What are your passions? Welcome to a new podcast in which writer and author, Joe Posnanski, speaks with select guests about their biggest passions.

Joe welcomes in acclaimed author Rob Neyer who talks about why he isn't defined by his day job. Rob shares how his passions for birdwatching and mountain climbing keep him occupied when he's not at the ballpark. Rob also lays out some ways that baseball has changed over the years and what is now more valued than it traditionally has been.

New episodes of Passions in America will air each Thursday. For more information on Passions in America, visit our website at passionsinamerica.com.