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Public Figures (Nateland) · Episode #32 · Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay · Published Sep 9 2026 · Runtime 2:03:22 · Watch: YouTube Brian, Aaron, and Dusty open on a 94-degree Nashville day and a weekend of Hobbs, New Mexico, Phoenix haboobs, and a ringtone that said “So you had a bad day,” debate a Mount Rushmore of Tennesseans, read comments on 2005’s music, dipping in church, and robot chores, then Aaron leads a tour of philosophy from Zeno’s paradoxes and Plato’s cave to Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and the simulation question. Chapters Key topics People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Welcome in on a 94-degree Nashville day: Dusty loves the heat, the dead-grass crunch, and the threat of a scorpion. 2:35 Cars with no air conditioning: Dusty’s 1984 Bronco II and the Saturn vent full of baking soda. 4:28 Who likes what heat, plus a plug for Wet Heat and a brand-new joke about people who love eating outside. 4:55 How comics title jokes on a set list, and why a set list can look insane. 5:55 Taped a week early for Labor Day, so the Frank Caliendo episode is already out. 6:35 Opening for Jonnie W.’s special taping at the Bijou in Knoxville and the 75-inch confidence monitor. 8:46 Rik Roberts and Adam Bush on the taping, then Dusty’s outdoor city show in Hobbs, New Mexico. 9:50 Two high school football games, a generator by the stage, and loud trucks behind it. 11:00 Paco the porta-potty man, fried burritos at Casey’s, and porta-potty versus porta-john. 12:15 What to call a bathroom trip, from potty to tinkle. 13:05 Stars, an eclipse joke, and cigars outside the safe bar while young people cry in the parking lot. 14:28 Wayfair read: the bench in Aaron’s guest room. 16:15 Adam Bush’s first outdoor show and his lost backpack, and Dusty’s Denver connection. 17:32 Aaron’s weekend at the Desert Ridge Improv in 114-degree Phoenix, and the plan to paint the roads white. 19:05 A haboob between shows, and Dusty’s old Uber-driver joke. 20:25 A drunk heckler gets thrown out and asks for her Louis Vuitton bag. 22:20 A phone ringtone plays “Bad Day” in a quiet moment, and nobody got the video. 23:05 A Philly comic’s first Walmart, an Italian deli that shares his name, and a Grand Canyon flash flood. 25:10 Phoenix as a favorite comedy city, the Tempe Improv, and a standing ovation at Zanies Chicago that hasn’t happened yet. 26:40 Who is America’s most beloved entertainer now? Dolly Parton, Keanu Reeves, Jelly Roll, and Carol Burnett. 28:45 An IMDb list of universally loved celebrities: Betty White, Conan O’Brien, Tom Hanks, and Robin Williams. 29:30 Who counts for a Mount Rushmore of Tennesseans: Elvis, Peyton Manning, Pat Summitt, Andrew Jackson, and Davy Crockett. 30:40 Favorability polls: Dolly at 77%, Morgan Freeman at 85%, and his dinosaur special on Jimmy Fallon. 31:45 The hosts’ own picks: Nate, Jelly Roll, Dave Ramsey, Al Gore, Tina Turner, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oprah. 33:20 Peyton Manning, Davy Crockett, Taylor Swift, and Leanne Morgan as Tennessee’s next beloved southern lady. 34:40 Paula Deen’s family-style restaurant and Monell’s in Germantown. 36:00 Square read: up to $200 off hardware, and the merch table on Nate’s tour. 38:10 Comments: a listener who says the 2005 episode missed Fall Out Boy, The Killers, and Gorillaz. 38:55 The 2005 Billboard year-end chart: “Hollaback Girl,” “Gold Digger,” “Candy Shop,” and “Mr. Brightside.” 41:20 “Over and Over,” Brad Paisley and LL Cool J, and the favor Brad never did. 43:30 A listener deployed in Iraq for all of 2005 thanks the guys for filling him in. 44:15 Zoe Rose says Brian pronounces “oi” words funny: soil, point, and oil. 46:10 “Ball Boy Bates” and Brian’s White Sox first-pitch offer that turned out to be for kids. 48:38 Sarah Nystad on why country kids didn’t ride bikes: nowhere to go. 49:45 Schwinn, Mongoose, and Murray, the bike company that went bankrupt in 2005. 52:05 The Luke Bryan cornfield song isn’t that bad, and Josh Turner. 