Public Figures

Public Figures (Nateland) · Episode #33 · Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay · Published Sep 16 2026 · Runtime 1:57:30 · Watch: YouTube Brian, Aaron, and Dusty catch up on two weeks of road stories (a lost Southwest bag, Theatre 99’s final show), clear out two episodes of comments, then dig into radio: AM vs. FM, the first commercial broadcast, legendary DJs from Casey Kasem to Ralph Emery, radio through your fillings, the most popular show in America, and the radio show each of them would host. Chapters Key topics People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Welcome, and where everyone is this week: Aaron in Orlando and Conroe, Dusty at casinos near Des Plaines and in Harris, Michigan, and Brian at New York Comedy Club. 1:30 Two weeks since the last taping: Aaron opened for Kathleen Madigan in San Antonio and at Austin City Limits during Ohio State–Texas weekend. 3:25 Southwest loses Aaron’s checked bag, CPAP machine inside, and keeps routing it to the wrong city. 5:25 Same clothes all weekend and a pair of Buc-ee’s Gasquatch underwear worn on stage. 7:33 Dusty’s weekend: Zanies Nashville, then his final show at Theatre 99 in Charleston before the building is torn down. 8:25 Columbus and Louisville with Vince Fabra opening, 90-minute sets, and a 75-year-old superfan named Dave. 10:05 Brian’s weekend: watching Ohio State–Texas in the green room, and a show at GEODIS Park for Great Cities Missions. 11:30 Room setup: a struggling Bible-class speaker, PowerPoints that won’t start, and defending a motivational speaker. 13:28 Sponsor: SeatGeek. 14:54 Nateland news: Thursday Night Thing, the Showcase Season 5 with Colin Chamberlain, Mike Goodwin’s half hour, and an October 18 taping. 17:03 Comments open: where comments come from, and why Apple Podcasts reviews are the worst. 18:51 From the Frank Caliendo episode: Aaron’s high school football highlight reel, and Frank’s Gruden and Rogan. 20:25 Aaron’s Morgan Freeman impression, and Morgan Freeman in Lean on Me. 21:30 Who’s the queen of impressions? Maria Bamford and Melissa Villaseñor. 22:02 Jacob Reed wanted to learn about Wisconsin, and Aaron’s Minong bit. 23:30 Brian’s AI-generated club poster for an October 25 Funny Bone date. 26:00 A cartographer backs Dusty on propaganda maps and map projections. 28:30 From the philosophy episode: support for Aaron, and the Frank episode split the audience. 30:30 The unmoved mover: Aristotle, Aquinas, and an Aquinas College sign off I-440. 31:50 A book on Dustonian philosophy, Dusty’s book We’re Having a Good Time, and the friend commune. 35:30 Morgan Freeman hasn’t gone away: Lioness, Taylor Sheridan, and Zoe Saldaña’s box-office record. 38:18 Sponsor: BetterHelp. 39:30 Morgan Freeman’s disappearing act and The Bucket List. 40:15 Who talks most on this podcast, and Vince Gill for the Tennessee Mount Rushmore. 41:36 Following Vince Gill at the Opry, and Dustin Nickerson at the Brent Peterson foundation event. 43:00 This week’s topic: radio. Who still listens to terrestrial radio? 44:15 Ball games on the radio, MLB.TV with the local radio call, and the pencil-snap bat-crack story. 45:30 Car presets, a new ’90s country station, Titans sports talk, and the jumbotron code-of-conduct video. 47:35 Hitting seek in the middle of nowhere, and calling in to radio shows. 48:30 Requesting the Dukes of Hazzard theme as a kid, and Paul Finebaum’s call-in show. 49:50 The Harvey Updike call that one host heard live. 50:20 Calling in to the Titans coaches show, Big Joe on the Go, and picking Nate and Tacko Fall 12 years ago. 53:30 Calling to win Smash Mouth tickets, and when “All Star” became a cultural moment. 54:55 Radio days for comics: phoners every 10 minutes, the snap into radio voice, and talking tadpoles. 