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Ask Me Another

Trace Adkins And Carlene Carter: Cowboys And Cowpunks

Ask Me Another

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Society & Culture

4.55K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Musician Trace Adkins shares the chance encounter that launched his career, and songwriter Carlene Carter reflects on growing up part of a legendary family. This episode originally aired May 31, 2019.

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Learn more at RWJF.org.

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Hey, it's Afira Eisenberg. One of the most important parts of public radio is the range of voices you hear and connect with.

0:24.4

And each week on Ask Me Another, we offer up a whole lot of them.

0:28.1

From the comedy and music, from me and Jonathan Colton,

0:30.8

to the brilliant contestants who are challenged to our nerdy games.

0:35.3

Is it Cuber?

0:36.9

No.

0:38.8

Not at all.

0:40.1

What's wrong with you, people?

0:42.7

And we hear stories from our special guests that come alive on the radio.

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I want to check this mic.

0:48.8

Check the mic.

0:49.4

Could you hear me on the mic?

0:50.5

I got to just, the mics.

0:52.1

Yeah?

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No one sounds better than when they're on an NPR mic. NPR mic. I got to just, the mics. Yeah. No one sounds better

0:54.1

than when they're on

0:55.9

an NPR mic. You've got a secret with the mic.

1:00.3

Matthew McConaughey is

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right, and it's your support

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