#331 John Rich - The Cost of Courage

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🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

John Rich is an American country musician and singer-songwriter. He started his professional career as a member of the group 'Lonestar' and found mainstream success as one half of the country duo 'Big & Rich', alongside Big Kenny. He has written and produced songs for many other artists including Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, and Jason Aldean.

John shares his early childhood and the influence his pastor father had. Zuby and John discuss liberalism and the changing political landscape in the USA, how patriotism is ‘narrowing’, and the recent rise in religiosity among some atheists. John also shares his insights on developing courage, being a father, the state of the world post-Covid, and more.

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Timestamps:

(00:18) Introduction

(06:38) John’s father

(12:49) Liberalism & change

(22:42) Narrow patriotism

(34:27) The rise of religion

(44:33) Courage and censorship

(56:52) Authority, agency, and inquiry

(1:20:46) Fertility rates

(1:28:57) Outro

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0:00.0	Pain is a great alarm clock, always has been.
0:03.2	And I think looking where our country is going right now,
0:05.9	some of the elements existing in our country right now,
0:08.9	there are pieces on the board that should they come together the right way.
0:13.6	Immense amounts of pain can be reined down in this country. I am the man sick with the slang sick and I'm destined for fame do for the fan not for the
0:24.4	grant stunt near destined for pain I do not front I do not scam put some respect on my name
0:29.8	sick like a bane click and a bane you don't remember the name What's up, up,
0:35.0	up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world.
0:37.1	I would like to welcome you back to the Real Talk with Zubi
0:39.7	Podcast.
0:40.7	I am here today in Nashville in music city and I'm really looking forward to
0:46.5	introducing our next guest he is a musician he is a country music star. He is a man of faith, a man of God. He is a powerful
0:57.0	influential voice and this is the one and only John Rich. Welcome to the show.
1:00.7	Welcome to Tennessee man. Good to have you. Good to meet you in person 100% man great yeah yeah for sure
1:06.0	Awesome John I've done a brief intro there and a lot of my listeners will already know who you are but for those who may not can you please introduce yourself.
1:14.0	Sure so I grew up in a little town in Texas called Amarillo Texas up in the
1:18.6	panhandle up in the top my dad has been preaching since he was 19 and he's now 72.
1:27.0	Grew up around him watching him, preaching a lot of prisons.
1:31.0	He did 34 Mardi Gras in a row down in the French
1:35.1	quarter, preaching in the French quarter during Mardi Gras, just imagine that.
1:39.1	Grew up around a lot of veterans, you know, the World War II generation, my grandparents got spent
1:44.4	lots of time around them and you know when you grow up around people like that
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