My Family Left Me - WAN Show August 7, 2026

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:00)
Hey, I just Venmo'd you for rent.

**Dan** (0:02)
Nice. Now I can instantly spend it whether I'm checking out online with Venmo or using the Venmo debit card.

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:07)
Say more.

**Dan** (0:09)
More exactly, because the more you do with Venmo, the more you get, like earning up to 5% cash back with Venmo stash on a bundle of brands.

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:16)
So, order more pizza.

**Dan** (0:18)
The math demands it.

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:19)
Get the Venmo debit card.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:21)
Venmo stash bundle terms and exclusions apply.

**Dan** (0:23)
See terms at venmo.me slash stash terms.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:25)
Venmo checkout not available at all merchants. Venmo MasterCard is issued by the Bancorp Bank NA. Happy Friday! Welcome to The WAN Show. We've got a great show lined up for you guys today. I have been alone for one week.
It's been... Uh, yeah, my family, they left me. They are overseas right now without me for the first time since I entered matrimonial bliss.

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:54)
It's a way to describe it.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:55)
Yeah, it's been kind of an adventure. I've been taking care of the chickens. Oh, yeah. Yep, and working on some tech stuff, playing a lot of badminton, so I'll be talking a little bit about that. We've also got, oh, of course, the biggest news of this week.
Gonna pause to let them think about what is the biggest news of this week. It is, of course, that Rockstar will be previewing the GTA 6 trailer exclusively on Netflix.
What? Right, see, Dan appreciates what a big deal this is.

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:33)
No, I'm not, I'm just confused. Why?

**Linus Sebastian** (1:38)
Well, yeah, that's what's funny about it.

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:41)
Did Netflix pay them?

**Linus Sebastian** (1:43)
Pick two topics, pick two topics, it'll be great, you'll love it.

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:46)
My brain's too fried from that.
In continued Xbox conversation, Halo Studios sees layoffs after shipping campaign evolved. And, let's see here.

**Linus Sebastian** (1:59)
I put so much good news in this week, and that's what you find.

**Luke Lafreniere** (2:03)
Yeah.

**Linus Sebastian** (2:03)
Classic Luke, what a Luke move.

**Luke Lafreniere** (2:05)
Should I find another bad one? I'm sure I can. And BMW is on a trailblazer of n***ification.
Bad News WAN Show is back, baby.

**Linus Sebastian** (2:20)
Time to be negative. Yeah.
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**Luke Lafreniere** (2:59)
Laptop's a little bit. Not that much, though.

**Linus Sebastian** (3:01)
Not much. There's a chamfer there. Yeah. They got the chamfer. Anyway, why don't we jump right into our headline topic, which full admission, yeah, it's kind of clickbait, but I've been alone for the week.
It's been kind of fun.

**Dan** (3:17)
I've...

**Luke Lafreniere** (3:17)
You know what's weird?

**Dan** (3:18)
Yeah.

**Luke Lafreniere** (3:18)
I had a surprisingly similar week. Emma got sick and I was looking at my work schedule and I was like, I literally can't afford to get sick. So popped, set up an air mattress in the computer room thing and have been hiding.
So I have been like, holed up. There is no space. I have to deflate the mattress when I wake up so I can walk around. I'm just like stuck in this little room.

**Dan** (3:45)
You do know what a strange man you are, right?

**Linus Sebastian** (3:50)
What a solution.
That's almost 80s sitcom level. Well, Mr. Hurley is not going to let me get sick. I won't be able to pay the rent, so I'm going to have to quarantine myself. Then they set up a quarantine and then of course, there's hijinks and people break the quarantine and a dog gets involved somehow. It actually sounds like a sitcom episode.

**Luke Lafreniere** (4:14)
Yeah. I just can't get sick right now.

**Linus Sebastian** (4:17)
Yeah. Well, don't get too close to me. I don't know if you...

**Luke Lafreniere** (4:20)
No, I'm fine.

**Linus Sebastian** (4:21)
Good.

**Luke Lafreniere** (4:21)
Yep.

**Linus Sebastian** (4:22)
No, I mean, I'm sick.

**Luke Lafreniere** (4:24)
Oh, my god.

**Dan** (4:29)
No, come on.

**Linus Sebastian** (4:30)
So you don't notice me clearing my throat and coughing?

**Luke Lafreniere** (4:33)
I just thought you were, I don't know, but you said you play a lot of badminton. Who knows?
Maybe you're... Sure. I've been through a lot of... Which causes respiratory issues. strenuous activity.

**Linus Sebastian** (4:42)
Yeah. So, man, I gotta say, I am not ready to be an empty nester.