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We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 156 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published March 5 2026 · Runtime 1:05:21 · Watch: YouTube No cigar today, so Dusty starts with where enjoying something ends and addiction begins. He follows up on saying “geez,” explains why the family left the old neighborhood, and tells how someone who cleaned the old house commented about it on TikTok. Then CLEAR versus TSA PreCheck after his Public Figures debate with Aaron Weber, how he signed up for CLEAR at Clusterfest, and why he went back to wired headphones. Also: a cigar hang in Poughkeepsie, the Egg in Albany, AC’s in Charleston, and playing the Opry with Suzy Bogguss. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 No cigar today, and where enjoying something ends and addiction begins. 2:50 A heroin-weekend story from LA, the crack joke in Wet Heat, and Mitch Hedberg. 5:50 Spelling words around the kids, praying through the drinking years, and Paul on the flesh. 10:20 Saying “geez” less, and the pork comments. 15:00 Why they left the old house: the cul-de-sac, the cat guy, and a revolving door of neighbors. 20:50 An expensive cleaning bill, and a TikTok comment from someone who cleaned the house. 25:00 CLEAR versus TSA PreCheck on Public Figures, and signing up for CLEAR at Clusterfest. 32:20 Privacy and the machine, Real ID, and paying to skip the line. 38:00 Admirals Club attitude, Southwest directs, and Montana this weekend. 40:40 Wired headphones, Bluetooth and vertigo, and the village comedian dream. 47:40 Biscuits and “bondage,” then Poughkeepsie, the Cigar Vault, Saugerties and the Egg. 55:40 The robe, seed pods, wisteria, AC’s in Charleston, rednecks, and the Opry. 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: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up with Netflix specials and a book up for pre-order. 0:00 People mentioned Aaron Weber The Comedian List One of Dusty’s best friends. He has PreCheck, Dusty has CLEAR, and they argued it out on Public Figures. 25:10 Brian Bates The Comedian List Also one of his best friends, and he baits Dusty all the time. 25:45 Mitch Hedberg The Comedian List · Wikipedia A great comedian who struggled with heroin. 5:05 Nicole Byer Wikipedia Hosted the drinking-stories show at Clusterfest. They didn’t quite mesh. 30:15 Bert Kreischer Wikipedia Hosted that Clusterfest show the year before. 30:25 Derek Humphrey Dusty’s friend and road companion on the New York run. 52:10 Ian Fidance Official site On the Albany show. His mom brought Italian Easter cookies. 55:20 Suzy Bogguss Wikipedia Discussed for: Aces — Amazon On the Opry bill with Dusty. He’s a big fan. 1:03:00 T. G. Sheppard Wikipedia Also on the Opry bill. 1:03:35 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 Wet Heat (Netflix special) — Where his crack joke is. Netflix 4:30 CLEAR — He signed up at the San Francisco airport to make a flight, never cancelled, and now pays for it. Official site 26:00 TSA PreCheck — “A real game changer” if you fly every week. Official site 27:00 Beats noise-canceling headphones — Closest match to the Beats he uses, always with the wire plugged in. Amazon 46:15 Seed starter pods — He’s been getting his little seed pods ready and planted lettuce and corn in them that day. Closest match; he doesn’t name a brand. Amazon 56:40 Aces (Suzy Bogguss) — The album with Someday Soon. “That whole album’s really good.” Amazon 1:03:10 Nolan’s Cigar Bar, Traverse City — The Traverse City cigar bar he got the name wrong on last week. “Really great place.” Official site 51:35 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 Enjoyment versus addiction — If your life is falling apart and you keep doing it, that’s addiction. 1:20 Spelling words in front of the kids — Now he does it everywhere. 5:50 Paul on the flesh and the spirit — Knowing what you should do and not doing it. 8:20 Saying “geez” less — Not swapping in another word, just reacting less. 10:20 Pork and the New Testament — Welcome to the new listeners who just found out he doesn’t eat it. 13:10 Watching a neighbor’s cats — No: cats kill the birds and the rabbits. 