Adventure Email — We’re Having a Good Time Ep 162

• 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.

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

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

Zanies, Nashville (Official site) — his monthly Grand Ole Comedy Show, sold out, plus the comedy festival with Aaron Weber. 6:10

The Lab at Zanies, Nashville (Official site) — the 100-seat room Hugh Howser kept selling out. 6:50

Charleston, South Carolina — the classes he found in the newspaper, and Sunday mimosas with John Brennan. 9:40

James Island, South Carolina — his first open mic, with about six people there. 14:00

Music Farm — his second set: sober, in overalls and no shoes, in front of a packed room. 15:40

Savannah, Georgia — where Brennan runs a theater and the Savannah for Morons shows. 17:30

New York City — his 2013 stand-up month, when he met Hannah and saw Brennan’s off-Broadway show. 18:40

Folly Beach, South Carolina — his twenties, drinking and lonely. 28:20

Inn of the Mountain Gods — a casino gig in Mescalero after the longest stretch of nothing he’s ever driven. 42:00

Albuquerque, New Mexico — the drive from Mescalero was one of the most beautiful he’s done. 43:00

Milwaukee — the Couchsurfing friends who stopped answering. 39:50

• No sponsor reads (0:00) — Dusty calls this an ad-free podcast; there are no third-party sponsor reads in the episode or the description.
• Book pre-order (house plug) (11:00) — The We’re Having a Good Time book, due in November. Pre-orders help it chart. Amazon · no code.
• Tour and Zanies dates (house plug) (58:20) — Dates read on air in April 2026, now past: Dallas May 1, Houston May 2, LA May 3, and a Zanies show around May 5. For current dates, see dustyslay.com/tour-dates · no code.
• Fan mail (house plug) (5:50) — PO Box 8146, Hermitage, TN 37076. He says you don’t have to send anything.