On this Drive & Jive installment of Raff's Brain, Rob takes listeners along for a candid, caffeinated drive to Shepherdstown, WV, to visit Shepherd University with his niece. This road trip turns into a full-blown stream-of-consciousness odyssey—touching on college admissions madness, Waze loyalty, West Virginia nostalgia, and creative inspiration from filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. He reflects on his missed opportunity to become a Golden Horseshoe winner and an Eagle Scout, dreams up new winery concepts, and even analyzes the proper etiquette of supermarket checkout lines. Classic Raffety—thoughtful, funny, and oddly educational.
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Episode Outline:
- Driving to Shepherdstown for a college tour
- Reflections on high school GPA systems and the inflation of grades
- Waze as superior GPS + the trade-off of privacy
- Business buzzwords that bug Rob (leverage, flywheel, ROI)
- Thoughts on launching a winery — fantasy vs. reality
- The podcast that inspired Rob: Lex Fridman x Robert Rodriguez
- The battle to start and finish creative projects
- Regrets: No Golden Horseshoe, no Eagle Scout
- Tales from West Virginia traffic and wine country
- Supermarket strategy and checkout line decorum
- Final arrival at Shepherd University: a moment of punctual pride
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