This week I visit Eric Aleman,&nbsp;owner of the storied King of Kings Barber Shop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. I’ve been going to him for a couple years and it's always an odyssey which begins on my scalp and ends in my heart.&nbsp; Eric, like a lot of good barbers, is able to step in and out of conversation. He’ll talk if you want to talk. Or he’ll just step back and keep working on your hair. That’s part of why I like him.&nbsp; He’s not only a really solid barber, he’s also a talented lyricist, hip-hop artist/ whatever you want to call it. &nbsp;He’s a founding member of . Who you can check out playing at Littlefield’s or .&nbsp; If you listen real close here you can hear him shaving my neck at one point. It’s pretty hard to talk w a knife to your neck, but I did my best.&nbsp;  #Barber #EricAleman #KingOfKings #HipHop #SunsetPark #NYC #WNYC&nbsp;

SN1:EP9 "The Barber of Sunset Park"

Tim Duffy, comedian, writer guy for Comedy Central,&nbsp;takes Andy along on his daily commute from Staten Island into the city. It’s an everyday trip Tim's been taking for years, but Andy still finds it exotic, which makes him feel a little like a hayseed. Also, on this Valentine's episode, Andy gets into the thick of it re: what it means to be in love at 41 and how he's worried he'll have to start closing the kitchen cabinet doors when he's finally living with someone for the first time.&nbsp; (Note: Staten Island Ferry is noisy so the audio isn't perfect here.) @TimDuffy @WanderingAisles

SN4:EP3 "Boat Act"

John Florence, host of KRCL's "A Brand New Day" (weekdays 6-10am on ), walks Andy through Sutherland's, John's favorite local hardware store. Andy picks up an Oklahoma accent, reveals the healing power of the "shath," and the two explore the merits of the latest digital mousetrap. @rockadayjohnny @wanderingAisles

SN4:EP4 "Tool and Die"

Preview of Andy’s new standup album. Roundup of where WtA has been the last few months and where it’s wandering next. This is a mini-episode clip show of: your refurbished host; the cinching of some bows on the past; and a sigh of hope for an amazing and stable new one. Highlights of a profound experience with Adrian Lambrinos, my ambassador to a sweat lodge ceremony which will air in its entirety soon. @wanderingaisles

SN4:EP1 "Clip Show"

In which Meggie Troili, artist, musician, organizer of happenings, takes Andy to Salt Lake's Hogle Zoo. The two experience western caged wildlife dosed with underage drinking PSAs.&nbsp; @meggietroili @wanderingaisles

SN4:EP5 "Mormon Zoo"

The erudite Brian Earl: comedian, improv genius, and&nbsp;savant, guides Andy through the Willy Wonkian aisles of Standard Restaurant Supply in Salt Lake City. (Where all the restaurants get their&nbsp;stuff.) The perils of first dates for comedians,&nbsp;drinking out of shoes, Dad jokes as population control. @wanderingaisles

SN4:EP7 "Burnt On Wonder"

Season five's inaugural episode is just me and you (a reasonable distance from each other) at an Aldi in Omaha, a Safeway in Denver, and notes from one of the most purgatorial weekends in the history of standup.&nbsp;

SN5:EP1 "Six Foot Feelings"

Casing City Creek Center with Connie Daly,&nbsp;a retired Rhode Island school administrator, relationship sage, and spinner of some wild stories from the trenches of American education about sex toilets and sheep mutilation.&nbsp; @wanderingaisles &nbsp;

SN4:EP6 "Sex Toilets"

Me and a very funny guy named Denzer, one week into the new world, navigating ransacked aisles in search of last meals. We drive out to a Whole Foods, and King Soopers in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado. It's a first foray into the epoch of what my friend Jared Mendenhall calls: "One day at a time with two weeks of toilet paper."

SN5:EP2 "Panic Buys"

My collaborator in meandering today is @benkronberg. Co-proprietor of The Denver Comedy Lounge, Ben lives in his own county. And that county is not located on the surface of this planet. Kronberg county is INSIDE the planet. He lives in a small, underground museum deep within the Earth’s crust. There is an access tunnel to it covered by a place he refers to as quote “his girlfriend’s house.” If you Google Ben Kronberg, not only will you find his killer sets on Late Night with Seth Myers, John Oliver’s New York Standup Show, and Last Comic Standing, but you will also find a webpage for a scientist doing chemicals research, which, to be honest, is—I’m not sure if it’s today’s Ben Kronberg or not. The show begins with some loud banjo music, me picking Ben up, and a brief deliberation about how we’re gonna do this with masks on. We head off to a grocery store in downtown Denver, a tobacco place, and one of those “You don’t have to make me wear a mask rallies” at the Capitol building.

SN5:EP4 "Kronberg's List"

The nail salons are all emery-boarded up for a while. So treat your indoor self this audio indulgence from late 2019, wherein the incomparable Cami Nelson serves as @wanderingaisles first poet/mom/nail-salon guide.&nbsp;

SN5:EP5 "Toe Job"

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