Back to Eden & Real World Stress — WHAGT Ep 158

• 0:00 A stressful visit: his mom and the two kids she’s raising.
• 4:20 A Zanies show, a little puff, and sold-out dates in Florida, Paducah and St. Louis.
• 6:30 A baby name, ’90s movie morals, and Next of Kin.
• 12:20 Leone Westerns, and shows at Space Force and the Air Force Academy.
• 19:00 American Airlines: Executive Platinum, Charlotte, Skyscanner, and a $2,000 offer.
• 24:30 A day of delays through Dallas, 5,000 miles, corporations, and Southwest.
• 32:40 The Tammy’s sign in McMinnville, Nashville Severe Weather, and a tornado warning.
• 37:00 Peach trees and grapevines, corn, wisteria, and Back to Eden gardening.
• 41:20 Hugelkultur, swales, keyboard warriors, and building soil.
• 46:20 50 acres in Alabama, beavers, a pine forest, and bulldozed woods.
• 54:00 Developments before COVID, gas prices, one piece of candy a week, and AI.
• 1:00:40 A listener asks about giving up meat, Paul on meat, and buying from local farms.

A Fistful of Dollars (Blu-ray) — Already watched. Amazon 12:35

For a Few Dollars More (Blu-ray) — Just watched. Amazon 12:35

Hang ’Em High (Blu-ray) — Next on his list. Amazon 12:45

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Blu-ray) — A rewatch to finish his Leone and Eastwood run. Amazon 12:50

Next of Kin (1989) — Hot off Dirty Dancing, with a bus full of snakes. He does not recommend it. Wikipedia 7:40

Skyscanner — How he finds direct flights now. “It’s a blue app.” Official site 21:20

Back to Eden (documentary) — A listener sent it: compost, then mulch, and the guy never waters. It’s on YouTube. Official site 40:00

Pure Pasture Farms — Where he orders some meat from a farm that delivers. Pricey but good, and they do sell pork. Official site 1:06:20

Wild houseguests — Wild kids plus his kids makes for wilder kids, and two days in he’s yelling too. 1:00

A little puff for stress — It makes him feel guilty for being fired up. 4:30

Antiheroes with one good deed — The ’90s idea: a real piece of crap who did one nice thing, so that’s the story. 7:00

A comic who doesn’t believe in space, at Space Force — His big-bang bit, and why the bases mean a lot to him. 13:20

Airline status — Executive Platinum for years, then a $200 offer, then $2,000 or 250,000 miles to keep it. 19:30

The illusion of choice — Airlines, rental counters and politicians: none of them care about you. 27:20

Southwest — Everybody calls it the cheap airline, but it’s been the best for him. 30:20

Family help with kids — He’s envious of people with family nearby. 31:20

A better sign for Tammy’s — Black with red letters you can’t read. He’s back in touch with the sign guy. 32:45

The Easter snap — His dad’s warning that the cold isn’t done. 36:55

Swales and hugelkultur — The newest trees on the swales at the cabin look the best. 41:20

Comedy is in the way — He can’t garden as much as he wants because of comedy, and without comedy he couldn’t garden at all. 42:40

Keyboard warriors — “You idiots, it’s this.” Did you know it, or did you just look it up? 43:30

Building soil from leaves — Red clay, plus a year of leaves breaking down. 44:40

Beavers — They dammed the creek on his Alabama land, and he wants them to live. 47:20

Progress — What they call bulldozing the woods. 49:10

One piece of candy a week — His mom’s childhood, and a button-and-string toy. 57:40

Giving up meat — A listener’s compassion question, and Paul’s advice not to mock people who abstain. 1:00:40

Zanies, Nashville (Official site) — a really great Tuesday show, and five pieces of candy in the green room. 4:30

Clearwater, Florida — a sold-out Friday. He’s looking for an outdoor spot for a cigar hang. 5:55

Orlando, Florida — sold out on Saturday. 6:00

Paducah, Kentucky — a bigger theater the next Friday, nearly sold out. 6:10

St. Louis — also nearly sold out. 6:15

Aurora, Colorado — a hotel room on a base, watching Next of Kin. 12:10

U.S. Air Force Academy — a 4:30 show, the lightest crowd but still very good. 18:30

Peterson Space Force Base — one of the weekend’s base shows near Colorado Springs. 18:40

Charlotte airport — the 2025 incident that started it, and in his view the worst major airport. 20:00

McMinnville, Tennessee — Tammy’s: good burgers and tater tots, bad signs. 32:40

Lafayette, Alabama — the 50 acres he and his dad bought from his uncle, with a creek and beavers. 46:50

• 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.
• Tour dates (house plug) (5:55) — Dates read on air in March 2026, now past: Clearwater and Orlando, then Paducah and St. Louis. For current dates, see dustyslay.com/tour-dates · no code.