of obsessive bottle collecting turned into nearly €300 in vouchers , which somehow funded two full Christmas dinners… but still left everyone wondering where all the food went. That spirals into post-Christmas shopping chaos, Nana P navigating Dunnes on a broken leg, and Sean sending a “simple” shopping list that nearly causes a full aisle meltdown (granola, yoghurt and rice are all up for debate). As the chat drifts between icy roads, cancelled school buses, hospital scans, and Christmas nights out, Sean takes a sharp turn into philosophy — introducing the trolley problem, the butterfly effect, and whether everything really does happen for a reason. Julie and Nana P are… not fully on board. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.