Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Lydia Algueseva, Carter Country, Hondo Crouch, Wally Fowler, Jim Glass, Danny Levinson, Augie Meyers, Pat Molak, Willie Nelson, Dub Pierson, Harley Puckett, Johnny Rodriguez, Darrell Royal.
Sam and Johnny talk about rugged individualism, luck and circumstances as factors of success and achievement. They try to define rugged and come to the conclusion that it is a false concept. They also briefly talk about the movie “The Right Stuff” and various things about it. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.
Sam and Johnny continue their discussion on rugged individualism, what the rugged individual would posses as far as material things, knowing whether you have ruggedness or not and having the “right stuff”. They also make a list of people throughout history who have had the “right stuff”. Sam also discusses filming The Right Stuff and how hard it was to film yet everyone worked as a team and how writing letters are a more personal way of communication. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.