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We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 165 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published May 7 2026 · Runtime 1:06:07 · Watch: YouTube Recording late on a Wednesday, Dusty is back from his first road run after a month off. Shane Gillis told a podcast that Christian Bale brought up meeting Dusty at an airport, so the story is confirmed. He also covers contrails and the Artemis II pictures, a corporate fundraiser near McKinney, a 90-minute set at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, a Houston theater show, cigars that make comics throw up, Comics Unleashed and the Troubadour in LA, and how anyone built those 1800s capitols. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Late-night recording, the raccoon AI video, editing trouble, and back on the road after April off. 3:00 A cold May, contrails, and why he’s just asking questions. 5:40 Artemis II pictures, stars in space, and the astronaut who found God. 13:00 Irvine Improv dates, the Nateland Showcase and New Material Monday at Zanies. 17:20 The Christian Bale airport story, now backed up by Shane Gillis on Busting with the Boys. 23:40 A fundraiser corporate near McKinney, trades over college, and the cabin dishwasher. 27:40 Corporate crowds versus club crowds: the Helium story and old pesticide sales meetings. 33:20 A country singer opener, then the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, where he once opened for Bert Kreischer. 36:40 Ninety-minute sets, a two-hour show someday, and headliner math from Indianapolis to Billings. 41:00 Houston’s campus theater, his cousin at the Dallas show, and cigars that make comics throw up. 51:40 LA: a diner bagel, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, and the Troubadour. 56:20 Des Moines’ capitol, Nashville’s Parthenon, how they built it, and a verse in Hebrews. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People On this episode Dusty Slay Official site · Wikipedia · YouTube · The Comedian List Discussed for: The Breadwinner — Wikipedia Host. Nashville stand-up who just did 90 minutes at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas. 0:00 People mentioned Christian Bale The Celeb List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Discussed for: The Machinist — Amazon Told Shane Gillis on set that he’d met Dusty at the airport flying to Atlanta. Dusty is a fan. 17:40 Shane Gillis The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Discussed for: Madden — Wikipedia Told the Bale story on Busting with the Boys. He and Dusty did a San Francisco festival around 2019. 20:20 Brian Bates The Comedian List Was with Dusty when Bale walked up, and is a Monday regular at Zanies. 18:30 Nate Bargatze The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Discussed for: The Breadwinner — Wikipedia Produces the clean Nateland Showcase, and Dusty is in his movie. 14:30 Aaron Weber The Comedian List A Monday showcase regular at Zanies. 16:20 John Crist The Comedian List · Wikipedia Another Monday regular. 16:20 Connor Larsen The Comedian List Opened Dallas and Houston, after flying in a day early. 35:20 Bert Kreischer Wikipedia Dusty opened for him at the Majestic around 2018 or 2019. 33:50 Byron Allen Wikipedia Discussed for: Comics Unleashed — Wikipedia Hosts Comics Unleashed, the panel show Dusty taped in LA. 53:20 Lachlan Patterson Official site On the Troubadour show. Dusty opened for him around 2015, right after Last Comic Standing. 54:00 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products RØDECaster Pro II — The audio recorder he runs the podcast on. Amazon 1:00 Final Cut Pro — The editor he gave up on for long-form syncing. Official site 1:20 The Breadwinner (2026) — Nate’s movie, which Dusty is in. He wants to surprise his kids with it. Wikipedia 16:30 The Dark Knight Trilogy (Blu-ray) — He’s a big fan of the Christopher Nolan Batman movies. Amazon 17:40 The Machinist (DVD) — Another Bale favorite. Amazon 17:45 Out of the Furnace (Blu-ray) — And another. Amazon 17:55 The Fighter (Blu-ray + DVD) — “The boxing movie.” Amazon 18:00 Madden — The John Madden movie, with Bale as Al Davis and Shane Gillis in the cast. Wikipedia 20:25 Blue Sky – Night Thunder (Michael Martin Murphey) — The album with Wildfire, which the opening singer tore up. Amazon 33:40 Comics Unleashed — The CBS panel show he taped in LA. Wikipedia 52:40 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Discussed on the show Contrails — Planes leave haze that spreads over a clear day, and he wonders if it does something. 3:20 Artemis II pictures — Why no stars, and why astronauts don’t post everything the minute they land. 5:40 Giving it up for ministry — His take on testimonies that oversell the sacrifice. 10:40 Trades over college — Be an electrician, a plumber or a welder. 24:40 Corporate gigs versus club crowds — Same jokes, very different room when people are at work. 30:00 “Who’s got it better than us?” — The sales-meeting chant he wasn’t prompted for. 31:30 A two-hour solo show — Why he wants to drop the openers someday, and why he hasn’t. 37:20 Headliner time math — Why 45 minutes means half the show isn’t you. 39:00 Too much nicotine — Set it down, and try dark chocolate or anything sugary. 49:00 Who built the old buildings? — Capitols, courthouses and churches built with horse and buggy. 56:40 Reading the Bible out loud — A listener’s verse in Hebrews fired him up. 1:04:40 Show more Want this section to go deeper? 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We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 166 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published May 14 2026 · Runtime 1:05:49 · Watch: YouTube 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 People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads 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. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. 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 The Comedian List · Wikipedia Discussed for: Busboys — Wikipedia Theo’s Busboys partner. 16:10 John Delony Official site The podcaster getting into comedy. He did Dusty’s Houston show, then had Dusty on his Zanies show. 22:00 Mitch Hedberg The Comedian List · Wikipedia An old open-mic regular tells Dusty a joke written in Hedberg’s style. 25:20 Jean-Claude Van Damme Wikipedia Discussed for: Kickboxer — Amazon Dusty ordered about every one of his movies on DVD. 54:40 Tom Selleck Wikipedia Discussed for: Quigley Down Under — Amazon Quigley Down Under, a listener rec, turned out great. 57:00 John Wayne Wikipedia Discussed for: The Searchers — Amazon Dusty’s still a Clint Eastwood Western guy, but he liked these two. 58:50 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. 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 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. 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

