Episode 8 starts with us questioning if we even hit record (again), immediately spiraling into Valentine’s Day talk, and setting some ground rules about what not to send to the Dial Tone phone line.

Ant walks through the full Valentine’s Day stress cycle. Overpriced Airbnbs, almost blowing the budget on a luxury treehouse, scrambling for dinner reservations a week before Valentine’s Day, and somehow pulling it off while standing in Subway. Taco’s contribution is mostly suggesting fast food and being a general menace.

We circle back to the snowstorm from last episode and find out Taco drove straight through it to get snowed in with the “lady from the beach,” turning into a full-blown weekend situation while Ant watched the weather and questioned his life choices.

From there, the episode shifts into real conversations about relationships, how Valentine’s Day feels different when you’re actually serious about someone, and why celebrating yourself still counts if you’re single.

Then things go deeper. We talk about addiction, sobriety, food, weight loss, portion control, and how wild it is realizing your body can actually change when your habits do. Taco opens up about his past with drugs, recovery, and what addiction felt like when it was happening. Ant talks about food being his version of that struggle and how both of us are trying to do better without going extreme.

Somewhere in the middle of all that, we also manage to talk about working together in the new office, corporate burnout, weird fetishes, sponsorships, and why Taco absolutely cannot be trusted to stay on topic.

It’s funny, uncomfortable, honest, and exactly how these conversations actually go when we hit record.

Call or text the Dial Tone line, follow the socials, and if you’re sending something wild, start it with “for Taco” so he can screen it.

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