16:30 A revolving door of neighbors — Why the old neighborhood stopped feeling like home. 18:30 Why he doesn’t trust anyone — A former cleaner commenting on his house on TikTok. 22:50 Minimal airport security — A metal detector and that’s it. 26:10 Opting out of the scanner — They make a big show of it, so you just go along. 28:20 The third party on privacy — He doesn’t like it, but the machine is already in motion, so he picks his battles. 32:20 Paying to skip the line — First class, hotel status, rental upgrades: that’s life in America. 37:00 A coworker who reported back — The pesticide-sales rep who got him to complain about the boss, then told the boss. 41:30 Bluetooth and vertigo — Twice with Bluetooth earbuds, and none since he switched to wired. 44:50 A village comedian — Horse and buggy, a clean stream, jokes around the campfire. 47:00 Biscuits cooked in lard — Skipping them isn’t bondage. 47:50 Announcing the cigar hang from stage — About 20 people came. Next time, mid-show. 50:40 Just a well-known guy — “Dusty?” “Yeah.” “All right.” 53:20 Real rednecks versus rich rednecks — A four-door Pontiac with

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 157 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published March 12 2026 · Runtime 1:08:10 · Watch: YouTube Back from McMinnville, Dusty’s been caging trees, laying cardboard, finding salamanders and trying watering bags. A listener’s photo of a cashless restaurant gets him onto the mark of the beast and property taxes. Then a McMinnville food tour (Collins River BBQ, Juicy’s, Begonia’s and the Coffee Cat), raw milk and Farmageddon, and a Montana weekend: a stranded opener in Billings, an egg waffle in Livingston and a sold-out Mother Lode in Butte. He ends by answering a novelist on how headliners find openers, and defends Kill Tony and Fiona Cauley. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Colorado base dates, and back from McMinnville: tree cages, cardboard and salamanders. 4:20 Watering bags, swales, and the frost that usually comes. 6:20 Neighbor Donald, Wilford Brimley, Columbo and Westerns, and old-timer knowledge. 10:00 A cashless sign in California, the mark of the beast, and property taxes. 15:40 Dark times, “this is our Super Bowl,” and not trusting the monetary system. 18:00 Collins River BBQ, the tall waiter, and Connor Larsen. 22:50 Juicy’s, Begonia’s, the Waffle House rule, and being a control freak. 27:40 The Coffee Cat, the Tammy’s sign, and a lost raw milk map. 29:20 Raw milk, Farmageddon and Food, Inc., and not trusting documentaries. 34:00 Billings: a stranded opener, a polar bear story, and a 90-minute set. 39:40 Livingston’s egg waffle, “Dusty Lay,” and a sold-out Mother Lode in Butte. 46:20 A listener’s novel: how headliners pick openers, clips, Kill Tony and Fiona Cauley. 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: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up with a book due in November and a farm in McMinnville. 0:00 People mentioned Connor Larsen The Comedian List The tall friend the Collins River waiter said must get a lot of girls. 20:40 Fiona Cauley The Comedian List · Wikipedia Discussed for: Kill Tony — Wikipedia Just on Public Figures. Dusty met her around COVID, and Kill Tony helped her rise. 1:04:00 Roseanne Barr The Comedian List · Wikipedia Discussed for: Kill Tony — Wikipedia The one part of Kill Tony he can’t stand. 1:05:00 Bert Kreischer Wikipedia Dusty toured with him a couple of times, and says Bert didn’t discover him. 59:20 Jon Lovitz Wikipedia The listener remembered Dusty’s story about Lovitz calling him. 48:40 Wilford Brimley Wikipedia The mustache his neighbor Donald has. 6:40 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 Tree watering bags — Closest match to the slow-release bags he’s trying on trees that aren’t on the swales. Amazon 4:30 Columbo: The Complete Series — He’s been watching a lot of Columbo. Amazon 7:00 Farmageddon (documentary) — About how hard the government fights raw milk. “Worth looking at.” Wikipedia 31:30 Food, Inc. (DVD) — The other documentary that was big for him. Amazon 31:45 Collins River BBQ, McMinnville — His first McMinnville restaurant. He gets the chicken fingers. Official site 18:10 YouTube Premium — His answer to people who complain about ads on the video podcast. Wikipedia 55:00 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 Cardboard under tree cages — To block weeds now and build soil later. 