5: #5 | Montana

Summary

Public Figures Podcast – Episode 5: “Montana”

Release Date: March 4, 2026
Hosts: Dusty Slay, Aaron Weber, Brian Bates
Studio: Audioboom Studios

---

Overview

This episode of Public Figures centers on the state of Montana—its geography, culture, quirks, and significance in America and pop culture. The hosts, all professional comedians, share personal experiences, engage in banter about recent gigs, riff on hotels and travel, respond to listener comments, and deep-dive into Montana lore, music, people, and history. The episode features the trio’s signature mix of observational humor, storytelling, and friendly debate, including on topics like biometric security, rural life, and the changing shape of the American West.

---

Episode Structure & Key Segments

Introductions, Tour Updates & Banter

[00:42 – 04:54]

• The hosts (Dusty, Aaron, Brian) greet new listeners, joke about their upcoming and recent gigs.

  • Dusty: Performing in Montana (Billings and Butte)
  • Aaron: Heading to Edmonton, Alberta, and dining at “Meat” restaurant (“I’m just gonna walk in and say, give me what you got.” —Dusty, [02:49])
  • Brian: Recently visited Canada and Mexico for the first time, despite being widely traveled elsewhere.

• “I fell in love with [Butte]. ...I’m excited to go back.” — Dusty Slay, [04:16]

---

Comedy & Travel Stories

[04:54 – 13:57]

• Brian discusses performing at a church in Covington, TN, reminiscing about previous shows involving Aaron.
• Aaron describes playing with Kathleen Madigan in Huntsville, AL, and Atlanta, GA, noting comedy’s connections to regional culture and venues.
  • “Everything’s space themed in Huntsville.” — Aaron, [07:19]
• Dusty recounts gigs in Poughkeepsie and Albany, NY, including crowd adventures at a cigar bar (“If they’re willing to come to a cigar bar, they’re probably going to be all right.” — Dusty, [10:35])
• Discussion of hotels—Dusty’s snobbery about lodging (“You can tell a lot by the lobby. If you go into a lobby, a good hotel is gonna have a tall ceiling…” — Dusty, [14:21])

---

Live Audience & Listener Interactions

[18:49 – 21:05]

• Introduction of the section where comments from listeners are read and answered.

  • Fans praise the "infectious laughter" and "non-stop funny quips".
  • “If you want to be a part of this podcast, leave us a comment…” — Dusty, [18:54]

• Some memorable comments include:

  • Listeners highlighting Dusty’s relatability as a “trailer park child” ([27:39])
  • Uber driver stories and safety, and stories about hotel key card habits.

---

Public Figures: Announcements and Updates

[19:12 – 26:42]

• Brian and Dusty each announce comedy specials scheduled for recording.

  • “I’m filming my special... actually already sold out.” — Brian, [21:01]

• Dusty announces his new book: We’re Having a Good Time.

  • “I wrote a book...there is gonna...I wrote a book called 'We’re Having a Good Time.'” — Dusty, [23:33]
  • Discussion about audiobook versions and fan expectations.

• Aaron and his wife’s fundraiser event for Prader-Willi Syndrome (“Prodder Silly”), aiming to raise money for PWSA USA.

---

Deep-Dive: Montana

[56:46 – 94:42]

Personal Experiences and Montana’s Identity

• Dusty: Returning to Billings and Butte, favorite Montana cities.
• Montana’s “big sky” and sense of place: “There are places – Montana is one of them – where you go, I really feel like I’m somewhere unique.” — Aaron, [64:21]

Music Shoutouts

• The hosts debate Montana-themed songs:
  • “Meet Me in Montana” by Dan Seals & Marie Osmond
  • Hank Williams Jr. songs (“Cut Bank, Montana”, “Montana Café”)
  • Chris Stapleton, Charlie Pride, and others

Montana Facts & Fun Trivia

• Nicknames: “Big Sky Country”, “The Last Best Place”, “The Treasure State” ([63:23])
• Sparse, rugged state: 4th largest by area, but just 8 people per sq. mile and 3 million cows ([68:24])
• Continental Divide & Triple Divide Peak: water flows to three oceans from one point ([72:24])
• World’s smallest river: Roe River, Great Falls ([72:56])
• Glacial and mountain-fed waterways; “ice cold” creeks even in summer ([73:22])
• Custer's Last Stand/Battle of Little Bighorn
• Record temperature swing: 103 degrees in one day ([75:56])
• Montana’s attempt to ban TikTok ([66:47])
• No US President or VP from Montana
• Most grizzlies in the lower 48 ([89:15])
• Famed residents and newcomers: Michael Keaton, Tom Brokaw, John Mayer, Jeff Bridges, Huey Lewis; influx of celebrities and California migration ([69:49], [81:36])

Famous Montanans & Pop Culture

• Dana Carvey, Brent Musburger, Evel Knievel, Augie Smith, Reggie Watts
• Discussion of classic Montana-set movies and TV:
  • “A River Runs Through It”, “Legends of the Fall”, “Yellowstone”, plus prequels
  • “Open Range”, “Lonesome Dove”
• Charlie Pride’s Montana connection: singing at ballgames before becoming a country music star ([78:16])

Listener Montana Stories

• Video from Brian Holt: sheep birthing on a Virginia farm; Dusty’s own story about pulling a stillborn calf ([53:16], [54:21])
  • “I’ve helped birth a cow.” — Dusty, [54:17]

Quirks, Conspiracies, Debates

• Rural anti-government culture, “Montana Freeman” militia and sovereignty talk ([70:51])
• Extended debate about CLEAR and TSA PreCheck; privacy, biometrics, and the “false dichotomy” of trusting corporations vs. government:
  • “You don’t trust the government, I don’t trust this company. At some point, you make compromises because, you know, there it is.” — Dusty, [35:43]
  • Highly comedic, with role reversals and good-natured teasing ([31:37 – 38:00])

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Montana’s sense of place:
  “Most cities you’re in, you go this could be Oklahoma and nobody would even know the difference... But there are places. Montana is one of them. Where you go I really feel like I’m somewhere different.” — Aaron, [64:21]

• On travel and hotels:
  “You can tell a lot by the lobby. If you go into a lobby, a good hotel is gonna have a tall ceiling..." — Dusty, [14:21]

• On music and Montana:
  “The three best Montana songs, in my opinion, all come from Hank Williams Jr. That's Cut Bank, Montana, Montana Song, and Montana Cafe.” — Dusty, [58:34]

• On CLEAR vs. TSA PreCheck:
  “You don’t trust the government, I don’t trust this company. At some point, you make compromises because, you know, there it is.” — Dusty, [35:43]

• On anti-government sentiment:
  “We all should hate the government. That's what's so weird.” — Dusty, [70:41]

---

Listener and Fan Interaction

[26:45 – 53:16 & 53:16 – 55:02]

• Fan comments ranging from praise for the show to lively debate about rural life, FFA (Future Farmers of America), country songs, and agricultural trivia.
• Sheep, goats, and milk: “Sheep milk is the closest to human milk...” — Listener Susan Gasman ([50:20])
• Uber driver horror stories recur as a theme.

---

Montana Deep Cuts & Oddities

[86:06 – 88:01]

• The “Bell Ringing Boulder”: a mysterious local rock formation that resonates like a bell only when kept with others ([91:32])

---

Closing and Plugs

[95:03 – 97:09]

• Each host shares upcoming tour dates in various states and cities.
• Call for listener stories about Montana for future episodes.
  • “Send in a video so we can feature you on here. ...If we like it, if it’s good enough...” — Dusty, [97:11]
• “We’re having a good time.” (Show’s recurring catchphrase, [98:00])

---

Overall Tone & Style

• Casual, inquisitive, and irreverent: The hosts riff freely, alternating humor and genuine interest in history, geography, and nostalgia.
• Organically structured: The episode evolves from gig banter to deep-dive, supported by anecdotes, trivia, and lively debate.
• Fan-inclusive: Regularly encourages interaction, comments, and video submissions.
• Lighthearted skepticism: Playful skepticism toward institutions (government, corporations), delivered with jokes and “Socratic” questioning.

---

Useful Timestamps

• 02:49 — Dusty: “Just give me a plate of meat” (Dining at “Meat” in Edmonton)
• 04:16 — Dusty professes his love for Butte, Montana
• 10:35 — “If they’re willing to come to a cigar bar, they’re probably going to be all right.”
• 14:21 — Hotel lobby theories
• 23:33 — Dusty’s book announcement (We’re Having a Good Time)
• 31:37 – 38:00 — CLEAR vs. TSA PreCheck debate (data privacy)
• 53:16 – 54:21 — Brian Holt’s sheep birthing video; Dusty’s cow story
• 56:46 – 94:42 — Deep-dive into Montana: history, music, movies, and trivia

---

For New Listeners

Even if you haven’t heard prior episodes, this one welcomes you with relatable stories of work, travel, hospitality quirks, and rural Americana—punctuated with down-to-earth banter that’s both informative and witty. You get cultural insight into Montana, a window into touring comedian life, and a steady stream of comedic takes on serious (and not-so-serious) subjects.

---

Next Episode: Tune in Wednesdays for new episodes. Submit your own stories, questions, or Montana memories for a chance to be featured.
Catchphrase: “We’re having a good time.”

Transcript

[Advertisement Voice]

The new LinkedIn hiring pro can't undo your last hire, the lone wolf who you thought was a good collaborator because you didn't have the right candidate insights. But once you hired them, it was all hoarding info, declining meetings and howling at the full moon. But LinkedIn hiring pro can go deeper than just the resume to find you a perfect fit by using insights from the LinkedIn network to give you a short list of best fit candidates. Hire right the first time with LinkedIn Hiring Pro. Post your first job today and get $100 [e-mail] PandoraOffer terms and conditions apply.

[Aaron Weber]

Foreign.

[Dusty Slay]

Welcome to the Public figures podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

Boom.

[Dusty Slay]

If you're new here, this is a podcast where we talk for two hours about nothing and make it funny.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And it's going to be great. I'm Dusty Slay and I'm with the other host of the podcast, Aaron Weber.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

And Brian Bates.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And we're excited to be here. And if you don't know, let's say this is the first time you've listened to this podcast. Right. We're professional comedians.

[Aaron Weber]

All three.

[Dusty Slay]

Three of us are professional comedians. You can find us, you know, on the Internet. We also do live shows and they're so good. Like, where are you going to be at this weekend?

[Brian Bates]

I'm going to be at home.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, well, all right. See, that's what I mean. Two hours of just hilarious podcast.

[Brian Bates]

I'm gonna go ahead and cover something next weekend as well.

[Dusty Slay]

So. Okay, listen, two of us are professional comedians that do it full time and. But we're very excited to be here. What about you, Aaron?

[Aaron Weber]

I am heading north of the border this weekend. I'm going to be in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Comic Strip at the Edmonton Mall. So come on out. I'm just around the corner from the pirate ship.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

In that giant mall. Come see me at the Comic Strip while you're there.

[Dusty Slay]

You're gonna go to meet.

[Aaron Weber]

I am gonna go to Meat.

[Dusty Slay]

I love that restaurant.

[Aaron Weber]

I hate saying it out loud. I hate typing it in, but it's a good restaurant.

[Dusty Slay]

I love that restaurant, the one I was in there. I. They told me that you get a. You take a piece of brisket and then you put a little yellow mustard on there and a pickle in each bite.

[Aaron Weber]

You ever go to a restaurant and just go, just do what you want with me? Maybe not word it like that.

[Brian Bates]

Well, at a place called Meat.

[Aaron Weber]

Hold on. I'm saying, you ever go to a restaurant, you see people do that in movies where they go, why don't you just take care of me?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I don't eat pork or shellfish, so I don't have to. Yeah. I don't let people just go wild.

[Aaron Weber]

You got to be persnickety.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. I go, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I might walk in. I might walk in a meat and say, give me what you got.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. Just give me a plate of meat.

[Aaron Weber]

Anyway, come see me in Edmonton.

[Brian Bates]

You know, I.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes.

[Brian Bates]

I was just thinking, I am 54 years old. I had never been to Canada or Mexico or North American borders until you're in your 50s. Until the last three or four months.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

I went to Canada a few months ago, about an hour into Canada, as I said. I flew in Detroit and drove south as you get, and then I walked 100ft into Mexico on the cruise, so.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, that's why you wanted to get off the cruise. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Why not? Check it out.

[Dusty Slay]

Now that makes sense. That makes sense.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I mean, other reasons too, but.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but you'd been other. You've been to Australia.

[Brian Bates]

I've been to Europe. I've been Australia, I've been to Asia, but never.

[Aaron Weber]

Not Africa, huh?

[Brian Bates]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you really threw me a curveball just now, though, because, you know, I wanted to make jokes about you not leaving the country, and then I find out you actually are more well traveled than me. That would have really backfired on me. So.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I wish you to let him.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm glad you got that out before. But I'll be. This weekend. I'll be. You know, I just want to complete the. That. I'll be. I'll be in Montana. I'll be at Billings, Montana, Great city. And Butte, Montana. Great city, Butte. Apparently that show's already sold out, but I went to a long time ago and I. I love it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, she's a beautiful.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I fell in love with the city and so I'm excited to go back spelled.

[Aaron Weber]

But though.

[Dusty Slay]

With an e at the end.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Is that how you spell.

[Aaron Weber]

But I'm feeling fancy feeling. I'm feeling like.

