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Shawna and Keifer Thompson of country duo Thompson Square join Gary Scott Thomas this week and let me tell you. This is a juicy conversation!

In this episode:

• Why they moved so far out of Nashville
• Their song "Are You Going to Kiss Me or Not?"
• Their new song "Country in My Soul"
• The peaks and valleys of being an artist
• The odds of "making it"
• Losing family & friends along their journey to the top
• Their new team
• Parenting in the music industry
• Parents' responsibilities to teach equality
• Racism in America
• How to judge someone
• Defining what success looks like to them
• Why they'll never play 270 shows in a year again
• The root of Country Music
• The problem with appealing to the masses
• The evolution of award shows
• Why a show got cancelled
• Championing people who show value
• Comedy and Country
• Being divided as a country

I told you it was a juicy one! Dive in!

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**Trigger warning: Suicide discussed**
This episode is definitely one every musician needs to hear. Talent manager Shai Berry offers sage advice about the music business and talks about the importance of paying attention to mental health.

Also in this episode:

• The power of music
• How music saved her
• Red flags when looking for representation
• What led to her son's suicide
• Survivor's guilt
• How parents can help support their children's mental health
• The Texas music scene
• Being honest with artists
• Getting resources for artists

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In this episode, Gary goes solo again and lets his thoughts on current affairs and Country Music fly!

In this episode:

• Speculation on the future of KTRY
• What it takes to put together a podcast
• How people remember the same event differently
• Vitiligo
• Alopecia
• "The Slap Heard Around the World" (Will Smith)
• Cancel culture
• His thoughts on new Country Music
• Which artist is always challenging to work with
• Getting out of comfort zones
• Morgan Wallen

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Author and award-winning journalist Judy Foreman talks with Gary Scott Thomas on this episode of Here's What We Know. She dives into CRISPR, a technology that can be used to edit genes.

Also in this episode:

• The ethical questions behind gene editing
• "Curing" Sickle Cell Anemia
• The thought of humans living 120 years
• How she took real science and turned it into her fiction medical thriller CRISPR'd. 
• What makes a good villain

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After many requests, Gary Scott Thomas' former co-host Dave Wooten joins Gary for an unscripted conversation about music, life, and careers.

In this episode:

• Life in Montana
• Evolution of Country Music
• Being Yourself
• Funny Bits That Piss Off People
• Writing 5 Books
• Kids in Sports
• His Favorite Authors
• Not Having to Talk in Soundbites
• Life During COVID & How it Was Different for Him
• Mr. Beast
• How Something "Bad" Can Happen & Yet it Ends Up Being the Best
• Parenting

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Do you know which Country artist tried to kill his wife? Gary Scott Thomas and his morning show co-host Julie Stevens share mind-blowing stories about country music legends you probably haven't heard before!!

Also in this episode:

• "No Show Jones"
• Meeting Johnny and June
• Which artist burned through their money because they felt guilty for having it
• How labels have changed
• The transition of Country Music
• Trying to say something on air in less than 7 seconds
• Cancel culture
• Charley Pride
• Sam Hunt
• Boyfriend music
• Why kids struggle more today than ever before
• What Julie wished she would have done differently as a parent
• What women need

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**Trigger warning: Sexual abuse is discussed.**

This episode goes deep! (See what we did there.) Laura Corn, NY Times Bestselling Author, Publisher, and Intimacy Innovator, has been helping couples revive their sex life with a renewed passion for over 20 years. Nothing's off-limits in this spicey episode.

In this episode:

• Lots and lots of talk about sex
• Being a sex expert to celebrities
• A specific question you should ask your spouse every day
• The art of listening
• Working on bringing your own walls down
• Overcoming sexual abuse
• Removing the thought that you're "too old" for fun sex
• Intimate questions women should ask men
• Her book “101 Nights of Grrreat Sex…the Game!”

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*Trigger Warning: suicide

By audience demand, Gary Scott Thomas reunites with his former co-host Jungle Doug! This episode will make you laugh, make you think, and make you feel like you made a new friend.

Also in this episode:

• Sending radio tapes for his made-up radio station
• Doing German radio
• Being a candy dealer at age 9
• How independent he had to be as a young kid
• How he got into radio
• Embracing fun for a career
• Being judged by a Christian radio audience
• Clean humor
• Finding humor in the everyday
• Putting ego aside
• Baby Man
• His mother's suicide
• EMDR
• Getting rid of his porn 'stache

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You have to listen to this episode with comedian Dusty Slay. You may remember having seen him on Netflix or The Tonight Show. This episode is the one that makes Gary snort! Also, you're going to have to rewind the part where Dusty talks about his family tree and convoluted family dynamic just to make sure you heard him correctly. You can make this stuff up!

Also in this episode:

• Sobriety & accidentally almost relapsing
• Growing as a person and looking back at those who peaked in high school
• What dating was like as a comedian
• How his parents' divorce shaped his career
• Using humor to heal
• How prevalent divorce was many decades ago
• Disappointing truckers
• Growing up with rough friends
• Moving on from people from the past
• Having friends who are better than you are
• The time when $20 blew his mind
• The mattress that almost killed him

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*Trigger Warning: domestic abuse*
This episode with highly accomplished oncologist Marc Straus is jam-packed with astonishing stories that take you by surprise and inspire you to stay in the fight.

Also in this story:

• Being published over 100 times
• Poetry
• Why Americans don't like poetry as much as other places
• Growing up with a father who wasn't allowed to go to school
• What immigrant families can do to set their kids up for success
• Going against the grain with his new book
• Childhood abuse
• Being a streetfighter
• Putting a stop to the abusive cycle
• Being able to drift out and not feel pain
• The Fisherman & The Sea and how he could relate
• Staying true to his childhood voice
• The unusual fact about his art collection
• Turning a bad situation into a way to help others
• Being married to his childhood sweetheart
• Being in a nearly fatal hit and run
• Growing up Jewish in the 70s
• Racism around the world
• How he came up with the name of his book One-Legged Mongoose

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