2:10 Salamander habitat — If he found salamanders under a log, he put the log back. 3:40 The last generation that knows — Old-timers’ remedies and robins in spring, before everyone just asks ChatGPT. 8:00 Going cashless — Less robbery, but every purchase can be tracked and taxed. 10:40 Rising property taxes — Hard on someone on a fixed income with a paid-off house. 13:00 Hard times create strong men — And where he thinks we are in that cycle. 16:50 A barbecue place for a non-pork eater — Brisket, a smoked burger, or chicken fingers. 20:00 Fingers in the cups — The Waffle House story: no amount of training fixes that. 25:00 Doing it himself — Why he’s bad at delegating, even to his kids in the garden. 26:10 Raw milk — Nobody warns you about McDonald’s, but everybody warns you about raw milk. 29:20 Dusty Lay — A cowboy in Livingston got his name almost right. 42:20 Humid summers, dry cold winters — The weather he’s all about, like Butte at 30 degrees. 45:50 Electroculture — Copper wire in the garden. He may still do it. 45:20 How headliners pick openers — Do well, match his energy, keep politics and anti-religion bits out, and hang after the show. 49:10 Clips are gold — Film the headliner’s set and your own, write constantly, and post. 1:01:00 Losing the next class of comics — When comics open for comics, nobody learns in front of a cold crowd. 1:03:00 Wisteria out, figs in — He dug it up and potted it. 1:07:50 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. Places McMinnville, Tennessee — his farm. His top three are Begonia’s, Collins River and Juicy’s, plus the Coffee Cat and Tammy’s. 1:20 Opelika–Auburn — his hometown area, with no good juice place. 23:20 Billings, Montana — a 90-minute set, one of his best in a long time. 34:10 Livingston, Montana — where real cowboys are, Will told him. There’s a coffee shop with an egg waffle. 39:50 Mother Lode Theatre, Butte —

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 158 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published March 19 2026 · Runtime 1:08:04 · Watch: YouTube Dusty’s mom visited with the two kids she’s raising, and his stress is high. He reviews Next of Kin, the Patrick Swayze movie he hoped was a Western, and tells about shows at Space Force bases and the Air Force Academy. Then there’s a long day of American Airlines delays, and why he’s done chasing their status. Also: the Tammy’s sign in McMinnville, a tornado warning, the Back to Eden gardening method, swales and soil, beavers on his Alabama land, bulldozed woods, one piece of candy a week, and a listener’s question about giving up meat. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 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. 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: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up with a run of sold-out theaters before taking April off for the baby. 0:00 People mentioned Patrick Swayze Wikipedia Discussed for: Next of Kin — Wikipedia Stars in Next of Kin, which Dusty hoped was a Western. It isn’t, and it isn’t good. 7:50 Liam Neeson Wikipedia Discussed for: Next of Kin — Wikipedia The young third brother, and the best thing in Next of Kin. 9:50 Bill Paxton Wikipedia Discussed for: Next of Kin — Wikipedia Swayze’s brother in the movie. 8:25 Helen Hunt Wikipedia Discussed for: Next of Kin — Wikipedia Swayze’s wife in the movie. 8:35 Ben Stiller Wikipedia Discussed for: Next of Kin — Wikipedia A very young Ben Stiller as the mob boss’s son, and not being funny. 9:10 Clint Eastwood Wikipedia Discussed for: For a Few Dollars More — Amazon Dusty is working through the Leone Westerns. 12:30 Andrew Millison Dusty keeps coming back to his water projects. 46:05 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 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 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 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.

