Hey guys, this is Mallory Rubin from Ringer University.

This week, Ben Glixman and I talked about Ohio State's shocking loss to Penn State.

Alabama's unrivaled continued dominance and the loaded week 9 slate lot of ranked teams

headed on the road.

You can listen to this episode of Ringer University on iTunes or wherever you get podcasts.

Hello, my name is Andy Greenwald.

This is my podcast.

Guys, I'm so excited about today's show.

I had the opportunity to sit down with a guy I've now been interviewing for 14 years, which

is a little bit crazy.

Jim Adkins, Jim is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist for the terrific Arizona bass band,

Jimmy Eatworld.

Jimmy Eatworld just released their ninth album, Integrity Blues last week.

It's a really remarkable album, both for the quality of the songwriting and also for

the degree of departure.

It is from previous releases.

The band was very forthright about how they wanted to step outside of the comfort zone,

step outside of their bubble as Jim put it in our talk.

They worked with a producer they never worked with before.

They worked in a way they never worked before and the song is really bare that out both

lyrically and musically.

I first started interviewing Jim when I wrote a book about emo 14 years ago.

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