This week the podcast is brought to you from my hotel bathroom at the Fargo Inn and Suites. Don't be fooled by the slow start because I feel like this week we get into things in a little more detail and cover many topics. Road trip, car shopping, running, running shoes, fireworks season, smoking strange blunts with strangers, and a ton of other shit. Next week I will be coming to you on the road from somewhere in Wisconsin!!! Let's get it goin! Enjoy

This week we are joined by the original BOOM CREW!!!! The boys from BLACK POWDER FIREWORKS in Fargo, ND join us on the show to share stories from the past 16 years building a fireworks business from the ground up. We talk early struggles, how the game has changed, best hiring practices, the wild nature of a seasonal business which is at the mercy of Mother Nature. Thank you to Black Powder for sponsoring the podcast and donating fireworks to the podcast for our road trip giveaway.

Stop in to the brand new FIREWORKS SUPERSTORE off exit 342 on I94 West of FARGO, ND and we will hook it up. Send your friends and mention Dustin, The Wind podcast for 20% off your order!!

This week I talk about responding to difficult situations, living a long healthy life, revolving face portals, running marathons because we CAN, not being perfect but making decisions which trend in a positive direction, of course the road trip, and a book I have just started reading: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Enjoy!

50 episodes into Dustin, The Wind!!! We've come a long way and gone many places, while going nowhere. The podcast is here to stay, y'all. Thanks to each and everyone of you who listens, supports, and shares DITW week after week. This week I give you a simple, delicious creamy steak pesto recipe, further discuss plans for the 50 states in 50 days roadie, struggles putting vehicles in park, guinea pig ass, and other stuff too. As always...enjoy

This week Dusty goes deeper discussing the upcoming road trip which will take the podcast through all 50 states in just 50 days. The hope is to share loads of content each and every day to share a coffee and a conversation with a person from each state; I want to listen to people’s stories, share their story, what is life like in your neck of the woods? We will be posting every conversation on our IG page using IGTV. Each week I will also stitch all 7 coffee shop conversations into a weekly bonus episode for the podcast. I will also be attempting to run a daily half marathon. That's 13.1 miles each day in each new state. Between my cell phone footage and the help of a videographer we will be sharing IG reels for each state daily on @dustin_thewind_pod on Instagram to show off all the natural beauty this country has to offer and maybe inspire some to go out and explore it as well.

Covered a lot of ground this week- the importance of good coaches in youth sports, the importance of learning from mistakes, what can be learned when you don't learn, getting punched in the face, solo bar hopping, road trip hyping, dealing with plantar bitchitis and more. And smoking mysterious vape pens from crackhead strangers. Enjoy!

This week I announce plans for upcoming ROOOOOAAAADDD TRRRIIIIIIIIP!!!! 50 states in 50 days like a Mississippi twister.

The road trip will begin on July 12 in the midwest and will end in Hawaii on August 30. Dustin, The Wind is going on the road, hopefully with 2 crew members, for a once in a lifetime roadtrip. We will be podcasting in every state along the way as well as running.

To build hype and support the trip Dustin, The Wind has partnered with our good friends over at Dakota Pure Bison and Black Powder Fireworks located on I94 West of Fargo, North Dakota. Dakota Pure Bison is staking one of their premium "Bison Box" packages ($335 value) and Black Powder Fireworks is laying down a whopper of a show ($750) for one lucky winner. Check out the podcast for details. To support podcast, our partners, and the road trip you can purchase a Dustin, The Wind sticker from me personally or online. Details are included in the episode and will continue to roll out over the next several weeks.

Also in this episode, I recap my quick Boston, MA to Pierre, SD road trip from last week including stops in Buffalo, NY, Chicago, IL, and too many Backwoods Cigars. The episode closes out with 30 minutes of read articles, advertisements, and short stories from an issue of "Everybody's Magazine" published in 1910!!

Enjoy!

This week I talk about moving out of Boston, rant about lazy escalator freeloaders, breakdown fear and respect, and continue recap of Peru. I count down my top 5 favorite days in Peru including 3 honorable mentions, my favorite foods, and future plans.

The last few diary entries from Peru. A day in the mountains, a day with a cactus, chasing the me-est version of me, thank you to each and every podcast listener. VIVA PERU, MOFOS!!! Can't wait to go back!

This week's episode is part 1 of a two part series covering my final week in Peru. I spent 6 or 7 days in the most amazing place on Earth. The Sacred Valley of Peru- the land of the Incas. I absolutely fell in love with Pisac and the Sacred Valley during my stay! Over the course of this episode and the next you can hear in my voice as I fall more and more in love with this place. For the first time in as long as I can remember I truly felt at home in these mountains. I will move to Pisac in September and every action I take between now and then will be with intention to put me closer to that goal.

Part 1 covers the first 3 or 4 days- toilet paperless bathrooms (thanks COVID), tripping mushrooms with Pachamama and the Incan ancestors, amazing ruins, beautiful mountains, my first Sacred Valley Marathon and a whole bunch more!!! I had the time of my life in Pisac this last week and I am so happy to share my experiences with you. Enjoy and keep an eye out for part 2 in the coming days.