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And you are standing in a packed auditorium with maybe 3 ,000 other people. The Appalachian Mountains are just buried under this massive, blinding snowstorm. The kind of bitter, bone -chilling whiteou...

14 Jun 44min

Think about the physical mechanics of a truly great vintage guitar. The wood has settled, the strings have been under all that tension for years. That stress and friction over decades is precisely wha...

14 Jun 20min

You are standing on the grass, right in the middle of Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Oh, right before the earthquake. It's game three of the World Series. The atmosphere is just thick with that, y...

14 Jun 18min

Imagine a world -class horse racer who becomes a national TV star, right. And then she wins a Grammy for this massive pop country crossover hit that basically defines an entire decade. But then years ...

14 Jun 20min

I want you to close your eyes for a second and just picture the singer of the ultimate shiny 1970s pop country anthem. Oh, I think I know exactly where you're going with this. Yeah, you almost certain...

14 Jun 19min

You know, usually when we think about a forest fire, we picture like lightning strikes or a prolonged drought or maybe a careless camper leaving a fire smoldering in the brush. But I want you to put y...

14 Jun 53min

You've got a guy who starts out as an unemployed oil field worker in Oklahoma. Just a completely standard, gritty, blue -collar beginning. And he tries out for a professional football team, doesn't ma...

14 Jun 23min

I want you to picture something for a second. Just think of the ultimate symbol of the dutiful, subservient, traditional 1960s housewife. Oh, I mean, it's an archetype that is just practically burned ...

14 Jun 21min