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Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain | Lex Fridman Podcast #469

Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain | Lex Fridman Podcast #469

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The History of One Tough Motherfucker

Charles Bukowski

“one of my favorite poems”
“I got to read you this. It's got to be one of my favorite poems. It's called The History of One Tough Motherfucker by Charles Bukowski.”— Lex Fridman

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Maps of Meaning

Jordan Peterson

“it goes back to that Jordan Peterson lecture about I think in maps of meaning where he talks about people who think more conservatively or more liberally”— Oliver Anthony
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Beard resonator guitar

Paul Beard / Beard Guitars

“this guy, Beard Guitar, Paul Beard in Maryland, he reached out, fixed my Gretch, and then gave me one of these and made it... he makes them all by hand. nice little family-owned place.”— Oliver Anthony
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Gretsch resonator guitar

Gretsch

“I was playing that little Gretch resonator that's in all the original videos... the pickup never would work right in it.”— Oliver Anthony
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Kubota tractor

Kubota

“I got a little K Cabota tractor for 0% financing and was like cutting like this property was a mile off the road”— Oliver Anthony
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Fortnite

Epic Games

“Fortnite is this gigantic video game where people go into an online world and they shoot stuff. It's fun.”— Lex Fridman
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Activision (inferred)

“I've wasted who knows how many hundreds of hours on Modern Warfare 2 and like I really built some great friendships from it”— Oliver Anthony