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Curious Goldfish
by Jason English
Launching in 2024, the Curious Goldfish Brand is inspired by two episodes from the First Season of the Apple TV+ Series Ted Lasso. The “Goldfish” reference is about the importance of not dwelling on mistakes in life. In an early episode, Ted Lasso, the series’ namesake asks one of his players – after they were badly beaten in a play during training – what the happiest animal on earth is. The answer: A Goldfish, because it has a 10-second memory. Lasso encourages the player to forget the mistake and to not let it hinder his mindset. In other words, to “Be a Goldfish.” The “Curious” reference is born from another Season 1 episode where Ted finds himself in a dart match at a local Pub with a ruthless Football Club Owner. Lasso references a quote from Walt Whitman to “Be Curious, Not Judgmental.” So “Being a Goldfish” is a great start, but curiosity is an undervalued trait in today’s world. We don’t ask enough questions; we don’t inquire enough about each other and about life. So I want
Episodes
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Lyal Strickand: Missouri Farmer Trades Seeds for Songs
Lyal Strickland sold most of his cattle herd to make his first album in about ten years. Get the stories behind the episodes: https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Lyal Strickland's family has f...
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Michael Rudd: He's Facing Cancer Head-On with Music & Gratitude
Michael Rudd went 30 years without writing a song. Then came four albums in three years. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Michael Rudd was principal o...
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Shannon Lay: Getting Dropped Saved Her
Sub Pop dropped her. That loss is exactly what made her new album possible. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Shannon Lay says the day Sub Pop passed on her record f...
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Chrissi Poland:A Soulful Journey to Muscle Shoals
What's in the Muscle Shoals water? A New York soul singer went to find out. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Days before releasing Forever Muscle Shoa...
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Chris Pierce: He Can't Hear the Crowd He Sings For
He can't hear the crowd, and he calls every song he writes a love song. Get the stories behind the episodes → https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Chris Pierce lost most of his hearing at fifte...
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Abe Partridge: Immersed in Two Mysteries
One of American roots music's most singular voices, caught in a season of not knowing. Get the stories behind the episodes → ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Abe Partridge has lived three lives to get here: ten years preaching, ten in ...
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The CEO Who Hid His Guitar: A Chat with George Barrett
He ran a Fortune 500 company and hid that he was a musician; He tells me why he returned to his first love. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) George Barrett spent ye...
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Voiceless No More: A Chat with Alicia Blue
She never sang a note in college. Now Shooter Jennings produces her. Get the stories behind the episodes -> Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Alicia Blue went to college to be a poet and had never played...
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50 Years & Still Building: A Chat with Garry Tallent of the E Street Band
A founding E Street Band bassist, fifty-five years in, still says he's no maestro. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Garry Tallent came off a long run ...
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Quiet in the Chaos: A Chat with Anna May
She wrote her funniest song while crying in a grocery store. A songwriter with a PhD in breakups. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Anna May got the breakup text on ...
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17 Albums. Now What? A Chat with Michelle Malone
Seventeen records in, she is not sure the eighteenth is worth making. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Michelle Malone got signed to Arista out of Atlanta in the la...
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From Pretty Boy Teen Folky to Lifetime Achievement: A Chat with Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller got the lifetime achievement award. He almost dreaded the speech. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Rhett Miller has fronted the Old 97's for 33 years w...
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Three Records in Three Years After a Lifetime of Waiting: A Chat with Lance Cowan
He spent 38 years pitching Nashville's legends. Almost none of them knew he wrote songs too. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Lance Cowan spent close to four decade...
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The Chorus Came in a Dream: A Chat with Dwight + Nicole
They turned down the record deals their families begged them to sign. Twenty years later, still here. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Dwight Ritscher...
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Chris Trapper: Twelve Albums, No Backup Plan
He wrote a song about loss. Months later, his brother died. The song already knew. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Chris Trapper grew up the sixth of...
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Emerging from the Wilderness: A Chat with Barns Courtney
A billion streams behind him, and it's the fan dinners that keep the tour out of the red. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Barns Courtney expected his North America...
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Still Choosing Each Other: A Chat with Cicada Rhythm
A freight-train hopper and a Juilliard cellist on staying married by letting each other change. Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Dave and Andrea of Cicada Rhythm met when he ste...
