🎙️ How We Accidentally Started a Podcast (and Why It Took So Long)

Spoiler alert: This is a story about two colleagues, alot of overthinking, and one very scary Instagram Reel.​

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The Idea That Haunted Us

We’ve been thinking about starting a podcast for a hot minute. Not in the “we should totally do this someday” kind of way—but in the “we now have a Google Doc with no less than 327 ‘Podcast Name Ideas’” kind of way.​

We knew we had something to say. Dave’s been in this game since his hair was brown—he’s seen it all and (trust us) has a lot to say about it. Ashley’s never met a meaningful conversation she didn’t love, especially if it dives into the psychology of people and how we can work—and live—better together. We're both natural teachers, drawn to making complex ideas click for others, and we love sharing what we've learned along the way.

In our weekly calls and inside our live workshops, we always have these deep, messy, hilarious conversations about life, decisions, and the weirdness of being human. It felt like something worth sharing. But when it came to doing a podcast, the fear would creep in:​

• “What if no one listens?”

• “What if people do listen?”

• “What if the audio is terrible?”

• “What if we’re not funny/smart/interesting enough?”​

• "This is going to be way too much work, with zero reward."

• "This means I have to put my face on Instagram. Oh god."

• "What if our jokes are bad? Nevermind, we don't really care about that."

So we waited. And waited. And waited.​

The Push We Needed

Then, one day, we decided to stop waiting. We realized that the perfect time was never going to come...but honestly, Ashley was just personally up for the challenge. Finally.

So we picked a platform and hit record. No fancy equipment. No professional studio. Just Dave in a hoodie and Ash in her "work jammies" seeing what this was all about.

We called it All We Know About the Stuff We Know, because that’s exactly what it is:​

• Us, sharing what we’ve learned (and are still learning) about life.

• Us, being honest about the things we don’t have figured out.

• Us, inviting you into the conversation.​

The Vulnerability Hangover

After recording our first episode, we felt a mix of excitement and sheer terror. We were about to put our voices—and our hearts—out into the world. And that’s when the real vulnerability hit.

We made an Instagram Reel to announce the podcast. It was the first time we’d put our faces on camera to talk about something so personal. And it felt incredibly exposing.​

But we did it anyway. Because we believe in the power of showing up, even when it’s scary. Especially when it’s scary.​

What We’ve Learned So Far

Starting this podcast has taught us a lot:​

• Perfection is overrated. It’s better to start messy than to not start at all.

• Vulnerability is powerful. The moments that felt the scariest to share have been the ones that resonated most with listeners.

• Community matters. The support we’ve received has been overwhelming in the best way.​

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A Bit About Our Day Job

When we're not podcasting, we're leading Focus Performance Systems—a company dedicated to helping leaders and teams move faster, think smarter, and perform better. Since 1973, we've equipped over 100,000 professionals with practical tools for decision-making, problem-solving, and team effectiveness. Our solutions include the Decision Focus® framework, Everything DiSC® assessments, and the Advancing Team Performance™ program—all designed to make work more human and more effective.

Join the Conversation

We’re just getting started, and we’d love for you to be part of this journey. You can listen to All We Know About the Stuff We Know on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.​

And if you’re thinking about starting something—whether it’s a podcast, a blog, or any creative endeavor—consider this your sign to go for it. It’s okay to be scared. Do it anyway.

We've included the transcript for your reading pleasure below.

Episode 1 | The Origin Story | All We Know About How We Got Here

Ashley Martin (00:13)

Just look at me and start laughing like I'm used to it. It's fine

Dave (00:16)

What are we going back to the 1920s are we going to a parasol parade?

Ashley Martin (00:21)

I'm going out to the farm. I'm gonna walk barefoot both ways in the snow. Uphill, yeah. In the snow.

Dave (00:27)

So, okay, so did you, first of all, are we recording?

Ashley Martin (00:34)

Yeah, we're recording.

Dave (00:36)

Alright, so then I have a question for you. This is a multiple choice question. Okay, what's with the hat? A. I lost a bet.

Ashley Martin (00:38)

Okay.