56:55 Zack’s bug-exhibit interview, comics blowing it for a club on morning TV, and Erica Rhodes. 58:30 Sitting in on Bob & Tom with April Macie: “There’s no room for you there.” 59:30 Childhood radio: John Boy and Billy, Rick and Bubba, a Montgomery DJ at an eighth-grade dance, and South 106. 1:00:40 Aaron’s worst radio interview in Dayton, and how the same host got another of them on air too. 1:02:00 AM radio, the Opry on Willie’s Roadhouse, and leaving the Opry before the next act. 1:03:13 Sponsor: Quince. 1:04:49 History of radio: Heinrich Hertz, radio waves in space, and Contact. 1:06:15 AM vs. FM, why the dial runs 88 to 108, and Back to the Future. 1:08:00 Why AM travels farther at night: the D layer, and WSM across the country. 1:09:00 A Nashville tower, Dusty Slay Radio 106.9, and clear-channel stations WSM and WLAC. 1:10:40 Can you pick up radio through a tooth filling? Mercury fillings and holistic dentists. 1:13:15 Root canals, neutral sources, and pulling a tooth on the podcast. 1:15:50 Wisdom teeth: “I think it’s all a scam.” 1:16:47 The first commercial broadcast: KDKA Pittsburgh, November 2, 1920. 1:17:58 Orson Welles and The War of the Worlds in 1938. 1:18:45 iHeartMedia’s station count, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1:20:14 Radio owners and authentic popularity: iHeart, Cumulus, and who decides the hits. 1:22:00 Ella Langley’s “Choosing Texas,” and a host’s Hawk Tuah conspiracy. 1:24:10 Macaulay Culkin is Kid Rock, slowly becoming Dr. Phil. 1:25:01 Famous DJs: Alan Freed and the term rock and roll, butt rock, and yacht rock in Canada. 1:26:51 Sponsor: Chime. 1:28:33 Casey Kasem, Wolfman Jack, and the Newport News condo after Spanky Brown died. 1:29:39 Paul Harvey in the car, Rush Limbaugh in the middle of nowhere, and Tom Joyner. 1:30:15 “Press the button and blow it up,” and Nashville traffic-report horns. 1:31:30 Howard Stern, Delilah, Charlamagne tha God, and Katt Williams’s famous radio clip. 1:33:20 Bobby Bones, Dancing with the Stars, and Bear Grylls with celebrities. 1:34:34 Ralph Emery comes up, then a detour: is asparagus pee a warning sign? 1:36:00 Maple syrup urine disease and Gary Fletcher’s Mountain Dew joke. 1:37:20 Ralph Emery, Emory University, and Into the Wild. 1:38:45 Gerry House: the House Foundation and the hit songs he wrote. 1:39:40 The billboard sitter, the beard until bin

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

Public Figures (Nateland) · Episode #35 · Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay · Published Sep 30 2026 · Runtime 1:56:57 · Watch: YouTube Brian shares a stage with a cotton-candy stand in Canton, Aaron makes his case against dance, and Dusty wants the letter X gone. Then the guys dig into Hair: AI hair swaps, big wigs and Louis XIII, transplants in Turkey, Samson to Samsonite, and the styles of every decade. Chapters People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Weekend recap: Brian’s outdoor all-ages set in Canton with a cotton-candy stand on stage, then Charleston with Nate and courtside seats at a Vanderbilt exhibition. 14:00 Dusty comes around on narwhals, still believes in mermaids, and makes his case for cutting the letter X. 18:00 Would you ever do Dancing with the Stars? Aaron calls dance the art form he gets least, then a cat rescue in his crawl space. 29:50 Comment roundup: My Octopus Teacher, a “plumber” on the study of fish, the Ichthus festival, Noah’s Ark, Dusty vs. Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Maria Bamford’s $100 at Just for Laughs. 46:00 As a fellow big man: a hiccup cure, Red Lobster vs. Captain D’s, Coram Deo, the number 33, and the band 311. 