Chapters
00:00 – Intro Banter: Is this thing on?
01:53 – Origin Stories: Hair Removal Lawsuits and Casino Beards
03:43 – Paul Newman: Salad Dressing, Charity, and Cool Hand Luke
08:50 – Mom vs. AI: "The Bobo Mermaid Guy" (Jason Momoa)
12:36 – The H-Mart Incident: 10% Pulp and Snotted Bottoms
15:30 – Road Trip Horrors: Tobacco Spit and Rental Car Cockroaches
18:05 – Listener Question: The Future of Meta, Oculus, and AR
24:05 – Sci-Fi Realities: Altered Carbon and Retinal (not Rectal) Scans
27:45 – Tech Evolution: From Carbon Paper to Instant Outrage
30:56 – Reality TV: Survivor Scandals and Making Stupid People Famous
34:55 – The Great Frosty Cat Rescue
41:30 – Music Review: The Return of Sublime (Robot or Human?)
46:25 – Outro: GritCityPodcast.com

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01:17 – Jeff kicks off the episode with his safe word, discusses strange con bathroom experiences, and Scott proposes a new con idea. They talk about the heat in the PNW, the flooding around the country, and Brogan talks about recently catching Covid. Brogan gives his review of the show Yellowstone, Justin talks about staying in Boseman Montana, and they discuss Ceezer going to Egypt.

17:43 – Brogan talks about visiting the Brick Saloon, Justin talks about his wife wanting a Vespa, and his brand-new windows. Scott reflects on the original GCP logos, Justin gives a shout-out to Raise the Bar Triathlon, and Scott dives into Scott Topics. Jeff talks about the Russian flight that went down, Justin talks about finding the cops that live stream on FaceBook, and discusses how GCP got started with the Union Club.

40:02 – Justin talks about Rustin Way temporarily discontinuing selling Mexican-style food at their farmer's market, the vendors impacted, and Brogan talks about the restrictions of what he can sell at his business based on other companies in his area. They discuss better ways it could have been handled, Brogan's dog stairs, and the number of subway shops in the area.

55:33 – Brogan talks about discovering the carmelized onions he uses for the hot dogs at Cosmic Bottles, Justin talks about his new VR, and the discovery of IHOP's two virtual brands. They talk about other virtual brands, toss around other food ideas, and Scott talks about the best way to enjoy a meatball sandwich.

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• The Union Club: The Union Club is a coworking space contributing to Tacoma's growing artistic and entrepreneurial communities. It combines a maker studio, event hall, and office coworking space, in a 15,000 square foot historic building in downtown Tacoma, Washington.
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• RCF Exteriors & Remodeling | Facebook — Exterior and remodeling specialists.
• Raise the Bar - Raise the Bar — If you believe, like us, that variety is the spice of life, welcome to our flavor of fitness!
• Jetson ONE flying car makes its first eVTOL commute to work — Awaiting delivery of its first flying cars to customers next year, Swedish electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) company Jetson has given the world a look at what future commutes to work may be like – this time with its CEO strapped in at the commands.
• Samson Sky’s Flying Car Could Soon Hit the Market After FAA Approval – Robb Report — This New Flying Car Could Hit the Market in Weeks After Getting FAA Approval
• Live on Patrol | Facebook — Our goal is to help inform and educate the public regarding the job of law enforcement in hopes of building community trust and relationships through transparency.
• Tacoma Farmers Market allowed to sell Mexican food again | king5.com — The controversy began when the Tacoma Farmers Market announced a directive from Point Ruston to stop selling what they described as “any Mexican style food."
• Cosmic Bottles
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02:05 – Brogan talks about Cosmic Bottles being closed due to snow, Justin takes a step back in time when him and Brogan drove his grandmas Z28, and snow starting this morning. Justin talks about the crazy animal wars in his backyard, Jeff talks about the bone-chilling cold for the day, and Scott talks about the trains still going during snowmageddon. Justin talks about GCP’s holiday special, the responses they got from the bands they played on the last episode, and the video games he’s been playing.

19:39 – They talk about how far off we are from having our own Skyrim type of virtual environment, Jeff talks about web pages that are out there designed already for V.R., and they each talk about their holiday. Scott talks about the benefits of having an adult child, Jeff talks about how his Christmas went, and Brogan talks about his upcoming trip to Disney Land. He shares what he got for Christmas, Scott talks about the guy in downtown Seattle with the open sign, and the importance of having a third place.

41:04 – Brogan talks about crossfading the last night, Justin gives a shout-out to their GCP listeners, and gives special shout-outs to the amazing people that support the podcast through Patreon. He thanks the companies that are friends of GCP, the history behind Union Club, and gives a big shout-out to Diecut Stickers. They talk about the love for Mary Mart, talk about Buddy Boy Farms, and Brogan talks about the different cannabis shops near his business.

62:19 – They play a part of their past episode with Streetball Supe, give thanks to all of their wives in support of Grit City Podcast, and discuss dab rips. Justin gives a couple of additional shout-outs, Scott talks about his excitement to get guests on, and the local scooter place that’s opening in Tacoma. Brogan gives recommendations on having open tabs at strip clubs, they talk about the 43 new breweries that have opened in Washing the past year, and each share what guests so far have been their favorite.

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• Union Club Tacoma — TACOMA’S PREMIER CREATIVE COMMUNITY FOR COWORKING & EVENTS
• The Grit City Podcast: Streetball Supe
• The Pine Cone Cafe in UP has new owners who will be familiar to locals - Dine Pierce County — The Pine Cone Cafe in University Place is here to stay. 
• Inclement Weather - City of Tacoma — Crews for the City of Tacoma’s Street Operations Division will continue to clear primary snow routes until which time they can clear one lane in each direction.
• 43 Breweries Opened in Washington
• The Grit City Podcast: Tacoma Sirens