[Brian Bates]

But though. Except not.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, except there's more letters in it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but.

[Dusty Slay]

But that's. So. Yeah, we. This is the podcast Public Figures Podcast. We're all public figures. Also, if you've not noticed that about us. Also, what about your weekend? This weekend? What did you. What were you off to? Did you have any fun experiences?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah. I went to Covington, Tennessee First Baptist Church and had a great time. Yeah, had a great time. A lot of nice.

[Dusty Slay]

Did you do a show or do you just went to church.

[Brian Bates]

You just can't get to find a good church in Nashville. So I'm like, I'm gonna drive three hours west.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, let's get all the way almost to Memphis.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Noah had a show there Friday night and went great. Met a lot of nice folks and.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Did they say anything about me when you were there? Do they remember me? I did a show there years ago in 2019.

[Brian Bates]

They.

[Aaron Weber]

2019.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

They took a little time off.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I think we're good on comedians.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Yeah. Now they remembered you.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

I remember you were the first one. It was you in 2019, then Johnny W. In 2020. And then covet hit. And they did take a few years off.

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Brian Bates]

Until now.

[Dusty Slay]

They gave it all this. Well, they still wear mask in there or what? I mean, come on.

[Brian Bates]

I think they just got out of the habit and they're like, let's do it again. So. Yeah, they said they loved you.

[Aaron Weber]

That's great. I had a good time there. Remember I did a Valentine's Day.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, that's what this was.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Just post Valentine's. It was a couple's thing.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's like the real couples. It's like you don't go out on Valentine's Day.

[Dusty Slay]

Right, right.

[Aaron Weber]

You go a couple weeks later.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Church celebrates Valentine's Day.

[Aaron Weber]

They celebrate marriage, you know, any opportunity to come together.

[Brian Bates]

And they just called it a date night event. I schedule it around February 14th, but

[Dusty Slay]

yeah, just a date night.

[Aaron Weber]

Just when love is in the air.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I like Valentine's Day. I like that.

[Aaron Weber]

St. Valentine's Day.

[Dusty Slay]

What about you? Where were you at?

[Aaron Weber]

Where? Wait, where was I. I know where you were.

[Brian Bates]

Huntsville.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. I was with Kathleen Madigan this past weekend. Huntsville, Alabama, at the Mars Music Hall.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

I realized I had never. Huntsville's close to Nashville. It's like, I don't know, under two hour drive down to Huntsville. So when you start out doing comedy in Nashville, you do a lot of shows in the Huntsville area. Yeah, there is. There's a lot of like great local shows. Yeah, there's the. The clubs down there and it's close by. So I remember live early days. That's really the only road that we were doing was like, we'll go down to Huntsville and they'll let us do a, you know, a 10 minute spot, which was a huge deal at the time. Drive back. But I realized that I hadn't been since the club open. I. I'd never done a theater or anything other than the Club in Huntsville. So Kathleen Madigan sold out the. The Mars Music hall, which they named

[Dusty Slay]

that after the Planet Everything space candy bar.

[Aaron Weber]

Everything space themed in Huntsville. So I'm sure it has something to do with. With the planet.

[Brian Bates]

What was the theater you did there?

[Dusty Slay]

I think I did. I feel like it was next to like the Werner Von Braun center, but not.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a complex. There's a bunch of stuff in there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Feel like it's in the same building, but not that.

[Aaron Weber]

So this was like a rock club that's attached all. It was just a awesome venue.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then drove back to Nashville that night, picked up my wife and baby, Woke up at 4am Drove to Atlanta where Kathleen sold out the Cobb Energy Center.

[Brian Bates]

What time was that show?

[Aaron Weber]

Seven. It was early. We had. Yeah, we had stuff to do during the day in Atlanta. So we're able to get out there and just. Very cool. Right? I mean, I could see the. The Brave stadium from my. From my hotel room. I got a little fired up. I got excited. Season's about to start.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You got some old school.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, there's no serious injuries yet.

[Brian Bates]

You look like Bob Horner.

[Aaron Weber]

What about him?

[Brian Bates]

I said you look like him.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, thanks.

[Brian Bates]

Old school.

[Aaron Weber]

Appreciate that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Do you know Bob Horner?

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

No. Me either.

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. Murphy sidekick.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I remember. Dale Murphy, America's Team.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, Back in the day.

[Brian Bates]

Terry Forster. You kind of look like him a little bit too.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

You know him?

[Aaron Weber]

No, you. You look like

[Brian Bates]

mean and I just said too nice. Those are.

[Aaron Weber]

You look like Chick Korea, dude.

[Dusty Slay]

Who?

[Aaron Weber]

Chick Korea.

[Brian Bates]

I don't know who that is. Is that a baseball player?

[Aaron Weber]

It's a jazz pianist.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. Okay. Well, all right, well, let's see how many people we can name that no one knows.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then this weekend I was in.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you're right on. Well, can. Do you think I look like that? No, I think Bob Horner.

[Aaron Weber]

I was just trying to think of the most random guy. But thank you to everybody who came out. There were some. There's some fans of the show at those shows.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Pretty cool to see them out in the open and excited to be in Canada this weekend. What about you, Dusty? Where were you?

[Dusty Slay]

I was in New York. I went to Poughkeepsie. New York.

[Aaron Weber]

Poughkeepsie.

[Dusty Slay]

Great.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you watch the Poughkeepsie tapes, that scary movie? No. Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't want to get scared while I was there.

[Brian Bates]

Let the audience.

[Aaron Weber]

Was it scary?

[Dusty Slay]

No, it was a great, normal place. I really have been talking about it for a while, acting like it was closer to New York City than it is, but it's two hours outside of the city. It's a plenty normal place.

[Brian Bates]

Huntsville's closer to Nashville than.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean, it could be anywhere in the country. And it was great. Went out to a cigar bar after, and the cigar bar closed at 10. And, you know, my show's not going to be over till 9, 15 or so.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

So the guy, I called him and he said, well, if there's people here, I'll stay open a little later, you know. So I announced from the stage that we'd be going to the cigar bar after. Hopes that people would go there and that way we could keep it open. And it worked.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's.

[Dusty Slay]

I'd say about 20 people came from the show.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

And we filled that place up and it was really great.

[Aaron Weber]

And they were a Good Hang. The 20?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, they were a great hang. I think that's the key. If they're willing to come to a cigar bar, they're probably going to be all right. Yeah, I think. And it was fun. It was a good, fun hang.

[Brian Bates]

It was good ventilated.

[Dusty Slay]

Pretty good ventilated. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Not like the lounge on the cruise.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

That was a pretend ventilator on there.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Even though I did have some great hangs there, too. But it was very smoky. And then I went on up to Albany, New York, where I've been many times to the Egg.

[Aaron Weber]

The Egg. Is this your first time not doing the club?

[Dusty Slay]

There it is. First time in Albany, not doing the club. Do you know what the egg looks like?

[Aaron Weber]

Is it X shaped?

[Brian Bates]

Is it round?

[Dusty Slay]

Look at this.

[Aaron Weber]

See it?

[Dusty Slay]

Look at that thing.

[Aaron Weber]

That's the theater.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't understand. Where's the. You walk into that building.

[Dusty Slay]

I drove in underneath in a parking garage and came up the elevator.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. So the actual theater is raised above the.

[Dusty Slay]

To be honest with you, I have no idea. But it does. It does looks like that from the road, but I don't know if we're in that or not.

[Aaron Weber]

I think you're in that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. That's pretty cool.

[Aaron Weber]

That'd be weird to just put that and there's nothing inside.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's amazing. Was it a cool theater?

[Dusty Slay]

It was cool, yeah. Very cool. I had a hot show. My friend Derek Humphrey and another friend of mine from New York, Ian Phalanz, often confused with Ian Finance, who's also another funny comic.

[Aaron Weber]

Tough to be one letter away.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But Ian Fance, both very funny. Guys. But Ian is my friend and he does a lot of stuff on the Internet. But him and Derek, good one, two punch for the opening. It was great. A lot of fun.

[Aaron Weber]

Each to two minutes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yep. Because I had to fill the rest of the time. But you know what? No. Derek did 20, Ian did 10 and I did. I did an hour and 20 on the first show and an hour 28 on the second show. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

This looks like it's just in the. It's in the Egg.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that would make sense.

[Aaron Weber]

That could fit in there. But it's kind of balanced up on it. If you're just listening it's. It looks like somebody cut an egg down the middle and then they put it on a little. It's like balanced up in the air. It's kind of crazy. Look up the egg.

[Dusty Slay]

It was a great show and I

[Aaron Weber]

gave up trying to.

[Brian Bates]

That was a great description.

[Aaron Weber]

It is hard to look it up yourself.

[Dusty Slay]

I did do this. I've never done this before. This makes me seem a little snobby, but I've never done this before. I book my own hotels, right. I'm stay at the Marriott's and I book. I don't. I don't know what I'm doing. A lot of times, you know, I just book it. I booked a Fairfield Inn.

[Aaron Weber]

I like a Fairfield in.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. Well I booked one and I showed up and I left.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow. You must. Was it a foul field in. Or was it.

[Dusty Slay]

It was. I even went to the room and then I. And then I left and what was so bad? It just. I didn't.

[Aaron Weber]

Because you've stayed in some.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I have but I'm like. I have but I'm like. I don't want to stay in the cess.

[Aaron Weber]

I meant I'm performing at the Egg tonight.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't want to stay in the cesspool and I don't need a fancy hotel. This is it. It's like there's. There's bad hotels, there's fancy hotels. I just want to be right there in the middle.

[Aaron Weber]

Like a Hampton Inn. That's all you need.

[Dusty Slay]

So I found a residence in by Marriott.

[Aaron Weber]

Residence ends are great.

[Dusty Slay]

Right near the mall and it was great.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it was just get a whole little apartment there.

[Dusty Slay]

I wasted a little money and I hated that I did it. But I. My. My decision even. I got to that Marriott. They upgraded me for free. I didn't even tell them what I had done, but they upgraded me for free. I got a very nice room and I felt very Valid.

[Aaron Weber]

You didn't drop your flyer from the egg. Oh, my bad. Oh, I was just at the egg tonight.

[Brian Bates]

No, what was wrong with the first?

[Dusty Slay]

It just, you know, you didn't get

[Aaron Weber]

a refund on it either.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm working on the refund.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I did call and ask about it, but I, you know, I, it's like, you know how you check into a lobby? You, I feel like you can tell a lot by the lobby. If you go into a lobby, a good hotel is going to have a tall ceiling, it's going to be very spacious. And then the, a bad hotel, it's going to be a very tight lobby.

[Aaron Weber]

Interesting.

[Dusty Slay]

And you won't know. But look at this. The next time you check into a hotel, it'll be a very tight lobby. And then it was just too many people up front. I feel like bad hotels always had too many employees up front.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then the, the, the snack area was, was, like, empty. Like no one had been stocking it.

[Aaron Weber]

That's not a good sign.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I get to my room.

[Aaron Weber]

So you knew even before you saw the room?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but I, I, I was saying to myself, I go, all this could be bad, but the rooms could still be topnotch because I stay at Courtyard Marriott most of the time.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And I've stayed in courtyards where it's, you know, 14ft, 14 stories. And then I've stayed in others that are two stories, the rooms exactly the same. So I thought, you know what? Maybe the rooms are going to be fine. But it looked like it used to be a motel, and they just changed it. It smelled dingy, and it was like, I'm not above staying there, but I was like, a lot of my life has spent on the road, and I just, I want to feel good about where I'm staying, you know?

[Aaron Weber]

Sure.

[Brian Bates]

So you didn't go down and check

[Dusty Slay]

out right there now? I left and then I called.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Interesting.

[Dusty Slay]

And I don't even need a refund. Credit will be fine. Just give me a credit because I'll use it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But, you know, I, I just, you know, I just wanted to share that,

[Brian Bates]

but you guys ever check out of a hotel?

[Aaron Weber]

Never do. I always just leave.

[Dusty Slay]

I give them the car, I try to give them the cards back.

[Aaron Weber]

I collect the cards, so I keep it.

[Brian Bates]

I rarely do, but occasionally, if I'm walking out and there's literally someone standing right there, I'm walking past, I'll just say, hey, I'm checking out and, but

[Aaron Weber]

you're not going to stop. And Fill up, sign stuff or anything like that.

[Brian Bates]

They never asked me. They're just like, what room you in? I tell them, like, okay, you're good.

[Aaron Weber]

I got trapped behind a dude disputing his bill at the Just taking forever. And you want to be like, come on, just leave.

[Dusty Slay]

I know. You know, I. I don't. I have a joke about how I don't check out, but I. And I don't go, yeah, I'd like to check out. I just give them the card. Okay. Yeah, I like to return the car,

[Aaron Weber]

kind of throw it at them.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, it cost them money, I'm sure, so I like to return them some money. How much could it possibly cost over time? I mean, how many have you collected?

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, a few hundred.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you're like public figure here. Incoming.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I mean, a cent.

[Dusty Slay]

I usually even save the cardboard with the room number on it.

[Aaron Weber]

You give that back to them. Yeah, so they can recycle it. Yeah, they're not recycling that, you know, but.

[Dusty Slay]

Hey, but that's.

[Aaron Weber]

That's on them.

[Dusty Slay]

Their problem.

[Aaron Weber]

That's on them.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Okay. I've talked about it before, but I live in a neighborhood which surprises people. Yeah. But one annoying thing is how tired I get of big pest control companies knocking at my door each month trying to sell me on some kind of overpriced pest control.

