The original incarnation of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was on the national scene for only four years.

Let that sink in.

There are bands that have toiled for decades and never enjoyed the success that Skynyrd has.

The group that gave us “Sweet Home Alabama,” a song that’s still played often on the radio 45 years after it debuted and is one of the most downloaded songs in popular music, gained a national presence beginning in 1973.

Their rise to fame was ...

Guest Peggy Parker and host John Moore discuss how the Oak Island TV show and mystery brought them together as friends and led them down their own paths of research.

Back in 2011, it didn’t rain. It didn’t rain for a long, long time. It didn’t rain for so long that fires began to pop up where I live.

One of them popped up near where our oldest son lived, which also wasn’t very far from where we live.

It reminded me of the extremely delicate balance that’s required for all of us to live what we consider a ‘normal’ life. Our normal life was upended and replaced by fear.

I prayed that ...

“Who New?” is a podcast featuring regular people.

During my 25 years in broadcasting, I learned that quite often, the average people I met had more interesting life stories than the celebrities I interviewed.

That’s the idea behind this podcast. I’ll carry my recording gear around with me, and if I meet someone interesting, I’ll ask them to do a podcast. If they agree, you’ll hear it here.

Not to say someone famous won’t appear here, but my goal is to highlight individuals ...

Interview with Pam Pierce, daughter of Charles B. Pierce – the man behind the movie that reinvented independent films and made Bigfoot mainstream.

I’m fairly certain that I’m the only guy on my street who got an Instant Pot for Christmas.

At least the only guy who got a Pioneer Woman Instant Pot. With flowers painted on it. Really flowery flowers.

Now, before you assume that when Santa dropped it off, he also picked up my Man Card, let me explain.

I am a sucker for kitchen gadgets. And, the Pioneer Woman ran a small bit about my momma’s cast iron skillet in her magazine last ...

resolution (rĕzˌə-lo͞oˈshən) 

• n. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.

• n. A resolving to do something.

• n. A course of action determined or decided on.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

About half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution. But, a Forbes online article published this week said that 8 out of 10 of us will give up on it within the first few weeks of making it.

That’s just about everyone.

I’m not sure who the ...

Of all of the movies that came out in 1983, it ranked #39 in ticket sales. That was ahead of Amityville 3-D, The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, and Smokey and The Bandit III – but behind Porky’s II: The Next Day, Breathless, and the number one movie of the year – Return of The Jedi.

It’s likely that of all of the movies I just listed, you probably only remember two of them: Return of The Jedi – part of ...

My wife and I were watching the TV show “Blue Bloods,” and there was an episode where Tom Selleck’s character, who is the police chief of New York City, was asked by an injured officer on the force to investigate an incident with his son.

The dad had been shot in the line of duty and was not going to be allowed to return. He had asked for his son to be offered his position, but that had not happened.

The dad ...