Ep. 3: Latchkey - What the Dukes of Hazzard Taught Me About Myself

When I was a kid, I'd come home to an empty house in the suburbs of San Francisco, grab my snacks, and flip on the TV. What I found was Bo and Luke Duke tearing through Hazzard County in a bright orange Dodge Charger. What I didn't realize until decades later was why it never left me. This episode is about family loyalty, cultural identity, and what it looks like to inherit something from your parents — even when they're half a world away. It's about four people building something from scratch in a country that wasn't theirs yet. And it's about what a latchkey kid was really learning in that empty house after school. Turns out I wasn't just killing time. I was learning how to hold the house when they were gone. I Took the Long Way is a personal storytelling podcast about faith, family, identity, and the detours that shape us.