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Podcast: Pol and Pop (Politics/Pop Culture)
Episode: Trip Journal: Six New States and a Total Solar Eclipse!
Description: Sometimes, it's right in the middle of the day, and suddenly the moon gets right between you and the sun and it gets really dark out for a few minutes. Likewise, we take a break from our usual series of politics and pop culture for this episode.I took a trip through Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas, scheduling it all so that I could see the April 8th solar eclipse in totality in Missouri during the trip. I got to get a "slice of life" for six new states (and got to stop by Il...