Episode 044 | August 17, 2026 – Because She Couldn't Find Gas

Sometimes the smallest moments change the entire direction of your life. D.B. has officially left Biloxi and started the next chapter of his radio career in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. But there's still one major problem: He has nowhere to live. And he's not alone. In this episode, D.B. talks about something he's struggled with while telling this part of his Radio Journey—how to tell the story of these years without leaving out someone who played an important role in them: his son's mother. When D.B. accepted the Florida job, their relationship was still new. The original plan was to try long distance while she returned to Biloxi. Then something happened. She couldn't find gas. What seemed like a temporary problem during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina became one of those small moments D.B. can now look back on and wonder how differently his life might have unfolded if things had gone another way. On this episode: Why D.B. has struggled with talking about his son's mother during this part of the story. Looking back at how career-driven D.B. was in his twenties. The decision they faced when another radio opportunity arrived. Why they originally planned to try a long-distance relationship. The post-Katrina gas shortage that unexpectedly changed those plans. The song D.B. remembers playing during that moment. How one small decision became part of a chain of events that eventually led to D.B. becoming a dad. The increasingly troubling behavior of D.B.'s new program director. Why Fly 92.1 kept mysteriously going silent after midnight. The night things finally went too far. And how someone else's sudden departure unexpectedly gave D.B. the thing he'd desperately been searching for—a home. Sometimes life doesn't change because of one giant decision. Sometimes you just can't find a gas station. Next episode: Life in Florida starts feeling like a permanent vacation—and an old friend named Matt comes back into the story. Follow D.B.'s Radio Journey from the beginning starting with Episode 030. Listen to every episode of The D.B. Nyce Podcast at dbnycepodcast.com