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 160 · Guest host: Connor Larsen · Published April 2 2026 · Runtime 49:21 · Watch: YouTube Dusty’s having his third baby, so his friend Connor Larsen takes over. Connor covers spring in Tennessee: raised beds, drip lines, poison ivy, blueberries and deer that bite every tomato once. He remembers his first road gigs with Dusty, three tries at landing in Beaumont, and a Texas trip where nobody would make black coffee. He’s excited about Don Williams’ Cellar Tapes, and wonders how Tennessee Whiskey went double diamond. Also: no cigar in subzero Dayton, Rodney Carrington chasing the weather, the neighborhood tomato man, and why low expectations are the way to fly. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Connor fills in while Dusty has his third baby, plus the Dusty and Connor React show. 1:20 Spring in Tennessee: raised beds, drip lines, and a mower for a wedding gift. 3:00 Needham’s Nursery, native edibles, poison ivy, blueberries and the deer. 7:10 A garden path, and sending in your garden videos. 9:00 Dusty and Aaron Weber helped him start, and his first road gigs in Missouri and Kansas. 13:00 Opening in Dallas and Houston, and three tries at landing in Beaumont. 15:20 No black coffee, a very slow food truck, and why brunch is the worst. 20:30 Road playlists, Don Williams’ Cellar Tapes, JJ Cale and The Band. 27:20 Ringo’s country album, Tennessee Whiskey going double diamond, and Spotify rankings. 30:20 No cigar in subzero Dayton, Naples in December, and four seasons in Tennessee. 37:40 Rodney Carrington chasing the weather, Rome, New York, and the tomato man. 41:40 Local shops over big-box stores, airport prices, Southwest group C, and low expectations. 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 Connor Larsen The Comedian List Guest host. Nashville stand-up, Dusty’s friend of 10 years and road opener, and co-host of the Dusty and Connor React show. 0:00 People mentioned Dusty Slay Official site · Wikipedia · YouTube · The Comedian List Discussed for: Wet Heat — Netflix The usual host, out this week for the birth of his third child. 0:10 Aaron Weber The Comedian List He and Dusty are the two who really helped Connor when he started. 9:10 Rodney Carrington Wikipedia Connor opened for him for two years, and figured out he books around the weather. 37:50 Don Williams Wikipedia Discussed for: Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes — Amazon Connor’s favorite kind of songwriter: not flashy, just great songs. 20:40 J. J. Cale Wikipedia Fits the same mold as Don Williams, for Connor. 25:45 Willie Nelson Wikipedia Discussed for: Red Headed Stranger — Amazon His dad showed him Red Headed Stranger. 21:15 Ringo Starr Wikipedia Discussed for: Look Up — Amazon Making a country album. Connor doesn’t know what to expect. 27:20 Chris Stapleton Wikipedia Discussed for: Traveller — Amazon Connor read that Tennessee Whiskey went double diamond. 28:10 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 Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes (Don Williams) — Unreleased recordings found in his Tennessee home. Connor wants to surprise Dusty with it on a drive. Amazon 20:45 Red Headed Stranger (Willie Nelson) — One of the few country records Connor grew up with. Amazon 21:15 Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks — “A real strange band, but they’re real cool.” Wikipedia 21:25 The Basement Tapes (Bob Dylan and The Band) — The old Dylan and The Band demos he brings up, which aren’t studio quality. Amazon 26:20 Look Up (Ringo Starr) — Ringo’s country album. Amazon 27:20 Traveller (Chris Stapleton) — The album with Tennessee Whiskey. Amazon 28:10 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 The Dusty and Connor React show — Their YouTube side show. Send in your garden videos and they’ll react. 0:30 Raised beds and drip lines — Year two, after getting his butt kicked in year one. 1:40 Mowing an acre with a push mower — Until his in-laws bought him a real mower instead of a wedding. 2:20 Native edibles — Pawpaws, ground cherries and blackberries. “I would love to have too many blackberries.” 3:50 Poison ivy is a chemical burn — A little bit, anyway. 