New Years! (and Our “False” Calendars!)

<p>Fresh off the holiday hangover and right into the new year chaos of 2026, Jesse Blaze Snider drops a mind-bending episode diving deep into the wild conspiracies and hidden histories surrounding our modern calendar, why January 1st feels so arbitrarily &ldquo;off,&rdquo; the Gregorian reform that literally made days vanish (like those infamous 10-11 skipped days in 1582), and how ancient natural cycles (lunar, solar, equinox-based) got overwritten by man-made systems that disconnect us from the cosmos. With zero spoilers on the geeky details but maximum enthusiasm, Jesse unpacks the &ldquo;hoax&rdquo; vibes, from the Julian-to-Gregorian switch that sparked riots (or myths of them) to why New Year&rsquo;s isn&rsquo;t cosmically synced like solstices or equinoxes, proving once again that the stuff we take for granted might be the biggest cover-up in plain sight.</p>