This week, I’m joined by 4 members of Rockford band Yes Factory (Ian Zander, Brennan Reiter, Hannah Hovland and Kelen Price-Snowden). Before we ate delicious hot dogs at the legendary Superdawg, the band played two new songs in the car (“You Never Finish What You Start,” “Someone I Love”).

Discussed on the show:

• The origin of Yes Factory.
• The fact that Chicagoans and Rockfordians rarely go to each other’s cities.
• Kelen enjoyed the equivalent of sitting coach in Delta.
• Kelen impressed us with his fancy box.
• Brennan and Hannah had a “voice off” in the backseat.
• Ian finds inspiration in bar restrooms.
• Chloroform: A love story.
• Hannah gave me a seismic shift in my lumbar area.
• The creators of Superdawg shockingly looked like anthropomorphic hot dogs.
• Sport peppers on a hot dog are “how it’s supposed to be.”
• Car Con Carne is like an ASMR video on YouTube.
• Hannah finds listening to people chew repulsive. She picked the right podcast!
• Finding compatible music partners is like finding a needle in a haystack.
• We talk about the recently-released Yes Factory EP.
• The legendary Chicago pizza chain is NOT “Illuminatis.”
• Pizza Masons are not a real thing.
• After the half hour mark, we acknowledge that one of the members of Yes Factory is the son of Cheap Trick frontman Robin Zander. Spoiler warning: It’s not who you think!