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Just A Weee bit...Goes A Long Way
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- Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude
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- Apr 13, 2026
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- 11243
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Summary
This week on Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude, we kick things off the only way we know how — technical chaos, Zoom host handoffs, and a deep dive into streaming tool rabbit holes. We break down BUTT vs. BUTTm, dig into analytics across Podhome and OP3, and celebrate a genuinely surprising surge in global downloads. Turns out Bangladesh, Iraq, and most of South America are tuning in before the US even wakes up — and we have no idea why, but we'll take it. From there we get into why downloads, unique listeners, and platform dashboards like PodAnalyst, Apple Podcasts Connect, and Spotify for Podcasters all tell a different story — and why none of that matters as much as just keeping the mic on. We talk about staying sponsor-free, listener-supported, and why that freedom lets us say exactly what we think without some advertiser pulling our chain. Then it's the usual controlled chaos: NASA's Artemis mission vs. SpaceX catching rockets with chopsticks, moon landing tallies, space junk numbers that'll make your head spin, and a serious proposal to launch New York's trash into the sun. We get into military ethics — lawful vs. unlawful orders, the Geneva Convention, and what it actually means to stand up when something's wrong. Street fights, self-defense, and highway patrol blitzing 287 with an 85% out-of-service rate follow naturally, because of course they do. The Dude brings road finds of the week: a metallic pink Jeep wrap, a Honda Accord with a full semi exhaust stack, and a day-cab semi with a plywood rear window and a 20-pound propane tank strapped to the exhaust stack. OSHA was not consulted. We wrap up with brake line logic on the Jeep, a Harbor Freight air compressor score, budget meals that actually slap (sausage and rice cooker, olive oil Italian dressing, and the stea…