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Sarah and Miranda

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Elf On The Shelf & the Annual Search For Meaning with Meaghan O'Connell

12/1/2025 • 55 min

Welcome to our ✨Holiday Special✨! In an episode that is ostensibly about Elf On The Shelf (or Mensch On The Bench — for Sarah), we explore our collective annual search for meaning and self with the great Meaghan O’Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything and noted Elf On The Shelf apologist. Pressing items interrogated lightly include: Should Elf On The Sh… Play episode

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