4:50 Blueberries are divas — Acidic soil, peat moss, mounded for drainage. 6:00 Deer that bite every tomato once — So this year there’s a fence. 6:20 Don’t notice how much work it is — Until you’re 30% in and can’t stop. 7:30 Reps and being a decent hang — What a headliner wants from a new opener. 11:40 Brunch — The worst of both worlds. 19:30 Showing someone a song they don’t know — The best part of DJing on a long drive. 22:20 Live oaks — Beautiful, but about 200 years to grow a good one. 23:20 Sleeps, creeps, leaps — The garden saying, so maybe year three is the one. 24:50 Weather is just nature — So why is talking about it boring? 35:50 The tomato man — A neighbor who brings everyone bags of tomatoes because he has too many. 39:30 Set your expectations low — Then the airport can only surprise you. 46:20 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 Needham’s Nursery, Mount Juliet — his go-to nursery. “They’re good people.” 3:10 Springfield, Missouri — one of his first road gigs with Dusty, around 2017. 10:10 Beaumont, Texas — the windy landing that took

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 161 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published April 9 2026 · Runtime 1:04:32 · Watch: YouTube Dusty’s back after Connor Larsen filled in: Sonny Ray Slay arrived two weeks early, so it’s Daisy, Sammy and Sonny now. He talks about an Ampex hat for his mom’s old factory, Chuck’s Bar-B-Que, sold-out shows in Paducah and at the Factory in St. Louis, and the St. Louis trip where his appendix started to go. Also: Nashville Severe Weather’s apology hats, hundreds of acorns, Artemis II launching on Passover, Five Card Stud, ripping DVDs for flights, and Joe Rogan pitching Theo Von on Austin over Nashville’s clean comedy scene. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 We had a baby, thanks to Connor Larsen, and a solo drive with cigars and country music. 1:40 Induced two weeks early: Sonny Ray, and now Daisy, Sammy and Sonny. 4:10 Walmart with three kids, the Ampex hat, WestPoint Pepperell, and Chuck’s Bar-B-Que. 8:40 Too much technology in the womb, the podcast as community, and cigars. 11:40 Backyard wildlife, then sellouts in Paducah and at the Factory in St. Louis. 14:50 Helium, the Funny Bone, and the St. Louis trip where his appendix started to go. 19:10 Nashville Severe Weather’s apology hats, hundreds of acorns, and a St. Louis cigar hang. 23:40 Seeds, compost, Back to Eden, and painting a picnic table with Daisy. 26:00 Artemis II launching on Passover, and Mars fantasies. 35:40 Passover, communion, and a new baby during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 41:30 Stars through a telescope, Five Card Stud, and ripping DVDs for flights. 49:00 Rogan and Theo on Nashville versus Austin, the clean scene, and moved club dates. 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: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up, now a dad of three, taking time off the road. 0:00 People mentioned Connor Larsen The Comedian List Filled in on the previous episode while Dusty was at the hospital. 0:30 Greg Warren Wikipedia Not sold on the Chuck’s chipped barbecue sandwich, but he said he’d try it. 6:50 Theo Von The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Discussed for: This Past Weekend — Wikipedia Rogan pitched him on leaving Nashville for Austin. Dusty’s done his podcast. 49:10 Joe Rogan The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · The Celeb List · Wikipedia Discussed for: The Joe Rogan Experience — Wikipedia Dusty sold out a weekend at his club, but doesn’t think Rogan knows he exists. 49:10 Bert Kreischer Wikipedia The one Nashville headliner Rogan named, and he’s out doing arenas. 51:50 Nate Bargatze The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia In Dusty’s words, the biggest comic in the country, and he lives in Nashville. 52:20 Kathleen Madigan The Comedian List · Wikipedia On Dusty’s list of comics who live in Nashville. 53:00 Henry Cho The Comedian List · Wikipedia Also on the list. 53:02 John Crist The Comedian List · Wikipedia Also on the list. 53:05 Aaron Weber The Comedian List Also on the list. 53:07 Brian Bates The Comedian List Just recorded a half-hour special, and brought Dusty sandwiches. 