[Brian Bates]

Yep.

[Dusty Slay]

I get to tell them I'm good because I am having a good time with Pesty and doing it myself.

[Brian Bates]

Well, that is true.

[Dusty Slay]

That is true. You get everything you need. The kit includes a pro grade pesticide that's the same stuff as the pros use. A sprayer, mixing bag, gloves and. And instructions you can complete in less than 10 minutes. Can you believe that? It's so easy to just get it done yourself. Plus, it's customizable for whatever season, location and weather you may deal with. Pesty gets rid of over a hundred types of bugs, from spiders and ants to roaches and stink bugs and also scorpions.

[Brian Bates]

That's a big problem, right?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. All these things stink bugs especially. We don't have that problem here. Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, sorry.

[Dusty Slay]

But I know some of you do. Like I said, it's customizable. Other pest control companies charge hundreds of dollars. With Pesty, you can get started at just $35 per treatment. Pesty is kid and pet friendly. The pesticides they ship are fully registered and have been used in hospitals and schools all over the country. Keep the bugs away with. Go to pesi.comnate for an extra 10 off your order. That's P-E-S T-I-E.comnate for an extra ten

[Brian Bates]

percent off, should we get in these comments?

[Aaron Weber]

Let's get into it. Let's start off with the comments.

[Dusty Slay]

Also, I don't want to read the comments, but I do want to say, you know, we read comments on this podcast every week. If you don't know, we read pod. So if you want to be a part of this podcast, leave us a comment. Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple. There's no guarantee, but maybe if you, if you write a good comment.

[Brian Bates]

You know what, before we get into them, I want to go ahead and share some Nateland news before we get in the comments.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's do it.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Just, just in case they're new Nateland, that's our parent company. Yeah, Nateland has a lot going on. Yeah, we're going to tell you about some of it right now.

[Brian Bates]

That's right. So Nate Bargazzi was a former co host of ours. He's a stand up on an old

[Dusty Slay]

podcast called Nateland Podcast that we used to do.

[Aaron Weber]

I think you can still find it if you look hard enough.

[Dusty Slay]

It's gone now, but it was was a hot podcast.

[Brian Bates]

Well, now he game show called Greatest Average American. It premiered last week. It was a hot show we watched. And episode two airs tonight, Wednesday, the day this comes out on ABC. 9:00 clock Eastern, 8:00pm Central. What would that be? Pacific price.

[Dusty Slay]

Six.

[Aaron Weber]

Six?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, probably six.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I know.

[Brian Bates]

I was joking.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, Well, I mean, don't ask the question you don't want an answer to.

[Aaron Weber]

Sound like one of the questions on the game show.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, it's 8 o' clock in Nashville. What would it be in LA? Nateland presents Brad Upton filming. Brad's filming is one hour special, March 29th at the Franklin Theater. Tickets are on sale. 3 o' clock show and 7 o' clock show, I think.

[Brian Holt]

Right.

[Brian Bates]

And we all know Brad. He was on season two of the Nateland Showcase.

[Dusty Slay]

Nate's very funny.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, Nate's Big Dumb Eyes World tour heads to Las Vegas March 17th and 18th. And then Dusty and I both had announcements this week.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh yeah, I forgot to bring this in. But maybe we can add the graphic later. But what do you. What's your announcement?

[Brian Bates]

Well, I had a big announcement and then Dusty didn't like me getting attention so he had to put out one same day, same day to kind of steal it away.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm sorry about that.

[Brian Bates]

Mine was, I'm feeling filming my special.

[Dusty Slay]

All right,

[Brian Bates]

March 30th here at the Lab. I don't even know what I'm telling you guys because it's already sold out. Talking about, you know, so thank you, everyone. Who.

[Dusty Slay]

Do you have a name picked out?

[Brian Bates]

Help sell it out. We're having a good time.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

No, I don't have name, but if you didn't get tickets for my show March 30, I'm going to be hosting a Brian Bates and Friends here at the Lab the night before.

[Dusty Slay]

Awesome.

[Brian Bates]

On March 29th. We won't be filming that for the special, but I'll be running my set. This will be my trial run dress rehearsal. People can give feedback on just, you know, how saying out live does the dress rehearsal. They're like, cut it. Cut it.

[Aaron Weber]

Right, right.

[Brian Bates]

You can warn people coming the night, next night, you know, go to the bathroom during this joke.

[Aaron Weber]

Can I hop on that show?

[Brian Bates]

Sure, sure. You want to hop on that show?

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, you didn't sound. You didn't sound that excited. You know, I don't have to be there, dude. Just good luck with everything. Hope it goes well.

[Brian Bates]

I would love to have you on that show. Dusty, you want to hop on there, too?

[Dusty Slay]

March 29, if I'm in town, I'd like to do it. I mean, you're just throwing a date on me here real fast and. Well, 30th, we had talked about.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I. Yeah, you said you don't

[Aaron Weber]

need us for that.

[Dusty Slay]

Mark 29th, I'm good for that.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, well, maybe I don't know about the.

[Dusty Slay]

Let's see, though.

[Brian Bates]

Dusty said you should put me and Aaron on so you can sell some tickets. And then I sold out later that day, so that's in you.

[Dusty Slay]

Listen, we were having a conversation, and I was saying, if it helps, maybe you can say we'll all do the show.

[Brian Bates]

That's not how you worded it. You said you should put me and Aaron on.

[Dusty Slay]

Well. Well, that's what I mean, though. We're, you know, we're a podcast, so if we come as a package deal, we're bound to sell that thing out.

[Brian Bates]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Not that you can't do it yourself, but I was saying if you need,

[Aaron Weber]

you know, he was just offering it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, and you didn't want the

[Dusty Slay]

best for everybody on this podcast.

[Brian Bates]

Well, thank you. Yeah, thank you. I would love to have you guys.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, yeah, you know what?

[Aaron Weber]

I kind of rethought it last couple minutes. Yeah, I wish you luck, man. And I can't wait to watch the special.

[Brian Bates]

Dusty, will you watch the special?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I'll Line it up. I'll. I got all. Nate's in the queue and I got errands. And then put yours in there.

[Aaron Weber]

His dry bars are in there too. But how about you'll watch the special when we.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yes. When you read my book.

[Aaron Weber]

Crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I have a book. I wrote a book. And is it done?

[Aaron Weber]

Like you finished it?

[Dusty Slay]

The book's done. There is gonna. You know, I'm sure there's some things that they're gonna want to do here and there. But yeah, I wrote a book that's awesome. Called we're having a good Time and I forgot to bring a copy of it in, but.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, I do. I'm sorry. I have a statement here from the Helen Keller Foundation. What would even have to write about?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, exactly. Well, things I see, things I hear. And.

[Aaron Weber]

From Southern comedian Dusty Slay, the beloved everyman comedian behind Netflix's Wet Heat and Work a Man specials, comes a memoir in essays featuring his signature storytelling and finding the hilarity in the everyday. That's unbelievable.

[Dusty Slay]

And, you know, people, for fans of

[Brian Bates]

Nate Bargettzi and Liam Morgan.

[Aaron Weber]

I left that. I left that part. Come on, Brian.

[Dusty Slay]

And not for my own fan. And you know what? Somebody commented about my comment section on the book. And so many comments are, is this going to be available in audio? And somebody commented that everybody is saying, are you going to read it to us? Which I think is funny that my fans would not read books.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, well, the audio. Are you doing audiobook?

[Brian Bates]

Probably.

[Dusty Slay]

You'll probably make me do it.

[Aaron Weber]

I'd rather listen to you tell it than read it in my head. Doing an impression of you voice.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Because that's how I would read your book. I would read it. The voice in my head that I

[Dusty Slay]

hear, there was a guy that write it. So he's, you know, he's a good writer.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't want him to read it. I want you to read it.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm just saying when you read it, you'll go, dusty didn't write this. But they are my stories.

[Brian Bates]

Do you have any idea what the book's about?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, no.

[Brian Bates]

I wrote it all about having a

[Dusty Slay]

good time, but I worked very hard on it. But yeah, there's a guy who helped write it and make it. Make it sound good, punch it up

[Aaron Weber]

and tighten it up and all that kind of stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

I wanted to write it like me, but they were like, we want people to buy this thing.

[Brian Bates]

Then

[Dusty Slay]

I go, let me write it. And don't even. Don't Even edit it.

[Aaron Weber]

They go. Based on how you wrote this email, I think we're going to pass on that. We're going to hook you up with a, with a guy and that's awesome, man.

[Dusty Slay]

Congratulations.

[Brian Bates]

Congratulations.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Thank you, guys.

[Aaron Weber]

Thank you. I've got one thing I want to say real quick. My wife and I just announced we're doing the, the second annual fundraiser for called Prodder Silly that we did last year at Zany's that both of these guys were on. It was a. A lot of fun. Last year we raised a bunch of money for organization called PWSA usa. Prter Willie Syndrome Society of probably. I don't know what PWSA USA stands

[Brian Bates]

for, but United States of America.

[Aaron Weber]

That's the USA part. Yeah, the Prader Willie Syndrome association, maybe. Anyway, we're raising money for him again this year. The show is going to be in September. We've already started selling tickets. It's been good. Just want to plug it prodder silly.com if you want to check out any information on that. We're excited about it. All right.

[Brian Bates]

All right. So we weren't getting these comments.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, let's get into the comments. Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple podcast reviews and [e-mail]

[Brian Bates]

Jessamine Barnett. Jessamine. Come on, guys.

[Dusty Slay]

Jessamine.

[Aaron Weber]

I think just front loading these with these names it's a while. Jessamine. J E S S A M Y

[Brian Bates]

N. I'm not going to discriminate someone's comment if they have a. Just because they have a tough name.

[Dusty Slay]

Jessamine.

[Brian Bates]

Between the perfect sound quality, well, the infectious laughter, non stop funny quips and beautiful singing public figures is the best. I can't get enough. That's very nice.

[Dusty Slay]

That's very.

[Brian Bates]

That's what I'm talking. I don't care what your name is. I'm gonna put that in.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that's a good. Yeah, it's a good comment. I appreciate that.

[Brian Bates]

Thank you. Jessamine.

[Dusty Slay]

Jessamine.

[Brian Bates]

Zoe Rose. As one trailer park child to another, Dusty is so misunderstood. He's just out here saying what everyone is thinking. He's an inquisitive thinker that just wants to know what's going on out here.

[Dusty Slay]

Zoe Rose gets it and I appreciate that. I do appreciate it. Zoe Rose. Rose of the trailer park.

[Aaron Weber]

It doesn't sound like a trailer park name to me. Sound like one to you?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, I'll trust you.

[Dusty Slay]

Sorry, there's a cord here and there was a lot going on. Yeah, I can't tell if the headphones are on. Or not now they're completely off for me.

[Aaron Weber]

That's why I took them.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, we can just.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm just not going to use them.

[Brian Bates]

Brett Shin.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Good to know. If Aaron went blind, he could still use the remote to watch tv.

[Aaron Weber]

I could. I could. It'd be hard to know what channels

[Brian Bates]

what listen to tv, but I guess.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah, I could listen to it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And I could find the channel based on what I hear.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to say now that the headphones are back, I was a little. I was a little spaced out while they were gone, but. Zoe Rose. Yeah. I mean, I am an inquisitive thinker that just wants to know what's going on out here. And I want to ask the questions and I want other people to ask the questions.

[Aaron Weber]

And you want to laugh at people that disagree with you about answers.

[Dusty Slay]

Humiliate them.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Like the people making fun of the Jim Carrey impersonator. And then it turns out it was an impersonator.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And now they're like, oh, this conspiracy theories. Put it to bed. Well, that conspiracy theory was right.

[Dusty Slay]

Correct. That's what I'm saying. That you read my tweet.

[Brian Bates]

Yes.

[Dusty Slay]

They said. Yeah, they said debunked. People thought this was not Jim Carrey. Turns out it was a Jim Carrey impersonator. And I go, okay, so they were right. He didn't debunk it. They were right. And then they go, we hope he's doing well. It's like, so you don't know where he's at. And yeah, you listen. I've seen Aaron work a remote control. You could this guy.

[Aaron Weber]

Appreciate that.

[Dusty Slay]

This guy could listen to TV all day if he were blind.

[Aaron Weber]

Thanks, man.

[Brian Bates]

Ryan Weber. Is that related to you?

[Aaron Weber]

No. Great name, though. Spelled it right and everything.

[Brian Bates]

I'd like to see Brian read poultry poetry by Boyd.

[Dusty Slay]

Try it again.

[Brian Bates]

Poultry poetry by Boyd.

[Aaron Weber]

That's pretty good.

[Dusty Slay]

Poultry and poetry sound about the same for you.

[Brian Bates]

Well, are they right or both? Right or both?

[Dusty Slay]

Wrong.

[Aaron Weber]

They would turn around.

[Dusty Slay]

Poultry. Poultry.

[Brian Bates]

Poultry Poetry by boy.

[Dusty Slay]

I think you're good with poultry. I don't know how to say it. You nailed it. Poultry.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I told you, I never use that word. I say chicken or turkey. I just get specific with it.

[Brian Bates]

How do you say boy? Boyd.

[Dusty Slay]

Boyd. People say I say a T at the end, but I don't think that's true.

[Aaron Weber]

You think everyone's seen video compilations that people make?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. People are lying.