Dave (00:43)

B, someone dared me. C, I got a wild you know what up my you know what and just decided to buy something.

Ashley Martin (00:43)

It's cute, see?

Dave (00:51)

D, none of your business. I'm expressing myself.

Ashley Martin (00:56)

What do you think Dave?

Dave (00:57)

I think it's D.

Ashley Martin (00:58)

There you go. How about Ashley and Dave decided to record a podcast today and Ashley didn't wash her hair. How about that?

Dave (01:05)

Oh, there you go.

That one is a good one. Hey,

I just got to notice that, we're using extra resources on my bandwidth.

I better just...

Ashley Martin (01:12)

Don't you have the extra oomph? No, you have the extra oomph in your other house that's getting remodeled that we tell the people about in like the next episode or two.

Dave (01:17)

Well...So where'd you get the hat?

Ashley Martin (01:23)

I got the hat from the Ross dress for less, which is where I get all my clothes. No, this is TJ Maxx. I think this is pajamas that I wear as outerwear because it's fun like that. And I'm just like leaning into it because I'm a Maxxinista and not a Fashionista.

Dave (01:33)

Well, eh. And the double extra benefit is if you're wearing it out somewhere at night and you just get tired, just lay down.

Ashley Martin (01:45)

I'm just crashing. I'm just crashing at your house. Just lay down. She's already comfortable. You know, in this work from home life, I have expanded my pajama repertoire. Like that's just what we do now, right? Like since pandemic. Yeah, that's what we do. No, no, no.

Dave (01:48)

Just lay down. Exactly. I know it. Yeah, yeah, no need for going out clothes Well, not as much need for them, right?

Ashley Martin (02:12)

No, who needs to go out when you've got exciting work like this?

Dave (02:16)

And I'm on my streak right now. I think this is the seventh time in a row doing a podcast where I'm wearing the blue hoodie.

Ashley Martin (02:24)

we're gonna see all the blue hoodies in season one of Ash and Dave.

Dave (02:26)

Yeah, that's right. I I got them all going. It's the thing I can rely on most. It's the thing that gives me comfort. It's my little blankie. It's my blue hoodie.

Ashley Martin (02:36)

I think I needed your blue hoodie yesterday as my comfort blanket as I was launching the podcast to all of my Facebook friends and I had a severe vulnerability hangover from it. Like after I hit publish, I'm like, my God, I think I'm going to throw up. No, I'm going to cry. I'm crying.

Dave (02:40)

Hmm. Yeah. Uh-huh. Well, did you disclose too much?

Ashley Martin (02:58)

Is that what it is? I just took everything off and said, you didn't see the post? Okay, so after...

Dave (03:00)

No, I don't know. I haven't seen the post. ⁓ I saw your Instagram. Was it the same one that you posted to Instagram? OK, yeah.

Ashley Martin (03:07)

Essentially. So yes, after I did the hard launch on Facebook, I then did the hard launch on Instagram and I had to reformat things and I'm like, my God, I'm making a reel like here's what my life has now become. I'm making a reel with my face on it. Like I'm the reel, my God. And I think I sent you the vomit emoji.

Dave (03:22)

You're making a reel. And, yeah and people are signing up, they're subscribing, they want more. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ashley Martin (03:31)

Yes, they want to know more about what we're doing. And that's why I wanted to like, come on and talk to one of the main reasons I wanted to go back and do the origin story is I was like, what's this Zoom recording right here? And I clicked into it and it was me revealing the podcast artwork to you. And you were like, look at us, we're a thing. You look like Erin Andrews. And I was like, that was the moment we kind of became a thing.

Ashley Martin (06:49)

That clip was from December. Back in the day. Look at us now. So yes, since folks are interested, I thought...we could chat about what we're doing and how you and I got started and where our hearts are in this podcast. If there's any heart whatsoever, maybe not.

Dave (07:00)

Now, how far are we going back? mean, back to the beginning or just back to

Ashley Martin (07:04)

Back when your hair was brown, Dave!

Dave (07:06)

That is a boatload of history right there. That's enough. Yeah, we can start wherever you want, whatever you think would be interesting for the folks to know.