53:40 Dean Martin Wikipedia Discussed for: Five Card Stud — Amazon Dusty liked him even in a Western he didn’t like. 45:50 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 Back to Eden (documentary) — The compost-then-mulch, no-dig method he’s trying. Amazon · Official site 24:20 Five Card Stud (1968, DVD) — The first Western he’s watched that he says “sucks.” Amazon 45:40 Wired noise-canceling headphones — Closest match to what he uses on planes: plug in, no Bluetooth. Amazon 48:00 Bluebird house — Closest match to the eastern bluebird box where chickadees just nested. Amazon 12:05 Nashville Severe Weather — Sent apology hats and stickers after their spat over the ice storm. He says they’re worth a follow. Official site 19:20 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. Discussed on the show Driving alone with a cigar — Country music on the backroads, and it doesn’t get better. 1:20 Too much technology in the womb — Enough to see inside, not enough to know what to do with it. 9:00 Am I doing too many cigars? — Maybe. Now that his digestion’s fixed, he can’t blame them anymore. 10:40 A Factory sellout plaque — The venue says it’s his second sellout. He didn’t know about the first. 14:00 A ruptured appendix that healed wrong — It healed itself, then attached to his colon and small intestine. 18:20 Oak bonsai — Hundreds of acorns in pots and boxes, and a plan to try bonsai. 21:40 Artemis II on Passover — Why he isn’t buying it, and why he wants video. 27:00 Andrew Millison’s videos — Reforesting deserts in India and Africa, in place of Mars. 31:50 Passover instead of Easter — The lamb, the bread and the wine, once a year. 35:40 Having a baby during the Feast of Unleavened Bread — Everyone brings you bread. 39:40 Stars through a telescope — Zoomed-in star videos that look alive. 41:40 Rip, don’t burn — Loading DVDs onto a hard drive for flights, so there are no announcements and no failed downloads. 46:30 Nashville’s clean comedy scene — Green rooms where everyone’s nice to each other, and a good night for the audience. 53:40 Famous enough to sell tickets — He’s where he wants to

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 162 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published April 16 2026 · Runtime 1:03:09 · Watch: YouTube Dusty’s got compost and a mountain of mulch, and he wants a backyard playground. Then a sold-out Zanies show where his old friend John Brennan turned up. Brennan got him to try stand-up in Charleston, and later got him to come back. The big one is a laid-off listener’s Southwest road-trip email, and Dusty’s advice: sleep in the car, Planet Fitness showers, sardines and an AirTag. Also: Westerns, Jack Kerouac, the Artemis II comments, and planting trees. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Compost and mulch from the Compost Company, a neighbor’s tree, and Back to Eden. 2:20 A backyard playground wish list, big trees coming down, acorns, and fan mail. 6:00 A sold-out Grand Ole Comedy Show at Zanies, and the post-show cigar hang. 9:20 John Brennan, improv in Charleston, and a first open mic on James Island. 15:40 The Music Farm in overalls, quitting for two years, the alphabet bit, and the Morons shows. 20:20 The Michael J. Fox charity show, a laid-off listener’s road-trip email, and Westerns. 25:40 Sleeping in your car, Simple Man, and lonely years on Folly Beach. 30:20 On the Road, plus sardines, Planet Fitness, wool socks and a GoPro. 39:40 Couchsurfing, AirTags, credit cards, and the drive to Mescalero. 44:50 American culture comments and the Artemis II backlash. 54:00 TikTok as a medium, the dancing-nurses theory, May dates, and planting trees. 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: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up who hosts a monthly show at Zanies, and whose book is up for pre-order. 0:00 People mentioned John Brennan Official site Dusty’s first comedy friend in Charleston. He got Dusty to try stand-up, then got him back into it. Now he runs the Savannah for Morons shows. 9:30 Hugh Howser Official site A Nashville comic who went from selling out the Lab to the big room, then crushed on Dusty’s show. 6:40 Vince Fabra Dusty’s longtime friend, up from Birmingham for the show. 6:30 Aaron Weber The Comedian List At Zanies all weekend for the comedy festival. 