Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: I don't know if you have ever gone to an auction. It is so much fun. There's nothing quite like going and hearing a fast-paced bidding war, ...

Some people might be considered good at “fast talk,” the kind of coy influencing that it takes to strike a business deal or make a sale. Auctioneers are trained in a more literal kind of fast talking ...