Ashley Martin (07:09)

That's enough! Well, like for the podcast specifically, I remember when everything shifted when COVID hit and we had to change our in-person workshops to this virtual experience and we needed to figure out how we were going to do this and what was my role and what was your role. And we get this group on Zoom and Ash and Dave put on a freaking show.

Dave (07:41)

Well, had to because our first virtual workshop was 50 some people, right? Yeah, from all over the world. we're like, and we're starting in.

Ashley Martin (07:41)

And I remember... What? That's right. That's right. That's right. And I remember getting amped up for that being like, my God. And I'm like dancing. I think I have a reel of me dancing, like trying to like shake the nerves out for what we were about to do. Cause they were either it was going to go really well or it was going to go off the rails, but it went okay.

Dave (07:57)

Yeah, yeah. And luckily it went really well because there are a bunch of happy folks. But it was for, yeah, from one of our multinational companies. And these folks were literally all over the world for this thing. And yeah, that was our first session. Well, yeah, because our business before the pandemic was primarily in-person stuff, whether it was workshops or whether we were doing a train the trainer certification, whether we were doing coaching, even our coaching, did a lot of it in person, some of it over the phone, but a lot in person. And then all of a sudden, just like that, our business goes to zero. And we're like, okay. Yeah, oops. What are we gonna do now? And so, you know, I was much too young to retire at that point in time. Yeah, no, I could have said, no, I'm done. That's right, just hang it up. Like my friend, Tim, who you're going to meet in a future episode, he had the misfortune of timing his retirement. He timed his retirement like a year and a half out for March of 2020. And when March of 2020 came, he stuck with his retirement and he walked into the office on that day, the only person in that entire office building, cleaned out his desk and said, buh-bye, that's it. Yeah, 38 years.

Ashley Martin (09:07)

Deuces! Peace and a bottle of hair grease!

Dave (09:24)

Yeah, 38 years, buh-bye. That was it. yeah, so yeah, we said, okay, well, if we're gonna survive, we're gonna go online. We got to put a bunch of our stuff online. You found a couple of cool online platforms, which we started authoring. And what was cool about them is that they were so easy to use that even I could author stuff on the old man on online courses. And so yeah, we, for a good, what, two,

Ashley Martin (09:43)

Right? You old man, you.

Dave (09:50)

maybe even three years, we were just, you our business went from something to nothing and then all of a to everything. It just went crazy there for a while. We had to hire more folks and that's kind of how we established our online presence. But what we learned in those workshops is that having two of us is not just twice as good, it's about 10 times as good because people can listen to the conversation. They don't have to listen to one person talking. They can listen to two people have a conversation. Questions that typically might come up, come up, and it's just a much more engaging experience.

Ashley Martin (10:15)

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, when we got done with that first workshop, I remember telling your wife, Mary, me and Dave should take this show on the road. Like this is a comedy show. This is, this was good. I surprised myself. Pretty good at this.

Dave (10:37)

You knew in your heart you were a funny person.

Ashley Martin (10:39)

Deep down, somewhere, I didn't need a back in the day, but like yeah, deep down I knew, I knew I was born to shine and here we go.

Dave (10:48)

And here we go. So yeah, fast forward to, what, about five months ago, four or five months ago. And you said what? You told me we need to launch a podcast.

Ashley Martin (10:50)

Mm-hmm. we need to launch a podcast. We're going to launch a podcast. felt the, well, here's the deal. Like you had told me even a few weeks prior to that, we should do a podcast. And I have been revolting this idea and saying, no, I ain't doing no podcast. Cause I know how much work it's going to be. I know how much work it's going to be and it's all for nothing. Like what are we doing? I mean, I know it's going to benfun, but like how can we leverage this in a way to not only bring us joy, but to teach something in the process and maybe make a little money while doing it, right? That's what we're all here for.

Dave (11:28)

Yep. Yep. Yep. I've got a good friend who retired and his post retirement project was he wanted to write a book and he was a history buff and he wanted to write a book about the presidents and he spent, and this is, you know, kind of during the pandemic also, so he had a lot of time on his hands. And he spent a couple of years writing a book and got it published and it's on Amazon. And we'll, we'll talk to that guy in a future episode. ⁓ so when Mary was asking me, well, why are you doing a podcast? And I said, don't know, Ashley said we're doing one. I guess.

