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The Road Trip follows two men who once loved each other and never learned how to say goodbye.

Jack and Mike agree to cross the country together under the pretense of logistics—one car, one destination, no expectations. What unfolds instead is a slow accumulation of memory, proximity, and reckoning. Miles replace time. Silence gives way to confession. Physical intimacy returns, not as nostalgia, but as recognition.

This story isn’t about getting back together. It’s about what happens when distance finally runs out—when two people are forced to see each other clearly, stripped of fantasy and avoidance. The road becomes a container for honesty, and Cannon Beach becomes a place where memory is tested against reality.

The Road Trip explores closure not as an ending, but as an act of care: saying the things that should have been said, touching what still feels true, and accepting that love doesn’t always arrive on time.

🎧 Listener note: This episode contains explicit sexual content and emotionally intimate themes.



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