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What is an ordinary place that feels extraordinary to you because of what happened there.

The childhood house that I grew up in, it has this really magical feeling to it. And I actually

own it now. I think it's rare that you have like a completely direct time capsule like

preserved from your childhood. Like how many people would die to go back in their

childhood home and see it exactly as it was? I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard, the game where

cards control the conversation. Each week, my guest chooses questions at random from a deck of

cards. Pick a card one through three. Questions about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped them.

I do feel like life keeps getting better as I get older.

My guest this week is musician Casey Musgraves.

And it's something that everyone that's older than you tells you and you're like, yeah, yeah, whatever.

But I do feel that.

I've been thinking a lot about authenticity lately,

which is a word that is thrown around so much at this point in our culture. I'm afraid it's

losing a little bit of its power, frankly. But regardless, we all seem to be craving it, right?

Real interactions with people, authentic connections, the rough, messy truth of things.

It's definitely one of the big reasons I started this show.

It's what I want in my own life.

I want it in my relationships.

But I also want it in my music, the films and all the books I consume, all the things.

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