Curtis and Hayden talk with Keith Thurman, former longtime director of the Shepherd of the Hills outdoor drama, about the Harold Bell Wright novel that created Branson tourism and shaped the culture of the Ozarks for well over a century. This is part 1 of a two part series.

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In this episode, Hayden and Curtis interview Barry Bergey and Julia Olin. In the early 1970s, Julia and Barry were part of the Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts (MFFA). They traveled into the Ozarks of Missouri to record music from fiddle players, ballad singers, and other Ozarks musicians, whom have long since past. The result of their efforts is a timeless album called I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough, and the important preservation of the Ozarks musical culture. This is part 2 of a two episode series.

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In this episode, Hayden and Curtis interview Barry Bergey and Julia Olin. In the early 1970s, Julia and Barry were part of the Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts (MFFA). They traveled deep into the Boston Mountains of Arkansas and the Ozarks of Missouri to record music from fiddle players, ballad singers, and other Ozarks musicians, whom have long since past. The result of their efforts is a timeless album called I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough, and the important preservation of the Ozarks musical culture. This is part 1 of a two episode series.

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In this episode, Curtis and Hayden discuss the folklore of missing and amputated limbs with Abby Burnett, author of Gone to the Grave: Arkansas Burial Customs, 1850-1950. They are also joined by Emalee Flatness Combs who sings the Jimmy Driftwood song, "Straighten Out My Laig," and lastly, by Michael Galloway who contributes his own bit of tomfoolery.

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In this episode, Curtis and Hayden talk about an attempt by an Arkansas man to raise his mother from the dead in Reeds Spring, Missouri in 1978, and interview a family that witnessed the event, and a man that put music to the song, "Resurrection Sunday," that immortalized the event.

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In this week's episode, Hayden and Curtis visit with Mabel Phillips. Mabel was raised in Newton and Boone Counties of the Arkansas Ozarks and tells what life was like growing up in the rural Ozarks before the family farm acquired electricity as late as the 1950s.

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In this episode, Hayden and Curtis interview Pastor Sam Kaunley.  Kaunley served several years as a State Trooper in Christian, Stone, and Taney Counties, as well as a pastor in the Ozarks.  From patrolling the hills with legendary lawman, Sheriff Buff Lamb, to heartwarming stories of inspiration, Pastor Sam Kaunley tells some incredible tales.

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In this episode, Curtis Copeland and Hayden Head discuss superstitions, spells, and rituals of the Ozarks that were used for a multiple of purposed. From encouraging crops to protect chickens, superstitions in the Ozarkian Folklore run deep. Curtis and Hayden are joined by a special guest to discuss the curious nature of some of these superstitions.

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In this episode, Curtis Copeland and Hayden Head are joined by the talented musicians, David Scrivner, Emily Garoutte, and Hawken Boldman, sharing old time Ozark Music on instruments such as twin fiddles, claw hammer banjo.

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In this episode, Curtis Copeland and Hayden Head discuss Hunting Lore written by Silas Turnbo and Michael Galloway, who co-author of Vance Randolph's Mildred, Quit Hollering. This episode features special guest, Michael Galloway.

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