1:00:50 How often do you think about your hair? Three hair types at the table and AI hair-swap photos. 1:07:39 Hair facts: hair colors, the Andre Walker hair types, the “average human,” terminal length, and hair strong enough to hold two elephants. 1:20:00 Balding and graying: DHT, the white streak in The Sixth Sense, and Marie Antoinette syndrome. 1:25:44 Big wigs: Louis XIII, judges’ wigs, hair transplants in Turkey, and who would donate bone marrow to whom. 1:36:20 Bad haircuts, shaving your head, Samson’s hair and the Samsonite name, and Rapunzel. 1:49:00 Hairstyles by decade, from the 1920s bob to Farrah Fawcett, the Rachel, and Lizzie McGuire, plus country songs about hair. 1:55:00 Where to see us live. 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 Brian Bates Official site Co-host. Played an outdoor all-ages show in Canton, Ohio, with a cotton-candy stand behind him, then joined Nate in Charleston. 3:36 Aaron Weber Official site Co-host. Doesn’t get the appeal of dance, and spent hours in his crawl space rescuing a cat. 19:12 Dusty Slay The Comedian List · Official site Co-host. Wants the letter X out of the alphabet, and his is the hair everyone at the table wants. 16:22 People mentioned Greg Warren Wikipedia His all-ages shows end with kids invited up to tell a joke. 2:36 Nate Bargatze The Comedian List Brian joined his Charleston show at Credit One Stadium, and Vanderbilt’s coaches invited them courtside. 5:00 Danny McBride Wikipedia The Charleston local they kept almost meeting; called the funniest guy of his generation. 10:44 Fred Astaire Wikipedia Brought up as the case for dance as an art form. 19:22 Nikki Glaser Wikipedia Named among the comedians who went on Dancing with the Stars. 24:05 Bobby Bones Wikipedia Named as a Dancing with the Stars winner. 24:07 Craig Foster Wikipedia The filmmaker who befriends an octopus in My Octopus Teacher. 31:55 Neil deGrasse Tyson Wikipedia A listener says Dusty would win a debate with him; Dusty passed him at SiriusXM in New York. 40:08 Clancy Brown Wikipedia Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption and the voice of Mr. Krabs. 44:32 Maria Bamford Wikipedia Her documentary gets a recommendation, plus the time she gave every New Faces comic $100 at Just for Laughs. 44:48 Ari Shaffir The Comedian List · Wikipedia Took the New Faces comics out to a nice dinner at Just for Laughs. 45:16 Ralphie May Wikipedia His roast battle with Mike Lawrence gets retold. 47:30 Mike Lawrence Wikipedia Landed the iceberg line in that roast battle. 47:38 Henry Cho Wikipedia The AI-built promo photo of Brian looks like a Henry Cho pose. 1:06:40 Dabo Swinney Wikipedia Who one of the AI hair-swap photos looks like. 1:11:40 Andre Walker Wikipedia Oprah’s hairstylist, whose hair-type system sorts hair into four types. 1:13:06 William Lee Golden Wikipedia The Oak Ridge Boys singer who says even a long beard stops growing eventually. 1:18:06 LeBron James Wikipedia Named in the balding-athletes talk and again in the hair-transplant speculation. 1:21:40 Michael Jordan Wikipedia Proof that some of the biggest athletes are bald. 1:21:45 Marie Antoinette Wikipedia The namesake of the syndrome where hair suddenly turns white. 1:23:00 Louis XIII Wikipedia The French king who started the wig trend in the 1620s to cover premature balding. 1:26:19 John Cena Wikipedia Named among celebrities who have talked about their hair transplants. 1:31:05 Joel McHale Wikipedia Also named among celebrities who have talked about hair transplants. 1:31:10 Brian Urlacher Wikipedia Went from his trademark bald head to a full head of hair. 1:31:20 Amanda Bynes Wikipedia She’s the Man comes up, and Dusty calls her his generation’s Audrey Hepburn. 