Running & Crying

## Overview

Double Heads Variety Hour presents “Running and Crying" where DJs Dillon Minacci and Matt Fox present a playlist combining songs about running and crying. They attempt to solve a crime, interview multiple raccoons, and discuss bananas foster. Listen to the episode.

## Episode Summary

Matt Fox and Dillon Minacci are finally back at the official KOOP studio, and Matt tells Dillon about his adventures from last week. They don't have anything planned for this week's episode, but before they can plan any further a woman named Savvy Sam runs into the studio. She says she's a local investor who was recently robbed of NFTs (in JPEG format) she hosted on a private server. The images were of various monkeys featuring unamused expressions, and she spent most mornings petting each one on the screen. The DJs decide that they will help to solve the mystery.

Savvy Sam is an avid jogger and somehow managed to both hold her breath and cry throughout the 8 miles it took her to get to the studio. She claims to be in her mid 50s – although the DJs think she looks like a young child – and she says she is a retiree from working on an oil rig. The more the DJs chat with her, it becomes obvious that her computer was actually two paper plates, and that she drew the monkeys on said plates.

In the spirit of the theme, the DJs open up the phone lines for an election to determine if people prefer to run or cry.

A couple of their callers decide to cry on air, including a person named Carl as well as what sounds like a larger group of babies living in Arkansas. They cast votes accordingly, and the DJs play some songs. Another caller named DJ Trash Fire calls in to promote a "renegade dance party," but the DJs don't give her time to explain further.

They get a call from Two and a Quarter Chub, a regular caller with no backstory beyond the fact that he is an avid bicycler and is scared to use foot pegs. Dan also calls in to inform the DJs that his partner, In Crime, was recently arrested by the space police for selling space dust. At this point, Savvy Sam notes that women can legally sell PCP.

A raccoon calls in named Raccoon, and explains to the DJs that his species does not do names, and instead identify one another by the scent of their glands. Raccoon lives in the East Austin area and was interested in learning more about DJ Trash Fire – who he might have mistaken for an actual trash fire. He details that Raccoons pioneered bananas foster, and that raccoons have an official hall of fame at Garza Independence High School.

A final call comes in from LOL Mudkipz, a hacker who claims to have Savvy Sam's NFTs and wants a ransom. At this point, the DJs worry that everyone calling in is a raccoon, and LOL will not divulge any further information about herself. LOL wants a lot of bananas foster in exchange for the NFTs, and she and Savvy Sam negotiate accordingly.

They decide the genres complement in a 2-1 vote, with Matt voting they contradict.

## Characters

Matt Fox

Dillon Minacci

Savvy Sam

Carl

Babies in Arkansas

Dan

Two and a Quarter Chub

Raccoon

LOL Mudkipz

## Featured Music

Abner Jay - "I'm So Depressed"

The Other People Place - "Running from Love"

Tim Maia - "Ela Partiu"

Del Shannon - "Runaway"

Daniel Johnston - "Despair Came Knocking"

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - "I'm Glad"