Ashley Martin (12:00)

Yeah. Let's go!

Dave (12:10)

But I said, you know what, this is kind of like, I don't have the patience or the skill to write a book. But I have had, as you can tell with my gray hair, a very long career and have seen and witnessed a lot and learned a few things. And so maybe this is a way that we can discuss that in a way, in a manner that is kind of, I don't know if you're going to call it permanent, but it's going to stick around for and we can share some of those things that we've experienced and learned and talk to some of the people that we've had the good pleasure to work with over the years. And there's probably stuff we can learn from them too. So this is kind of like, I'm not going to call it my book, but it's something that we can do that is a fun project. And, you know, we'll, we'll reminisce a little bit. We'll also, like we did with our series, what was it called? The five things you need to know about decision making that you probably don't know that you really should know or something like that. And so we'll have a few of those as well. So yeah.

Ashley Martin (13:03)

It's funny that you're like, don't have the skills to write a book yet. In the future episodes, you start talking about these five things that we need to know about decision-making. And you sent me, can you hear the train in the back? Can you hear that? Okay, good. You sent me like this book, like this little mini book that I'm like, David's such a great writer. He's always been so amazing at giving me copy, at explaining concepts that are like, take this big jumble in our heads and you just break it down into these really simple, natural ways that I just burned through this book. I was like, this is great. This is so great.

Dave (13:41)

Yeah, yeah. So, okay, so I guess a small spoiler alert. Yeah, we did write a small book, but it's gonna be an ebook But yes, and on

Ashley Martin (13:49)

We'll publish it on our website. And you could go there right now, Dave, and you can look at it. Yeah, yeah. Spoiler alert, go take a look – www.focustools.com/5things.

Dave (14:01)

Really? Uh-oh. All right. I better go and see what it looks like. It's a work in progress. Yeah. And we might do some, I mean, that's one topic that we happen to know quite a bit about. And there's other topics that we happen to know quite a bit about too but it's not going to be 200 pages - it's not going to be a long, long thing.

Ashley Martin (14:22)

Heck no. Ain't nobody got time for that, Dave.

Dave (14:26)

you know, one of the things that we've, when I got involved in this business years and years ago, one of the things that the founder of our business told me is that he said, we have to break everything down into its most simple form. And so, yeah, if we try to get too academic, too, you know, too much like, we know what we're talking about and not enough like, well, so what, how can I use this every day? Then we're gonna go nowhere. So he was really good at doing that. And so I think we've developed some of that as well over the years.

Ashley Martin (14:57)

Yeah, can you tell me or tell our audience a little bit more about what our company does and what we want to Focus on?

Dave (15:05)

Yes, I can.

Ashley Martin (15:07)

I mean I got involved with you guys probably what like 2010 ish. Yeah so I've had like this 15 year relationship of working with you guys and I love working with you guys but I also think there's a lot of heart and soul in what we do and so I would just love to tell everybody about that.

Dave (15:12)

Well, so this is actually is a family business that was started way back in the 1970s by Mary's father. Okay. So Mary's my wife and she predates me in the business. actually, her dad started this business. He was with a consulting company way back in the sixties and seventies who specialized in business decision-making, tools and techniques, problem solving and decision making tools and techniques, and they were really good at it. But they had a course, a problem solving and decision making course, talk about how things have changed. It was a five day workshop. So you sat in a classroom for five days and learned all about tools and techniques for problem solving and decision making. And they were really good techniques, but you literally spent a week. And Mary's dad said, you know what, I think I can do better.

And who's got a, now this is in the 1970s, but still who's got a week to devote to going to a class or a workshop? So he actually, condensed it down to two days, a two day workshop. And again, he kind of threw, he set aside all the, you know, sort of the academic stuff and the research and all that stuff, which is important, but you know, people at work don't need it. They just need to know how they're going to solve a problem, how they're going to make a decision, how they're going to get something done.

