Dusty cracks a no-sugar Spindrift and swears it’s disgusting, then keeps drinking it. From there: Charleston happy hours at the Noisy Oyster, a friend’s two-beer tip, heading to an early screening of Nate Bargatze’s The Breadwinner, a Zanies set with John Delony, a listener’s Mark 7:15 question, AI songs, the hantavirus cruise, freeing a bird from a sticky trap, and a run of Van Damme movies and John Wayne Westerns.
Chapters
- 0:00 A no-sugar Spindrift with a cigar, ginger beer’s sugar, and high fructose corn syrup.
- 3:00 A commenter quits over the Artemis mission, plus AI video, Twitter bots and Waymo.
- 7:20 Charleston happy hours at the Noisy Oyster around 2004, and the two-beer tip.
- 13:40 The Breadwinner early screening, Opry Mills, Boot Barn and old corporate gigs.
- 16:00 Busboys, Endgame, and why movie theater prices don’t bother him.
- 18:40 The Lebanon farmers market, pizza dough emails, and newborn-house chaos.
- 21:20 A USS Alabama hat, a Zanies show with John Delony, an old open-mic regular, and gyro or yeero.
- 30:40 A listener’s Mark 7:15 question, the NIV, and God’s law versus man’s law.
- 40:20 AI songs, a lip-sync collab that fell through, and AI video.
- 45:00 “Partially insane,” NASA questions, and the hantavirus cruise.
- 49:20 Workin’ Man’s YouTube date, the garden, and a bird in a sticky trap.
- 54:20 Van Damme movies, Quigley Down Under, El Dorado and The Searchers, and praying first.
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People
On this episode
Dusty Slay
Official site · Wikipedia · YouTube · The Comedian List
Discussed for: The Breadwinner — Wikipedia
Host. Nashville stand-up with a scene in The Breadwinner and his special Workin’ Man headed to YouTube. 0:00
People mentioned
Nate Bargatze
The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia
Discussed for: The Breadwinner — Wikipedia
Dusty heads to an early showing of Nate’s movie, where he has a scene. 13:40
Theo Von
The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia
Discussed for: Busboys — Official site
He and David Spade made their own movie, the last one Dusty saw in a theater. 16:10
David Spade
Discussed for: Busboys — Wikipedia
Theo’s Busboys partner. 16:10
John Delony
The podcaster getting into comedy. He did Dusty’s Houston show, then had Dusty on his Zanies show. 22:00
Mitch Hedberg
An old open-mic regular tells Dusty a joke written in Hedberg’s style. 25:20
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Discussed for: Kickboxer — Amazon
Dusty ordered about every one of his movies on DVD. 54:40
Tom Selleck
Discussed for: Quigley Down Under — Amazon
Quigley Down Under, a listener rec, turned out great. 57:00
John Wayne
Discussed for: The Searchers — Amazon
Dusty’s still a Clint Eastwood Western guy, but he liked these two. 58:50
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Products
Spindrift Sparkling Water — No sugar. He calls it disgusting and keeps drinking it with his after-show cigar. Not a paid plug. Amazon 0:00
Poppi Prebiotic Soda — One of the lower-sugar swaps he found for ginger beer. Amazon 1:30
OLIPOP Prebiotic Soda — The other one, at about 6 grams of sugar. Amazon 1:35
The Breadwinner (2026) — Nate Bargatze’s movie. Dusty has a scene in it with an interesting hairdo. Wikipedia 13:40
Busboys (2026) — David Spade and Theo Von’s self-made movie. Official site · Wikipedia 16:10
Avengers: Endgame (Blu-ray) — The last movie he saw in a theater before Busboys. Amazon 17:00
KJV Pew Bible, Large Print — He reads Mark 7:15 live from the King James. Amazon 31:00
Arachnophobia (Blu-ray) — How the new house felt the first week, with spiders everywhere. Amazon 51:40
Kickboxer (DVD) — A simple premise: meet him, see why he fights, watch him train, then the fight. Amazon 54:40
Bloodsport (DVD) — Next on the rewatch list. Amazon 56:30
Double Impact (Blu-ray) — Van Damme plays two characters. Amazon 56:40
Double Team (DVD) — Van Damme with the basketball player who dyed his hair. Amazon 56:50
Quigley Down Under (Blu-ray) — A listener rec with Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman. Surprisingly good. Amazon 57:00
Three Men and a Baby (DVD) — The only Tom Selleck movie he remembers from childhood. Amazon 57:20
Crocodile Dundee / Crocodile Dundee II (Blu-ray) — The reverse trip: an Australian dominating America. Amazon 58:00
El Dorado (1966, Blu-ray) — John Wayne and a very young James Caan, rescuing a town. Amazon 59:00
The Searchers (Blu-ray) — Highly recommended to him, and he really liked it. Amazon 1:00:00
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Discussed on the show
Ginger beer after shows — His favorite gold can had about 35 grams of sugar and high fructose corn syrup. 0:40
The Artemis mission — A homesteading commenter quits the show over his doubts. 4:20
Cutting off Waymos — No one’s driving, so no one’s offended. 6:20
Order two beers — Eric’s tip: crush the first, sip the second, skip the second line at the bar. 12:00
Going to the movies as an event — Pay up for the popcorn: theaters live off what they sell at the counter. 17:20
The Contributor — The Nashville street paper sold at intersections. 23:40
Gyro or yeero — A New York counterman said gyro, so Dusty does too. 26:40
Mark 7:15 and the NIV — Why he reads it as a hand-washing point, not all foods clean. 30:40
AI songs and AI video — Two jazzy AI songs, a lip-sync collab that fell through, and a cheap video app. 40:20
The hantavirus cruise — His plan: keep the ship at sea and resupply by drone. 47:00
A Carolina wren in a sticky trap — He cut it free with scissors and it got away. 52:40
Quigley versus Mick Dundee — The AI matchup he’d like to see. 58:20
Praying first — Why John Wayne’s “put an amen on it” scene bugged him. 1:02:00
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Places
Charleston, South Carolina — Hyman’s day shifts and Noisy Oyster happy hours at East Bay and Market around 2003–2004. 7:40
Opry Mills — a new dress and cowboy boots for Daisy before the screening. 14:20
Lebanon, Tennessee — the farmers market and the Sarah Dough sourdough. 18:50
USS Alabama — the battleship he toured with his dad as a kid. 21:40
Zanies, Nashville (Official site) — John Delony’s show the night before, with a wedding in the parking lot after. 22:00
Houston — Delony did Dusty’s show there the week before. 22:15
New York City — his first trip, in 2008, and the gyro. 26:50
Irvine Improv (Official site) — on his June dates. 1:05:10
Comedy Mothership, Austin (Official site) — also on his June dates. 1:05:15
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Ads
- No sponsor reads (0:00) — Dusty calls this an ad-free podcast; there are no third-party sponsor reads in the episode or the description.
- Workin’ Man on YouTube (house plug) (49:20) — Coming to his channel May 26. YouTube · no code.
- Tour dates (house plug) (1:05:00) — June 2026 dates read on air: the Irvine Improv, the Mothership in Austin, a casino date and Zanies on June 6. dustyslay.com/tour-dates · no code.
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