[Aaron Weber]

It's all AI.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Erica Rodriguez. Dusty's uber story. Had Me cry, laughing on my way to work. When I arrived at the office, the receptionist asked me if I was okay. Time to switch to waterproof mascara. But seriously, good on you for speaking up about that weirdo and looking out for others.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I had someone message me saying they had a similar experience in Traverse City.

[Aaron Weber]

It might have been the same guy.

[Dusty Slay]

We talked about it, and I had screenshotted a picture of this guy, and they said, no, it's not him. So there may be something going on with the Traverse City Uber driver.

[Aaron Weber]

Something in the water out there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, a little investigation needs to be done. Thank you, Erica.

[Brian Bates]

Angie. Aaron, I agree with you about Clear. I think Dusty thinks it's affiliated with the government, but it's just a business who knows, who now has full access to do what they want with the stuff shared with them. People are their product.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I think it's funny that they don't think that this is somehow affiliated with the government, even if it's. Doesn't say that it is. I mean, they're allowing it at the airport, and they're allowing you to You. They're allowing Clear to be enough to get you through. So it's somehow affiliated. They talk to each other. You can guarantee the CEO of Clear and the government are, of course, they

[Aaron Weber]

have an agreement with the airport and there's money exchanged for them to operate there. But Clear has made it very, very clear that the goals of the company is to have Clear going everywhere. Everywhere There's a line in your life. They want there to be a Clear lane there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Imagine going to a ball game or going to the movies, and there's a Clear line there.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I don't.

[Aaron Weber]

Is that the kind of world you want to live in?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't go to any of that stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

But if you've been to places where you're in a lot.

[Dusty Slay]

But if I go to. Yeah, I mean, if I go to a baseball game and having Clear and I go, oh, I skipped the whole line here with a service that I already have. Let's do it.

[Aaron Weber]

No one's denying it. Be convenient. I'm asking if that's the kind of world you want to live in.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, there's a lot of stuff about the world that I don't want to live in, but so far, Clear has been fine.

[Aaron Weber]

That's good. And they're not going to do anything nefarious with your eye?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, like what?

[Aaron Weber]

Your fingerprint.

[Dusty Slay]

What would they do?

[Aaron Weber]

You say how. How odd this is for you to be on this side of the switch.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, no, I'm asking.

[Aaron Weber]

No, exactly what they would do?

[Dusty Slay]

What would they do?

[Aaron Weber]

It's the same thing that's been done by all of these companies. 23andMe.

[Dusty Slay]

What did that. What would they do?

[Aaron Weber]

All that data gets. Gets leaked and it gets sold to other people.

[Dusty Slay]

What would they do with it? What do you mean, what would they do with it? If they sold it, what would somebody buying it do with it?

[Aaron Weber]

Whatever they want with it. Like what, what do you, what, what information specifically are you talking about?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I'm asking, though, if I, if,

[Aaron Weber]

if your clear data gets leaked, if

[Dusty Slay]

you're pitching this as a threat, like, like this could be dangerous, what is the danger?

[Brian Bates]

The danger is this is opposite day, by the way.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, this is. I can't believe this is happening right now. Is this some kind of, like, reverse psychology? Like. Well, I just want to go on full Socratic.

[Dusty Slay]

I just want to see how big of a conspiracy theorist you are. You know, where would it go?

[Brian Bates]

I mean, I know all the way to the top.

[Aaron Weber]

All the way to the top. All the way to the top.

[Dusty Slay]

But what do you think they would do with it?

[Aaron Weber]

The same thing anyone would do with your data.

[Dusty Slay]

If it gets leaked, what would they do? What would those people do?

[Aaron Weber]

They would sell it to. People are going to use it for bad reasons. They're going to market and advertise to you. They're going to send crap to your house. They're going to track your location. They're going to.

[Dusty Slay]

And you don't think the government would ever do that sort of stuff?

[Aaron Weber]

The government does that all the time.

[Dusty Slay]

So in other words, probably no escaping it because the government takes a picture of you every time you fly.

[Aaron Weber]

That's true.

[Dusty Slay]

And they say, oh, no, we delete it right away. But I bet they don't.

[Aaron Weber]

So why don't you tweet right now all the information that you've given? Clear. Just tweet it out to the world.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, why don't you tweet all the stuff you've given a TSA precheck.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't want to do that. That's why I'm not going to willingly sign up for another company that does the same.

[Dusty Slay]

But you already have signed up for the.

[Aaron Weber]

I have one system. I have one system that I use TSA Precheck. You're absolutely right. My point is, and I acknowledge that it's not fully consistent with the way that I look at things. Yeah, you refuse to take that step.

[Dusty Slay]

No, no, I agree. But I'm I'm already have TSA pre.

[Aaron Weber]

So you're like, well, that's what I'm saying. Well, what you already. It's all for not right? So just tweet out all your information to the world. Post your address on Facebook.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm saying that, you know, let me

[Aaron Weber]

get a real picture of your eye real quick. I'm going to tweet it out real quick. Like, come on.

[Dusty Slay]

But. But that's what I'm saying, though. You're yelling at me about it, but you are doing the same thing with.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you all, like, agree to do that?

[Brian Bates]

What is this?

[Aaron Weber]

I'm getting, like, ambushed here.

[Dusty Slay]

What I'm saying, though, is Five minutes.

[Aaron Weber]

The Jim Carrey impersonator in a dusty.

[Dusty Slay]

What I'm saying is I don't trust the government with information, and you don't trust this company. So what I'm saying is it's the same false dichotomy.

[Aaron Weber]

You can. I cannot trust either of them.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I don't trust either of them either. But it's like, at some point, you make compromises because you're like, there it is. Well. Well, yeah. I'm not denying that. Never have.

[Brian Bates]

I don't use clear at the airport, but if it starts showing up everywhere for lines, I'm signing up for clear.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, Brad, we already know you're first to go this in the new world order. Like, you're first.

[Dusty Slay]

But my point is, you do it, too. With TSA Pre. You've made that same compromise, but you just drew a line at what clear is.

[Brian Bates]

Eyeballs and fingerprints.

[Aaron Weber]

I have drawn a lot. I have drawn a line. And you're saying that there's no point of a line line. That's the difference here. No, you're saying that. No, I'm just saying, where's your line?

[Dusty Slay]

I'm just saying that that gap of TSA and clear, it's the same thing to me. It's there, there. You know, it's like these days, a lot of these corporations are no different than our government. Our government is basically a corporation. I don't think there are any differences.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And we're all just trying to move through the airport. You have real id, right?

[Aaron Weber]

I do have real.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Because I needed one to travel, but

[Dusty Slay]

I use a passport. I know. I don't. I don't have the real id, so I don't need real ID to travel. I already have the passport, so I don't know. So I'm just saying we all make you say, I needed to travel. I Need it to move faster.

[Brian Bates]

Do you use face ID for unlock anything?

[Dusty Slay]

But I don't know.

[Brian Bates]

I do. I love it.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I'm saying.

[Aaron Weber]

Sign me up for all of it.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I'm saying, though. That's the point though. You're kind of coming at me about clear real hard. And I'm saying, listen, I don't trust clear. I don't trust TSA Pre. I don't trust real id. I don't trust any of it. But at some point you're just, you just go, whatever. Because we're traveling so much that you make compromises because you're traveling so much

[Aaron Weber]

like you do with food on the road and stuff like that too.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Like you have to, right?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Like you gotta live in the world and be in the world a little.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

To function out here.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, I don't eat, you know, McDonald's and Burger King and Wendy's and Taco Bell and, you know, but yeah, you make, you make compromises,

[Brian Bates]

Angie. Aaron, I agree with you about clear. Oh, wait, I've already read that one.

[Dusty Slay]

Right. I'm just saying, though. Well, you know, you, you, you are, you, you're really against clear. And I get it. I mean, on the, on the circumstance.

[Aaron Weber]

But that's not even why I'm against clear. I'm against clear because it doesn't speed up the airport at all. It's literally a line cutting service. TSA Precheck speeds up the entire airport because it has lanes designated just for TSA PreCheck.

[Dusty Slay]

Clear does.

[Aaron Weber]

Now in some airports, some places they just put you right in front of the pre check lane.

[Dusty Slay]

But it's like they put you in front of the G clear and Nashville now has its own lane. And I think. Yeah, so you go, you just go

[Brian Bates]

right through because I've been, I've been next to go up. And then they're like, hold on a second. And I think, oh, this is somebody

[Aaron Weber]

in pull and it's dusty walking in

[Brian Bates]

front of you and, and they have

[Aaron Weber]

a person with $89 and gave him a draw of blood from his arm. And he goes, well, you gotta fly.

[Dusty Slay]

But you don't.

[Aaron Weber]

Come on.

[Dusty Slay]

You don't think that they have your fingerprints or your eye and stuff now

[Aaron Weber]

fingerprints, I don't know. I've never given my fingerprint for anything. But I'm sure they could get it. But I'm not going to pay $89 to give it to a company that I don't trust at all.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You know, I mean, dusty, are you. They already have his fingerprints. He has a criminal record.

[Dusty Slay]

That's true, that's true.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, they got it all, but

[Aaron Weber]

nothing's digitized in Opelika. They'd have to go down there and get it in person.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, they got everything, you know, and that's what's. That's the scary part. I mean, our iPhones are own personal spies that travel around with us all the time. They get. Every time you push, you got fingerprints. Your eyes are looking at it all day. I mean, they got auto.

[Brian Bates]

Remember the movie? There's a lot of futuristic movies like this, but Minority Report. Yeah, I mean, there was a lot of that where billboards, they would scan your eyes and put up personal ads for you.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

That didn't seem so far fetched now, does it?

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

I think in China they do have the social credit score and certain parts where they already have your info. And if you, you get out of line, they go, okay, well, you're not going to be able to use the train today.

[Aaron Weber]

It's crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Jared Murphy. I love the input and this was

[Dusty Slay]

fun, by the way. I like that. That's what this podcast needs.

[Brian Bates]

Jared, that was. Yeah. Make sure we clip this. Jared Murphy. I love the input and the camera. Cut to the behind. To the behind the scenes crew. Oh, geez. I should. Never mind. I would love to see more of them and learn who they are. Love the new iteration of the podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

Just go to the next comment.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you always want to leave them wanting more. This is. Yeah. Jared, come on. How are you preparing for springtime?

[Aaron Weber]

I'm not.

[Dusty Slay]

It is about to be spring cleaning season. Upgrading your mattress should be a part of that season if you still have that old dingy one. You know I had an old dingy mat.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, we've heard about it.

[Dusty Slay]

And I have a YouTube video about

[Brian Bates]

it you've heard about about 12 times.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a good video about my old mattress. Spring allergens means you need more sleep. A new and comfortable Helix mattress is the way to spring clean. It's also tax refund season, which is the best time to invest in sleep. And to do that, you need Helix. I do like a Helix mattress.

[Brian Bates]

Can I share a testimonial?

[Dusty Slay]

Yes, you can, please.

[Brian Bates]

As you guys know, during the ice storm, we stayed at Nate's house for a week. Day two. My wife commented about how comfortable the mattress was. She's like, there must have been something under it. I was like, honey, that's a Helix. There you go.

[Aaron Weber]

Promo code. Nateland.

[Dusty Slay]

So even though you weren't able to sleep in your own house, you still got the best sleep you've had?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I was. I didn't want to go home.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, well, I love that because Helix helps you sleep better and it's been proven.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

A study they found. A study they ran found that 82% of those involved saw an increase in their deep slee cycle while sleeping on a Helix mattress.

[Brian Bates]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

Can you believe that? Helix is the most awarded mattress brand tested and reviewed by experts like Forbes and Wired. Plus, Helix delivers your mattress right to your door. With free shipping in the US Helix offers 120 night sleep trial and limited lifetime warranty. I really do love my Helix mattress. I. I've had it about four years now. It's going strong and I really do get better sleep on my Helix than anywhere else. Go to helixsleep.comnate for their sleep week sale. Best of the web with 27 off site wide. This is exclusive for listeners of the Public figures podcast. That's helixsleep.com Nate for 27 off site wide. It's the best of the web and only lasts until March 15th.

[Brian Bates]

The IDEs of March.

[Dusty Slay]

Make sure you enter our show name after checkout so they know we sent you helixsleep.com Nate

[Brian Bates]

Steven Spites. I'm thinking spades could be either Stephen,

[Dusty Slay]

because that's eight, right?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Space.

[Aaron Weber]

That's how you spell eight. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Steven Spates. Dusty, how could you leave off she Thinks My Tractor Sexy by Kenny Chesney on the Farming country songs.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, because I was, you know, tasked with making a top five.

[Aaron Weber]

That song stinks.

[Dusty Slay]

And that song did not make it. That song did not.

[Aaron Weber]

That song stinks, man.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I was listening to that song not long ago and something occurred to me because the, oh, you know, the. My line of thinking has always been like, no one thinks attract or sexy. But I was thinking, you know, what if this guy. It's a euphemism if this guy's married to this lady, Maybe she does find it attractive, but I don't believe she's bringing out a basket full of chicken and a big cold jug of sweet tea.

[Brian Bates]

I was driving home from Covington, Tennessee this weekend and I was, you know, I'm texting with Aaron while driving. Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And Aaron driving with his knees. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Aaron pulled the old, oh, I'm fading fast. I'll talk to you later. Which we've all done when we don't want to talk to someone.

