Here’s the secret sauce: they use AI, but not the creepy kind. It’s the kind that figures out you are a weirdo who loves both Bing Crosby and that one weird synth-pop Christmas song from 1984.
It doesn’t judge. It just plays the deep cuts. You’ll hear the B-side of a lost Trans-Siberian Orchestra track right before a live version of “Feliz Navidad” recorded in a pub in Dublin.
I swear, I heard three versions of “Jingle Bells” in one hour, and I didn’t want to throw my radio out the window. Magic.
The Live Segments Are Chaos (In A Good Way)
They have a segment called “Tinsel Trouble.” Listeners call in with their most ridiculous holiday disasters. Last year, a woman confessed she set her Yule log on fire. On purpose.
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The DJ then played “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” as a tribute. It was inappropriate. It was perfect.
They also have “The 8 PM Panic.” It’s a five-minute meditation break for anyone who hasn’t wrapped a single gift yet. You can hear people breathing heavily and crying softly in the background.
