Take This Pod and Shove It
by Tyler Snodgrass & Danny Maupin
Comedians Tyler Snodgrass and Danny Maupin are building the ultimate country music playlist one song a time. Each week the hosts research and discuss a different boot-stompin' country banger that they believe is so good it might convert a country music hater, often with the help of a comedian guest. And then the song of the week is added to their public playlist!
Episodes
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Our Review of the New Album Snipe Hunter by Tyler Childers
Tyler Childers refuses to be pinned down. As one of the most celebrated country artists working today, his unpredictability has frustrated some listeners while also delighting others. This week we give our thoughts on the highly anticipated Snipe Hunter, Childers's new album produced by Rick…
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89: "Straight Tequila Night" by John Anderson
This week Tyler and Danny add the No. 1 hit "Straight Tequila Night" to their Ultimate Country Playlist. They also discuss Neotrad hitmaker John Anderson's impressive but sometimes overlooked career. Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For...
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88: "We Have Fed You All For 1000 Years" by Willi Carlisle
This week Tyler and Danny discuss Willi Carlisle's incredible new album, Winged Victory, and add its opening tack to our Ultimate Country Playlist. "We Have Fed You All For 1000 Years" (sometimes written as 'A Thousand') is a powerful union song over 100 years old, attributed to "an unknown...
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Catch-up and Mustard 9: Tyler and Danny's Songs of the Summer
The Take this Pod and Shove It boys are back and talking their essential songs of the summer. They curate a Summertime playlist on the spot featuring songs from Zach Top, Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett (of course) and more! Got some quintessential summer/beach/vacation listening that we missed?…
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87: "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers
After some time away, we are back with one of the biggest country songs of all time! This week we finally add a Kenny Rogers track to our Ultimate Country Playlist, and we of course had to feature "The Gambler," a song that inspired a quintology of made-for-TV Westerns. Plus, you KNOW we discuss...
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86: "Time" by Tobacco City, w/ Caleb Doyle
This week we are joined by music writer Caleb Doyle (of Nightswimming music blog) to discuss Chicago alt country band Tobacco City. We add the Tobacco City song "Time" from their excellent 2025 album Horses to our Ultimate Country Playlist. Check out our playlist and the entire Horses album!…
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85: "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum
This week Danny and Tyler add Hal Ketchum's 90's boot-scootin', slice-of-life banger "Small Town Saturday Night" to the Ultimate Country Playlist. Also we talk about Jurassic Park for some reason. Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For…
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84: "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
This week is Tracy Chapman week on the pod! We add her gorgeous and heartbreaking hit "Fast Car" to our Ultimate Country Playlist. Unsure if it's country? Well, after it became a No. 1 country hit with minimal changes when covered by Luke Combs, Rolling Stone named it one of the 200 greatest...
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83: "Country Pie" by Bob Dylan
We've been waiting to do a Bob Dylan episode for years and the film A Complete Unknown is just the excuse we were looking for! This week Danny and Tyler discuss the late 60's era of Dylan's career where he became a country crooner. Post-electric and pre-religious, this is a beautiful time in...
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Country In Decline: A Look of the Inauguration Performances, w/ Danii Gallegos
Last week was the 2025 Inauguration, and of all the terrible things that happened, the most light-hearted had to be the musical performances. These performances included a number of—you guessed it—country acts, including Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Lee Greenwood, and what's left of Billy Ray...
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Our Favorite Country Albums of 2024
It's been 2025 for a couple weeks now, but we're still thinking about these incredible country and Americana albums from last year. In a year where everyone from giant pop stars to indie rock darlings were exploring country sounds it was hard to narrow our favorite albums down to just five. Hear...
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It's a Trucker Christmas
It's a special BONUS Christmas episode! This week Danny and Tyler discuss Red Simpson's Country Christmas concept album "Truckers' Christmas." We hope you enjoy and we'll see ya in 2025! Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For everything else...