[Dusty Slay]

It's 2pm

[Aaron Weber]

I'm turning in, buddy.

[Brian Bates]

Then I see him post things for the next three hours.

[Aaron Weber]

It was 11:55pm you were texting me.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I mean, when do you go to bed before midnight?

[Aaron Weber]

Not very often, but I was.

[Dusty Slay]

You should have called me. I'd put you on FaceTime in the cigar bar.

[Brian Bates]

That is true. I thought. Well, It's. It's almost 1am where you're at.

[Dusty Slay]

Ah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You were just getting off stage.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, that was Friday. I had to drive. I drove back from Huntsville that night from the show, so that was a long day for me.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I was joking about that. But then I listened to some country radio, some. And I listen to Little Charlie Daniels.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And

[Aaron Weber]

I tell you that I listen to little Charlie Daniels like Little Jimmy Dickens. I was like, I don't know if anybody's called him that. I put on Little Charlie Davis, a

[Brian Bates]

Little Charlie Daniels, and My Bad Dusty. I know you hate what you call country rap.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

But I mean, a lot of his songs, which I love, you could almost argue we're kind of like that. He's talking the Devil Went down to Georgia half of it.

[Aaron Weber]

He's just talking a lot of that old school country. Man, they are talking.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, they're talking, but it's not like

[Brian Bates]

kind of preaching Cult Ford. Well, I don't know.

[Dusty Slay]

Actually, I don't mind some Cult four, but it's not like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Jelly Roll or something.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Legend of Woolly Swamp. That's another word.

[Dusty Slay]

He's just fast talking, but it's like. Yeah, it's not

[Aaron Weber]

rhythmically. Rhythmically. Yeah, yeah, it sounds like rap, dude.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. Charlie Daniels is great.

[Aaron Weber]

Little Charlie Daniel.

[Brian Bates]

I love Charlie.

[Dusty Slay]

If you ever go back into Woolly Swamp, well, you better not go at night.

[Brian Bates]

That sounds scary.

[Dusty Slay]

Middle of the woods, Make a young man die from Fry.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know that one.

[Dusty Slay]

That's a good one.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

Things that crawl, Things that fly, Things

[Dusty Slay]

that creep around on the ground.

[Brian Bates]

All right, let's move on. And they say the ghost of Alicia's

[Dusty Slay]

Clay gets up and he walks around. But I couldn't believe him. I just had to find out for myself.

[Brian Bates]

Aaron chime in.

[Aaron Weber]

Is that nwa?

[Brian Bates]

That's a good one. Rachel Anderson, FFA is more than just farming.

[Aaron Weber]

Here we go.

[Brian Bates]

Education about where our food comes from and how everything ties into agricultural is important. I've always said that. However, there are so many other opportunities for skills and growth. Even if a person doesn't want to be a farmer, there Are so many programs and opportunities available through FFA that will provide skills, can give these high schoolers an edge going into the world.

[Aaron Weber]

I believe that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you guys kind of dog farmers last week, and I don't know why. I mean, I don't.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think I. But also, I was making fun of the. The songs that they sing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Yeah. I mean, Rachel should direct this energy towards our government, who keeps stealing everybody's farmland to make data centers.

[Aaron Weber]

And what's the difference between the government and private companies anymore?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that's what I've been saying.

[Aaron Weber]

That she should direct them at private companies, too. Right?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So just be mad at the world, but not us.

[Dusty Slay]

Everybody. But we're doing it.

[Aaron Weber]

We're comedians.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I don't think we're doing it.

[Brian Bates]

Blake Heron.

[Dusty Slay]

Blake, I'm sorry your parents made you spell your name like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Spell that. Spell that for the camera. Brian.

[Brian Bates]

B, L, A, I, K, E. Come on.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm sorry your parents did that to you.

[Brian Bates]

That's promo code, Blake. The FFA National Convention is a huge event. Kids from every state come and compete national contests in agricultural skills, public speaking, and other. They also give out very prestigious awards that kids work their tails off for. And in the clip Aaron showed they were selecting their officer team for the next year.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, we love the clip.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I think we. We actually, when the camera turned off, we watched it for, like, another five minutes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, we thought it was great. I mean, it's like, yeah, it seems over the top and crazy, but they're excited and we support it.

[Aaron Weber]

If I were, you know, if I went to a school where that was a big thing, I could be totally involved in that.

[Dusty Slay]

My dad lived on, you know, lives on a farm still. He would have never let me be part of that. But it. It seems fun.

[Brian Bates]

Why wouldn't he let you be part of that?

[Dusty Slay]

Because he would have watched that video and go, nah, you're not going to be wrapping arms with those people dancing around. You're not going to be doing that gallivanting. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I used to have a joke that I told for many years when I first started about how this is when I was single. Do you know this joke?

[Aaron Weber]

The Shingle ladies.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, we've covered that one.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

I used to say, my friends, I'll say, you should get out there and sow your wild oats.

[Aaron Weber]

That's a great joke.

[Brian Bates]

I'm like, apparently, I don't know how to farm. I'm like, I don't know if it was a class. I Missed. Regarding Expo. It's been a long, dry summer for 38 years. I would. I did that. Whatever. One night I'm at Zany's and a guy yells, maybe you need a bigger tractor. I posted that video and it's still probably the second or third most views of any video.

[Aaron Weber]

Millions of views on YouTube.

[Brian Bates]

At least a million.

[Aaron Weber]

The way you titled it was really smart. What is it? Heckler.

[Brian Bates]

Sometimes the heckler has the best line.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But you responded to it so well. Sometimes it's like somebody says that you just sat in it for a while.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then that gets a laugh because it's like you processing it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then you concede it to them. That's a great line. You know.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Thank you, Aaron.

[Dusty Slay]

No, it is. I was thinking of something that felt inappropriate to say, so I kept it to myself.

[Brian Bates]

Thank you, Dusty.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, that's what the guy.

[Brian Bates]

That's what he's talking about.

[Dusty Slay]

No, no. I was just gonna further it, but I decided not to do it.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Don't try to pull it out of me.

[Aaron Weber]

I would never dream of that.

[Brian Bates]

It's. But if you're a Patreon subscriber, Dusty will post it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

No, I'm joking. Susan Gasman.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

Tough last name, Susan Gas Man. Sheep milk is the closest to human milk and is best for babies. If human milk is not available, the next is goat. And then cow. Cow milk is more readily available and you can produce way more, way faster. So now we have cow milk.

[Aaron Weber]

Interesting.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, those are great, my friend. You guys probably your friend, too. Ed Wiley owns a lot of goats. And Ed told me that if you milk goats, you have to milk. You like milk goats all the time. You have to constantly milk the goats.

[Aaron Weber]

Why not?

[Dusty Slay]

Why? I just think they produce so fast, so you just have to be milking them all the time.

[Aaron Weber]

What happens if you don't milk them? Do they explode?

[Dusty Slay]

I think you can. They can swell up.

[Brian Bates]

I thought that was the case with cows.

[Dusty Slay]

I think he milk cows every day.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, what does a cow do in nature if it's not being milked by a human?

[Dusty Slay]

I guess I think the baby gets at it.

[Aaron Weber]

Fair enough.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

All the time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, the baby drinks, you know, that's the baby's food.

[Aaron Weber]

What are we feeding the baby cows then, if we're taking the milk from the cow?

[Dusty Slay]

I'm not a dairy farmer. I'm just.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I don't know a lot

[Aaron Weber]

about it, but don't jump in if you don't got all the details about something, man.

[Brian Bates]

Come on. But do you think this is true, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. I never. To be honest with you, I never heard of sheep's milk. Really? But I have heard of people who couldn't produce breast milk giving their children goat's milk. I have heard of that. You know, and I like. Like raw milk will have a lot of the vitamins in it that are pasteurized and homogenized. Milk doesn't have.

[Brian Bates]

What kind of milk do you buy?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, if I. I do like to buy raw milk if I can get it. Cow's milk.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Is it legal to buy?

[Dusty Slay]

It's illegal in Tennessee, but you can get it because of.

[Brian Bates]

Across the border.

[Dusty Slay]

You can get it. It says four pets only.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. And then. But it's legal in Pennsylvania. I bought some at a store in Pennsylvania and drank it while I was there. Loved it. It's legal in South Carolina. It's insane that it's illegal to drink raw milk.

[Brian Bates]

What's the reason that it's illegal?

[Dusty Slay]

They say it's dangerous. But yet McDonald's and cigarettes are still available.

[Brian Bates]

Andy Wexler. I think that's Wexler.

[Aaron Weber]

I think so.

[Brian Bates]

I'd like to suggest that the next topic you guys choose be one that involves less singing. Well, too late, Andy.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, sorry about that, Andy.

[Dusty Slay]

What is it about the singing that you didn't like?

[Aaron Weber]

Probably the same thing.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm not crazy about.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm gonna be honest with you, though. Last episode, you were doing the singing.

[Brian Bates]

That's right.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I was like, if you're going to be singing the whole episode a melodically, I might as well jump in and try to sing with a tune.

[Dusty Slay]

Listen, you were singing last episode. It was you.

[Aaron Weber]

I was getting into it. Ffa.

[Brian Bates]

Let's be. What's. Let's do one more video comment.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, we got a video comment here.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

From Brian Holt. Here we go. We're gonna play it here. What's up?

[Brian Holt]

Public figures. My name is Brian. Grew up in Palatine, Virginia, just outside of Richmond. Did 4H, not FFA, but we had about 30 sheep when I was young. And I went out to feed the sheep one morning about 10th grade or so. And there is a mom trying to give birth against gravity on the side of a hill. And so I ended up having to go out there and yank that sucker out of there.

[Brian Bates]

Took.

[Brian Holt]

Took care of the lamb. Got it up on its feet. I ended up getting out of school that day, so that was pretty nice. Got lots of Other farm stories, too. We had llamas later on, but, yeah, it's good times. And appreciate the show. Appreciate you guys. Have a good one.

[Dusty Slay]

What does it mean by gravity?

[Aaron Weber]

Sorry.

[Dusty Slay]

Go ahead.

[Brian Bates]

He's working on his catchphrase, right? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Have a good one.

[Brian Bates]

What is that?

[Dusty Slay]

That's a good story. I've helped birth a cow.

[Aaron Weber]

You? Really?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you grab it and pull it out?

[Dusty Slay]

Well. Well, it's a sadder story, I guess. I mean, it's not sad to me, probably to other people. But the calf had died.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And so he had to save the mom.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

So he had stillborn calf. Yeah. Inside. You have to get it out of there. So he hooked it. Like, when you're. When you're building barbed wire fence, you have what's called a wire stretcher. So we had to tie some wire around, like, the leg of the calf, and then we had to, like, pull it out with that kind of wire stretcher.

[Aaron Weber]

That's so much more gruesome than I thought it would be.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Sorry I asked him.

[Brian Bates]

Thank you.

[Dusty Slay]

That was younger than 10th grade, I'll tell you that.

[Aaron Weber]

You get out of school for it?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think so.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Support for today's episode comes from square, the system powering, like, half of the world. You ever tap to pay it someplace and you're like, that was quick. That was easy. It was probably square. Whether you're selling lattes, cutting hair, detailing cars. By the way, I have a great bit about cars you can find on my YouTube channel. Or selling mer. No, Square helps you run your business without running yourself into the ground. We all use it to sell merch after our shows. That's how much we love it. And right now, listeners can get 200 off Square hardware when you sign [e-mail]. go Nate. That's S Q U A R E dot com. Go Nate. Visit Square to get started, because the right tools make all the difference. I just got a bunch of merch. I'm starting to sell it again after shows. Yeah, a little new T shirt made. I just used that promo code. I just bought some Square hardware. I'm gonna start slinging this stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm glad you do.

[Aaron Weber]

After the shows. And it's so easy to do a square. There's really no excuse.

[Dusty Slay]

It is so easy.

[Aaron Weber]

It's so easy.

[Dusty Slay]

There it is right there.

[Aaron Weber]

If you're. That's what I'm talking about. You got it ready to go?

[Dusty Slay]

I used to when I sold merch.

[Aaron Weber]

Is that your total earnings at The.

[Dusty Slay]

The top. When I sold my own merch, I had the square reader. I had the. I even had the swipe. I could do it so fast. Yeah, I could pull out the shirt, find the size, swipe the square, pop over, take a picture. Boom, boom, boom. Square is easy. I should have been given that ad to read.

[Aaron Weber]

If you're starting a business or running one that deserves better tools, Square helps you sell, manage, and grow without slowing down. Right now, you can get up to 200 off Square hardware. Square.com. go, Nate. That's s q u a r e dot com. Run your business smarter with square. Get started today.

[Brian Bates]

All right, well, this week, we are talking about Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

One year ago this week, March 7, I went to Montana for the first time and performed at last best comedy club in Bozeman.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Now a year later, you're going March 7th.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, okay. Same time of the year. Yeah, I've been to Montana before, but it was only. Only one time. And I'm very excited to go back. Last time I did Butte, Bozeman, Billings.

[Aaron Weber]

This time, the three B's.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, the three B's. This time I'm just doing two. I'm doing Billings and Butte, and I'm a big fan. I love them.

[Brian Bates]

You know, there's a great country song by Dan Sills and Marie Osborne. Meet me in Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. I don't know.

[Brian Bates]

You know that.

[Aaron Weber]

You want to sing it for us?

