As promised last week, I will be making NFL picks on a weekly basis, so the first installment of those picks are included here. I also previewed the final three weeks of my summer book tour- which has gone by way too fast.

Driving home from Vermont last weekend, I wanted to listen to some music on the four hour drive home. Granted, I have been giving a lot of attention to Jimmy Buffett lately, and rightly so, and I always will. But I was drawn to listen to Irish music on the ride home, and I entered " Makem and Clancy" into the Google search bar, and started listening. Am I glad I did! This is the music I grew up on, and hung onto every note for years. It made the trip home so much fun.

The final part of the episode is , well, me playing some Clancy and Makem songs. Some are well known and some are "deep cuts." You'll always hear me singing JB's songs, but I'll never give up the Irish stuff. Here are a few songs for you to listen to. If you like them, by all means, learn them.

Talk to you next week, and go Pats!