AO Mailbag: Who Gets to DJ on a Long Road Trip?
5/6/202620 min
Producers Jerome and Johanna join co-host Kelly McEvers to answer questions about souvenir-buying stress, multigenerational travel, and what to listen to on a road trip when you don’t have the same taste as your driving buddy.
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First 90 secondsJohanna Mayer· Host0:01
[instrumental music] What's the lunch situation today, you guys?
Jerome Campbell· Panelist0:06
I feel like I'm gonna eat an early lunch 'cause I haven't eaten breakfast, so- Mm ... this will probably hold me over till 3:00, and then I'll do my usual Friday routine, which is going to the corner store and eating two Hershey Cookies 'n Creme bars.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host0:19
[laughs] Yum. I feel like these are life goals right now. I am- This is truly- Same ...
Johanna Mayer· Host0:26
a window into your psyche, Jerome.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host0:27
I am here for this.
Johanna Mayer· Host0:28
For sure.
Jerome Campbell· Panelist0:29
[laughs] I, [laughs] I have to have something sweet every day.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host0:32
I eat three Oreos every day- What? ... for my dessert.
Johanna Mayer· Host0:36
You guys.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host0:37
For my dessert.
Johanna Mayer· Host0:37
[laughs] This is so amazing.
Jerome Campbell· Panelist0:39
Why three, not four?
Johanna Mayer· Host0:41
I'm so jealous. Two's not enough. Four's too many. Three's perfect.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host0:45
[laughs] What was the Obama thing? He would have, like, eight almonds a da- Like, he had it so- Yes ... like, he, when he would eat the almonds and how many almonds he would eat.
Johanna Mayer· Host0:57
Almonds?
Kelly McEvers· Co-host0:58
Yeah.
Jerome Campbell· Panelist0:59
I feel like that's not fun.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host1:00
I know. Not fun at all.
Johanna Mayer· Host1:01
His regimen seems- Like, so boring ... healthy food.
Kelly McEvers· Co-host1:03
Robot behavior.
Johanna Mayer· Host1:05
Do you not do lunch dessert, Kelly?
Kelly McEvers· Co-host1:07
I am one of those people who has no self-control, so it's, like, all or nothing. I can't do it because if I do it, then I'm like, "Why shouldn't I have all the Oreos?" I can't be trusted. Some therapist could do some real work on this one, but [laughs] [laughs] It's really fascinating window into everyone's psyche. Exactly.