Zaddies, Doomscrolling And The Indoor Track Stench Factory

We're officially back and launching the Off The Rails YouTube era (smash that !) Eric Jenkins and Aisha Praught-Leer regroup on a Sunday night after a Patriots win, sloppy football, cheeky parlays and FanDuel obligations.

Discussed in this episode:

- MLK Day, track season officially being back, and the mental shift into indoor racing
- A hydration resolution check-in featuring coconut water, LaCroix, and live chugging on mic
- The Ralph Lauren menswear show and why the algorithm is serving nothing but elite zaddies
- Heated Rivalry discussion and deciding how much trash TV is too much
- Doomscrolling vs. protecting your peace and selectively consuming the internet
- Why X (Twitter) is uninhabitable, Instagram Reels are dangerous, and TikTok might ruin everything
- Time limits that don't work and ignoring your phone yelling at you
- People We Meet on Vacation was a rom-heavy comfort watch during a midweek menti-b
- Zoë Saldaña talk
- Movie theater culture: popcorn vs. no popcorn, soda anxiety, and bathroom-break strategy
- The fear about going to the movies alone, getting accidentally roasted by a fan and thus abandoning a beloved solo ritual
- A mindfulness resolution check-in and why Eric is reading The Count of Monte Cristo very slowly
- Previewing the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold and why indoor is basically the Diamond League of winter
- New Balance Indoor Grand Prix hype and World Indoors in Poland (eventually)
- Eric's fake Calm app meditation career and dream of voice acting
- Breaking down the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix start lists event-by-event
- Cam Myers ran a 3:49 mile at UW and why Australia is terrifying in the middle distances
- Donovan Brazier vs. Bryce Hopple, Josh Hoey supremacy, and world-best discourse
- Trayvon Bromell in a 300, Noah Lyles bringing eyeballs, and sprinters doing whatever they want
- Why New Balance and Millrose are two of the best meets in the world
- Indoor track nostalgia: stench factories, hallway warmups, chaos, and feral energy

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