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40 Years & Still Figuring It Out: A Chat With David Ryan Harris
A guitarist's guitarist on chasing craft over fame, and writing a song a week to outrun his inner critic Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) David Ryan Harris is the kind of musici...
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Blue-Collar Cowboy: A Chat with Matthias Lamparter
A blue-collar cowboy who spent a decade and his own money to earn a debut called 15 Seconds of Fame Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Matthias Lamparter took ten self-funded year...
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He's More Than a Clown in a Barrel: A Chat with Barrett Baber
A plane-crash survivor on loving something that hurts, and keeping AI out of his lyrics Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Barrett Baber built the album "Crittenden County" out of...
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On the Precipice: A Chat with Certainly So
Four friends from Mississippi State on the brink of going all-in on the band Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Certainly So, Colby, Tanner, Zach, and Chase, came together through...
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Shelly Fairchild's Waited Long Enough
She lost a major label deal twenty years ago after being outed. She stayed in the queue Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Shelly Fairchild lost a major-label deal two decades ago...
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'Don't Chase the Chicken' - Jon Muq on Stress, Songwriting & His Incredible Journey
A Ugandan singer who learned English from songs, played cruise ships, and landed in Austin by chance Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jon Muq grew up in Uganda learning English ...
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A Tattoo She Can't Remember Changed Her Life: A Chat with Caitlynne Curtis
A Halloween blackout she can't remember became the bottom that turned her life around Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Caitlynne Curtis talks about her album "You Need Jesus," a...
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Seventy is the New Forty for Dan Navarro
He almost refused to write "We Belong." At 72, his whole philosophy is just say yes Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Dan Navarro nearly turned down writing "We Belong" during a ...
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Authentic Sounds from the Shoals: A Chat with Craig Alvin
The Grammy-winning engineer behind "Golden Hour" on vintage gear, fear in the studio, and AI Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Craig Alvin is the Grammy-winning engineer behind K...
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The Other Carliles: A Chat with Caroline & JayJ of The Carlile Family Band
Teen siblings who played Red Rocks with Gregory Alan Isakov, thanks to Aunt Brandi Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Caroline and JayJ Carlile are teenage siblings making music t...
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Existential Indie Folk: A Chat with Abigayle Oakley
She calls her sound "existential indie folk," and her own worst gaslighter her muse Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Recorded at 30A before her run on The Voice, Abigayle Oakley...
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He Sings Songs to Buy Cows: A Chat with Tyler Halverson
Tyler Halverson wants enough cows to tell the world to get lost. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Tyler Halverson called in from his kitchen table in Nashville, gui...
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Country Music Hall of Famer Never Won a Single Contest: A Chat with Jimmy Fortune
A Country Music Hall of Famer who never won a single contest, on starting over more than once Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jimmy Fortune played Holiday Inn lounges before jo...
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She's the Fresh New Face of Folk Music: A Chat with
Host Jason English welcomes Stella Prince, hailed as the face of Gen Z folk, for a conversation recorded at AmericanaFest after her first official showcase at Nashville’s female-owned venue, Anzie Blue. Prince reflects on growing up in Woodstock, New York, singing as a child with artists like…
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She's the Fresh New Face of Folk Music: A Chat with Stella Prince
The face of Gen Z folk on Joni, Woodstock, and being a 12-year-old big-band radio DJ Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Stella Prince, hailed as the face of Gen Z folk, grew up in...
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She Soars in Song & Film: A Chat with Bird
A London-raised, Italy-based cellist who became an accidental filmmaker on the way to Americana. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Janie, who performs as Bird, grew ...
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Financial Planner by Day, Songwriter by Calling: A Chat with Stephanie Sammons
A Dallas financial planner who finally let herself claim the word songwriter Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Stephanie Sammons spends her days as a financial planner in Dallas ...
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Authenticity in the Age of AI: A Chat with Morgan Myles
She called off her wedding and turned the veil into an album cover Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Morgan Myles built her album "Laced" out of the wreckage of a called-off wedd...
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He's Living His Glory Days: A Chat with Pete Muller
A quant-finance mind and songwriter on living in the present, not the glory days Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Pete Muller has built a life across quantitative finance, cross...
