Eloise Linton

Okay, so Malcolm wanted to do an episode on these dogs who were trained to smell COVID.

And we found this center in Alabama that trained these specialized dogs.

And we all decided to go on a road trip.

And it was me, Malcolm, and Jacob Smith.

So Malcolm and two producers.

And part of the thing that was

Fun, but also kind of crazy about it was that we were just sort of coming out of COVID.

So we hadn't, it was fun to take a trip in a moment when there wasn't a lot of socializing or traveling going on.

One fun thing that I learned about Malcolm on this trip is that he doesn't believe in using maps, which caused, you know, maps.

You can ask him his philosophy on it.

I'm sure he has some great answer, but he would not use a map.

So it was kind of me and Jacob secretly checking our, you know, Google Maps and sort of suggesting that he take certain turns.

And on this long drive road trip, we had to stop for gas and we stopped at a very desolate gas station, kind of in the middle of nowhere, very in the middle of nowhere.

And Malcolm and Jacob both went in to grab something and I went to the bathroom and I came back out and they were gone.

And I left my cell phone in the car and I just,

I kind of remember calculating what my options were in terms of what I could do.

So I remember I went into the sort of gas station and was contemplating calling my family, calling my roommate and saying, listen, my boss left me at a gas station.

I was like, did you try calling me?

Like, what went through there?

I don't think we really talked about it because we were all so late.