1:35:45 Ryan Sickler His Honeydew podcast is named for the leftover fruit, which Brian happens to love. 1:38:30 Samson Wikipedia The Bible story of strength tied to never cutting his hair. 1:41:20 Jesse Shwayder Wikipedia Founder of Samsonite, who named an early suitcase after Samson. 1:45:00 John Crist Wikipedia A photo from his show looks like a hair-transplant ad. 1:47:30 Farrah Fawcett Wikipedia Her feathered blowout defined 1970s hair. 1:52:15 Charlie Daniels Wikipedia “Long Haired Country Boy” tops Dusty’s list of country songs about hair. 1:54:20 Willie Nelson Wikipedia Red Headed Stranger makes the list too. 1:54:30 Jimmy Buffett Wikipedia “Pencil Thin Mustache” gets added at the end. 1:55:32 David Allan Coe Wikipedia “Long-Haired Redneck” closes out the list. 1:55:37 Show more Want this section to go deeper? 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Fish | Public Figures Ep #34 | Nateland Podcast Public Figures (Nateland) · Episode #34 · Hosts: Aaron Weber, Brian Bates, Dusty Slay · Published Sep 23 2026 · Runtime 1:52:02 · Watch: YouTube Overview Aaron Weber, Brian Bates, and Dusty Slay open Public Figures #34 from Zanies Comedy Showplace in Nashville with a long weekend-recap cold open: Dusty’s new favorite town (Portsmouth, NH), Brian’s 5:30 a.m. BNA run-in with Dusty, Aaron’s Conroe/Lake Conroe “more bodies than fish” sightseeing, then college football’s wild Vanderbilt–NC State ending. Comment roundup covers AM radio, dental fillings picking up stations, Lucille Ball Morse-code lore, and Nateland news (Mikey Winfield showcase, Mike Goodwin special, War Memorial Titans-afternoon bill). The fish half is a dense pop-science and bit reel — biblical seafood rules, catfish slime, ichthyology, Ultra + Cozy Earth + Rocket Money reads, starfish/sponges/Herman the Worm, do fish sleep, goldfish memory myths, clownfish sex change, the ichthys fish symbol, seasickness experiments, John Frum cargo cult, seahorses, Greenland shark longevity adjacent chatter, and a closing mermaid / manatee / monkeyface prickleback debate before live dates. Timestamp directory 0:12 Open — Public Figures from Zanies / Nateland studio; Aaron, Brian, Dusty. 1:03 Live plugs — Aaron @ Stardome Birmingham Oct 1; Brian free outdoor Canton, OH Friday. 1:39 Nashville heat dome — hottest spot in the country; Texas/Florida cooler. 2:04 Dusty falls for Portsmouth, NH — “new favorite place in the country.” 2:49 Street stranger walks Dusty to a water bottle — Japan / Portsmouth cleanliness riff. 3:33 The Federal cigar shop — sidewalk chairs; “Yuckers” lady covering her face. 4:27 Speakeasy basement under The Federal — clean air, great ventilation. 4:41 Life cereal / Mikey “he hates everything” — Dusty as grown-up Mikey. 5:41 Haddock sandwiches in Portsmouth — cod-family North Atlantic fish. 6:23 70-year-old fan — “used to be a real village,” boutiques vs hardware store. 7:35 Aaron booked Portsmouth in January — Dusty hopes he has a terrible time. 8:29 Dusty @ Rivers Casino Des Plaines with Abe Hour — wrong names all weekend (Gabe/Ed). 9:06 Upper Peninsula casino return — cooler weather, different career chapter. 10:49 DJ shout-out Dusty forgot onstage — making it up on the pod. 11:09 Brian 5:30 a.m. BNA security — first person walking by is Dusty Slay. 11:20 Dusty blank-stare “All right” — already hit by two fans; no sleep; coffee + bacon. 12:11 Southwest lounge coming to BNA — “gonna change our lives.” 12:49 BNA fifth-floor bridge cutoff — grand-entrance escalator bit retired. 13:31 Brian NY Comedy Club — four of six comics were prior Nateland guests. 14:07 Lineup name-check — Mark Normand, Gary Gulman, Zeke; and others. 18:45 Aaron flies Houston → Conroe — bartender’s “Texas Pride” town claim. 