[Brian Bates]

Well, now, she. He was aspiring country singer, moved to Nashville and failed. She was. Went to Hollywood trying to make it an actress and failed. And this, the song is let's just give it up and get back together in Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Won't you meet me in Montana?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. That did it for me.

[Brian Bates]

I want to see that. Are you lying?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I am lying.

[Brian Bates]

I want to see the mountains in your eyes. You don't know this song.

[Dusty Slay]

I bet I do know it. I know Dan Seals.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I just sang it.

[Dusty Slay]

Marie sing it perfectly.

[Brian Bates]

By the way, if you guys don't know it, then how do you know if I.

[Aaron Weber]

That's Marie Osmond.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So who is Donnie Osmond? Is that her husband?

[Brian Bates]

Her brother.

[Aaron Weber]

Her brother?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. You know, I did a show.

[Aaron Weber]

So it's not a biographical song. It's just like they're playing characters in the song.

[Dusty Slay]

A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll.

[Brian Bates]

What are you talking about?

[Aaron Weber]

Daniel says she moved to Hollywood, was a failed actress.

[Dusty Slay]

Dan Seals the song.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. They're not.

[Aaron Weber]

So there's just a character in the song?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, the three best Montana songs, in my opinion, all come from Hank Williams Jr. That's cut bank, Montana, Montana Song, and Montana Cafe.

[Brian Bates]

So how do they go?

[Dusty Slay]

Montana Cafe. Yeah, I'm not gonna sing a lot.

[Brian Bates]

This is for Andy Wexler.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But no, those are my three favorite Montana songs.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

We got a package here from the producers. Let's get a cut of them. Make sure you see who we're dealing with over here.

[Dusty Slay]

Chris Stapleton has a song where he says, billings, Montana.

[Aaron Weber]

I think he's got a song with Mumford and Sons on their new album, too. That's really good. Okay, we got an ebay package. This is wrapped.

[Dusty Slay]

This is the wrap. The way my uncle would wrap Christmas gifts so they can make fun of

[Aaron Weber]

you the whole time while you're unwrapping it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then it's just a card in there. So.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. A loose cigarette.

[Aaron Weber]

All right, this is another. This is a Montana pin. I'm gonna try to just cut it through. We got a Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

Why they always give it to Aaron to open?

[Aaron Weber]

Because I think, you know, I mean,

[Dusty Slay]

we know you have the grip strength,

[Aaron Weber]

but I do have the best grip strength on the podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes, you do.

[Aaron Weber]

Feels pretty good.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't like it, but it's a

[Aaron Weber]

nice Montana pin right there. Shot of that. We'll put that on the wall. We got a wall over here. We're going to keep track of all this stuff over here. That's very cool.

[Brian Bates]

What's on there?

[Dusty Slay]

It looks like probably the state flower.

[Aaron Weber]

A lilac. What is that?

[Brian Bates]

Ah, the state flower. Glad you asked, Dusty.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think we did ask.

[Brian Bates]

It is a bitter root. That is a bitter root.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Do you know what bitterroot, Dusty? I don't used to grow it right in your yard.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think so.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, I just assume you did.

[Aaron Weber]

Roots fleshy, branched, with a simple or branch caudex. Stems leafless, erect, or ascending. Okay, that didn't help at all.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. It's very bitter.

[Aaron Weber]

That's. That's from the Montana Field Guide. That's the description of the bitter root.

[Dusty Slay]

It's just the name describes it.

[Aaron Weber]

Pink, slash purple, and it just. It looks like a blooming onion. Is that better? You know?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Blooming onion. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I want to share that. That our producer, Abby, helped come up with some of this research this week. And our friend Hunter Lloyd, who's open for both of us.

[Aaron Weber]

Hunter in Montana. He's Professor Lloyd.

[Brian Bates]

Professor at Montana State. He's a lifelong I don't know. He's lifelong. But he's lived in Montana for a long time. He sent me some fun facts about Montana.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

He's. I think he's coming to your show this weekend.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Which one?

[Aaron Weber]

He's a good dude. You got to connect.

[Brian Bates]

You Billings. I don't. Probably Billings guys know the capital of Montana.

[Aaron Weber]

Helena.

[Brian Bates]

What do you think, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

I only know three cities in Montana

[Aaron Weber]

and the three Bs.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And I don't think it's either of those.

[Brian Bates]

All right, let me ask you this. How many Cut Bank Montana state capitals? Like if you had to write them all down, could you name all 50? You could?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

No way to know.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, we could easily do it.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm saying no way to know right off hand how many I could name.

[Brian Bates]

I would.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm gonna say 25.

[Brian Bates]

There was a time in my life when I was a kid I learned all 50. Now I think I could probably do 40. And if you gave me like two minutes to look at a list, I think I could quickly remember $50. I might have missed this one. I don't know that I could have told you. The capital, Montana. Would you say it? I'm like, oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Helena.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Is it Helena?

[Brian Bates]

Oh, well, you've been saying.

[Dusty Slay]

I never talk about it. I never heard that. I never heard that city in my life.

[Brian Bates]

The name Montana comes from a Spanish word, Montana, which means mountain or mountainous country.

[Dusty Slay]

Tony Montana, Scarface.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, his name's Anthony Mountain.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Tony Montana sounds way better.

[Dusty Slay]

Tony Montana, Scarface.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Did you watch Hannah Montana?

[Aaron Weber]

I did watch Hannah Montana back in the day.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Miley Cyrus. Billy Ray Cyrus, too.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then her older brother who's like 15 in the show, but the actor was like 35.

[Dusty Slay]

She has a sister, too.

[Aaron Weber]

She has a few sisters, yeah. Not in the show.

[Dusty Slay]

No. But in real life.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

So Montana has a few nicknames.

[Dusty Slay]

I think David Alenco has a song called Tanya Montana. And he may have a daughter named

[Brian Bates]

that named Tanya Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

I think so. Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Tanya Montana. Yeah. Tanya. Probably.

[Brian Bates]

Probably.

[Dusty Slay]

I think it's Tanya.

[Aaron Weber]

Really? Okay. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Namesake of Tanya Tucker.

[Aaron Weber]

Tanya Tucker. All right. And the daughter of country outlaw legend David Allen Coe. You're right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Joe Montana.

[Aaron Weber]

There you go.

[Brian Bates]

Just name it. All the Montana's now. Yeah, I think we've covered it.

[Aaron Weber]

We're off to the races with the state of Montana here. These are all Hunter Lloyd's facts right here.

[Brian Bates]

No, these are my own personal. I'm saving hunters because they're so good.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

It has like three different nicknames. Big sky country.

[Aaron Weber]

Big Sky.

[Brian Bates]

Because the sky out there is big.

[Aaron Weber]

It's real big. And you don't get that till you're out there and you're like, it is a big sky.

[Dusty Slay]

It is.

[Brian Bates]

Do you like looking up the stars, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay, well, you're gonna enjoy it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you know, I. Well, I've been there and I did. I did enjoy it. You know what? I landed in Butte last time. Small, small airport. And what was fun is it, you know how they bring the jet bridge out to the plane. Like a very attractive Native American girl brought the jet bridge out. And I just thought, this is a great welcome to Montana. It just felt like I was really out in the west, you know?

[Brian Bates]

You mean she like, did the joystick?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And it just. I was just like, oh, this is cool. This feels like a cool welcome to Montana.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I think it's.

[Aaron Weber]

So many places, as you travel, just feel the same.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, right? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Most cities you're in, you go. This could be in Oklahoma and nobody would even know the difference. It's all the same. Cheesecake factories. Same. There's a topgolf. You know, there's all. It's all the same stuff. But there are places. Montana is one of them. Where you go. I really feel like I'm somewhere different.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I really feel like I'm somewhere unique.

[Dusty Slay]

I really loved Montana. I mean, when I went there the last. Last time, I could not stop talking about it for a long time. I can't wait to go back.

[Brian Bates]

I'm glad next week's episode's pre recorded. Maybe in two weeks we'll forgot about it. Just kidding. But I heard you talk about on your podcast how on the cruise you enjoyed looking up at the stars and. And the moon and.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And there's not a lot of light pollution there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It's also called the last best place. And, you know, there's the comedy club there. Last best comedy club. I never really thought about why it was called that. All these comedy clubs have weird names, but that's kind of one of their.

[Aaron Weber]

I had no idea. What does it mean?

[Brian Bates]

I think it just means like.

[Dusty Slay]

Like what you just said. So many places are the same.

[Brian Bates]

That's right.

[Dusty Slay]

Except Montana. It's one of the last best places.

[Aaron Weber]

I love that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I think it's one of the last. Yeah, exactly. Has been polluted with people and it's

[Dusty Slay]

so cold in the winter. I think that it kind of makes it Hard to. For people to want to live there.

[Aaron Weber]

It was so cold last time I was there.

[Brian Bates]

It's also nicknamed the Treasure State because

[Dusty Slay]

a lot of copper mines.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, there's a lot of. A lot of minerals there. So anyway, it. People started settling there in the 1800s. They used to just give away land to try to get you to move out west. The Homestead Act, 1862, you'd get 160 acres of federal land if you would be willing to farm it and, and

[Aaron Weber]

build a house there, cultivate it and. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And still, how much would they give

[Aaron Weber]

you now for free?

[Brian Bates]

Still nobody. That was 1862. It was 1868 before anyone took them up on their offer for Montana because they said that wasn't enough land for that type of climate, man.

[Aaron Weber]

160 acres.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. And then.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, there a song, I think Marty Robbins has a song called 160 Acres in the Valley. I got. I think it is 160 acres.

[Brian Bates]

Well, there you go. In 2023, Montana became the first state to attempt to ban Tick Tock.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

And it didn't work, huh?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You know, there was talking about a national band.

[Dusty Slay]

First negative thing I've ever heard about Montana.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. And

[Aaron Weber]

I don't understand who you are today, man.

[Brian Bates]

He loves Tick Tock.

[Aaron Weber]

But you shouldn't.

[Dusty Slay]

I like Tick Tock. When China owned it the best.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. You love giving data away.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

This guy loves giving data to nefarious entities.

[Brian Bates]

I think they just dropped that lawsuit.

[Aaron Weber]

Please, Palantir, please take my blood. I mean, come on, man.

[Dusty Slay]

They already got it. They already got it.

[Brian Bates]

So Hunter, I remember him telling me this when I was there. And then. Oh, let me just say this. It's one of the largest states in size. Fourth largest state in actual size. You can drive from southeast corner of Montana and get to Texas quicker than you can drive to the other side of Montana.

[Aaron Weber]

That's pretty wild.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. It's 44 state in population, though.

[Aaron Weber]

It's not dense.

[Brian Bates]

So for comparison, Manhattan has 70,000 people per square mile. Think about that. 70,000. Nashville has 1500 people per square mile. Tennessee has 173 people per square mile. Montana has eight.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

That's unbelievable.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, That's a good place to live.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a lovely place.

[Brian Bates]

The cows outnumber the people three to one. There's a million people in Montana. Three million cows. Just did the quick math right there. But things are changing. A lot of celebrities are moving to Montana. A lot of people in general, just like here. All these people from California moving.

[Aaron Weber]

Why Wouldn't you, man? The more you hear about it, you're like, I might as well go out there.

[Brian Bates]

I know 100 something about home prices have skyrocketed out there.

[Aaron Weber]

Are they hating it out there?

[Brian Bates]

Yes. Montana's people, Montanians, they hate it. Yeah, I bet all these people coming

[Dusty Slay]

in here, I bet because they're. Yeah, they're the worst.

[Aaron Weber]

I couldn't remember the exact wording of it, but I remember I got a message when I first played Montana, and it was. I don't think it was from Hunter, though. I ended up talking with Hunter for a while.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But another guy was like, few things that you know about Montana. Buy local, buy Montana stuff and don't move here or something. You're like, cheese, I'm just coming to tell some jokes. Yeah, but I get it now.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, it's like, you're not the problem, though. If you wanted to move there, you'd be a great addition.

[Aaron Weber]

Thanks, man.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, well, that's what everyone says.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I don't say.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't say that about bulldozing trees and just being the worst.

[Dusty Slay]

Everyone says that about themselves, but I don't say that about everyone.

[Aaron Weber]

That's nice.

[Brian Bates]

He says Justin Timberlake and Jessica Bill are members of his golf course. He ran into Johnny Depp at the gym. Kevin Costner got a flat tire in front of his aunt's house. David Letterman move there. Bobby Knight used to love watching his son hit range balls. So all these celebrities are moving there, but they also have Dusty. A lot of people who hate the government.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but give it some time, though. Enough of these celebrities move out there and they. They start. They. They enough of them start loving the government, and then it doesn't matter that in Montana, they hate the government.

[Brian Bates]

I know, but there's a lot of space out in Montana and a lot of wilderness, so it might take a while. These people, they go deep in the woods. The Unabomber, that's where he, you know.

[Aaron Weber]

Hey, go.

[Brian Bates]

Spent some time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

In Montana hating the government. The Montana Freeman, they were anti government.

[Dusty Slay]

We all should hate the government. That's what's so weird.

[Aaron Weber]

We all should hate them and love companies.

[Brian Bates]

Maurice Hillman. Not everybody from Montana's great, Dusty. This guy invented a lot of vaccines and save millions of lives. But come on, man. So you win some, you lose some. But this Montana Freedman Dusty seems like something you could get on board with. Montana Freeman, Anti government Christian Militia. They refer to their land as Justice Township and declared their leaders and followers sovereign citizens.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, they were those kind.

