Raff's Brain
Raff’s Brain is my playground for goofy stories, real-life adventures, and experiments in how openness, creativity, and technology can bring people together and improve our lives. Expect Hot Yoga Problems, Riffin’ with Raff, Drive & Jive / Walk & Talk, and various zany side projects that are sometimes cathartic, sometimes ridiculous, and hopefully worth your time.
Raff's Brain
Raff's Brain #190: Drive & Jive - ARL to BKN - Windmills, Whoppers & West Virginia Wonders!
In this impromptu episode of Raff’s Brain, Rob Raffety takes listeners along on a road trip from Arlington to Buckhannon, WV, offering up a freewheeling mix of nostalgia, hilarity, and heartfelt reflection. From frozen windmills standing alone on mountaintops to musical memories and Frisco Burger cravings, it’s all part of the Drive & Jive experience.
Along the way, Rob opens up about family caregiving, the emotional toll of clearing out closets, and his latest creative obsession: AI-generated animation. With plenty of laughs, old-school references, and insights about the future of creativity, this is an episode that captures the spirit of the show—unscripted, unexpected, and unfiltered.
Outline:
- Return of the Drive & Jive format: caffeinated, inspired, and unplanned
- Musical memories from the shuffle playlist vault
- Frozen windmills as a metaphor for resilience (and dry January)
- Pack rat parenting, grief, and clearing the family home
- Brooks Brothers, belts, and sartorial sentimentality
- Fast food flashbacks: Big Mac binges, Whopper wisdom, Frisco nostalgia
- J-Term memories, guts poker, and intellectual partying
- Road trip eating reimagined: blueberries, not Big Macs
- Animation and AI: Rob's latest creative obsession
- Teaser for upcoming project: Monster Manor sitcom pilot
- Shorts vs long-form: content creation realities and expectations
- Loving life in the Mountain State
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