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 168 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published May 28 2026 · Runtime 1:03:25 · Watch: YouTube Dusty flies solo after a jump in views: why YouTube Premium beats ads, Workin’ Man now on his YouTube, running the Monday open mic at the Upper Deck in Charleston and the packed night Aziz Ansari dropped in, how the podcast started with his wife in 2018, the places he lived along the way, property taxes, Ecclesiastes 12:13, and what Jacob and Esau’s bowl of lentils says about trading tomorrow for today. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Views doubled last week, the plaque on the wall, and why he pays for YouTube Premium. 4:00 The book on pre-sale, Workin’ Man back from Netflix and up on YouTube, and Wet Heat’s lease. 6:20 Hosting the Monday open mic at the Upper Deck on King Street in Charleston. 12:20 Business cards with show dates, the night Aziz Ansari did the open mic, and real comedy fans. 17:20 How the podcast began in 2018 with his wife, talking faith on the show, and his TV sets. 23:40 The rat house, a chapel wedding, and stolen packages in Hendersonville. 27:00 The Sergeant Jasper, Folly Beach, and the best friend you drift away from. 31:20 Why he started the podcast, West 46, buying a house in Hermitage, and just being nice. 39:00 Property taxes and Nashville mayors. 42:00 Finishing Ecclesiastes: fear God and keep his commandments. 48:20 Jacob, Esau and the lentils, trading tomorrow for today, and rethinking “no regrets.” 1:01:00 The Spindrift episode, reading the comments, and the sign-off. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People On this episode Dusty Slay Official site · Wikipedia · YouTube · The Comedian List Discussed for: Dusty Slay: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up who ran a Charleston open mic before Netflix specials and late-night sets. 0:00 People mentioned Aziz Ansari Wikipedia Discussed for: Parks and Recreation — Amazon College roommate of Dusty’s friend Nick. He tweeted about the Upper Deck open mic and packed the room for one Monday. 13:20 David Spade The Comedian List · Wikipedia Discussed for: Lights Out with David Spade — Wikipedia Dusty used to do his late-night show. 22:40 Shane Gillis The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Part of the name-drop bump Dusty credits for last week’s views. 0:40 Mark Normand The Comedian List · Wikipedia Also part of that bump. 0:40 Christian Bale The Celeb List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia The third name in the bump. 0:40 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products YouTube Premium — Not a paid plug: it’s just the only way he watches YouTube now. Official site 1:00 Dusty Slay: Wet Heat — His second Netflix special. The two-year deal is up in July, and it may come to YouTube too. Netflix 5:00 Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series (DVD) — Aziz Ansari wasn’t on it yet when he did the Upper Deck. Amazon 13:20 Lights Out with David Spade — One of the TV sets he lists. Wikipedia 22:40 Apple AirTag — His idea at the apartment meeting: hide one in a box and catch the package thief. Amazon 25:20 Clerks (15th Anniversary, Blu-ray) — The Sergeant Jasper’s little convenience store felt like Clerks. Amazon 27:40 KJV Pew Bible, Large Print — He just finished Ecclesiastes and reads 12:13–14 in the King James. Amazon 43:00 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Discussed on the show Business cards with show dates — A friend’s tip: dates make you hand them out instead of hoarding them. 12:20 Suno songs — Writing AI songs on the road after shows, and why his creativity for them has dried up. 19:40 Just be nice to people — Make friends at the front desk; don’t give in order to get. 36:00 Property taxes — His case that nobody should pay them, and cities shouldn’t hand big stores tax breaks. 41:00 Bible like Netflix — Too many books to choose from, so just pick one: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Matthew or First John. 43:20 Jacob and Esau — Selling a birthright for lentils, and how we trade tomorrow’s blessing for today. 48:20 “No regrets” — Why he now thinks that line leaves God out of the picture. 55:20 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places Charleston, South Carolina — the Upper Deck on King Street, where he hosted the Monday open mic around 2008–2009. 6:20 Theatre 99, Charleston (Official site) — the improv theater; his business cards plugged a show there. 12:40 Hendersonville, Tennessee — the first apartment after the wedding, where packages kept getting stolen. 25:00 Folly Beach, South Carolina — the year that changed him, for the worse. 27:20 James Island, South Carolina — moving in with Mike and Will after Folly. 30:00 Springfield, Missouri — the meet and greet where he decided to start a podcast. 31:40 Hermitage, Tennessee — the house that cost less a month than West 46. 35:20 Nashville, Tennessee — the property-tax rant and the mayors. 39:30 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads No sponsor reads (0:00) — Dusty calls this an ad-free podcast; there are no third-party sponsor