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b'Thank you for the love and support you\'ve shown us in light of Alain\'s passing. If you want to make a donation in Alain\'s memory, his family suggested they be made to the following organizations:\\xa0* Family Defense Practicum at Main Street Legal Services (https://www.law.cuny.edu/giving/give-in-support-of-our-clinics/)\\xa0(write "Family Defense Practicum" in the Additional Comments section)\\xa0* Anseye Pou Haiti (https://www.anseyepouayiti.org/ht)\\xa0* Haitian Education Leadership Program (https://www.uhelp.net/)\\xa0Typically, we close the year with our Wild Prognostications year in review, instead, we just wanted to leave you with a light-hearted episode to counter the heaviness with a bit of whimsy.\\xa0When did we stop inventing sports?\\xa0This episode, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Cher, sports, spectators, Esports, cyberwarfare, and The Ocho. They don\\u2019t talk about the\\xa0Techno Parrot (https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cb-AOmItBRm/).\\xa0references\\xa0* I Hope You Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw)\\xa0with the\\xa0Scatman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8kmNEo1i8)\\xa0* Echolalia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia)\\xa0* Channeling Emerson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXRV4MezEw)\\xa0* Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow\\xa0* Battlestar Galactica\'s\\xa0Pyramid (https://www.battlestargalacticamuseum.com/pyramid/)\\xa0* Pickleball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickleball)\\xa0* Quidditch (real-life sport) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport))\\xa0* Mayan Ball Game (https://www.chichenitza.com/mayan-ball-game)\\xa0* Calvinball (https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Calvinball)\\xa0* Jai alai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_alai)\\xa0* Armada\\xa0by Ernest Cline\\xa0* Ender\'s Game\\xa0by Orson Scott Card\\xa0* ESPN8 The Ocho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN8_The_Ocho)\\xa0* \\u0431\\u043b\\u044f\\u0434\\u044c (https://www.tandem.net/blog/russian-swear-words)\\xa0* North Figueroa Bookshop (https://northfigbookshop.com/)\\xa0* This Is Why They Hate Us\\xa0by Aaron H. Aceves\\xa0* The Player of Games\\xa0by Iain M. Banks\\xa0* Thank U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU)'