Your Blood Is a Freaking Oreo

About this episode

The episode discusses health concerns, roadside experiences, and various oddities while maintaining a humorous tone.

Episode 101 kicks off with weather swings, cozy pets, and Dude unpacking the most stressful DOT physical of the year — an A1C reading that hijacked his blood pressure, a clean CPAP compliance report, and a doctor who took his sweet time delivering the verdict. Rich looks up what A1C actually measures and lands on the line of the night: your blood is a freaking Oreo . From there: a Level 2 hazmat inspection on I-35, two stops in one day, and why being cordial beats being combative on the roadside every single time. We detour into Idiocracy , wooden clogs from the Netherlands, and what is somehow a 45-minute deep dive into the entire Crocs catalog — including the discovery that off-road Crocs with mud treads are a real product Rich nearly buys on the spot. Rich gets pre-approved for an Amazon store card mid-show, Bryan says push it, Rich pushes it. We talk about Bella eating the laces off the Hey Dudes , the 10-foot selfie stick that's coming to Cruisin' the Coast in October, and the legendary cone-slalom story that was almost definitely caught on three different dashcams. The back half meanders through Jeep trail badges, gas prices and OPEC, COVID hindsight, Bryan's bucket list of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Richard Chelson, Bryan Goodwin

Topics covered

• health
• roadside experiences
• humor
• travel
• oddities
• self-improvement

Keywords

• A1C
• DOT physical
• hazmat inspection
• Crocs catalog
• Jeep trail badges
• COVID hindsight
• European landmarks

Mentioned in this episode

Products: CPAP, Crocs, Amazon store card

Books & works: Idiocracy, child eater fountain in Bern, Veiled Christ at the Sansevero Chapel, Bishop Castle, Miss Tattnell's grave

Places: I-35, Netherlands, Texas

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