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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 · The Comedian List 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 · The Comedian List 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 · Best Movies & TV Shows 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 · The Comedian List 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 Comedian List 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 · The Comedian List 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 · The Comedian List 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