What happens when Welcome to the Suburbs leaves the suburbs?
Apparently, we start talking to strangers in grocery stores, having awkward conversations in public restrooms, evaluating Airbnb construction techniques, and wondering whether two Roombas are capable of fighting to the death.
For Season 4, Episode 91, Andy and Greg take the podcast on the road to St. Louis for a weekend of baseball, IndyCar racing, and an unforgettable stay at an Airbnb named Blue Bliss.
The trip begins with a visit to a St. Louis Cardinals game, where a Family Feud-style contest asks fans to name the three things kids request most often at the grocery store. Greg does what any reasonable person would do with this information: he starts asking complete strangers if they know the answers.
Not everyone is interested in playing along.
From there, things get increasingly uncomfortable when Greg finds himself negotiating sink space with a stranger in a poorly designed restaurant bathroom.
Then they arrive at Blue Bliss.
The Airbnb has everything you could possibly want—or at least everything previous guests decided to leave behind.
There are half-empty bottles of condiments in the refrigerator, a collection of random shampoos and soaps in the bathroom, questionable finish carpentry, two Roombas for approximately 800 square feet of living space, and a guest book filled with glowing reviews that seem to describe an entirely different property.
Naturally, this leads to conversations about BattleBots, rogue robots, autonomous Indy cars, artificial intelligence, sporting events with the sensory intensity of a Las Vegas casino, and whether robots of the future will require physical therapy.
It all makes perfect sense when you listen.
Join Andy and Greg for another wandering trip through suburban life, travel, technology, middle age, and the strange things people do when they think nobody is paying attention.
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