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What’s ‘In’ for 2024? In-and-Out Lists, Apparently.

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Extra-large bags, silver jewelry and gardening are in. Quiet luxury, podcasts and late bedtimes are out. That’s at least according to Instagram and TikTok, where lists confidently declaring which trends will thrive and which will die in the new year abounded as the clock struck midnight on Sunday.

The dead week between Christmas and the new year has always been conducive to introspection, the hours usually spent working or socializing suddenly freed up for stewing in regret, rethinking bad habits or planning a comeback. But instead of making traditional New Year’s resolutions, many TikTok and Instagram users have started publishing “In and Out” lists that mix predictions of what will and won’t be considered cool in the coming year with aspirations for their 2024 selves.

“I feel like New Year’s resolutions are very personal, and an In-and-Out list is a more niche, general statement,” said Lukas Battle, a stand-up comedian and TikTok personality. “It’s also a way to make fun of last year’s self and set a goal. For example: OUT: being in a toxic relationship, IN: hanging out with friends and going to dinner.”

In-and-Out lists are particular to their makers, incorporating personal tastes and beliefs, sense of humor, and informed (or uninformed) predictions to create a vision for the year ahead. Some items on the list are actual fashion or culture trends — like animal prints or espresso martinis — while others are more behavior-oriented. Common ins for 2024 include early bedtimes, staying hydrated and red-light therapy, while impulsive shopping, mindless phone scrolling and vaping are popular outs.

Kit Keenan, an influencer who describes herself as “a young Martha Stewart stuck in Blair Waldorf’s plotline,” posted a TikTok video last week in which she interviews her mother, the fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, about what’s “In vs. Out” in the new year. The consensus? Knee socks, prep school and animal prints are in; capri pants are decidedly out. “If you’re not Bella Hadid, I don’t want to see you in capris,” Ms. Keenan declared.

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In Mr. Battle’s own In-and-Out list, he anticipated the end of “quiet luxury,” the trend in which wealth is telegraphed in a stealthy way. Instead, he intends to replace it with “loud budgeting,” which he says is “all about not being weird about money, being able to communicate about it to your friends and really be like: ‘I don’t want to do that. I don’t think that’s worth my money or time.’”

Mandy Lee, a professional trend forecaster who has predicted the rise of phenomena like indie sleaze and balletcore, also made an In-and-Out list, which she posted on her Instagram account. For her, the lists are less about making serious and informed predictions about trends, and more about low-stakes fun with friends and followers.

“It feels more like people’s personal manifestation rather than what they actually think is going to be trending,” Ms. Lee said. “I put deviled eggs on my In list because I made deviled eggs on New Year’s. Do I think delivered eggs are going to have a resurgence? Honestly, maybe — but there’s no real data points or evidence pointing to that happening.”

Certain subjects have shown up on multiple In and Out lists, which may give at least some idea of what people think will be cool in 2024. Minimalism, for example, is pointedly out, being traded in for wild animal prints, bold color and enormous logos. Bows, the sartorial embodiment of the girlhood trend, are also on the way out, along with Snapchat, oversharing and the clean-girl aesthetic. What’s in? Sobriety, putting your phone in Do Not Disturb mode, polka dots, cherry red, dinner parties, outfit repeating, having a nemesis and drinking soda, to name a few.

Some things appear to be In and Out at the same time. Perhaps no item is more controversial in this year’s In and Out lists than oat milk, which appears on as many In lists as it does Out. But Mr. Battle says there’s no gray area here. “Oh, oat milk is definitely out,” he said. “It’s out because someone at a party told me it was unhealthy.”

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Sunday Puzzle: Major U.S. cities

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On-air challenge

I’m going to read you some sentences. Each sentence conceals the name of a major U.S. city in consecutive letters. As a hint, the answer’s state also appears in the sentence. Every answer has at least six letters. (Ex. The Kentucky bodybuilders will be flexing tonight. –> LEXINGTON)

1. Space enthusiasts in Oregon support landing on Mars.

2. Contact your insurance branch or agent in Alaska.

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3. The Ohio company has a sale from today to next Sunday.

4. The Colorado trial ended in a sudden verdict.

5. Fans voted the Virginia tennis matches a peak experience.

6. I bought a shamrock for decorating my house in Illinois.

7. All the Connecticut things they knew have now changed.

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8. Can you help a software developer in Texas?

Last week’s challenge

Last week’s challenge came from Mike Reiss, who’s a showrunner, writer, and producer for “The Simpsons.” Think of a famous living singer. The last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last name spell a bird. Change the first letter of the singer’s first name. Then the first three letters of that first name and the last five letters of his last name together spell another bird. What singer is this?

Challenge answer

Placido Domingo

Winner

Brock Hammill of Corvallis, Montana.

This week’s challenge

This week’s challenge comes from Robert Flood, of Allen, Texas. Name a famous female singer of the past (five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last name). Remove the last letter of her first name and you can rearrange all the remaining letters to name the capital of a country (six letters) and a food product that its nation is famous for (five letters).

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If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, December 18 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle.

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A disappointing COP30 deal was reached in Brazil, while floods across South and Southeast Asia showed exactly why quicker action is required. Meanwhile the EU watered down sustainability legislation yet again, this time targeting deforestation. In some positive news, bans on fur and misleading ‘green’ ads made headway.
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‘Wait Wait’ for December 13, 2025: With Not My Job guest Lucy Dacus

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Lucy Dacus performs at Spotlight: Lucy Dacus at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on October 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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This week’s show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, Not My Job guest Lucy Dacus and panelists Adam Burke, Helen Hong, and Tom Bodett. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who’s Alzo This Time

Mega Media Merger; Cars, They’re Just Like Us; The Swag Gap

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Panel Questions

An Hourly Marriage

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about a new TV show making headlines, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: Lucy Dacus answers our questions about boy geniuses

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Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, one third of the supergroup boygenius, plays our game called, “boygenius, meet Boy Geniuses” Three questions about child prodigies.

Panel Questions

Bedroom Rules; Japan Solves its Bear Problem

Limericks

Alzo Slade reads three news-related limericks: NHL Superlatives; Terrible Mouthwash; The Most Holy and Most Stylish

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All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists predict what will be the next big merger in the news.

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