[Brian Bates]

No longer under the authority of any outside government.

[Aaron Weber]

This isn't a car. It's a vehicle. You watch those videos?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

No,

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I do like the idea that, you know, we own our own community. We make our own rules and our own laws and, you know, I like that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Kind of communes.

[Brian Bates]

I thought this was interesting. The Continental Divide. You guys heard the Continental Divide?

[Aaron Weber]

I've driven past a sign.

[Dusty Slay]

I've heard those words.

[Brian Bates]

It cuts through Montana. I couldn't exactly have told you what it was, but basically all the water flows down from Canada, and this is the place where it either goes to the left or goes to the right into the body of water.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Throughout the whole United States.

[Dusty Slay]

That's cool.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like the rooftop of a house. But it's the continent, huh?

[Brian Bates]

I guess so. But yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Trips with gravity, as they would say.

[Brian Bates]

Triple Divide Peak in Glacier national park in Montana has a water flow into three major watersheds. Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Hudson Bay.

[Aaron Weber]

Nice.

[Brian Bates]

In the Arctic Ocean. So three raindrops falling within inches of each other will end up in three different parts of the world.

[Aaron Weber]

That's crazy.

[Brian Bates]

It's pretty cool.

[Aaron Weber]

That's really cool.

[Dusty Slay]

That is pretty cool.

[Brian Bates]

Nate Bargettsi, everyone.

[Dusty Slay]

No, it is.

[Brian Bates]

Is it?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Come on, guys.

[Brian Bates]

The smallest river in the world is in Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

What's it called? Little River.

[Brian Bates]

The Row River. Great Falls. Measures 200ft.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's not a river. Where does it go to? What's it called?

[Brian Bates]

The Row River. Roe.

[Aaron Weber]

Our Roe river in Montana.

[Brian Bates]

I think it fluctuates. I think sometimes they get down to 50.

[Dusty Slay]

You know what this is?

[Aaron Weber]

A ditch. Somebody.

[Dusty Slay]

What's interesting about that is, you know, like, in McMinnville, I have a creek.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And my neighbor says, I've not walked this. I do want to do it in the summertime. But he says if you go, you know, a certain distance up the way, the creek is completely dry because it's mountain fed. So all these mountain streams come to feed this creek. And it runs behind my land.

[Aaron Weber]

Huh.

[Dusty Slay]

That's really cool. Even in the summertime, when it's really hot, the water is like, ice cold.

[Brian Bates]

Really?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Look at the Row river right here. That's the Missouri River.

[Dusty Slay]

Ice is maybe a little. Little extreme.

[Aaron Weber]

And then the Road river, that just kind of. Dude. They just kind of cut a line out just around the corner right there.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

And the Missouri river runs through Montana.

[Aaron Weber]

Isn't that crazy?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I think the Missouri river is the longest.

[Brian Bates]

That's the Mississippi.

[Dusty Slay]

I thought the Mississippi was the the biggest overall. I thought Missouri was the longest. I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, it says Missouri river here.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

So they have Yellowstone national park, also Montana. Only 3% in Montana, but three of the four entrances to get in there is from through Montana.

[Advertisement Voice]

On public figures, there's always something new to laugh about and life never really sticks to a script. That's a lot like meal planning. Marley Spoon gets that. Routines can be unpredictable, so they make it easy to eat well without overthinking it. With over 100 recipes each week, there's something for every mood. Whether you want a comforting classic or something fresh and balanced, Marley Spoon adapts to your day. From breakfast to dinner and even those in between snack moments. You can cook from scratch or heat up something quick, all with chef designed meals made from quality ingredients. Spend less time stressing about what's for dinner and more time enjoying the things you love. Go to marleyspoon.com offer pod45 for 45% off your first order and free delivery. That's right. 45% off your first order and Free delivery. That's Marley spoon.com offer pod45.

LinkedIn hiring pro can't predict the future, but it can help you feel confident about future hires. Because Hiring Pro combines real time insights and candidate Data from the LinkedIn network with the criteria you've set for your role to deliver you a list of top fit candidates. Businesses who use LinkedIn are 24% less likely to reopen a role in the next 12 months. Hire right the first time with LinkedIn Hiring Pro post your first job today and get $100 [e-mail] Pandora offer terms and conditions apply.

[Brian Bates]

The largest temperature swing in recorded history in the U.S. at least, was in Montana. 103 degree swing in one day.

[Dusty Slay]

In one day.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Where to go from? What are the temperatures?

[Brian Bates]

I think it'd be cooler if it went from like 0 to 3. Yeah, it was minus 54. So it was so cold it got up to 49.

[Aaron Weber]

That's so crazy.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow. It's like you raise that many degrees and you're like still cold, still a little chilly. A light jacket now, but.

[Brian Bates]

So I always ask this as far as when you think of Montana or any state, who is it you think of from that state In Montana? I couldn't tell you. Anybody.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, immediately I can't think of anybody. And then I would think Joe Montana. And I know in my head that's not even right, but yeah, I can't think Of a. I mean, maybe Lewis and Clark.

[Dusty Slay]

I always think of Hank Williams Jr. And then I would think of where's he from? Ali.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

But I. But I would think of Robert Redford in the Horse Whisperer. No, the movie. Jeremiah Johnson. Even though I don't think that's Montana either. But I would just think of him

[Brian Bates]

in that There are, I mean, obviously people, famous people have come from there and a ton of people who have moved there, but none that I knew. Dana Carvey was born there. Brent Musburger was raised in Billings. Evel Knievel.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

It's from there that makes sense. You get bored up there. Not a lot going on. You start doing.

[Aaron Weber]

Start jumping over stuff.

[Brian Bates]

Augie Smith. You guys know Augie?

[Aaron Weber]

I do know Augie. Very funny comic.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Grew up in Billings.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

The Billings Gazette called him one of the most underrated comedy stars of his generation.

[Aaron Weber]

I believe that. I did the Big Sky Comedy Festival and I think 2018 or 2019, and Augie Smith is one of the, like the big comics on that festival.

[Dusty Slay]

I opened for Augie at Toledo Funny bone in about 2015.

[Aaron Weber]

How'd it go?

[Dusty Slay]

It went great.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Reggie Watts.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Wouldn't have never guessed that.

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Brian Bates]

Here's one that, that Abby found and I did some research, and one of my favorite all time country singers is Charley Pride.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Now, Charlie Pride wasn't born in. In Montana, but I also knew he played minor league baseball. Did you know that?

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Brian Bates]

Play some minor league baseball. And he was playing in Montana. And he ended up just getting a construction job in Helena. And then he was recruited to pitch for the local semi pro baseball team, the East Helena Smelter Rights. And the team manager got everybody a job as a smelter and they could work around their schedules to play baseball.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

But they started noticing Charlie was a good singer, so the team manager paid him to sing for 15 minutes before each game, which increased the attendance at the game and earned him another $10 on top of the $10 he would

[Dusty Slay]

get for the game.

[Brian Bates]

And it eventually became such a big deal, he had to quit baseball and become full time singer.

[Aaron Weber]

That's crazy. That's like, imagine if we were like Dusty, such a good singer on this podcast. Let's just have him sing a little bit before the podcast starts.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that'd be pretty fun.

[Dusty Slay]

That would be pretty fun. I. I'm into that idea. Give me an extra $10, I'll do it.

[Aaron Weber]

I think Charlie prime was. He's pretty good singer, though.

[Dusty Slay]

What about my singing Charlie Pride is really great.

[Aaron Weber]

You're more of an impressionist, you know, interesting thing.

[Dusty Slay]

I did the Opry one time with Charlie Pride.

[Brian Bates]

I was there. You may have done one once, but you invited me once with Hannah's dad.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Did you meet him?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know if I met him. I think I did meet him. I didn't get a picture, but I didn't meet him. But my father in law was there with my wife who's from Peterborough, Ontario. And then Charlie Pride sings a song and then after the song he goes, that was written by a man named blah blah blah out of Peterborough, Ontario.

[Aaron Weber]

That's cool.

[Dusty Slay]

Really interesting.

[Brian Bates]

But he didn't know the connection, that

[Dusty Slay]

he didn't meet them beforehand.

[Brian Bates]

That's wild. Yeah, I remember that night. Crystal Gale was on that show. Yeah, it's a hot show.

[Dusty Slay]

But my mom was there too because she met Crystal Gale.

[Brian Bates]

I think there's a group photo of all of us underneath that stage.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

That sign somewhere when you walk in.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's cool, man. It would have been fun. We had a great time doing the Opinion.

[Dusty Slay]

Actually doing it tonight as this podcast comes out.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm doing it well.

[Brian Bates]

You. No, I thought they got rid of comedians.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, shortly after that you messaged, we talked about it and I said I hadn't done it in a long time. It's been a really long time.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And my, my management asked me, sent me a couple of dates. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. I'm glad to hear they're still doing it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Because I haven't known any stand up comics have done it lately.

[Dusty Slay]

I had not. I've never really not done it in

[Aaron Weber]

a like over a year.

[Dusty Slay]

My Wet Heat came out in July and I was hoping to get on there some point Plug. And I have not been on there since July for sure. So March 4th. Yeah. Susie Bogges. I'm on with. Big fan of Susie Bogges.

[Aaron Weber]

T. Graham Brown. Daily events at Writers in the Sky.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Sasha.

[Dusty Slay]

Sasha, yeah. Rhonda Vincent. I know, yeah. Mean, that's going to be great. Actually. I listen. I didn't know Sasha. I listened to. She got a. She's got a country sound. I'm a big fan.

[Brian Bates]

Susie Bogges has a song, Someday Someday Soon.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you know that song?

[Aaron Weber]

No, I don't know that one.

[Brian Bates]

It's a great song.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, it's so good. Susie Bogges has a lot of great songs.

[Brian Bates]

Some celebrities who live there now, Michael Keaton, Tom Brokaw, John Mayer.

[Aaron Weber]

It's got a place out there.

[Brian Bates]

He does Huey Lewis Jeff Bridges.

[Aaron Weber]

Are they living in towns or they got their. A bunch of land?

[Brian Bates]

No, it sounds like they got ranches.

[Aaron Weber]

Kanye west had a huge.

[Brian Bates]

In Montana. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Huge, like, ranch. Really something out there. Yeah. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Huh. Yeah. I think these.

[Aaron Weber]

I think that's what.

[Brian Bates]

Ranches. I would say Montana. I couldn't think of a person associate. I think of movies, specifically. Two Brad Pitt movies that came out pretty close together. Legends of the Fall.

[Dusty Slay]

Great movie.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

A River Runs Through It.

[Brian Bates]

River Runs through it, yeah. Similar in a way.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

He's the rambunctious wild brother and the other brother and the dad trying to keep things running, but both set in Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

Both great movies.

[Brian Bates]

River Runs Through It. It's got some beautiful Brad Pitt. Yeah. Scenery.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

No, that's not what I was.

[Dusty Slay]

Take it easy. Take it easy.

[Brian Bates]

Well, Aaron looks like Brad Pitt, so.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Kanye was in Wyoming, by the way. I apologize.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm sure everybody was upset.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Open Range. You guys seen the movie Open Range?

[Dusty Slay]

Just watched it. Just watched it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Where you.

[Aaron Weber]

What do you. What do you write? What are you. How do you watch a movie?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you know, I buy DVDs.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I burn them to my computer.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I watch them on planes or whatever. I've been watching a lot of Colombo.

[Aaron Weber]

So you take your laptop out on the plane and watch a movie?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Sometimes I'll airdrop it to my phone.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. And just watch it on your phone?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but I do the laptop.

[Aaron Weber]

Do you sit down. Do you watch a movie at home? Sometimes.

[Dusty Slay]

Not really. It's hard with two kids.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Any kids?

[Aaron Weber]

We all have at a hotel. You were to watch a movie at a hotel?

[Brian Bates]

I'm only. I really just flip around the TV and if I come across one, I'll watch it.

[Aaron Weber]

Me, too.

[Brian Bates]

But I won't. You watch Open Range on the. On the cruise, actually.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I couldn't sleep. And then I thought, well, I'll put on this Western and it'll help me fall asleep. And I watched the whole thing in the night.

[Brian Bates]

Robert Duvall.

[Dusty Slay]

It's so good.

[Brian Bates]

Kevin Cosa and part of Lonesome Dove. You ever seen Lonesome Dove, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

I have, a long time ago.

[Brian Bates]

It's great, too.

[Dusty Slay]

I want to watch it. But it's a long, super long one.

[Brian Bates]

Part of it set in Montana. And then there's all these TV shows that are now set in Montana. All these. Tyler Sheridan.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, there's like four or five of them. One of them debuted this week, so Yellowstone's the main one.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. That's the hub.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Because California is so expensive to film in now. They're like anywhere they can go, they're filming.

[Brian Bates]

Well, this is a movie about a ranch and so you couldn't really film that in LA anyway.

[Dusty Slay]

I bet they could find a place in California.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I'm sure somewhere in California, but. And then there's prequels to Yellowstone. There's 1923. I think that's the one with. With Harrison Ford. Right.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

And then there's 1883.

[Dusty Slay]

Harrison Ford. I used to love that guy. I'm pretty done with him. I. I feel like everything I see him in now, he's so lazy about what he's doing. It's like I just don't care.

[Aaron Weber]

He's just old, though.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but he's 83. Yeah. It's not good, though.