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82: "If We Make it Through December" by Merle Haggard
For our annual Christmas episode, Danny and Tyler add Merle Haggard's hard-timin' working-class classic to the Ultimate Country Playlist. For all the joy it brings, December can still be a pretty rough month. Merle knows your pain, so give this tune a listen! Follow the link below to keep up with...
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81: "Gunpowder & Lead" by Miranda Lambert, w/ Dewey Lovett
This week Danny and Tyler are joined by comedian and author Dewey Lovett (new book DRINKSGIVING out now!) to discuss CMA darling Miranda Lambert, and add her revenge banger "Gunpowder & Lead" to our ultimate country playlist! Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to…
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These Songs Kill Fascists
This week Tyler and Danny present three classic protest country songs that are [unfortunately] still relevant, especially given the results of last week's election. Likely there are more country tunes that stick it to the Man comin', but in this week please enjoy "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You…
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Minisode: "Millennial Witch Girlfriend"
This week we humbly present a quick mini episode with Tyler's seasonal song "Millennial Witch Girlfriend." Happy Halloween! Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For everything else click HERE! Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start...
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Spooky Country part 2: Southern Gothic Edition
Danny and Tyler are back with three more spooky country songs from Alan Jackson, The Handsome Family, and Adia Victoria. This week the boys focus the haunting Southern Gothic sub-genre. Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For everything else…
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Spooky Country part 1
It's Spooky Season! Just in time for your Halloween playlists Danny and Tyler are here to offer some delightfully spooky songs. This week we discuss... "Vampire Girl" by Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale "The Rubber Room" by Porter Wagoner and "Water Witch" by The Secret Sisters and Brandi Carlile...
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A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson
This week Danny and Tyler talk about the excellent music, career, and stories of the late great Kris Kristofferson. Losing Kristofferson creates a huge hole in the musical world—he's one of the most singular and poetic singer-songwriters in all of country. Luckily, he left behind a wonderful...
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"Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" by Kris Kristofferson, w/ Zach Peterson [Recast]
This week Kris Kristofferson passed away at 88. In addition to being one of country music's greatest songwriters, he was a movie stars, a political activist, and one of the most badass dudes to ever live. This week we revisit our 2022 episode about Kristofferson, with guest Zach Peterson. Rest...
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A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson
We round out CONCEPTEMBER with one of the best concept albums of any genre (but especially country) of at least the last decade: A Sailor's Guide To Earth by Sturgill Simpson. The love/advice letter to his wife and firstborn son is an ambitious musical triumph that feels like country, soul, prog...
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Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville
CONCEPTEMBER continues! This week Danny and Tyler discuss the excellent album Lindeville from Ashley McBride and inspired by the character driven songs of country songwriting legend Dennis Linde. Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For…
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The Songbook that Helped Zac Maas Love Country
This week we go in a totally new direction: we discuss not a song, not an album, not even an artist, but a BOOK that was a gateway to country music. Of all things, it was the Reader's Digest Country and Western Songbook that helped this week's guest, comedian Zac Maas, discover his love of…
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Phases and Stages by Willie Nelson
We're back! And for the month of September we are doing something special—a series of episodes about concept albums that we are calling CONCEPTEMBER! First we are digging one of Willie Nelson's best albums (if not his absolute best) which came out 50 years ago this year, Phases and Stages, a...
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Minisode: The Twitty Burger Challenge
Support the show and get bonus content on our PATREON here! New TWITTY BURGER shirt here! Last week on the Patreon we documented the cooking and eating of Conway Twitty's legendary Twitty Burger. We loved it, and we want to encourage Shovelos to try making it for themselves and let us know what…
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Midyear Roundup: The Best Country Music of 2024 So Far
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) 2024 has arguably been one of the best years for new country music in quite a while. With acclaimed releases from favorites like Kacey Musgraves and Sturgill Simpson (er...I mean, Johnny Blue...
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Catch-up & Mustard 8: 90's Country is Back!
