Best Adrian And Larry Podcasts (2025)

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Master Gunnery Sergeant Steven Timme, United States Marine Band 27:53

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20d ago27:53

27:53

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band isthe oldest professional musical organization in the United States, performing at the pleasure of the President since 1801. Performing at over 500 events annually, the Marine Bandbrings its renowned musical excellence to presidential inaugurations, state funerals, state arrival ceremonies, Friday Eve…

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Larry and Jennifer Taxson 32:18

3M ago32:18

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Inspired by the 40th anniversary of We Are The World—America’s greatest musical one-night stand—The Pod of DC hit the road in March this year for a live show packed with games, prizes, and live podcast conversations. One featured raffle prize was a behind-the-scenes tour of The Pod of DC studio with a featured conversation on the pod. The lucky win…

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Adrian Conforti, Singer/Songwriter 30:45

4M ago30:45

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Adrian Conforti is a songwriter and former touring musician who founded the band Soulys in the early 2000s. On this episode of the pod, Adrian visits the studio with guitar in hand to perform his original track, “You’re Into Me” and reflect on the wild ride that music—and life—has taken him on. We talk musical influences, the heartbreak that sparke…

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Summer Update & Jim Thorpe, PA 8:46

4M ago8:46

8:46

Rick recaps what's been happening this Summer with a quick nostalgic look back at middle school and details on a side quest to Jim Thorpe, PA.

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Aaron Berkey, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Okeanos 34:25

5M ago34:25

34:25

As conversations around AI continue to shape our present and future, I sat down with Aaron Berkey—co-founder and managing partner of Okeanos, a venture capital firm with a community-first approach to investing, to explore the intersection of family, business, and purpose in a rapidly evolving world. On this episode of the pod, Aaron shares the powe…

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Kev Legend, Entrepreneur & Global Growth Coach 27:33

6M ago27:33

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Kev Legend is a dynamic entrepreneur and global growth coach. With expertise in corporate leadership, financial planning, and world travel, Kev empowers others to unlock their potential and embrace a life without limits. On this episode of the pod, Kev drops the studio to share his journey from the Naval Academy through to the transformative experi…

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Bonnie Raitt on "Getting Over You" (special Willie's birthday episode) 48:03

7M ago48:03

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In a special, icon-on-icon birthday tribute, 13-time Grammy winner and longtime Willie friend, fan, and collaborator Bonnie Raitt talks about their sublime 1993 duet, “Getting Over You.” It was a cornerstone of one of the most important albums of Willie’s career, Across the Borderline, and produced by the brilliant Don Was—who also produced Bonnie’…

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Marta Bota 31:10

7M ago31:10

31:10

Marta Bota is a creator of looks, confidence, and moments. She has spent nearly four decades as a professional makeup artist helping people show up as their best selves—on stage, on camera, and in life. She has also spent decades as a community advocate and philanthropist. Marta has rocked the crowns of both Virginia and D.C., stepping into her fir…

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Conor Oberst on "Undo the Right" 40:12

8M ago40:12

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Brilliant indie rock-pop-and-folk singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes and Monsters of Folk fame, talks about another of Willie’s famous Pamper Demos, “Undo the Right.” It was one of Willie’s earliest efforts for the Pamper Publishing Company, a co-write with Hank Cochran, the legendary songwriter who first championed him when he moved to…

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Mark Seliger on "Stardust" 37:51

8M ago37:51

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Revered photographer Mark Seliger—who’s taken iconic images of everyone from Barack Obama and the Dali Lama to Kurt Cobain and Ice T—talks about the song that he says has informed almost every photo he’s taken of his friend Willie Nelson, 1978’s “Stardust.” Mark was a college freshman on a long, lonely road trip the first time he heard it, and he d…

