This week, Mike and Rick talk about why Quality Counts thinks U.S. education is the world's best, kids at Brown have so much time to throw naked parties, and Texas is a progressive place. We've got an interview with Alexander Russo (who says Andrew Rotherham is in way over his head with this education stuff), and News of the Weird is "wax on, wax off." Click here to listen through our website and view past editions. To download the show as an mp3 to your computer, click here (no iPod required--this link will play through any music software on your computer, including Windows Media Player or RealPlayer). To subscribe to this podcast, or to get more information about how podcasts work, click here. Or to have a happier new year, don't listen at all.