Topic: Monopoly Bills

Executive Producer Justin Varner contributed $1,521 to commemorate the show number, requesting a "call out" for a non-donating listener named Bill. The segment included classic audio clips of Al Sharpton, whose rhetorical style has been a long-standing subject of deconstruction on the show. Varner's donation was highlighted with a new pink field in the production spreadsheet, signifying a show-number-matched contribution.

The hosts play clips from a 1995 interview with Steve Jobs where he discusses the failures of the American education system. Jobs argues against the idea that computers alone can fix schools, emphasizing the importance of individual teachers and criticizing the "monopoly" of institutionalized education and unions. The hosts use this to critique the modern Common Core initiative.