[Brian Bates]

I saw him last night get the Life Achievement Award.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Awards.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, yeah, I mean, he's, you know, obviously he's been a great actor historically, but now I just. He's just phoning it in.

[Brian Bates]

But I asked my wife, I said, is there anybody else alive who has been two iconic characters? Indiana Jones and Han Solo. I mean, two of the great movie characters of the last 50 years.

[Aaron Weber]

Zoe Saldana. Right.

[Brian Bates]

She has been in like three of the biggest movies, but her character's not. You couldn't say her character's name and even know.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know who she played in any of those movies, but I know she was a. I don't know. She was blue.

[Brian Bates]

She was a blue in Avatar and then she was green in Avengers, Guardians,

[Aaron Weber]

red and something too.

[Brian Bates]

I feel like she's in a third. Okay, really big movie. But maybe because of the sequels and stuff, she's been in a ton of.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, it's probably tough to do cuz most guys, it's like you can't think of them as not the first guy.

[Dusty Slay]

Reeves, Bill and Ted and Neo.

[Brian Bates]

It's pretty good.

[Aaron Weber]

That's not a bad one.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Mike Myers, Wayne's World and Austin Powers and Shrek.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a good one. It's a good one.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. I'm not saying that's. Those are good ones, but they're not as good as the one Harrison Ford's are.

[Aaron Weber]

They're not as iconic as these two. I mean, they're two of the biggest franchises ever.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, but those are good. Now he's. You ask if she's ever read. Harrison Ford was read last year. He was the Red Hulk, which was

[Dusty Slay]

the worst Marvel movie there. No, it's not the worst, but it's close to the worst that we've ever had.

[Brian Bates]

What's the worst?

[Dusty Slay]

Probably the marvels. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, I haven't seen that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I don't watch any of those, man. Demonic.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you're right about that.

[Brian Bates]

And then there's a. Came out this week, the Madison, which is the guy from Yellowstone who's now either. You watch Yellowstone? No, I didn't either, but he's. I think he's a marshal now or something. Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Rising up.

[Brian Bates]

Yep.

[Dusty Slay]

Yep.

[Brian Bates]

Abby found an interesting thing. I think she emailed it to us. That rock formation where if there's a group of rocks and if you hit each one with a hammer, they make us a ringing sound, but if you remove one, the sound goes away and they don't know why this happens. It's called camera. What it's called. But while you're looking that up. Okay, I'll keep going. I think it's in her. In the email she sent us.

[Aaron Weber]

The ringing rocks of Minnesota or Montana, if it's Montana.

[Brian Bates]

There might be. I think there's one in Pennsylvania, too.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

The Alberta Bear Theater in Billings is known to be haunted with a demon living in the green room.

[Dusty Slay]

What is it?

[Brian Bates]

The Alberta Bear Theater.

[Dusty Slay]

Let me make sure that's not where I'm going.

[Aaron Weber]

I kind of hope it is. I kind of hope it is. They're called the ringing rocks. What are these rocks I'm looking at? I never got Nobody sent me anything.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, that is where I'm going.

[Aaron Weber]

Is it really?

[Dusty Slay]

Alberta? B A I, R. Yep, that's it.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, man. So tell the. Do you know anything about this?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Says I made this up.

[Dusty Slay]

All right, Good, good, good. That's good.

[Brian Bates]

I just wanted to get Dusty fired up.

[Dusty Slay]

That's good. That's good. That's good. I was already contemplating what I was going to do.

[Brian Bates]

Canceling the show.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm sitting out in the audience.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay, great.

[Brian Bates]

What did you ask me right before that? I don't remember. What were you.

[Aaron Weber]

What am I looking up? Someone with rocks.

[Brian Bates]

Let's just move on then. Yeah. Something with rocks. Montana State won the 2025 FCS National Championship in football.

[Aaron Weber]

I love college football out there. Right? Yeah, they take it pretty serious.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, it has the most grizzly bears. Montana does any state.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

More than Alaska?

[Brian Bates]

Maybe the lower 48.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

The lower 448. It's a good call. All right.

[Dusty Slay]

I would think Alaska would have more polar bears.

[Aaron Weber]

They don't have polar bears in Alaska, so probably not.

[Brian Bates]

I bet they're tied.

[Dusty Slay]

Even polar bears.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I guess they got a few.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Where are they even at?

[Aaron Weber]

They got some up there.

[Dusty Slay]

They're not in Alaska. We're even at that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, they're pro the north, northern and northwestern coasts.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But not. Not like where a lot of people are living, it looks like. Yeah, because I mean, look. I mean, look how far. I mean, Anchorage is down at the bottom.

[Dusty Slay]

But they still have them, though.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, you're right. You're right.

[Dusty Slay]

Go on.

[Aaron Weber]

You're right. But I don't think it's mostly polar bears.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Guys, ever heard of Custer's Last Stand?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Battle of Little Bighorn.

[Aaron Weber]

I read a whole book about that. I don't remember anything about it. It kind of made me rethink books.

[Brian Bates]

Who are you? Dusty. Dusty's reading.

[Aaron Weber]

No, but I remember reading this book going, I'll learn all this about Custard's last name. I think it was just called Custard or something.

[Dusty Slay]

And it was about pie.

[Brian Bates]

Now that's why he thought he was reading it. He quit books when he found out it was about a battle. Gets the last page.

[Dusty Slay]

Where's the pie?

[Brian Bates]

I always thought it was. I may be getting him mixed up with someone else, but I always thought he was kind of looked as. As a. Not a good figure. Is that what you thought?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I think so. But yeah, it was like really brutal.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it was especially brutal.

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. That's why I thought his. Because in the battle he was just way outnumbered. Like the trips got wiped out a

[Dusty Slay]

little Bighorn, he had been like pretty brutal. And I think they finally got him. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And they returned the favor.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

The Bell Ringing Boulder. That's what it's called. The Bell Ringing Boulder, near Butte, Montana. If you take one away, it goes silent. The sound only works when rocks are together. Scientists did not agree on why it works.

[Aaron Weber]

You check that out while you're.

[Dusty Slay]

Now. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Dustin, you're gonna go see it?

[Dusty Slay]

Check it out?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Really?

[Dusty Slay]

Nah, probably. I don't know. I am renting a car.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. So you'll be able to hop.

[Brian Bates]

How far is Billings and Butte from each other?

[Dusty Slay]

I think about two hours.

[Brian Bates]

So you'll see a little of the state.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I've driven all that before.

[Aaron Weber]

Three hours. Three hours and 20 minutes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I actually have a video on YouTube about my on the Road. On my on the Road with Dusty Slam, Montana. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And who are. Who's opening for you?

[Dusty Slay]

It's an old one, seven years old.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think you were taking openers at this Point right now, but, I

[Brian Bates]

mean, who's opening for you this time?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, you're restricted on the Zany's network.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

This is good. I told them to crack down on.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Will O' Donnell out of St. Louis is gonna go with me. He's a big fan of Montana as well, so.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, that's great.

[Dusty Slay]

We're gonna go on a little adventure.

[Brian Bates]

The world's largest snowflake, according to Guinness World Records, was reported to be 15 inches in diameter.

[Dusty Slay]

That's after the. Okay. Celebrities move there. Okay. We're having a good time. 15 inches, dude.

[Brian Bates]

Isn't that crazy? How's that even possible?

[Aaron Weber]

This is not even a snowflake at that point. That's just like a. What is a sheet of ice? That came down.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. That's hard to prove.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, how do you improve that land? Somebody go get the tape measures. Oh, it's gone.

[Aaron Weber]

I saw a snowflake the day. It's 15 inches long. Sure you did. But I'm sure that was a snowflake.

[Brian Bates]

They've never had a president or vice president. Montana. They did have one guy.

[Aaron Weber]

They don't want one either. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

The Democratic governor ran in 2020 for the Democratic Party. Steve Bullock. He never. He made it on one debate. Never got any traction.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I think I remember that debate. There were a couple guys on the debate that you never saw again, but actually, a couple of them I liked.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, you did?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

From Montana.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I don't know. I don't know. There's a couple of guys I remember on a debate that you never saw again that I was like, oh, this guy's not bad.

[Brian Bates]

Yep. Oh, we were talking about the Battle of Little Bighorn. Yeah. So he was brutal. That's why he's looked down on.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

In history.

[Dusty Slay]

I think so.

[Brian Bates]

Because in the battle itself, I think

[Dusty Slay]

he was, like, arrogant and really got ahead of himself. And that's why he ended up getting.

[Aaron Weber]

Looks like a cool guy, though.

[Dusty Slay]

He looked like he could be related to Tyler Childers a little bit.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Same kind of face shape.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

The richest man in Montana is Dennis Washington.

[Aaron Weber]

Dennis Washington.

[Brian Bates]

It's based in Missoula. Built his fortune through the railroad industry. The football stadium. University of Montana is named after him, and he's 91. It looks good there.

[Aaron Weber]

Any day now.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I'll get blamed for that.

[Dusty Slay]

Two sons, they'll inherit the Washington billions.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

All right, we wrap it up.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. I was trying to see if there's anything else. You never found that boulder, huh? The ringing Boulder.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, there's nothing. I mean, it exists. But you want a video of it?

[Brian Bates]

She sent a YouTube link.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

That showed people hitting it. But that's okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll find it. Why don't you plug your. Plug your dates real quick and then I'll.

[Dusty Slay]

This weekend I'm gonna be in Billings, Montana and Butte, Montana. And you know, if you want, go to dustyslay.com and then in a couple weeks, I'll be in Clearwater, Florida and Orlando, Florida, Paducah, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Missouri.

[Brian Bates]

Boom, we're in Paducah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I don't know. It'd take me a minute. Okay. Some haunted theater march, the Carson center for the Performing Arts. I don't know, I can't see pack today. Yeah. Carson center for the CC Performing.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. What's haunted? Yeah, there's a demon in the.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that was a good joke.

[Brian Bates]

Thank you, Dusty. Well, I am a professional comedian.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Where you at this weekend?

[Brian Bates]

Well, let's don't get into specifics, but March 19th as my next public show. March 19th through 22nd, I'm in Destin. Destin, Florida, Pompano Beach, Florida, Tallahassee, Florida and Gadsden, Alabama.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

Doing shows with Johnny W. And Ed Wiley.

[Dusty Slay]

Nice goat farmer, I bet. I got some family in Gadsden out there. Yeah. I hope they watch this podcast. I don't know them by name, but I do have some relatives in Gadsden.

[Aaron Weber]

I got Fama in Gaston, too.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And of course, my special March 30th. But the night before March 29th, we're doing Brian Bates and Friends here at the Lab at Zany. So I'd love to see people at that.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm busy that night, unfortunately. I'm just kidding, Mark. I'm going to be Edmonton this weekend. Edmonton, Alberta, at the Comic Strip next week. This is Aaron Weber. Next week, Lexington, Kentucky, a comedy off Broadway. That's March 12th, 13th and 14th. And then my rounded out March, I'm going to be in Minneapolis at Sisyphus Brewing Company at the end of the month. So coming out and see me. Edmonton, Lexington, Minneapolis.

[Dusty Slay]

And he'll be at the restaurant Meat, just telling them to do whatever they want.

[Brian Bates]

Let me have it, guys.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

All right, Dusty, you got this one started, so you wrap it up.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. Well, listen, if you got any stories about Mount Montana, send them in. Send in a video. We'll feature it here on the podcast. If we like it, if it's good enough, the videos that get rejected we put into a file and we hang on to them to roast you all.

[Brian Bates]

No, we sell them to the government

[Dusty Slay]

and our own private time. No, we don't do that, but send in a video so we can feature you on here. And I'll have his try to have as good of a mustache as the last guy if he can.

[Aaron Weber]

That guy did look sharp.

[Brian Bates]

And just to say again, because people keep sending them, emailing them some to me personally. You go to YouTube, right? And it's in the show description? Yeah, it should be. I missed it this last week, so that's probably why I got emails this week.

[Dusty Slay]

Let's be sure to show Tristan's face as he's saying that.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So yeah, okay. Well listen, this is the Public Figures podcast. We put out a show every Wednesday. So come back, subscribe, give us a like comment. We appreciate you guys. We're having a good time.

[Advertisement Voice]

Brought to you by the Capital One Saver card with Savor, you earn unlimited 3% cash back on dining, entertainment and at grocery stores. That's unlimited cash back on ordering takeout from home or unlimited cash back on tickets to concerts and games. So grab a bite, grab a seat and earn unlimited 3% cash back with the Savor card. Capital One what's in your wallet? Terms apply. See capitalone.com for details. This message is brought to you by the Capital One Venture X Card. Venture X offers the premium benefits you expect, like a $300 annual Capital One travel credit for less than you expect. Elevate your earn with unlimited double miles on every purchase, bringing you one step closer to your next dream destination. Plus, enjoy access to over 1000 airport lounges worldwide. The Capital One Venture X Card what's in your wallet? Terms apply. Lounge access is subject to change. See capitalone.com for details.

Now serving the entire cafe right from your countertop with the Ninja Luxe Cafe Espresso Drip coffee cold brew. If you can crave it, you can brew it. No barista badge required. Barista Assist technology handles the hard grinding, weighing brewing so you can take the credit. Top it all off with velvety dairy or plant based microfoam. Hot or cold, all hands free. Naturally you bring the craving, you bring the company, we'll bring the cafe and maybe the bragging rights. Now serving the Ninja Luxe Cafe Shop now.