Hobart and Clark, wowed by guitarist, vocalist and archivist Walter Parks at a performance at the legendary Focal Point in Maplewood, MO, decided to interview him for the inaugural episode.  We discussed Walter's influences from a childhood in north Florida where he encountered the blues through Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers before embarking on a decades long career that saw him working for a decade with legendary folk musician Richie Havens as well as touring alongside songster Guy Davis.  As a White man deeply committed to, and expert in, the African-American blues traditions, Walter also fronts Swamp Cabbage as a touring blues band and has done significant work with the Library of Congress, recording "hollers", traditional African-American church hymns and other blues songs whose provenance is often lost to time.  How to give or assign credit?  What's the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation?   What constitutes cultural reclamation?  So many of these questions confront American music and our own cultural understanding of America and its influences.  Hobart and Clark seek to answer some of these questions while starting to learn how to talk to each other about them across their racial "divide".