Ashton Powers interview: background and songwriting

• Was there a point in your songwriting where it clicked?

The hosts interview musical guest Ashton Powers (introduced at seg-00134–00135): born in North Carolina, now living in Witten, Iowa after meeting his wife (seg-00140–00152); picked up guitar at nine after hearing Elvis Presley and learned "Don't Be Cruel" in an hour (seg-00165–00186); started songwriting at twelve (seg-00238–00260); plus riffs on Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl," modern country music, and a Conway Twitty wig joke (seg-00260–00316).