52:50 The Ultra Pouch ad-read laugh, and why Brian never dipped: Big League Chew, Levi Garrett, Red Man, and Day’s Work. 53:57 A comment calls Brian too sensitive, and the Nashville Scene funniest-comic award resurfaces. 57:00 Dipping in church, cowboy church, Catholic reverence, and crying rooms. 59:52 A listener praises Aaron’s Brian Regan impression, then the board game Clue. 1:01:50 Comedy Gold launched the same day Aaron Rodgers waited in the green room; darkness retreats. 1:03:50 Sleep paralysis dreams, CPAP masks, and mouth tape. 1:06:55 A comment says two grown men shouldn’t need GPS to drive home. 1:08:10 Warby Parker read: virtual try-on and 20% off additional pairs. 1:09:40 If a robot could do anything for you, where do you draw the line? 1:13:15 Robot massages, haircuts, teeth brushing, yard work, and slip-on shoes. 1:16:30 The philosophy topic: Dusty’s love of the Socratic method and Will Durant’s The Story of Philosophy. 1:20:00 Aaron minored in philosophy and failed Intro to Logic twice. 1:21:00 Ethos read: life insurance. 1:22:20 Zeno and Parmenides: motion is an illusion, and the slap across the table. 1:25:40 The Achilles paradox, told as a swimming race with coffee cups. 1:28:55 Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and the Socratic method. 1:30:00 A passage from Plato on democracy, then the allegory of the cave and the theory of forms. 1:34:32 Homer came centuries earlier, and how “homer” became a sports insult. 1:36:15 Aristotle’s metaphysics: what makes a pen a pen, substance versus accidental properties. 1:39:45 The same idea explains rooting for a college team over a pro team. 1:41:00 Change as potential becoming actual, and Aristotle’s first mover. 1:42:10 Thomas Aquinas, the “dumb ox,” and the five proofs for the existence of God. 1:44:15 Augustine, and whether it’s bad to make yourself cry with happy-tears videos. 1:46:50 Searching for Bobby Fischer, chess with a daughter, and an eccentric uncle in Kodak. 1:49:20 Are comedians philosophers? A plug for We’re Having a Good Time. 1:50:18 “I think,

Public Figures (Nateland) · Episode #36 · Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay · Guest: Leanne Morgan · Published Oct 7 2026 · Runtime 2:00:25 · Watch: YouTube Leanne Morgan joins Brian, Aaron, and Dusty to talk Marriage: Season 2 of her Netflix sitcom Leanne, opening for Billy Gardell, the charity dance-off she finished with a fresh hernia, almost 35 years with Chuck Morgan, and why every couple should take the 5 Love Languages test. Chapters Key topics People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Recording a week early before Aaron’s Prader Silly benefit, Brian’s two sold-out Cincinnati shows, and everyone’s tour stops. 3:21 Brian was almost in the military: the Gulf War draft what-if and “Jarhead Bates” with a high and tight. 4:20 Who was the big general in that war? Sgt. Slaughter, Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf, and a Mark Normand joke. 5:16 Comments open: Nick Fury, the theory that the Avengers are the bad guys, and a Harry Potter briefing. 8:42 AI hair-and-beard swaps: the sociology-professor look, a young Big Jay Oakerson, and opening for a medium. 12:53 Bruce Lee on negative self-talk, kung fu movies, and the morning Superman pose. 14:30 Roethlisberger and Rory Scovel lookalikes, then Aaron amends his Amanda Bynes take. 16:03 A couple who watched Wet Heat together are now newlyweds. 17:46 Folk remedies: soap in the bed for charley horses, an onion for a cough, and garlic in the ear. 20:28 An egg in a sock over the doorway for teething, and Samson the deep sleeper. 22:45 The Nutcracker comment: Aaron still doesn’t get watching dance. Steve Ballmer, Michael Jackson, Fred Astaire, and a Scrabble documentary. 26:06 Dirty Dancing: Anjelah Johnson’s Fox dance show, a Leanne dance-off teaser, and ballet-trained Nashville comic Judson Beach. 27:30 The electric slide, dancing at your own wedding, and Aaron’s old band. 28:40 Sports hold the world together, gambling ads are out of control, and watching the Vandy game with Nate. 30:54 Six-foot dreadlocks, uncut for over 20 years. 