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MAAM, Live in Studio 29:42

8M ago29:42

29:42

The all-female, 200% rock ‘n’ roll juggernaut that is MAAM is back on The Pod of DC since being spotlighted as the very first interview guest back in 2020. To get things rolling, founding members St. P & YY turn the studio into an intimate, tiny desk-style concert with a soulful cover of Alabama Shakes’ This Feeling—featuring an unexpected (and pos…

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Larry Gatlin on "She's Not for You" 45:25

8M ago45:25

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Larry Gatlin, a card-carrying member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (“All the Gold in California,” “Broken Lady,” etc.), focuses on “She’s Not for You,” off Willie’s game-changing 1973 album, Shotgun Willie. Well-read Willie nerds know that record, cut in New York for Atlantic Records, was the closest Willie had yet come to creative cont…

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Adrian Quesada on "I Never Cared for You" 43:33

9M ago43:33

43:33

Black Puma Adrian Quesada, the Austin-based guitarist, producer, and songwriter who also co-founded Grammy-winning Latin funk orchestra Grupo Fantasma, looks at the centerpiece of Willie’s 1998 album Teatro, “I Never Cared for You.” That album, produced in a small movie house by Daniel Lanois as a showcase for Willie’s guitar-picking over a bouncin…

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Amanda Petrusich on "Reasons to Quit" 52:14

9M ago52:14

52:14

New Yorker music critic Amanda Petrusich looks at the other big hit off Willie and Merle Haggard’s classic 1983 Pancho & Lefty album, “Reasons to Quit.” It’s a classic Haggard drinking song, but a little more pensive than most, and Amanda reframes it—and really, all of Pancho & Lefty—as an example of what she calls the Outlaw’s Conundrum, i.e. what…

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Charlie Sexton on "I Let My Mind Wander" 47:42

9M ago47:42

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Before he received wide acclaim as Bob Dylan’s lead guitarist in the early 2000s, Charlie Sexton was a fixture of the Austin music scene going back almost as far as Willie himself, having first performed publicly in 1978, as a self-taught, nine-year-old, guitar prodigy invited onstage at the famous Continental Club. This week, Charlie the producer/…

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John Mellencamp on "Funny How Time Slips Away" 36:16

9M ago36:16

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John Mellencamp, one of Willie’s fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and a Farm Aid co-founder, has been a fan since first hearing “Funny How Time Slips Away” as a pre-teen in Seymour, Indiana. That song was one of Willie’s first contributions to the American Songbook, a reliable hit for other artists for nearly 15 years before Willie finally…

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Paul Begala on "Heartland" 36:32

9M ago36:32

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CNN political analyst Paul Begala, a former White House chief strategist for Bill Clinton and lifelong Willie nerd, talks about “Heartland, a song Willie co-wrote and recorded with Bob Dylan for his 1993 masterpiece, Across the Borderline. “Heartland” was inspired by the American farm crisis of the mid-eighties, a tragedy Begala saw first-hand as a…

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Billy Strings on "Stay a Little Longer" 33:52

10M ago33:52

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One of the most mind-blowing guitarists on earth, Billy Strings, talks about an all-time great Willie and Trigger workout, “Stay a Little Longer,” off the 1978 double-album Willie and Family Live. The song’s an old Bob Wills standard that Willie updated, made his own, and plays here at a careening, 90-mph pace that Billy says blazes like bluegrass—…

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"We Are The World": A Retrospective with Phil Singh 46:42

10M ago46:42

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There comes a time when the call must be heeded to revisit one of the most significant moments in Gen X pop culture history: the star-studded 'check your ego at the door' collective recording known as "We Are The World," which took place following the American Music Awards on the evening of January 28, 1985.(A quick tip of the cap to the captivatin…

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Miranda Lambert on “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys” 37:46

10M ago37:46

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The reigning queen of country music, Miranda Lambert, talks about one of the all-time great Outlaw anthems, Willie and Waylon’s Grammy-winning, #1 hit from 1978, “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys.” It’s a song Miranda can’t remember ever not knowing, one she suspects she first heard her dad played on the front porch, before she co…

