Me, disinterested but hamming it up: "Wait, so you paid for a dance and she fucked you? Awesome!"
Buddy's wife lost it.

Big tent. Huge, vast tent. We must cover the solar system with the tent.

I might do well to sacrifice audiobook minutes playing the Introduction to The Democracy Project for people.
"What they don't understand is that once people's political horizons have been broadened, the change is permanent."
~David Graeber

Similarly, from time to time, I'll get someone heading to their blue-collar job, and I'll experiment with curated clips of Gary Stevenson talking about wealth inequality. Last time, the passenger inquired as to the audio's origins and left a nice little bonus.
Working people are thirsty for change.

My guess is this scenario makes other operators ensure the rides are as typical as possible with local radio/radio silence.
I see it as a chance to switch things up. Different genres. Atypical audio.
Today, I played this interview for him. Dude made sure I knew he was thanking me and gave 20% extra.

As taxi drivers well know, there are regular steady customers who won't tip because the unnecessary expense would add up quickly. Not to be ungrateful for the continued patronage, but one guy who's been using us to get to work for years wouldn't even make the usual exception for Christmas day.