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 Illinois for a little while again too). This podcast is basically my trip journal. Were the new states like I expected them to be? Did I stay on schedule? Did the eclipse weather and traffic all cooperate? And how was it all? Listen and find out!