Topic: Zach Galifianakis

President Obama appeared on the comedy web series "Between Two Ferns" with Zach Galifianakis to encourage young people to sign up for the Affordable Care Act before the enrollment deadline. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney touted the video's viral success as a primary referral source for Healthcare.gov. However, analysts point to Section 1342 of the ACA, the "risk corridor" provision, as a taxpayer-funded bailout for insurance companies facing shortfalls.

John C. Dvorak recommends the 2008 film "Visioneers," which features themes of spontaneous human combustion. The hosts also discuss the Christmas Day failure of Amazon's cloud services, which caused widespread outages for Netflix and other streaming platforms.