And so he condensed it down to two days. He left the company, let his non-compete run out, started a new business in the seventies with this sort of this flagship two-day problem solving decision making workshop. And it was a hit. Off to the races he went and he was on the road four days a week for 50 weeks a year teaching these workshops. Mary and I met in graduate school way back when, and we both had business

MBAs and she went to work in the retail industry. went to work in the energy industry. She discovered that retail, she was a buyer for a big retail chain and went to New York twice a month. the first

Ashley Martin (17:16)

She was a buyer for Marshall Fields, right? Which is where I got hired in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. Funny.

Dave (17:19)

Yeah, their predecessor, Dayton Hudson. Yeah, yep. Right. Yep. she was, yeah. So she bought high fashion stuff for Dayton Hudson. She go to New York twice a month. And she, she would describe it this way. The first year, awesome. I got to be in New York all the time. The second year, not so much fun because I had to be in New York, you know, two times a month. The third year I had to get out. And so her dad said, Hey, why don't you join me? And that was in the 1980s. She did a really good job of taking his concepts and branding them and making them less dependent on the person and more dependent on the content. And so that's how the brand Decision Focus was born out of their collaboration back in the 1980s. He fast forwarded to 1990s. He decided it was time to hang up his shingle and I was still working for the other company at the time. And Mary and I were like, hey, wait a minute.

maybe this is an opportunity for us to buy the business and set out on our own. So we actually bought the business from her father way back then and started it as Focus Performance. Actually it had a predecessor name, but Focus Performance was the name it eventually became. And off we went. so that was our one and only product when we began. But in the 90s, teams were a thing that was starting to happen where companies were creating teams to do things, to build products, to solve problems, to initiate new stuff. And so this whole world of how we navigate in teams rather than formal departments became kind of a new thing. We partnered with a company from Australia, who you have met, John, our partner in Australia.

Ashley Martin (19:00)

Mm-hmm. I love John.

Dave (19:03)

And he was an expert on teams. He was really good. And so we co-authored a workshop in the 90s together called Team Focus, which is all about getting more stuff done in teams. And so that sent us off into that direction as well. We also dabbled in creativity tools and techniques for business, Creative Focus. You notice a common theme here, of "Focus": Decision Focus, Team Focus, Creative Focus.

And then as part of the Team Focus workshop, we wanted to find a behavioral assessment tool that team members could use to learn about each other. And so that's when we discovered the DiSC profile back in the 1990s. And they happened to be located in Minneapolis. We happened to be located in Minneapolis at the time. So we got together with them and, and, you know, we, we decided, yeah, let's try this DiSC profile. Well, that was what about 31,000 profiles ago. And we kind of discovered it by accident and that that whole DiSC profile became a very important part of what we did to help teams, whether it was Team Focus or its new title called ATP Advancing Team Performance. So that kind of got into the human side of things. know, Decision Focus is all about how to make smart, rational decisions, you know, whether you're doing it at home or at work. And Team Focus is some of the team fundamentals, team purpose, team goals, team roles, but a lot of it is relationships. And so the DiSC profile really was the kind of the key that unlocked how we could help people have better, stronger, more productive relationships at work. Yeah. And you joined us right in the middle of all that. Yeah.

Ashley Martin (20:28)

Yes, when, yes, and when I joined you and I took the DiSC profile, it blew my mind. It was like, this is everything that I think about myself, but here's the words that say it on paper. And it makes me feel okay to be me, that I'm not crazy for talking with my hands, being extroverted and needing those connections. I integrated DiSC and I used it everywhere I went since then. I loved it so much. It was my heart.

Dave (20:58)

Yeah, you and I had a conversation about that and about DiSC certification about a month ago. And there was about five minutes of content in there that we really dig into what DiSC is and why it's really good and why we like it.

