This is a special live episode taped on stage at Mile of Music Festival in Appleton, WI featuring Jamie Kent - a Billboard charting singer songwriter, entrepreneur, arts advocate, and co-founder of Musicians for a Smoke Free Tennessee, where he worked as a lobbyist to usher through legislation that allows municipalities in TN to ban smoking in public places (such as bars and music venues). We talk about legislative action to aid musicians, coalition building as it relates to making an impact as well as a music career, and then we also take time for all three of us to answer questions from the audience in a really special first-time Q&A session.

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Links:

• Jamie Kent
• Mile of Music Festival
• BAM Group
• New Nashville Live
• People Supporting Artists
• Musicians for a Smoke Free TN
• Kaia Kater - episode 25
• BJ Barham - episode 7
• Miss Rachel
• Maine International Film Festival

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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The Wood Brothers are a Grammy-nominated band that have released 12 records on labels such as Blue Note, Southern Ground, Easy Eye Sound, and their own imprint. We have a wide ranging conversation on mental well-being and sustaining a decades-long career, all circling around mindfulness, presence, the illusion of control, and what Chris aptly points out - remembering to remember.

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Links:

• The Wood Brothers
• Medeski Martin & Wood
• Bob Marley
• Tara Brach
• Ep 4 - Emily Scott Robinson

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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Mary Gauthier is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and author, who's songs have been recorded by everyone from Tim McGraw and Blake Shelton, to Boy George and Jimmy Buffett. We talk about sobriety, how owning and running restaurants has influenced her music career, writing with veterans, battling homophobia, and so much more, all with a wise dose of patience, and persistence.

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• Mary Gauthier
• Saved By A Song (book)
• Songwriting with Soldiers
• Matraca Berg
• Gretchen Peters
• Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Liz Rose
• Patty Griffin
• Neko Case

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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Katie Pruitt is a singer-songwriter on Rounder Records, NPR & NY Times acclaimed, americana award-nominated, and also the host of The Recovering Catholic podcast. We talk about how she navigated, learned, and grew from releasing her much anticipated debut record 1 month before the pandemic started, navigating the pressure to always have output, and the tools she uses to be able to explore heavy personal and emotional topics in her songs.

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Links:

• Katie Pruitt
• The Recovering Catholic Podcast
• Coeur d'Alene
• Chris Stapleton
• Shakey Graves
• Brandi Carlile
• The Chicks

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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Kaia Kater is a Juno and Polaris prize-nominated songwriter from Canada, who also won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song in the BET series 'The Porter'. We talk about how a government-support grant system for the arts effects creativity, the importance of speaking out in integrity, the power in finding communities with shared experiences, and owning vulnerability.

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Links:

• Kaia Kater
• The Porter
• Eric Ward
• Western State Center
• Stokely Charmichael
• Allison Russell
• Brandi Carlile

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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Ron Pope is a platinum selling independent artist, Blair Clark is CEO and Director of Marketing & Strategy at the independent record label they own - Brooklyn Basement Records - as well as an artist manager, and they are also married. In this special episode we get both the artist's point of view, and the "business" point of view on some of the tools to maintain sanity, and inspiration while building a long and sustainable career around your art.

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Links:

• Ron Pope
• Brooklyn Basement Records
• The Chicks - Let Him Fly
• JM Clifford
• Caleb Hearn
• Emily Scott Robinson (episode 4)
• Miko Marks
• BJ Barham/American Aquarium (episode 7)
• Emily Scott Robinson - The Dress

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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Adia Victoria is a blues, southern gothic, rock artist who has released 3 records via Atlantic Records, and worked with producers such as Aaron Dessner and T-Bone Burnett. We talk about losing and regaining your sense of self after years of endless touring, writing in motion, the major role of nature in her life and upbringing and much more.

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Links:

• Adia Victoria
• "Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change" - Angela Garbes
• Fiona Apple

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

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This is a special group episode - Caroline Spence, Erin Rae, Kelsey Waldon & Michaela Anne are all acclaimed singer-songwriters having individually played everywhere from The Grand Ol' Opry to Carnegie Hall to Bonnaroo and all over the world. Though they perform independently, they are in constant contact via a long-lasting (5+ year) text thread - forming a tight-knit community which is the basis for our conversation today on how that impacts their their mindsets, their creativity, their mental health and decision making, and just about every other facet of their career.

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Links:

• Caroline Spence
• Erin Rae
• Kelsey Waldon
• Michaela Anne
• Marché
• Dozen

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• The Other 22 Hours Instagram
• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

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Alice Gerrard, a member of the bluegrass hall of fame, released her first record in 1965 as part of her groundbreaking bluegrass duo with Hazel Dickens, and is still touring and releasing records today at the age of 89! We talk with her about her incredible longevity, how she has taught herself about bluegrass and old-time music, and about becoming such an integral part of the fabric of American folk music and it's strong community.

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Links:

• Alice Gerrard
• Hazel Dickens
• The Old Time Herald
• Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
• Michael Daves
• Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens DC Tapes
• Sunset Park, New River Ranch

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• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

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David Moore is a pianist, composer, and songwriter with many creative outlets, most notably his minimalist/ambient ensemble Bing & Ruth, which has put out records on 4AD and received praise from Pitchfork to Thom Yorke. We talk about his diverse creative appetites, writing retreats, the interconnectedness of everything, and embracing inevitable change in your creative processes as time passes.

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Links:

• Bing & Ruth
• The Piledrivers
• Pepper Johnson
• Wordless Music Series
• 4AD
• Jeremy Viner
• Yep Roc
• Tommy Crane
• Hayden Pedigo
• Zoh Amba

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• Michaela Anne Instagram
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss Instagram

All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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