Professional wrestler <a href='https://twitter.com/The305MVP'>MVP</a> is, in his own words, "one of the biggest Steely Dan nerds you'll ever meet."  The WWE star tells Alex about becoming obsessed with Steely Dan during the aftermath of a natural disaster, his love of Walter Becker's 2008 solo album "Circus Money," and much more in this fan-to-fan chat.

Professional wrestler MVP is, in his own words, "one of the biggest Steely Dan nerds you'll ever meet." The WWE star tells Alex about becoming obsessed with Steely Dan during the aftermath of a natural disaster, his love of Walter Becker's 2008 solo album "Circus Money," and much more in this fan-to-fan chat.

Professional wrestler <a href="https://twitter.com/The305MVP" rel="noopener noreferrer">MVP</a> is, in his own words, "one of the biggest Steely Dan nerds you'll ever meet."&nbsp; The WWE star tells Alex about becoming obsessed with Steely Dan during the aftermath of a natural disaster, his love of Walter Becker's 2008 solo album "Circus Money," and much more in this fan-to-fan chat.

"It's a Glamour Profession" ft. MVP

The rising tide of Steely Dan memes, merchandise, and general nostalgia among millennials are just stray bits of proof: an unexpected 21st-century Dan-aissance is in full swing. Why is this slick, cynical, and extremely expensive-sounding music—deemed uncool by self-consciously hip music fans for decades—having this kind of resurgence? Hosted by Alex Preiss (creator of the popular <a href="https://twitter.com/baddantakes">@baddantakes</a> Twitter account) with sincere love and embarrassingly deep knowledge, Gaucho Amigos explores how a couple of funny-looking, misanthropic beatniks became the two most unlikely rock stars of the ‘70s. Through 1-on-1 interviews with notable Dan fans from across the pop culture spectrum, Gaucho Amigos ponders the nature of the band’s greatness, exploring the band’s growing cultural cache and trawling the outer reaches of Steely Dan’s sleazy cinematic universe.

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The rising tide of Steely Dan memes, merchandise, and general nostalgia among millennials are just stray bits of proof: an unexpected 21st-century Dan-aissance is in full swing. Why is this slick, cynical, and extremely expensive-sounding music—deemed uncool by self-consciously hip music fans for decades—having this kind of resurgence? Hosted by Alex Preiss (creator of the popular @baddantakes Twitter account) with sincere love and embarrassingly deep knowledge, Gaucho Amigos explores how a couple of funny-looking, misanthropic beatniks became the two most unlikely rock stars of the ‘70s. Through 1-on-1 interviews with notable Dan fans from across the pop culture spectrum, Gaucho Amigos ponders the nature of the band’s greatness, exploring the band’s growing cultural cache and trawling the outer reaches of Steely Dan’s sleazy cinematic universe.

The rising tide of Steely Dan memes, merchandise, and general nostalgia among millennials are just stray bits of proof: an unexpected 21st-century Dan-aissance is in full swing. Why is this slick, cynical, and extremely expensive-sounding music—deemed uncool by self-consciously hip music fans for decades—having this kind of resurgence? Hosted by Alex Preiss (creator of the popular <a href="https://twitter.com/baddantakes" rel="noopener noreferrer">@baddantakes</a> Twitter account) with sincere love and embarrassingly deep knowledge, Gaucho Amigos explores how a couple of funny-looking, misanthropic beatniks became the two most unlikely rock stars of the ‘70s. Through 1-on-1 interviews with notable Dan fans from across the pop culture spectrum, Gaucho Amigos ponders the nature of the band’s greatness, exploring the band’s growing cultural cache and trawling the outer reaches of Steely Dan’s sleazy cinematic universe.

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