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    Morning Drive

    Your flavorite morning radio show, now available as a podcast! Join your famous hosts Jessica and Nacho AKA Jessie & "The Nach" as they get your day started off right. Recorded in Austin, TX, the live talking capitol of the world!
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    Episodes (24)

    Red Lights the Whole Drive

    Red Lights the Whole Drive

    Jessie & the Nach are back in the studio to wrap up your work week! Today may be terrible Friday the 13th, but we consider ourselves lucky to be getting you ready for your THREE DAY WEEKEND! Jessie reveals a collaborative project with Nacho, we get into a discussion about coffee, & talk about Tim Horton’s expanding into Austin. Can’t wait to try those little timbits!


    In the full 90+ minute Patreon version of the podcast we also count down Spotify’s top 5 viral global chart, discuss lucky foods to counteract Friday the 13th, & James Joyce’s appreciation of farts.


    The custom sticker company Nach was talking about is standoutstickers.com . They’re not a sponsor, they’ve just provided good service for Nacho & Grackle Studio.

    Driving Under the Influence!

    Driving Under the Influence!

    It's time to celebrate! Jessie & The Nach not only have the weekend on the brain, but they're ready to celebrate 4/20! Today's show gives you the 4/20 report for what's going on in Austin on this wonderful holiday. Jessie reveals her latest gift from Nach, we discuss protesting the local Easy Tiger restaurant/bakery, & Nach discusses his next big project!

    No Refusal Weekend (with Stevesy)

    No Refusal Weekend (with Stevesy)

    It's the scariest morning of the year! Count Nach & Scary Jessie are joined by friend of the show Spooky Stevesy for a very special and frightening edition of Morning Drive. Jessie shares her daily illustration progress, Nacho brags about his turntable, & Stevesy shares how he's  gotten into the sinister holiday spirit and opened his haunted house to the public! Jessie also brings the always essential Austin traffic and weather updates, and we celebrate the eternal spirits of celebrities born on Halloween. We also get into the fluctuating legality of Delta-8 in Texas and figure out where vanilla beans come from!

    Share the Road! (with Danny)

    Share the Road! (with Danny)

    It's HUMP DAY, Austin TX!!! Jessie & the Nach are back with special guest Danny to help you power through the middle of your week! Danny catches us up on his wonderful new shenanigans, while Jessie gets into some details on her new mode of transportation! Look out for her in your lane of traffic, Austin! The show gets into rising housing prices in the city, Danny provides us with traffic updates, Jessie tells you everything to know about the weather forecast, & we celebrate some hallowed celebrity birthdays.

    Vacation Pileup!

    Vacation Pileup!

    It's hump day? On 6/9?? Oh my gosh, folks!! Jessie & The Nach return to get you through your morning commute safe & sound & SMILING!!!

    After catching up with the listeners about their recent vacation, our hosts introduce a new travel segment in time for your summer vacation & tip you off to great flight deals as well as recommend some places to avoid. Stick around until you have stuffed yourself on laughter, & then save the rest for your afternoon drive back home!

    Other topics of conversation include snacks Nacho monopolizes, the One Sweet Dream podcast about the Beatles, a book recommendation (it's Cuts of Me by the Nach himself!), & of course important traffic & weather updates from Jessie! Don't worry, the show also features celebrity birthdays like it always does. It's the cornerstone of any good radio show!

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    Hazardous Weather Ahead (with Miggy & Crystal)

    Hazardous Weather Ahead (with Miggy & Crystal)

    Jessie & The Nach are bundled up in a chilly Grackle Studio to usher in your favorite part of the week (duh: the weekend!!!)!!! It's gonna be a cold one, & Jessie provides an important weather update. We reintroduce listeners to our recently updated Etsy shops, talk about Austin's new ghost kitchens, bootleg Chico's Tacos, & welcome previous guests/family Miggy & Crystal to play our romantic game show, the Been Wed Game!

    Check out Jessie's Etsy shop @ Nopalote Studio on Etsy! And the Nach's wares are available @ Grackle Studio on Etsy. Miggy's podcast EP Culture Beat is available wherever you listen to audio!

    Morning Shelter in Place! (with Irwin)

    Morning Shelter in Place! (with Irwin)

    Welcome to another episode of the show! Because we are considered an essential community service, here is another wonderful Morning Drive that we hope you are not listening to while driving!

    Jessie & "The Nach" are joined remotely by Irwin, who returns to the show to "ketchup" with the listeners! Lots of coronavirus content in this one folks, what can you do? We share some tips on how to not get sick, some celebrity birthdays to help boost our spirits in these times, some traffic updates (nonexistent), & some sweet commercials!

    Don't forget to follow @morningdrivepod for more of our tips to help get you through these uncertain times & also how to use toilet paper!