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A Chat with Lydia Luce: "Mammoth" Year for Classically-Trained Musician
A conservatory-trained cellist who traded classical rigor for indie folk Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Lydia Luce trained classically in a conservatory before letting indie f...
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A Chat with The Thing With Feathers: Nashville Band Figuring It Out
A Nashville duo figuring it out, who almost threw away their best song before it became the title track. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Alex and Dave of The Thing...
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A Chat with Jason Hollis: Music Maker Now Making Other Dreams' Come True
A 30-year industry vet on why the future belongs to artists who own their work Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jason Hollis has spent thirty years in the music business, and no...
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Gray's Anatomy: A Chat With Tanner Lee Gray About Solo Career
A member of Certainly So steps out on his own, between band life and a solo voice. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Tanner Lee Gray plays in the rising band Certain...
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Nashville Artist Finds Freedom in the Unknown: A Chat with Sammi Accola
A Nashville songwriter on faith, the gray areas, and writing from Thistle Farms. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Sammi Accola makes Americana with a gritty edge, a...
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Rockstar Priest: A Chat with John Francis O'Mara
An Episcopalian priest who waited a decade to release a rock record Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) John Francis O'Mara is an ordained Episcopalian priest and a rock-and-roll l...
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A Chat with Sweet Megg: She's 'Never Been Home' Until Now
From jazz to Americana, New York to Paris, a singer finally finding home Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Sweet Megg talks about her album "Never Been Home" and the move from ja...
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A Chat with Lily Vakili: Assuming Competence & Embracing Change
A Kansas fossil museum sparked an album about digging up buried strength Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Lily Vakili built "Oceans of Kansas" around a visit to a fossil museum ...
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Midlife & Music: A Chat with Matthew Perryman Jones
At fifty, the parts of yourself you only meet in midlife Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Matthew Perryman Jones sits on a Nashville back porch and talks about turning fifty and...
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A Chat with The Band Loula: Swamp Grass is Here to Stay
Two North Georgia friends and a sound they call swamp grass Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Logan Simmons and Malachi Mills of The Band Loula talk about how the band came toget...
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Is There Anything He Can't Do: A Chat with Hall of Fame Songwriter Marcus Hummon
A Hall of Fame songwriter who set Emily Dickinson's poems to music Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Marcus Hummon wrote "Bless the Broken Road" and "Cowboy Take Me Away," and no...
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Louie TheSinger: Is he too Texan for Mexicans & Vice Versa?
Too Texan for Mexico, too Mexican for Texas, and finding a way back Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Louie TheSinger grew up in Fort Worth caught between two cultures, and his m...
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A Chat with Great Lake Swimmers: Thriving, Not Just Surviving, After 20 Years
Twenty years and nine albums in, the goal shifts from surviving to thriving Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers opens up about the band's ninth a...
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A Chat with Webb Wilder: Meet Him Again for the First Time
An Americana legend on aging, sobriety, gratitude, and a record called Hillbilly Speedball. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Webb Wilder has been an Americana fixtu...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Launching in 2024, the Curious Goldfish Brand is inspired by two episodes from the First Season of the Apple TV+ Series Ted Lasso. The “Goldfish” reference is about the importance of not dwelling on mistakes in life. In an early episode, Ted Lasso, the series’ namesake asks one of his players – after they were badly beaten in a play during training – what the happiest animal on earth is. The answer: A Goldfish, because it has a 10-second memory. Lasso encourages the player to forget the mistake and to not let it hinder his mindset. In other words, to “Be a Goldfish.” The “Curious” reference is born from another Season 1 episode where Ted finds himself in a dart match at a local Pub with a ruthless Football Club Owner. Lasso references a quote from Walt Whitman to “Be Curious, Not Judgmental.” So “Being a Goldfish” is a great start, but curiosity is an undervalued trait in today’s world. We don’t ask enough questions; we don’t inquire enough about each other and about life. So I want
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Launching in 2024, the Curious Goldfish Brand is inspired by two episodes from the First Season of the Apple TV+ Series Ted Lasso. The “Goldfish” reference is about the importance of not dwelling on mistakes in life. In an early episode, Ted Lasso, the series’ namesake asks one of his players –...
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