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Introducing One by Willie Season 6 3:10

10M ago3:10

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Music writer John Spong talks each week to one notable Willie fan about one Willie song they love, then runs down the kinds of rabbit holes that open up when the subject is Willie Nelson. Starting January 22, ten new episodes featuring Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Billy Strings, Black Puma Adrian Quesada, New Yorker music critic Amanda Petrusi…

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Captain Seawalker, Yacht Rock Party Events 35:15

11M ago35:15

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You know it when you hear it. Timeless, feel-good rock, deep soul grooves, and dancefloor anthems set to a windy, oceanic backdrop. You know it when you see it. Feathered hair tucked under a captain's hat, aviators, tropical shirt, scarves, ascots, maybe a tropical drink melting in your hand. All the sights and sounds of this millennium's favorite …

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Dr. Gil Segev 34:12

12M ago34:12

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Next up on the pod, Dr. Gil Segev, a cosmetic surgeon in the Washington, DC, metro area who's as skilled with a laser as he is with a punchline. On this episode, Gil drops by the studio to chat about navigating DC's infamous speeding cameras to his recent adventure south of the border (spoiler: he came back with a small pharmacy as a souvenir). We …

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Introducing Viva Tejano - Trailer 3:58

1y ago3:58

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Introducing the latest podcast from Texas Monthly, "Viva Tejano.” Latin music is ascending in the U.S., and, in some surprising ways, much of the story behind the trend begins in Texas. On Viva Tejano, host J.B. Sauceda talks with legendary tejano artists and well-known tejano music fans about how the music has shaped their lives. It’s a nostalgic …

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Halloween Beats & Treats with Russ Johnson 35:34

1y ago35:34

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Russ Johnson is an MC and beatmaker in the DMV. On this special Halloween edition of the pod, Russ stops by the studio to share some original spooky jams to commemorate the holiday and talk all things beats, rhymes, and Halloween. We kick off the show with an exclusive - an original theme for the pod Russ put together from a scratch track I sent hi…

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2024 Fantasy Football Edition (Live Draft) 27:08

1y ago27:08

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On this episode of the pod, Fantasy Football Champion and Bottom Dweller Rick Bernstein takes you into one of his 3 fantasy football drafts and shares his pick process and final picks at each position starting from the first round (edited down a bit, of course). Killing time between picks, Rick reminisces about the highs and lows of his longest-run…

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Jummie Moses, Creator & Host of "Shifting Dimensions" Podcast 28:33

1+ y ago28:33

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Jummie Moses is the creator, host, and spirit behind the podcast "Shifting Dimensions," where themes of spirituality, religion, consciousness, the paranormal, and technology are explored in fascinating conversations. From an early age, Jummie pondered life's biggest questions about purpose, life, and death, and in 2020, it was time for her to take …

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Diego Mariscal, Founder & CEO @ 2Gether International 24:28

1+ y ago24:28

24:28

Diego Mariscal is the Founder and CEO of 2Gether International, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that is the leading startup accelerator for disabled founders worldwide. On this episode of the pod, Diego shares his journey, from forging partnerships with influential figures like Judy Heumann, to tackling workplace stigma head-on. Diego details h…

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Lucinda Williams on “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” 33:24

1+ y ago33:24

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This week, one of America’s greatest living poets, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, celebrates the easy beauty of one of Willie’s most cherished songs, “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.” From there she’ll get into how inspiring it was to first see Willie do his thing when she moved to Austin in 1974; how weird it was, when she moved back to…

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Sara Quinteros, RD & Juli Shesser, RD - Food & Nutrition Experts 32:38

1+ y ago32:38

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Sara Quinteros and Juli Shesser are registered dietitians and nutrition experts in Washington, DC. With March being National Nutrition Month, Sara and Juli stopped by the studio to share their expertise in managing food and nutrition choices for individuals and families. On this episode of the pod, Sara and Juli break down how to navigate nutrition…

