News Man Weekly: Mansfield musician Jody Odom Jr., Butler mayor & Madison teacher

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MANSFIELD — USA! USA! USA!

Did you know both the U.S. men’s and women’s hockey teams won gold medals at the recently concluded Winter Olympics? If not, you’ve been living under a rock!

Episode 86 of the News Man Weekly podcast opens with grumpy old host Carl Hunnell riding a full-blown USA hockey high after Team USA took down Canada 2–1 in overtime for gold on Sunday morning.

From there, the guys riff on the Winter Olympics in general, including the women’s gold medal win against Canada, and then slide into “What’s Carl Watching?” (Hint: It’s a trilogy of older fictional shows that involve Walter White and Saul Goodman.)

In News of the Week, we recap the top headlines from the previous week, including Butler Mayor Wesley Dingus being arraigned on two misdemeanor voyeurism charges; Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry’s upcoming State of the City address; and the Madison Local Schools Board voting to suspend an eighth-grade science teacher after allegations of inappropriate conduct toward students.

Finally, we bring in our guest of the week, Jody Odom Jr., a wildly talented local musician.

He discusses his songwriting process, what inspired him to get into music, the personal story behind tracks like “Forever,” and what’s next as he rolls out new music and collaborations.

(Below: Check out the new collaboration between Jody Odom Jr. and Najee Rawls.)

Hunnell and and Odom also reminisce about sharing the stage together a few years ago and the host apologizes for having to sing on stage.

Odom also reflects on the Mansfield music scene — what it was like when he first started, how it’s evolved and how his own perspective within that scene has changed as he’s grown as both an artist and a performer.

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