This week, I had the genuine pleasure to sit down with Medium Build, the indie-pop-country-folk fusion project of Alaska's Nick Carpenter, for an episode both bursting with dry, satirical humor and poignant musings on life. We talked about the authentic approach of his latest album, Country, amongst sidebars about whale fat candles, high school boyfriends, and family dynamics for a unique conversation somehow always making its way back to Shrek 2.