What If 30 Years Is Just The Beginning? with Rhett Miller

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Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Musician and writer Rhett Miller joins us to talk about staying creative in an industry that keeps changing. From fronting the Old 97’s to writing children’s books, Rhett opens up about the financial rollercoaster of life on the road, the loneliness of independence, and the challenge of keeping faith in your work when the world stops clapping. There's even more waiting for you on our Patreon. In this week’s bonus segment, Rhett tells us the behind-the-scenes story of filming the music video for “The End.” Including what it was like sitting in a bathtub full of (non-alcoholic) beer bottles after more than a decades of sobriety. Hear it only when you subscribe, plus ad-free episodes and more bonus content, at patreon.com/pastdue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	What does it take to stay in the game for 30 years and still want to pick up the guitar?
1:06.6	Why would I retire so I could travel around and play guitar? I mean, that's what I do anyway, and they pay me for it.
1:13.1	Rett Miller has fronted the old 97th since the early 90s,
1:15.9	written songs that broke your heart and saved your life,
1:18.8	and survived the kind of mental health spiral most people never talk about.
1:22.7	You want to see trauma?
1:23.7	Listen to the lyrics of my first eight albums.
1:26.2	You know, that was childhood trauma.
1:28.9	In an industry built on hype and hustle, Red's story is about something way more difficult,
1:34.2	sticking around.
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