One Hour Detours - a One Minute Tours Podcast
An hour is both a lot and not that much time. Each week I invite a notable guest to join me along with a comically large timer to speak about the issues that matter to them.When the clock hits zero, the interview ends. No fluff. No edits. No pre-written talking points.One conversation. One continuous hour. One Hour Detours is the brainchild of John O'Sullivan, best known as the creative voice of One Minute Tours, which took his community by storm when he launched it first in Melbourne, Australia, then in Minneapolis. Publishing weekly.
One Hour Detours - a One Minute Tours Podcast
Okee Dokee Brothers' Joe Mailander on being a Grammy-winning kids' musician
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Grammy-winning musician Joe Mailander of The Okee Dokee Brothers joins John O’Sullivan for an uncut, one-hour conversation about music, fatherhood, faith, and finding meaning in the simple things. From their early canoe trips that inspired a Grammy, to turning down another nomination in protest, this episode dives deep into the power of family folk—and why the songs we sing with our kids often hit hardest as adults.
New Album: Little Old You — out now
Album debut show: Ordway Theater January 10 & 11. Tickets available at https://ordway.org/events/the-okee-dokee-brothers/
Learn more at https://www.okeedokee.org
📍 Chapters:
00:00 Intro — Why The Okee Dokee Brothers matter
03:00 “Nature’s Music” (live performance)
06:00 The art of family folk
08:00 When kids’ music makes adults cry
14:00 Faith, simplicity, and the folk tradition
20:00 Saint John’s Abbey, brutalist architecture, and belief
31:00 Parenting, spirituality, and emotional honesty
38:00 Turning down a Grammy nomination
46:00 Fatherhood lessons and “Little Old You”
57:00 “Through the Woods” (live performance)