    Holiday Hijinx!!!

    Holiday Hijinx!!!

    Welcome to a wonderful show! Of course all episodes of Morning Drive are wonderful, but we do want to make sure you feel welcome, okay?!? Jessie & the Nach catch listeners up with their recent family visit, Nach's vow of silence, set the record straight on Willie Nelson, dish on the best spots to take photos in Austin, & count down the decade's top songs! Whoa!!

    Traffic Snarl

    Traffic Snarl

    Welcome to your weekend, best friends! Jessie and the Nach wrap up the week that was with all your favorite award-wining radio bits. Jessie talks about her plans for #inktober, the Nach tries his hand at delivering Austin traffic updates,  and our hosts discuss a very frightening conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne!

    Popeyes Breakfast Chicken Sandwich (with Irwin)

    Popeyes Breakfast Chicken Sandwich (with Irwin)

    We made it through another repulsive Monday! Jessie and the Nach welcome to the studio special guest and Popeyes marketing representative, Irwin! He answers all the tough questions, reveals some exciting Popeyes news (we get a Morning Drive exclusive!), and Nacho gives his review of the new Popeyes chicken sandwich! Jessie talks about her exciting new piercings, and we hear hot new tunes from the hip hop charts. We also dish on reality TV news and celebrate some wonderful celebrity birthdays, of course. Happy National Radio Day!

    Fender Bender!

    Fender Bender!

    We made it to the weekend!!! Let's celebrate good times (c'mon!) one more time for the week with your favorite shock jocks.

    It's a beautiful Friday morning! Jessie and the Nach welcome you to your weekend with all the goofs and news you need to get through the day. Find out which celebrities are celebrating their birthday today, and don't forget to tell them on social media! Jessie watches The Office for the first time and dissects it, and she also gifts Nacho a Fitbit, which he brags about. We've also got your traffic updates, your weather forecast, the music charts, area 51 meetup details, and the return of the Reality Bites segment!

    BREAKING NEWS: Morning Drive is spinning off into its own podcast! Make sure to subscribe to the new feed to get all the new episodes, OK?!?!

    Follow the show @morningdrivepod and get in touch at morningdrivepod@gmail.com !

    Max AC

    Max AC

    Welcome to another scorching episode of the show! Jessie and the Nach have got the weekend on their brains as they get ready to head to the pool. We've got tips on how to stay cool this season, and the definitive songs of the summer you're gonna want to hear over and over again until your ears pass away! And, of course, we've got traffic and weather updates and celebrity birthdays. What, you thought we had become bad at doing radio?!?!

    Severe Weather Shelter

    Severe Weather Shelter

    Your favorite local radio DJs round out the week with your favorite beloved radio segments. Jessie updates listeners on the status of her front yard peaches (not a euphemism), of course Nacho talks about his health issues, and we listen to the adult contemporary pop charts. What a week it's been! See you all on Monday, the day of the week we all hate with an unhealthy passion.

    SXSW Road Closures

    SXSW Road Closures

    Jessica and Nacho welcome you to the wonderful weekend we all already love! South by Southwest is here, which means Austin is jam-packed with tourists. Fortunately Jessica has all the road closures and detours you'll want to be aware of in today's traffic segments. We also share some weekend plans, celebrate some celebrity birthdays, and listen to some indie music charts. 

    Freeway Entrance (with Danny)

    Freeway Entrance (with Danny)

    Nacho and Jessica return to the studio during the shutdown and unfortunately didn't even get paid for today's broadcast. Fortunately, they are joined for the entire show by Danny, Arby's wunderkind, who reveals Arby's is sponsoring the show again! He reveals the new sandwich from Arby’s that you’ll want to be eating very soon, and Nacho shares his upcoming Valentine’s Day plans with Jessica! AOC is coming to Austin for SXSW so it has to be discussed, and so does organizational zeitgeist Marie Kondo. Celebrity birthdays are celebrated, the traffic updates are delivered,  you get the weather. . .what a radio show!

    Holiday Highway!

    Holiday Highway!

     You get your weather updates. You get your traffic. You’ve got your celebrity birthdays, your ketchup, your mustard. . .but you also get the music charts with YOUR top holiday tunes. Jessica exposes Nacho’s internet browser tab problem, and our hosts clash on the issue of soup. It’s a hot topic!

    Thanksgiving Gridlock

    Thanksgiving Gridlock

    Of course we bring you all the essentials for your harrowing holiday travel, like the time, traffic updates, and the weather report. But we also bring you a veritable cornucopia of Turkey Day treats—Jessica recounts finally getting her driver’s license, Nacho exaggerates his seasonal illness for sympathy, we debut the Reality Bites segment, and share Thanksgiving recipes for millennials. DIG IN!