Hey folks, this is Lyle. So this is a little bonus episode that was originally made as a video for my YouTube channel because I'm trying to get more into like documentary travelogue kind of content.

But I also wanted to share it on here with my podcast listeners.

However, if you're hearing this right now, it means that you're listening

on a platform that isn't Spotify that I can't upload the video version on. So I highly,

highly suggest that you either go watch on Spotify video or go into the description of this episode and click the

link to watch the video on YouTube. But if you can't do that, or if you just don't fucking feel like

it, I have tried my best to make edits to the original version of this so that it can somewhat

function as an audio episode too. So with that disclaimer in mind, let's get into it.

I went to Mexico to dance battle a stranger and also use their bathroom. I host a podcast called

Therapy Gecko, where I dress up like a gecko and talk to strangers on the phone about their lives.

One day I got this call from a break dancer in Mexico named Diego.

I am a B-boy in Tijuana, and I promote dancing, but my shadow is barely just one year old.

So it's been tough.

After our call, Diego DM'd me and invited me to come down to Tijuana to attend one of his breakdance events.

And I told him I'd love to do that someday.

But after I sent that message, I realized that someday is based on the false premise of a future that never comes and is simply

the present in disguise. So I decided to go to Tijuana, meet this complete stranger, and make a video

about whatever happens. I told Diego I was coming down to Mexico, and in response, he put

together a geck dance event where I would be a special

guest alongside eight other dance battlers. I asked if I could formally battle anyone at the event.

And so Diego planned an exhibition battle between him and I. It was going to be crazy.

I took a plane to Tijuana and after six hours of playing

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