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Lana Nelson on “Red Headed Stranger” 41:14

1+ y ago41:14

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This week, Willie’s first-born, daughter Lana Nelson, talks about one of the songs her dad used to sing to her at bedtime, “Red Headed Stranger,” calling his breakthrough 1975 recording of it one of the first times an album of his sounded the way he did at home. From there she’ll walk us through some wonderful family history...like dodging rent-hun…

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Wade Bowen on “Me and Paul” 36:31

1+ y ago36:31

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This week, one of the brightest stars of the Texas Country/Red Dirt scene, singer-songwriter Wade Bowen, examines “Me and Paul,” Willie’s 1971 chronicle of the road-warrior life he was sharing with his erstwhile partner in crime, drummer Paul English. It’s a perfect song for Wade to get into, partly because, as he rightly points out, Willie was a p…

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John Leventhal on “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” 39:50

1+ y ago39:50

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This week, six-time Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist John Leventhal—see Shawn Colvin’s A Few Small Repairs; his wife, Rosanne Cash’s The River and the Thread—discusses the song that first hipped him to the genius of Willie, 1975’s “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” He describes it with a producer’s ultimate praise, calling i…

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Susan Tedeschi on “Somebody Pick Up My Pieces” 35:30

1+ y ago35:30

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This week, one of Willie’s longtime tour mates, Grammy-winning blues singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, talks about a deep cut off his 1998 album with Daniel Lanois, Teatro, “Somebody Pick Up My Pieces.” It’s a song she and her husband, slide-guitar hero Derek Trucks, play almost nightly with their group, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and it gets her…

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Bruce Robison on “Walkin’” 38:55

1+ y ago38:55

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Singer-songwriter Bruce Robison is famous for writing highly intelligent, richly detailed country songs—that happen also to be incredibly sad. (See “Angry All the Time,” by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and “Travelin’ Soldier,” by the Chicks.) This week, he focuses on a track that first taught him how emotionally sophisticated country music can be, “W…

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Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” 33:28

1+ y ago33:28

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This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright talks about a Willie hit of recent vintage, 2011’s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” That may seem an odd focus song for Larry, a New Yorker staff-writer known for tackling topics like Scientology and the rise of radical Islam, but he’s also a native Texan who’s written whole books on the…

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Whoopi Goldberg on "Stardust" 35:08

2y ago35:08

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In addition to being one the few artists to earn an EGOT—i.e. win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—Whoopi Goldberg also happens to be a big-time music nerd and monster Willie fan. On this episode she talks about his 1978 recording of “Stardust,” calling it “a love song to a love song” that, when Willie sings it, makes her feel like she’s floating b…

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2-4-24 8:38

2y ago8:38

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On this spontaneously recorded and minimally edited and mixed podcast, Rick shares some thoughts about the start to 2024, the therapeutic nature of podcasting, how The Pod of DC was conceived, and how podcasting can help unleash your true voice.

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Nick Offerman on "Buddy" 39:45

2y ago39:45

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This week, Nick Offerman—noted actor, humorist, author, woodworker, canoe paddler, and agrarian philosopher—talks about Willie’s 1968 song, “Buddy.” It’s likely an obscure title even to real-deal Willie nerds, but not to devoted fans of Nick’s old show “Parks and Recreation,” who should recall it as Ron Swanson’s favorite song. Nick’s going to expl…

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It's been real, 2023 27:37

2y ago27:37

27:37

On this final pod of 2023, Rick reflects on his firsts this year, waxes nostalgic on how technology has evolved in helping us capture those moments throughout the year, and shares quick clip recaps from inspiring individuals featured on the pod in 2023. On behalf of The Pod of DC, we wish you all a happy and healthy New Year, and we'll talk soon in…

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Dave Moya - Owner, The Moya Group 26:00

2y ago26:00

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Dave Moya is the owner of The Moya Group, the parent company of Three Stones Residential, one of the top real estate teams at Keller Williams Metro Center in Arlington, Virginia. We recorded this episode in Dave's newly set up podcast studio and discuss his candid takes on the current state of real estate, how adaptability and curiosity has helped …