20:04 Lake Conroe tip — “don’t get in the water… more bodies than fish.” 20:58 Ad: Cozy Earth bamboo sheets — code public figures, up to 20% off. 22:49 Chapter turn — college football’s unbelievable weekend. 24:05 Aaron tracks Vandy on the drive — phone blows up; NC State end-zone fumble. 25:03 Clip breakdown — knee / safety available; fumble TD as time expires. 26:04 Ole Miss beats LSU — Lane Kiffin “built a team I can’t beat” joke. 26:47 Weber family Notre Dame–Purdue showdown tease. 27:06 Diana Williams “drinking water on the podcast — gross, I’m out.” 27:38 Donna Warley loved the AM-radio episode — night-travel physics. 27:48 Comment roundup open — Twitter/IG/YouTube/Apple/mail@natelandpodcast.com. 29:15 Dentist offered to pull Brian’s root canal on-air energy; butt-rock vs classical. 31:32 The Office / David Brent blind-date music digression. 33:45 Suitcase roll-around — Wellborn kid; Dusty once youngest comic at the Opry. 36:45 Henry Cho / new-wave Nashville comic history; Mike Terry @ the Opry. 39:01 “Ferrule” vocab flex — pencil metal band name. 42:01 Week-33 callback / ice-storm trapped bit; “unmoved mover” blasphemy joke. 44:00 Fillings picking up radio — Lucille Ball WWII Morse-code story (hosts’ take: probably didn’t happen / Mythbusters recreate failed). 45:13 Conroe, TX fan — physics textbook signed; Dusty’s grandfather taught the professor. 46:13 Morgan Wallen / Dale Earnhardt lookalike conspiracy that would break Dusty’s heart. 47:20 Nateland news — Mikey Winfield showcase premiere Thursday 7pm. 48:16 Mike Goodwin half-hour special live; Brad Upton Dry Bar / Nateland view king. 48:32 Oct 18 War Memorial — Andy Woodhull, Mike James, Mark Shelley 3pm Titans-afternoon. 49:28 Topic lock: Fish — biblical clean/unclean seafood; Dusty eats fish selectively. 49:55 Catfish vs scaled fish — mucus skin layer; “gross compared to other fish.” 51:27 Pig vs cow stomachs — humans taste like pork; Fried Green Tomatoes stew lore. 53:23 Jesse Daniel Working Man shirt; keep vacation towns clean (Portsmouth values). 54:27 Shout-outs — Derek Stroop / Steven Rogers; Ryan Hamilton cellar spots; Aziz Ansari. 55:30 Dream guest board — Neil deGrasse Tyson toe-to-toe; Bill Nye via Fiona Collie. 58:03 Watson & Crick / Rosalind Franklin DNA credit digression. 58:44 Fish facts open — pescatarianism, marine biology, ichthyology spelling fight. 1:00:45 Jawless fish (eels) — slimy end of the spectrum; 33k species claim. 1:02:46 Ad: Ultra pouches — no nicotine/caffeine; code nateland @ takeultra.com. 1:04:00 Cartilage vs bony fish; camel-relative deep cut; land-exit evolution. 1:07:31 Human embryos temporary gill-like structures — 400M years of nerves. 1:12:02 Starfish have no brain; sponges / SpongeBob parent digression. 1:15:16 Ad: Rocket Money — cancel duplicate subscriptions; join link as read. 1:16:30 Herman the Worm / Opelika Alabama preschool song; Crock-Pot Comedy fish jokes. 1:17:30 Do fish sleep? — rest without deep unconsciousness; Duluth joke-theft lore. 1:23:10 Goldfish 3-second memory myth busted — colors, shapes, feeding times. 1:24:42 Goldfish can live years; tank-size stunting; rearrange the layout. 1:26:17 Why we care less about fish than dogs/cats — personality / touch gap. 1:28:31 Clownfish — dominant male permanently becomes female if queen dies. 1:30:00 Ichthys / Jesus fish symbol — early Christian recognition mark. 1:34:13 Do fish get seasick? — lab motion / plane-dive fish tests; circles. 1:36:06 Catch-and-release as alien abduction; bird-feeding worms bit. 1:37:18 John Frum cargo cult — “John from

