[herr_oberst]

I listened to this whole interview on his podcast; it's a couple of hours long, (this Youtube hit is just a snippet) and the whole time, I was hanging on every word. Mears was my guy in the '80's.
(Disclosure, I love Mears, but I also think he props up his humble act a little, maybe in the same way that British expats sometimes goose the accent to impress the audience)

I love podcasts of all stripes but these interviews that Dale Jr is doing are becoming a real treat for me.
Last week he interviewed Ricky Carmichael, the motocrosser - it was fantastic;
Dale can obviously can get any Nascar driver or personality alive, and he does, and he did a good show with Little Al that was kind of heartbreaking. I think the combination of Junior's enthusiasm and the long format work together to bring out stories that other hosts can't or don't get.