Camp Counselors with Zachariah Porter and Jonathan Carson

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181 - Oklahomos! May 13, 2026

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This week we talk about our journey of a lifetime to Thackerville, Oklahoma to see Stevie Nicks at the world’s largest casino!! We’re talking vodka Red Bulls, Panda Express pandamonium (hehe), and Zachariah finding God in a fried bologna sandwich. This episode was mixed and edited by Kevin Betts.

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➜ Gaikwad, Shilpy Arora. “‘Girl Power’: Women Track Down Burglars, Find Thief Wearing Their Stolen Clothes.” Stuff, 29 Apr. 2026.

➜ Hollingsworth, Heather. “Identity Thief Whose Deception Led to His Victim’s Incarceration Gets a 12-Year Prison Term.” AP News, Associated Press, 31 Jan. 2025.

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My Nightmare Passenger - Trail Mix #131 May 11, 2026

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In this mini episode we are reading listener submitted stories about a drive-thru altercation between two unlikely divas, a camper who thought she was driving to work alone until someone touched her shoulder, and a nightmare first date that felt impossible to get out of.

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180 - Adam & Eve Improv Class May 06, 2026

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This week we open with a crime neither of us has committed but both have fully romanticized... writing bad checks! Counselor Zach has a lot of feelings about Graza olive oil. Then we are getting biblical, yall! We improv our way through the Garden of Eden and obviously reassign some roles. For real, Eve needs a complete character overhaul. Eve deserved better talent representation and we are here to fix that. This episode was mixed and edited by Kevin Betts.

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➜ Grace, Asia. "Chinese Carmakers Rolling Out Cars With In-Vehicle Toilet." New York Post, 17 Apr. 2026.

➜ Budnick, Niki. "Causing a Catastrophe." The Weather Channel, n.d. Accessed 5 May 2026.

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Sippin Lean at Disneyland - Trail Mix #130 May 04, 2026

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In this mini episode we are reading listener submitted stories about a Disneyland trip that took a downward spiral the moment grandma opened her purse, a road trip that turns into a full police kidnapping investigation, and a camper who climbed a tree on a second date and came down a different woman.

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179 - Don't Touch Grass, Twirl Your Bush! Apr 29, 2026

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Heyy happy campers! This week we’re unpacking hosting anxiety, seed libraries, harsh movie reviewers, driver’s licenses being revoked, and so much more. Grab your bug juice and settle in... or else.

This episode was mixed and edited by Kevin Betts.

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➜ Good News Network. "Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients." Good News Network, 11 Apr. 2026.

➜ Schaller, Janek, and Megan Hall. "What Are Seed Libraries?" The Public's Radio, 31 Mar. 2026.

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Supernanny Wanted to Save My Family - Trail Mix #129 Apr 27, 2026

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In this mini episode we are reading listener submitted stories about a camper who got a call from a TV network, a reckless house party traumatized a mother, and a nightmare party that had a camper sweating her yabbos off.

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178 - We Need to Talk About Our Neighbors Apr 22, 2026

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This week we're pulling back the curtain on the people who have lived closest to us... for better or for absolute worse. Counselor Jonathan shares his deeply messy tenure as a college RA, Counselor Zachariah spills the tea on the saga of his previous upstairs neighbors. Zachs got a review Din Tai Fung NYC, spiral into our obsession with terrible neighbor-themed shows, plus a very un-neighborly news article about a man who got arrested for sunbathing in his own backyard. Plus a paternity test that revealed TWO DIFFERENT fathers, Buffy being an ungrateful little brat, tick bite season, pear martinis, and a deep dive into who exactly is that baby cooing on Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody."

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➜ "Court of Appeal Says It Cannot Rule on Which Identical Twin Fathered a Child." The Guardian, 30 Mar. 2026. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

➜ "Naked and Unafraid: Upstate Man Arrested for Nude Sunbathing in Backyard Raises Legal Questions." WYFF4, ca. Apr. 2026. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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Begging The Pizza Delivery Driver for a Ride - Trail Mix #128 Apr 20, 2026

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In this mini episode we are reading listener submitted stories about a high school faculty wedding that ended with a scandal nobody saw coming (except the photographer), a camper seeking shelter at a Domino's pizza, and the tale of a celebrity and a 2AM snapchat that changed everything.

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177 - Scrappy & Sore in my Juicy Couture Apr 15, 2026

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It's the one-year anniversary of Jonathan's hair transplant and he's celebrating in a Juicy Couture velour tracksuit and a bedazzled hat, because why the frick not? In this episode, we're having flashbacks to the great Mario Movie 4DX feud. OOopsie, did not mean to bring that back up... but we buried the hatchet (for now hehe). The we're getting into birding! It's like Pokemon Go irl, who knew? And crows?! Did yall know they can hold a grudge against a specific human for up to 17 years! Sounds like us! Then we go deep on "We Built This City" by Starship, one of the most hated songs in rock history that also hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, which sort of proves its own point. We also have a full Backseat Lovers / Kilby Girl deep dive, and the Everest Fraud Scheme thats actually nuts.

This episode was mixed and edited by Kevin Betts.

➜ Jonathan's 12 Month Hair Transplant Journey

➜ Global Village Coffeehouse Video Essay

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➜ Prasain, Sangam. “Inside Nepal’s Fake Rescue Racket.” The Kathmandu Post, 27 Mar. 2026.

➜ Wethington, Paula. “‘Do You Think I’m Stupid?’ Judge Calls Out Woman for Denying She’s Driving During Zoom Hearing.” WCVB, 27 Mar. 2026.

➜ Khoirotun, R. “Did You Know That Crows Can Hold Grudges for Seventeen Years?” Medium, 14 June 2025.

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Bride's Mom is A WEREWOLF! - Trail Mix #127 Apr 13, 2026

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This week on Trail Mix, our campers went through it and we are so grateful they survived to tell us about it. A friend who MacGyvered a lost ID back from the dead using gum and a coffee stirrer at midnight, an Airbnb host who had absolutely no concept of personal boundaries, and a mom who took a bachelorette trip completely off the rails in the middle of the woods.

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