Public Figures – A Nateland Podcast · Episode #17 · Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay · Published May 27 2026 · Runtime 2:04:20 · Watch: YouTube Dusty wants a pause on anything new, Brian has an awkward moment at a bed and breakfast, and a viewer has a singing request. Then the guys take on 2001: the real Y2K, Segways, Wikipedia, the iPod, where they were on 9/11, the top singles and sports moments, the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, and whether 2001 was a good year. Chapters People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 A day off and book reading. 11:03 Dusty's math discoveries and life hacks. 22:53 Weekend recap. 34:00 Airbnb jokes. 40:50 Comment roundup. 1:04:16 The real Y2K and ballpark food. 1:14:00 Where were you in 2001?. 1:25:13 The 21st century and notable technology events of the year. 1:39:44 Top 10 singles and sports moments of the year. 1:49:50 Blue Collar comedy tour and the top movies , books and tv series. 1:58:00 Was 2001 a good or bad year for us?. 2:01:30 Where to see us live. 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 Brian Bates Official site Host. 0:00 Aaron Weber Official site Host. 0:00 Dusty Slay The Comedian List · Official site Host. 0:00 People mentioned 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 iPod — launched in 2001. Amazon 1:25:13 Blue Collar Comedy Tour — a 2001 touchstone. Amazon 1:49:50 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 None this episode. 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 Quince (22:17) — quince.com/nate · free shipping and 365-day returns. Chime (40:01) — chime.com/nate. Laundry Sauce (1:03:35) — Code NATELAND for 20% off. Ridge (1:18:42) — ridge.com/nateland · up to 40% off. Public Figures live (house) (2:01:30) — nateland.com · where to see them live. 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. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Public Figures – A Nateland Podcast · Episode #18 · Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay · Published Jun 3 2026 · Runtime 1:49:33 · Watch: YouTube Brian promotes The Breadwinner, Aaron isn’t a fan of the King James Bible, and Dusty defends his singing. Then the guys get into UFOs: government disclosures, Disclosure Day, the missing-scientists conspiracy, favorite alien movies, first contact, and how people would react to real evidence — plus a detour through 3:10 to Yuma and A League of Their Own. Chapters People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Weekend recap. 16:24 Nateland news. 19:15 Reading a book. 22:00 Comment roundup. 31:48 What is the average amount of jobs people have in their lifetime?. 39:10 Least favorite sounds. 48:26 Government disclosures on UFOs. 54:10 Disclosure Day, public opinions and types of aliens. 1:01:05 The missing scientists conspiracy. 1:07:30 Favorite alien movies. 1:21:01 First contact. 1:31:15 What would the reactions be to alien evidence?. 1:36:00 More alien movies. 1:46:00 Where to see us live. 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 Brian Bates Official site Host. 0:00 Aaron Weber Official site Host. 0:00 Dusty Slay The Comedian List · Official site Host. 0:00 People mentioned Nate Bargatze The Comedian List · Wikipedia Nateland news. 0:00 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 The Breadwinner — Nate’s movie. Amazon 16:24 Arrival — an alien-movie favorite. Amazon 1:21:27 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 None this episode. 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 Square (17:30) — square.com/go/nate · up to $200 off Square hardware. Helix Sleep (47:30) — helixsleep.com/nate · 20% off sitewide (summer sale). IQBAR (1:03:59) — Text PUBLIC to 64000 · 20% off all IQBAR products. Ultra Pouches (1:20:26) — takeultra.com · code NATELAND for 15% off. Public Figures live (house) (1:46:00) — nateland.com · where to see them live. 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. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.