59:50 Michael J. Fox Wikipedia Dusty is back at his charity show, and he got him to laugh last time. 20:35 Charlie Daniels Wikipedia Discussed for: Simple Man — Wikipedia Simple Man sums up Dusty’s view on guns. 28:10 Jack Kerouac Wikipedia Discussed for: On the Road — Amazon Dusty read most of On the Road on Folly Beach and wanted that trip. 30:30 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. Products Back to Eden (documentary) — The no-dig, compost-and-mulch approach he’s following. Official site 0:50 The Compost Company — Brought his compost and the mulch. Not a paid plug. Official site 0:30 Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4) — The listener’s way into Westerns. Dusty hasn’t played it but thinks he should. Amazon 21:40 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Blu-ray) — Top of his Westerns list right now. Amazon 22:30 Unforgiven (Blu-ray) — Clint Eastwood, also near the top. Amazon 22:35 Once Upon a Time in the West (Blu-ray) — Also near the top of the list. Amazon 22:40 Simple Man (Charlie Daniels) — “Give it a listen.” Wikipedia 28:10 On the Road (Jack Kerouac) — The book that made him want to drive the country and keep a journal. Amazon 30:30 Planet Fitness Black Card — His idea for the trip: about $20 for showers at any location. Wikipedia 35:50 GoMacro MacroBar — Not cheap, but lots of calories for the road. Amazon 38:30 Couchsurfing — He used to host people in Charleston. Official site 39:30 Apple AirTag — Leave one in the car so his dad can see where he is. Amazon 40:20 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. Discussed on the show A backyard playground — Climbing, swings and monkey bars, from a company that also installs it. Send him leads. 2:20 Taking down big trees — He hates seeing whole trees cut when only part of one fell. 3:20 The cigar hang — After his Zanies shows, in the parking lot, for podcast listeners. Don’t come too drunk. 8:10 Fame for a reason — You only need enough fame for people to come to the show. 19:50 Westerns master list — Coming once he’s flying again and watching movies. 22:20 Five Card Stud — A terrible movie, he says. 22:45 Sleeping in your car — Sun shades for the windows, a back-seat air mattress, park in the shade. 25:40 Lust versus love — What he got wrong in his twenties. 29:00 Road food — Sardines and crackers, canned beans, protein powder, and free water refills. 35:20 Wool socks and broken-in boots — Thin wool socks and good hiking shoes. Cowboy boots are optional, but get a real cowboy hat. 36:20 Use a credit card like a debit card — Pay it off monthly. If it’s stolen, it isn’t your money. 43:20 The Artemis II comments — What was the exciting part? A thread full of answers. 47:00 Weekly trash pickup — An American thing everyone takes for granted. 53:10 The medium doesn’t matter — TikTok and YouTube as places to find like-minded people. 54:00 Dancing-nurses videos — A theory he saw that they were AI. 57:00 Stewards of the land — Hannah’s idea, and his plan to hand out oak saplings. 1:00:10 Show

We’re Having a Good Time with Dusty Slay · Episode 163 · Host: Dusty Slay · Solo episode · Published April 23 2026 · Runtime 1:06:13 · Watch: YouTube Recording early before his dad visits, Dusty talks newborn nights and feeling useless with the baby. Then Daisy wants to ask ChatGPT why storms happen, and he admits he’s been making songs on Suno. Also: a Michael J. Fox charity show and an Instagram reply from Fox himself, the Busboys premiere with David Spade and Theo Von, Chuck E. Cheese food, a $25 Wendy’s run, a storm-wrecked garden, paying a 15-year-old to shovel mulch, a listener’s Leviticus 19 email, and a mouse buried with the acorns. Chapters People Products Discussed on the show Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Dad’s visit, getting him on the podcast, and why he keeps doing spots at Zanies. 4:00 Newborn nights, feeling useless with the baby, and hiring help. 6:00 Daisy says “let’s ask ChatGPT,” and 40 years without AI. 10:20 Making songs on Suno: Old Bill Jones and a bathroom ballad. 15:20 Rick Rubin’s floating ideas, joke stealing, and John Henry. 