Episode 30 opens with first-day-of-school energy — the crew compares notes on parenting versus being a kid, morning routine chaos, and how excitement flips to something bittersweet once you're the one dropping them off. Book club digs into The Celestine Prophecy and The 5 AM Club, then the conversation turns to whether work is an escape or the thing you're escaping from. A cryptic Don Trip tease leads into September 11 memories — where everyone was, and the albums that dropped that same day — before spiraling into middle school crushes and a full Tickle Me Elmo nostalgia trip.
The back half covers the Knockout Wings pop-up controversy and what it says about scaling a business without losing the recipe, a run through old Nashville restaurants everyone wants back, upcoming 5K race season (Titans and Predators back-to-back), a full ranking of Lito's unreleased "100 I Shoot" and "What Was I Thinking" catalog — plus a first listen to a brand new unreleased verse — and it closes out with shadow work on comparison as the thief of joy.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro
01:38 🏫 First Day of School & Being a Parent vs. a Kid
17:52 📚 Book Club — Celestine Prophecy & The 5 AM Club
23:20 🎭 Is Work Your Escape? (Zodiac Talk)
31:17 🎤 Comedy Set Tease — Third Coast Comedy Club
32:59 👀 Don Trip's Cryptic September 11 Posts
33:47 🗽 September 11, 2001 — Where Were You
39:35 💿 September 11 Rap Anniversary — Blueprint & Get Off
40:24 💘 Middle School Crushes & Tickle Me Elmo Nostalgia
47:00 🍗 Knockout Wings Pop-Up Controversy
58:19 🍔 Old Nashville Restaurants We Miss
1:03:36 🏃 5K Season — Titans & Predators Races
1:07:41 🎧 Ranking Lito's Unreleased Music
1:13:42 🎶 New Music Preview — 100 I Shoot Pt. 5
1:18:36 🌑 Shadow Work — Comparison Is the Thief of Joy
1:29:13 👋 Outro
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