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Apr 2023
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311: It's Not a Job, It's a Lifestyle wi...

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
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Our favorite modern-day cowboy breaks down what a day-in-the-life of a long-haul trucker looks like and how he manages to drive his office over 120,000 miles each year.  Oh yeah, and you’ll also hear the chorus of a yet-to-be-written song called The Ballad of Tom Odom.
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