32:23 Leanne Morgan joins, and the menopause podcast her daughter Tess named. 33:46 Season 2 of Leanne: Billy Gardell’s episode, and her first club set opening for him at Zanies. 35:55 Dusty’s makeover-show pitch, The Rearranger, and the comedy condo he rearranged in Lowell, Arkansas. 38:15 Lainey Wilson: the camper behind a music studio, early Nashville shows, and Family Feud. 40:50 More cameos: Karen Mills, Chuck Morgan as a bartender, all three kids, and Tyne Daly. 42:10 Blake Clark and Celia Weston as her parents, and a Season 2 caregiving storyline. 43:56 Will there be a Season 3? Netflix top-10 rivals, big in the Bahamas, and The Breadwinner. 47:00 Typecast as the older woman who flirts: a movie with Glen Powell and Judd Apatow, and western britches. 49:35 The Knoxville charity dance-off she finished days after hernia surgery. 54:24 The insurance-commercial actor who judged the dance-off and gave her a four. 56:05 Judging a later year: Mayor Glenn Jacobs, a young Morgan Wallen, and a promised casserole. 58:32 Don’t squash a dream: what to tell someone who wants to try stand-up. 1:00:43 Comedy is a sweet community: open-mic lifers, a carpet-fiber corporate, and Henry Cho material in a pinch. 1:05:08 Green-room riders: five Diet Cokes, Fairlife milk, Dr Pepper Zero, Coronas, and Uncrustables. 1:09:04 This week’s topic is marriage, after Brian’s Sheetz commercial shirts and a Buc-ee’s diaper rescue. 1:10:52 Married 35 years in April: Chuck Morgan the folk hero, and the SmartLess hosts asking about him. 1:13:23 Marriage rates at a record low, ten kids per family, and Jim Gaffigan’s fifth-kid bit. 1:18:37 Why young people aren’t marrying, and Leanne meets Chuck waiting tables at Grady’s. 1:22:51 Marriage do’s: connect daily, a lonely Chuck at home, and the time he played golf with Usher. 1:25:12 The comedy cruise, seasickness on the front stage, and Karen Mills’s storm show. 1:28:06 Calling home from the road, HBO alone in a hotel room, and don’t compare. 1:30:30 The 5 Love Languages: Leanne’s number-one tip, and the Duncan Hines cake that moves Chuck to tears. 1:33:20 Everyone guesses their own love language. 1:36:12 Leanne’s grandmama orders: weekly date nights, babysitters, and Chuck with the grandkids. 1:39:51 How much of each other’s act could Dusty and Leanne do, plus millennial reign theory. 1:42:26 THC drinks at the Fresh Market in Hilton Head, and a Delta-9 night of snakes. 1:46:08 Forgive, quit having the same fight, and don’t try to change each other. 1:48:14 Two celebrities in one marriage: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, and Chet Hanks on Running Point. 1:50:25 The case for arranged marriages. 1:52:46 Divorce rates at a record low, and robot spouses by 2050. 1:53:46 Leanne’s marriage advice: love languages, date nights, counseling as a tune-up, and affection in front of the kids. 1:56:38 Where to see everyone live, buying Leanne tickets from her own site, and the Knoxville house on her show. 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. Key topics A Harry Potter briefing Harry Potter turns out to be the biggest pop-culture reference one host doesn’t know, so the others walk him through it: Dumbledore, Salazar Slytherin and his house, Alan Rickman as Severus Snape the double agent, and Tom Riddle rearranging his name into Lord Voldemort. 6:05 The Amanda Bynes debate A commenter calls Aaron’s “Audrey Hepburn of our generation” take insane, so Aaron amends it to Carol Burnett or Mary Tyler Moore. Bynes gets framed as a Bo Jackson what-if, with a comeback project pitched, dancing lobsters and all. 15:07 Leanne Season 2 and the cameos Season 2 brings in Billy Gardell, Lainey Wilson, Karen Mills, and Tyne Daly, plus Chuck Morgan as a bartender and all three of Leanne’s adult kids in the background. Blake Clark and Celia Weston return as her parents for a storyline about caring for aging parents while launching grown children. One host’s parents watched it together