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Tony Barone - CEO & Protective Paramedic Practitioner @ Emergility 27:54

2y ago27:54

27:54

Tony Barone is a Protective Paramedic Practitioner and CEO of Emergility, a security, protection, and emergency medical services company based in Alexandria, Virginia. Over 60 years ago in Alexandria, four physicians established 24/7 year-round emergency care, which today has become accessed and over-accessed from the most minor ailments to the mos…

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Dave Cobb on "Time of the Preacher" 31:16

2y ago31:16

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This week, Nashville super-producer Dave Cobb, whose work with some of the true artists in modern country music—Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell—has earned him nine Grammys, talks about “Time of the Preacher.” It’s the overture/aria to Willie’s classic Red Headed Stranger, an album that Dave calls a beautiful, barren …

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Don’t Give Up: When Sinead O'Connor Sang With Willie 5:12

2+ y ago5:12

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On October 16, 1992, just two weeks after famously ripping up a photo of the pope on SNL, Sinead O’Connor was booed off the stage at a Bob Dylan tribute at Madison Square Garden. Willie Nelson was also on the bill that night, and after watching that happen, he invited her to join him in the studio the next day. In this clip from OBW S2E2, producer …

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Tina Fox - Creator, CEO of TERN Mentoring 24:15

2+ y ago24:15

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Tina Fox is an Entrepreneur, Creator, and CEO of TERN Mentoring, a B Corporation that provides a platform for individuals to share their experiences and live their legacy through mentorship. Of course, through networking, I met Tina's husband, who encouraged me to connect with Tina as she was a fellow JMU Duke. Tina and I hit it off immediately and…

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Waylon Payne on "Both Sides Now" 30:47

2+ y ago30:47

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This week, Americana singer-songwriter Waylon Payne talks about Willie’s 1970 cover of Joni Mitchell’s iconic “Both Sides Now.” Waylon, an NPR-darling as an artist now, grew up in Willie World; his mom, Sammi Smith—of “Help Me Make It Through the Night” fame—played package shows with Willie in the ‘70s; and his dad, Jody Payne, was Willie’s lead gu…

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Chris Shiflett on “Good Hearted Woman” 36:07

2+ y ago36:07

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This week, Foo Fighters lead guitarist and Shred with Shifty podcast host Chris Shiflett discusses one of the original outlaw anthems, Willie and Waylon’s 1976 version of “Good Hearted Woman,” exploring the evolution of the movement and the creation myth behind the song’s recording, before grabbing a guitar and demonstrating what makes Willie an ab…

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Ray Benson on "Going Away Party" 32:43

2+ y ago32:43

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This week, 8-time Grammy-winner Ray Benson—one of Willie’s best friends since moving his Western Swing band, Asleep at the Wheel, to Austin back in 1973...at Willie’s urging, no less!—talks about a song Willie and the Wheel cut back in 1999, the Bob Wills classic, “Going Away Party.” Wills was, of course, a hero to both Willie and Ray, as was the s…

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Sytera Field - Yoga Instructor & Owner at SyteraYoga 21:48

2+ y ago21:48

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Sytera Field is an innovative yoga instructor and owner/operator of Sytera Yoga in Vienna, Va. I’ve spent the last 1 ½ years taking classes from her and the instructor team there and wanted to learn more about Sytera’s yoga journey and experience as a small business owner. For this pod episode, Sytera and I met just outside the studio doors to shar…

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Amanda Shires on "Loving You" 35:05

2+ y ago35:05

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This week, singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddle player Amanda Shires talks about the title song to her new album of duets with Willie’s sister, pianist Bobbie Nelson, “Loving You.” It’s the only song Sister Bobbie ever wrote, a solo piano instrumental with a melody that Amanda says is all about love, faith, and family. She also talks about how Bob…