Hi friends, welcome to another episode of that sounds fun. I'm your host Annie F. Down.

So happy to be here with you today. The music in the background is from our good friend,

Mr. Ryan O'Neill, also known as Sleeping at Last. This is the Any Gram 7 song. As you

know, he did a song for each number. It's incredibly good. He's just one of my very

favorites. So make sure you check out his stuff. Today on the show, you guys, this is incredibly

special. My friend, Chris Rice, you may know him from his music. Maybe you like I have

listened to him for decades and have just loved his stuff. And he is one of my dearest friends

here in Nashville. And we ran into each other on the sidewalk a couple of days ago and just

decided to sit down and chat. And it is such an honor that he would do that because he

doesn't do that very much. And so I'm really, really grateful. His new album Untitled Him,

a collection of him is just beautiful. Make sure you grab a copy. So whether you've been

a friend of Chris's for a really long time or you're just meeting him today, I'm really

excited for you to hear this conversation. So here is my dear friend, Chris Rice.

All right. Are you ready? No. Have you done podcasts lately? I've never done a podcast.

This is your first ever podcast. I've only done live, yeah, live and then interviews

that are recorded for like radio. But I've never done an actual podcast. Chris Rice, what

an honor. It is a moment. I mean, you know a funny thing. You and I have been friends just

about since I moved here. So 11 years. And today getting ready for this is the first time

I was like, oh, yeah. Like, hey, Annie, this is Chris Rice. Like you're not just like

rice. Like you're not just my friend in the neighborhood. I know you are. But it is,

I hope that when people say things like that, like this to you, like I want to say,

of like, your work has mattered to our faith for so long. That's cool to hear. Is that

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