The AUX is a privilege, not a right.

• Intro: 9 to 5, Dolly Parton, RCA Records Label (1980)
• Poem: The Triumph of Achilles, Louise Glück
• Music: Heavy Cross, Gossip, Columbia (2009)

Even free donuts come with a cost.

• Intro: Back Pocket, Vulfpeck, Vulf Records (2015)
• Poem: Lies I've Told My 3 Year Old Recently, Raul Gutierrez
• Music: Friday I'm in Love, The Cure, Elektra Records (1992)

Thursday is Wednesday's Friday.

• Intro: Back Pocket, Vulfpeck, Vulf Records (2015)
• Poem: In Passing, Lisa Mueller
• Music: Golden, Jill Scott, Hidden Beach Records (2004)

My windshield wipers are largely metaphorical.

• Intro: Back Pocket, Vulfpeck, Vulf Records (2015)
• Poem: Gift of the Book, C.D. Wright
• Music: La Camisa Negra, Juanes, National Own (UC) (2004)

Cubicle walls may be delusional, but they're our delusion.

• Intro: Back Pocket, Vulfpeck, Vulf Records (2015)
• Poem: Hummingbird, Raymond Carver
• Music: Jungle Boogie, Kool & The Gang, Island Mercury (1973)

The carpool lane giveth, and the carpool lane taketh away.

• Intro: Back Pocket, Vulfpeck, Vulf Records (2015)
• Poem: The World Crumbles, L.E. Bowman
• Music: Fighting for Peace, Cory Henry, Henry House Entertainment/Culture Collective (2022)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...of commuting?

You don't open a dozen donuts without a plan.

• Intro: Boogie Wonderland (with The Emotions), Earth, Wind & Fire;The Emotions, Columbia/Legacy (1979)
• Poem: Calling on All Silent Minorities, June Jordan
• Music: BET ON ME, ITZY, Republic Records - ITZY (2023)

In a remote working world, any windshield flyer can become interoffice mail.

• Intro: Boogie Wonderland (with The Emotions), Earth, Wind & Fire;The Emotions, Columbia/Legacy (1979)
• Poem: The Ideal, James Fenton
• Music: Love Letter To Japan, the bird and the bee, Blue Note Records (2008)

One man's shortcut is another's backseat driving.

• Intro: Boogie Wonderland (with The Emotions), Earth, Wind & Fire;The Emotions, Columbia/Legacy (1979)
• Poem: Encounter, Czeslaw Milosz
• Music: Under Pressure, Queen;David Bowie, Hollywood Records (2018)