RunPee creator Dan Gardner joins Pete Schwaba and Greg Bach on Nite Lite to talk about the free movie-bathroom-timing app that's racked up a million-plus users — and a Mike Tyson tweet — over 18 years.

Dan walks Pete and Greg through how RunPee actually works (every pee time is dialed in to the second, with a built-in timer you start when the Universal logo fades out), why his original name pick was "Okay to Go" — a nod to the movie Contact — and how Peter Jackson's three-hour King Kong remake 21 years ago kicked the whole idea off. Plus: why he ditched paywalls and ads in favor of a donate-if-you-want model, why he watches every movie himself instead of crowdsourcing, and the small UX tweak that came from years of user feedback.

Chapters:
0:00 — Welcoming Dan Gardner to Nite Lite
0:51 — Why "Okay to Go" was the original name (and the King Kong origin story)
2:46 — How RunPee actually works
4:34 — The Celine Dion slow-motion bathroom-run pitch
6:54 — Why this app needs a real human, not crowdsourcing
7:50 — Monetization: just give it away
10:50 — Mike Tyson tweets RunPee

Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba and Greg Bach airs weeknights 5–8 PM on the Civic Media Radio Network. Producer: Dom Lee.

https://civicmedia.us/shows/nite-lite