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" When we were kids, my favorite thing was coming to upstate New York where my family is from and hanging out with my grandparents' friends pre-Internet and them asking if we had stores or 'Do you have TV in Alaska?' "

John Gourley

Family

Alaska

New York

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Nike

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John Gourley

Criticism

Good

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Never

Day

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John Gourley

Become

I Feel Like

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John Gourley

Band

World

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