Nick and John test the limits of their cohost relationship with a Christmas shopping season trip to everyone’s favorite Swedish temple of tax evasion, where they discuss how to avoid eye contact with people you know, why urban living is a growing movement, and which countries regularly eat horses.Show Notes <a href="http://www.thehourchive.com/home/2011/12/21/toy-stores-ep-04.html">Ep #04 | Toy Stores</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exL51n3py6g" target="_blank">IKEA catalog scene in Fight Club</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5G_e0DgB4" target="_blank">Planet Hollywood St. Louis grand opening</a> <a href="https://www.ikeahackers.net" target="_blank">IKEA Hackers</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/73388/19-behind-scenes-secrets-ikea-employees" target="_blank">19 Behind-the-Scenes Secret of IKEA Employees</a> <a href="/s/Image-from-iOS-t3e8.jpg">Nick and John try out an IKEA shower</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/26/559819074/wake-up-sleepy-ikea-shoppers" target="_blank">Chinese IKEA napping phenomenon</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9gkYw35Vws" target="_blank">IKEA Heights Episode #1</a> <a href="http://www.cockeyed.com/pranks/ikea_party/ikea01.shtml" target="_blank">The IKEA Fancy Dress Dinner Party</a> <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00307552/" target="_blank">BESTA Box</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Kamprad" target="_blank">Ingvar Kamprad</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/18575/ikea-worlds-largest-charity" target="_blank">IKEA: The World’s Largest Charity</a> <a href="/s/IMG_0036.HEIC">ORDNING impulse buy display</a> <a href="/s/Image-from-iOS-1-ykpa.jpg">IKEA store directory</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/67067/14-ready-assemble-facts-about-ikea" target="_blank">14 Ready-To-Assemble Facts About IKEA</a> <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/09063/" target="_blank">LACK</a> <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/07468/" target="_blank">MALM</a> <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/27534/" target="_blank">KALLAX</a> <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/07472/" target="_blank">POANG</a> <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70026822/" target="_blank">RENS</a> <a href="/s/Image-from-iOS-2-edem.jpg">Horses in the IKEA Cafe</a> <a href="/s/IMG_0037.HEIC">Cowhide wall</a> <a href="/s/IMG_0040.HEIC">Death Star lights</a>

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