I'm team roundabout, because don't we all have better things to do?

• Intro: As, George Michael;Mary J. Blige, Epic (1998)
• Poem: On Meditating, Sort Of, Mary Oliver
• Music: Bemba Colorá, Celia Cruz, Fania (1966)

Schrödinger's donuts: they're either in the breakroom or already gone.

• Intro: A Matter of Time, Dr Rubberfunk;Izo FitzRoy, Jalapeno Records (2020)
• Poem: Karma Repair Kit, Items 1 Through 4, Richard Brautigan
• Music: We Were Rock and Roll, Janelle Monáe, Bad Boy/Wondaland (2013)

You've earned enough commute points for a free small coffee with your purchase!

• Intro: A Matter of Time, Dr Rubberfunk;Izo FitzRoy, Jalapeno Records (2020)
• Poem: Letter to a Bridge Made of Rope, Matthew Olzmann
• Music: symptom of life, WILLOW, Three Six Zero Recordings (2024)

I'll bet you know more alternate routes than co-workers' names.

• Intro: A Matter of Time, Dr Rubberfunk;Izo FitzRoy, Jalapeno Records (2020)
• Poem: A Prayer for Future Us, Harriet Solinas
• Music: Pay Your Way In Pain, St. Vincent, Loma Vista Recordings (2021)

Nothing says 'work ethic' like a commute.

• Intro: A Matter of Time, Dr Rubberfunk;Izo FitzRoy, Jalapeno Records (2020)
• Poem: Do not ask your children to strive, William Martin
• Music: The Feels, TWICE, Republic Records - TWICE (2021)

You either had a rough weekend or you hit the snooze bar once too often this morning.

• Intro: A Matter of Time, Dr Rubberfunk;Izo FitzRoy, Jalapeno Records (2020)
• Poem: Matins, Louise Glück
• Music: Adventure of a Lifetime, Coldplay, Parlophone UK (2015)

This meeting could've been a donut.

• Intro: 9 to 5, Dolly Parton, RCA Records Label (1980)
• Poem: God Is Drepressed, Ana Božičević
• Music: FREEDOM, Jon Batiste, Verve (2021)

Whoever said the car is America's living room probably needs to vacuum.

• Intro: 9 to 5, Dolly Parton, RCA Records Label (1980)
• Poem: You Reading This, Be Ready, William Stafford
• Music: Don't Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston, Crisler Music (2012)

Wednesday is the purgatory of commuting.

• Intro: 9 to 5, Dolly Parton, RCA Records Label (1980)
• Poem: The Prescence in Absence, Linda Gregg
• Music: Electric Energy, Ariana DeBose;Boy George;Nile Rodgers, Platoon (2024)

If the commute is 'me time', why are we talking?

• Intro: 9 to 5, Dolly Parton, RCA Records Label (1980)
• Poem: "I NEVER SAW A WILD THING SORRY FOR ITSELF" - D.H. Lawrence, L.E. Bowman
• Music: Golden Years - 2002 Remaster, David Bowie, Parlophone UK (2002)