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Saturday morning starts simple: I’m adjusting the mic, talking breakfast, and chasing the kind of easy conversation that feels like radio you can actually live inside. Then the calendar gives us two perfect springboards for stories: World Martini Day and American Eagle Day. One leads to a memory of a great martini party, the other to Alaska, zip lines, and the moment you realize those “little golf balls” in the trees are bald eagles.

From there we roll into music history and pop culture, the stuff classic rock fans can’t resist. I dig into June 20 milestones like Stars on 45, the jaw-dropping reality of 147-date tours, the Ronettes getting royalties back from Phil Spector, and the Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” riff controversy. If you love music trivia, band lore, and the business side of rock, there’s plenty to chew on.

Things get more personal when I talk podcast process: a fun recap of my buddy Raul taking over a music-centric conversation, plus a behind-the-scenes look at a guest recording that kept failing with Michael T. Ross from Aldo Nova’s band. And the heart of the show is my push to interview Angel Rico, a 100-year-old veteran, because World War II stories are disappearing fast and they deserve to be heard the right way.

We close with a quick vinyl record haul, a few deep-cut recommendations, and a Father’s Day run-down of songs about dads plus my best advice: skip the tie and just show up. If you enjoyed the mix of storytelling, classic rock, vinyl collecting, and real-life podcasting, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

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