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OK, so I'm listening to one of my favorite podcasts this past Friday morning, the Friday Favecast by Fave, and at about the 16 minute, 30 second mark he asks a question that I have *NOT* been able to stop thinking about: "WHAT IS SOUL MUSIC?" He goes on to define the question further by asking, "How do you explain to a cat over in the UK or over in Japan or Paris what "soul" is?", especially if…