Ashley Martin (21:03)

Yes! We'll link it in the show notes if you want to go learn more about DISC and take the survey: www.focustools.com/disc

Dave (21:11)

Yeah, there you go. So then, yeah, so that really kind of brought us into that realm. So most of our work has been with B2B company, know, with bigger companies who want to invest in their talent. We have worked with some smaller organizations. We've worked with some startups. We've had experience helping businesses do business planning and strategic plans So we've helped 10 to 500 person companies in that realm rather than the giant multinationals. So we do a little of that, but now, you know, that kind of gets us to the pandemic and pandemic has changed a lot because now there are so many more people that are on their own or working with a small team or doing, you know, gigs here and there.

But they have the same issues It's just a different format or a different forum that the issues arise in. They still got to connect with people. They still have to solve problems. They still have to make good, smart decisions. They still have to have a really high degree of self-awareness to understand how they can operate at their peak with whomever they're working with. And so, yeah, all the concepts that we've been talking about for years in that company, forum or that company environment, it all applies individually. And so the podcast can help us to kind of touch that stuff to folks who might want to grab it just because they want or are interested in it on their own.

Ashley Martin (22:33)

And that's why I was like, we have to do a podcast. We have to get the word out. Cause I found myself using the tools that I learned with DiSC and the things that I learned from you from decision-making. And I would use these in my conversations with my friends all the time. And it was just like me, whenever you would tell me these things, you could see the light bulbs go off with people, right? You could see, that was really helpful to know that dang. And I have such a passion for removing the corporate walls and taking away the veil and saying, okay, Ash and Dave, let's bring this to the people. Let's bring these concepts to the people so that we can just help as many people as we can not struggle from some of the mistakes that we still make.

Dave (23:17)

Really, after all these years? my goodness.

Ashley Martin (23:20)

I am going to air the story of your remodel and how you went against your intuition.

Dave (23:27)

Yeah, Yes. Well, you know, sometimes teachers need to take some of their own lessons with them. But yeah, well, you'll hear more about that in that story. So yeah, as we're thinking about what we want to do with the podcast, I mean, some of this will just evolve over time and we'll figure out some stuff. But what we do know is that we will cover content that we're pretty good at, right? And we've already started doing some of that and we'll do more of that with you and I, but we're also gonna have an opportunity to talk with other folks. I have some guests on the show and learn from them. So we've got folks in the lineup right now. We've got some folks who have worked in corporate America as, from literally, the guy running the mail down the hallway to executive VP of a multinational 80,000 person company. We got that guy coming and you're gonna really enjoy talking to him. We have some entrepreneurs coming, folks who have started multiple companies, built multiple companies and sold multiple companies. So we're gonna hear from them too. And again, we'll find out, how do they go about making the tough decisions? How do they go about prioritizing, how do they go about connecting with people in relationships? What were some of the boo-boos they made along the way and why was it so important that they experience that stuff? So we'll talk about them. We'll talk about executives, we'll talk to executives in the nonprofit world. We've got some friends who are running fairly big nonprofit organizations. And again, even though the title says non-profit, all the same stuff applies, right? You still have to make smart decisions. You still have to get along with people. You still have to understand who it is you're serving and why. So we'll talk to them. We've got a couple of young friends. And of course, you're looking at me saying, well, yeah, everyone you talk to is younger, right? You're a young friend. I'm talking even younger. Yes, yes.

Ashley Martin (24:59)

Yeah. Yep. I'm a young friend. Are we gonna deal with the zennials, Dave? I don't know if Ican handle that. Like I might have to download TikTok just for that episode.

Dave (25:25)

Yeah, we'll talk to a couple of friends who are just getting going who are starting businesses. I've got a friend who's starting a really cool business in the sports space. And you're going to really enjoy hearing his story because he just decided that's what he was going to do. And he dug in and he's learned a few things along the way, but he's really doing well. So we'll talk to them. As you know, we've got a couple of professional athletes who are friends and who are, you know, assisting and helping them in their careers. So we might talk to those guys. And that's just to get us going. How about you? Who are you going to bring on the show?

Ashley Martin (25:59)

we get into a little bit of Ask Ash and Dave and people are submitting their questions and I'm “bringing them” on the podcast. I'm bringing them to my wise decision maker guru, that guy over there. And I'm like, how should my friend have handled this, Dave? And that's always fun to get into.