20:00 A Jack and Diane bit, the Michael J. Fox charity show, and Fox’s Instagram reply. 23:00 The Busboys premiere with David Spade and Theo Von, and old Spade movies. 26:50 Chuck E. Cheese food, trampoline parks, beef pepperoni and homemade pizza. 31:40 A $25 Wendy’s run the night the baby came, Five Guys and ML Rose. 36:00 A storm-wrecked garden, pawpaws, wisteria, and taking listener advice. 42:40 Paying a 15-year-old to shovel mulch, and a one-day skeet-throwing job. 52:50 A listener’s Leviticus 19 email, pulling the pears, the acorn mouse, and May dates. 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: Wet Heat — Netflix Host. Nashville stand-up, three kids now, home off the road for the new baby. 0:00 People mentioned Michael J. Fox Wikipedia Discussed for: Doc Hollywood — Amazon Dusty did his charity show two years running, then Fox answered his Instagram thank-you himself. 20:20 David Spade The Comedian List · Wikipedia Discussed for: Joe Dirt — Amazon Invited Dusty to the Nashville Busboys premiere. 23:00 Theo Von The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Discussed for: Busboys — Official site Spade’s Busboys partner. Things between him and Dusty are turning around. 23:30 Nate Bargatze The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows · Wikipedia Discussed for: The Breadwinner — Wikipedia His self-made movie is out the next month. 25:00 Rick Rubin Wikipedia Discussed for: The Creative Act — Amazon Hannah read his book: the ideas are floating around, and someone will grab them. 15:30 John Mellencamp Wikipedia Discussed for: American Fool — Amazon Dusty has a new bit breaking down the chili dog line in Jack and Diane. 20:00 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 ChatGPT — Used for an oak tree’s age and insect IDs, and now Daisy wants to ask it about storms. Official site 7:40 Suno — Where he’s been turning Old Bill Jones and an old bathroom poem into full songs. Official site 10:30 Wet Heat (Netflix special) — Where his Lowe’s and Home Depot bathroom jokes live. Netflix 13:20 The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Rick Rubin) — He bought it and Hannah read it. Amazon 15:30 American Fool (John Mellencamp) — The album with Jack and Diane. Amazon 20:00 Doc Hollywood (DVD) — He watched it at his dad’s house growing up and still loves it. Amazon 22:10 Back to the Future trilogy (Blu-ray) — The other Michael J. Fox classic. Amazon 22:35 Family Ties: The Complete Series — “Family Ties is great.” Amazon 22:40 Busboys (2026) — He hated the trailer and loved the movie: a dirty, joke-heavy ’90s-style comedy. Official site · Wikipedia 23:00 The Breadwinner (2026) — Nate’s movie, due the next month. Wikipedia 25:00 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Blu-ray) — His bar for a great comedy. Amazon 25:25 Tommy Boy (Blu-ray) — The other one Busboys isn’t, and that’s fine. Amazon 25:30 Joe Dirt (DVD) — He was a big fan. Amazon 25:50 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (DVD) — He thinks it’s really good. Amazon 25:55 The Benchwarmers (DVD) — He saw it in the theater with his mom. Amazon 26:00 Blurry Creatures podcast — Dusty was a guest; the episode is on YouTube. Official site 38:40 The Compost Company — The Nashville compost outfit that brought him compost and broken-down mulch. Not a paid plug. Official site 39:40 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 Getting his dad on the podcast — Not an interview, just a few stories from a retired insurance salesman. 1:00 Doing spots on a break — So the nerves don’t come back before a corporate gig. 2:40 Life before AI — Libraries, encyclopedias, and not always finding the answer. 9:20 Ideas are floating around — Grab one or someone else will, and why phone-only living makes everyone’s jokes the same. 16:20 John Henry and the steam engine — He beat the machine, then died, and the machine won. 18:50 Chuck E. Cheese food — Daisy told the sitter her dad says it’s garbage, and he did. 27:00 Beef pepperoni — He questioned a Hermitage pizza place more than once; they say there’s no pork in the building. 29:00 Making his own pizza dough — With his own tomatoes, basil, oregano, thyme and maybe rosemary in the crust. 30:10 Fast food prices — Two meals