A Lone Star Tick Can Make You Allergic To Steak

A lone star tick bite can make you allergic to red meat and dairy — it's called Alpha-Gal syndrome, and it's spreading north as the weather warms up. Ryan did a deep dive. Naturally, that turned into a conversation about Ozempic, Bill Gates conspiracy theories, and whether there's a tick out there that could make you allergic to green beans instead. Also this week: an AI delivery model has a distributor only dropping product twice a week even in peak summer season — Ryan's not having it. Plus the Tiques "micro resort" build-out at Cedar Motel, a genuinely great $2,000-car road trip idea, the eternal Bowling Green vs. Ohio University party school debate, and where everybody stands on data centers. Bar Pod is two brothers talking about the honest, unglamorous reality of owning bars in Sandusky, Ohio — no hype, no guru advice.