Dave (26:02)

Mm-hmm. So I get to give free advice with no accountability?

Ashley Martin (26:19)

Yes, no accountability whatsoever. Just this is you should have done, bro. Work it out. Good luck.

Dave (26:21)

This is going to be great. Yeah. Of course, you get what you pay for, right? yeah. But yes, we'll have an opportunity if people want to submit some questions or at least ask some questions about stuff. Sure. We'll jump into that. you know, hopefully it'll help. Hopefully we'll help them. So yeah, I think that's kind of where we're heading and I'm not sure where it's going to go. But part of that will depend on who's interested in what kind of stuff they want and what kind of stuff we think we can offer that will be of value.

Ashley Martin (26:52)

Yeah. Awesome. I'm excited. You got a joke for me today?

Dave (26:56)

my gosh, no, I forgot. No.

Ashley Martin (26:59)

You know what? I have a contact lens problem. But I don't have any contact lens solution.

Dave (27:04)

Okay. Wow. Whoa.

Ashley Martin (27:13)

Problem prevention joke, Dave!

Dave (27:16)

And what's it? It's well, it's a dad joke. He gave it to me. I have now recruited him, my father, Terry Harrison, to like lean in and pull the show forward with the dad jokes in case you can't like come in clutch next time.

Dave (27:21)

Did he? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to, I'm going to tell you about a new invention and I want you to ask me if I think it will be successful. Okay. Yeah. I heard what I was talking to guy the other day who was in the, it's kind of sad. He's in the mortuary business and he said, they are going to start trying out glass coffins.

Ashley Martin (27:37)

Okay, what's the new invention? Do you think it'll work? Will it be successful, Dave?

Dave (27:47)

Remains to be seen.

Ashley Martin (27:55)

People are gonna shut this off. They're just gonna close the phone and walk away.

Dave (27:58)

Great. That's it. Yeah. Maybe we ought to do this. Maybe we ought to promise to never tell another joke again.

Ashley Martin (28:07)

No! No, where's the fun in that? We gotta keep my 'i' style happy.

Dave (28:14)

This is actually, this is one of my dad's favorite, my dad's been gone a long time now, but this was one of his favorite jokes when I was growing up. He said, okay, so I'm gonna do it the way he did it. Ashley asked me three questions. Question number one is, what do you do for a living? Question number two is, how is it going? Do you wanna write these down? What do you do for a living?

Ashley Martin (28:35)

Is there a chat here where you could type these out and I could read them? my gosh, where's my pen? What do you do for a living? Yep.

Dave (28:42)

All right, yep, question number two is, how's it going? And question number three is, what's the main problem? Okay, you're up. Yeah.

Ashley Martin (28:46)

Okay, so Dave, what do you do for a living?

Dave (28:54)

Me? I'm a comedian.

Ashley Martin (28:55)

Oh, well how's it going?

Dave (28:57)

Not too well.

Ashley Martin (28:58)

I'm sorry. What's the main problem?

Dave (28:59)

Timing!

Ashley Martin (29:06)

Can I go next? Knock, knock.

Dave (29:07)

Who's there?

Ashley Martin (29:13)

Interrupting cow!

Dave (29:16)

Interrupting

Ashley Martin

“MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”

Dave (29:16)

And so now, if we haven't lost all the listeners, by now, they're gone.

Ashley Martin (29:25)

This is why we get paid the big bucks. This is why we bring quality content to enhance your life.

Dave (29:27)

Exactly. This is it. This is it. Maybe we ought to commit to having slightly better jokes in the future. Jokes that, Now, if listeners want to submit jokes, we're happy to share them as long as they're, you know, G or PG rated, that kind of thing. So, yeah.

Ashley Martin (29:35)

Okay, that's on you. That's on you, not on me. Ooh! Okay, yes.

Well, mean,all I gotta do is check a box and make it X-rated. It's fine. That'll notify all the people that this one's a little, we get a little turnt in this episode.

Dave (29:53)

Yeah. Yeah. No, we'll keep a G and PG, at least in the beginning. How about that? Yeah. OK.

Ashley Martin (30:01)

Not gonna agree to it.