Drop A Pin has built its whole identity around dropping a pin on a map and letting a guest talk about what happened there. For 99 episodes that guest has usually been a stranger with a wild travel story. For episode 100, Donnie — better known as the Wonton Don — brought on the person who's actually been in the room for most of his own chaos: his wife.
Episode 100 is live! @DonnieDoesWorld’s wife is our guest!
Chaps' announcement kept it simple, but Donnie's own post laid out exactly what listeners were signing up for. According to his rundown, the episode covers him getting E. coli and pooping the bed on their first vacation together, an incident that nearly got his wife arrested at a Shanghai sharks game, and their first on-camera date at what he calls the fanciest Italian restaurant in China. That's a lot of ground for one sit-down, and it's exactly the kind of unfiltered, slightly unhinged travel storytelling the show has built its name on.
For the 100th episode of @DropAPinShow we had on my wife to discuss: - me pooping the bed on our first vacation together due to E. coli - how I almost got her arrested at a Shanghai sharks game - our first on camera date at the “fanciest” Italian restaurant in China - and much more Shoutout the 📍 heads for getting us to 100 episodes. Here’s to 100 more.
Drop A Pin is a weekly travel podcast where Donnie and Uncle Chaps drop a pin on a location and dig into a guest's story from that spot, usually running an hour to 90 minutes with a Top 5 segment mixed in. Hitting 100 episodes on that format alone is a milestone most travel podcasts never sniff, and Donnie's caption made a point of thanking the 📍 heads — the show's fanbase — for getting them there.
Turning the guest chair over to his wife for the century mark is a smart move for a show built on this premise: instead of a stranger's travel horror story, it's the origin story of the two people actually running the podcast. The Shanghai and China details tease a relationship that's been logging frequent flyer miles since before the show existed, which is probably why it made the cut for 100 over another one-off interview.
No word yet on a specific release time for the episode beyond Donnie's post going up early Monday, but with 100 in the books, the obvious next question is what pin gets dropped for 101 — and whether the wife makes a return appearance down the line.