Blinker fluid is a myth, like patience.

• Intro: A Little Less Conversation - JXL Radio Edit Remix, Elvis Presley; JXL, RCA/Legacy (2022)
• Poem: The Want of Peace, Wendell Berry
• Music: It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul), Tom Misch; De La Soul, Beyond The Groove 4 (2018)

The traffic's not worse; you're a day older.

• Intro: A Little Less Conversation - JXL Radio Edit Remix, Elvis Presley; JXL, RCA/Legacy (2022)
• Poem: Hummingbird (for Tess), Raymond Carver
• Music: Under Pressure - Remastered 2011, Queen; David Bowie, Hollywood Records (1982)

One man's cruise control is another's anger management program.

• Intro: A Little Less Conversation - JXL Radio Edit Remix, Elvis Presley;JXL, RCA/Legacy (2022)
• Poem: I Ask Percy How I Should Live My Life, Mary Oliver
• Song: Hey Na Na, Katie Herzig, Marion-Lorraine (2009)

Donuts are a survival-of-the-fittest kinda thing.

• Intro: Call off Your Dogs, Lake Street Dive, Nonesuch (2016)
• Poem: Telemachus' Detachment, Louise Glück
• Music: Just the Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers) - Edit, Grover Washington, Jr.;Bill Withers, Legacy Recordings (1994)

The check engine light is not a metaphor. Probably.

• Intro: Call off Your Dogs, Lake Street Dive, Nonesuch (2016)
• Poem: Keeping Things Whole, Mark Strand
• Music: Move, Saint Motel, Elektra (NEK) (2016)

Your turn signal is irrelevant the moment you use your brakes.

• Intro: Call off Your Dogs, Lake Street Dive, Nonesuch (2016)
• Poem: There Will Come Soft Rains, Sara Teasdale
• Music: A Little Less Conversation - JXL Radio Edit Remix, Elvis Presley;JXL, RCA/Legacy (2022)

I mean, we're not NOT better than the people not using the carpool lane.

• Intro: Call off Your Dogs, Lake Street Dive, Nonesuch (2016)
• Poem: Peonies, Jim Harrison
• Music: Three Little Birds, Bob Marley & The Wailers, UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) (2002)

Morning traffic doesn't build character, it just delays it.

• Intro: Call off Your Dogs, Lake Street Dive, Nonesuch (2016)
• Poem: How Lucky We Are That You Can't Sell A Poem, Gregory Orr
• Music: Got To Give It Up, Marvin Gaye, Motown (2008)

Whoever brings the Friday donuts get diplomatic immunity.

• Intro: Candy Girl, New Edition, Warlock Records (1983)
• Poem: After Minor Surgery, Linda Pastan
• Music: Sing It Back - Boris Musical Mix - Edit, Moloko;Boris Dlugosch;Michael Lange, Echo (1998)

The check-engine light isn't just for ambiance.

• Intro: Candy Girl, New Edition, Warlock Records (1983)
• Poem: Triolet, Wendy Cope
• Music: Awesome Ways, Yung Bae;Nile Rodgers, Groove Continental (2023)