49:51 – Holed up in his bunker, Dave reports a tragic casualty list. Be forewarned: this is a depressing episode that you might just be better off skipping.
Show art: Mama & Her Babies, with Angels (2023) by Dave in Kentucky.
35:59 – In the spirit of the Halloween season, Dave regales us with some ghostly goings-on involving his former familiars, as well as more of the usual adventures while driving Uber.
35:07 – More recent driving adventures, an extended digression about the show “Monk” and its place in the Great Detective subgenre, and a brief review of Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice”. Plus: speed bumps vs. speed humps.
Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Clip(s) from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.
30:08 – The Uber Mensch gets back on the road again, albeit intermittently, but most of this episode is about off-the-road activities like binge-watching old mysteries, sitcoms, and religious programs, as well as planning an outing to see a brand-new movie.
Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.
26:21 – One of the hazards of driving Uber is that you get exposed to random people’s germs, and that will occasionally slow down even the most Uber of Uber Mensches.
Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.
31:40 – Dave in Kentucky regales you with three Ubertales of incidents that he’d probably rather had never happened — a kind of Trilogy of the Terrible. The sound isn’t terrible, though; it’s way better than last time.
Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.