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) This week Danny and Tyler talk about their week of hanging out in Denver. Plus, we talk about the next Patreon bonus episode (coming soon!!) and play a new game, 90'S OR NAH?, in which Danny...
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Did Sturgill Simpson (aka Johnny Blue Skies) Just Release the Best Country Album of 2024?
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) After blowing out his vocal chords and leaving much speculation about if or when he might ever return to music, Sturgill Simpson suddenly dropped a new album, Passage du Desir. This week Danny...
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80: "Hurtin' (On the Bottle)" by Margo Price
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) This week we add the great Margo Price to our playlist and discuss her career, discography, and more! Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country...
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79: "Pink Skies" by Zach Bryan (plus The Great American Bar Scene)
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) This week Tyler and Danny share their reactions to Zach Bryan's emotional, character-driven smash hit album, The Great American Bar Scene. How did we like it? How does it compare to his self...
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Patriotic Country Songs with Joe Mande [REMASTERED]
This week we revisit a favorite topic: insane, pandering, patriotic country songs. Originally aired on July 4th 2022, this episode features comedian Joe Mande (Hacks, The Good Place, Parks and Recreation), who joins us in going down the un-nuanced rabbit hole of unabashedly pro-America country...
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A Non-Exhaustive Guide to Queer Country w/ Ali Clayton
We hope you'll consider supporting Take This Pod and Shove It on Patreon HERE!(Patreon.com/takethispod) To round out Pride Month 2024 we are joined once again by the hilarious Ali Clayton, whose new album, Country Queer, you can buy or stream now. Ali joins Danny and Tyler to discuss some of…
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What Rolling Stone's Greatest Country Songs List Missed - BONUS EPISODE PREVIEW
Want to hear the full episode? Get it by supporting us on Patreon HERE!(Patreon.com/takethispod) Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt For everything else click HERE! Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout…
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Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 3 of 3)
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE!(Patreon.com/takethispod) Rolling Stone's country division recently posted an article titled The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time—one of their famous lists, perfect for starting arguments with your nerdiest music...
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Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 2)
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE!(Patreon.com/takethispod) Rolling Stone's country division recently posted an article titled The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time—one of their famous lists, perfect for starting arguments with your nerdiest music...
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Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 1)
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) Rolling Stone's country division recently posted an article titled The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time—one of their famous lists, perfect for starting arguments with your nerdiest music...
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78: "I'm Just a Clown" by Charley Crockett
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) This week we're a day late (and probably a dollar short too), and so discussing the ramblin', hard-workin', hard-timin' Charley Crockett seems to make a lot of sense. Crockett is one of the…
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"Act Naturally" by Buck Owens [REMASTERED EP 2]
Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod) This week we present a remastered, re-edited, and re-mixed version of our second-ever episode, all about the great Buck Owens. We discuss his career with his musical partner Don Rich and his…
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Country's Greatest Diss Tracks
The feud between Kendrick and Drake has dominated pop culture the last few weeks, so we decided to take a look at some of country music's greatest diss tracks. Did you know country artists took jabs? From Zach Bryan to The Chicks to Kitty Wells and more, we've got a spicy list for ya this week!...
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77: "Dead Flowers" by The Rolling Stones
This week Danny and Tyler discuss the excellent country-rock songs of The Rolling Stones, and add "Dead Flowers" to the Ultimate Country Playlist. Though you likely associate them with classic rock and blues, The Rolling Stones' untouchable string of albums through the late 60's and early 70's is...
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Recast: "All Your'n" by Tyler Childers, w/ Kenny DeForest for Kenny DeForest Day
Today the mayor of Springfield Missouri is declaring April 23rd Kenny DeForest Day. It's Kenny's birthday and in his memory today kicks off the inaugural comedy festival in his honor, DeForeFest. We wanted to honor the memory of our friend by reposting our first episode with Kenny, when we talked...
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76: "Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis
This week the boys discuss one of country's best voices (not to mention one of the best guest voices ever on King of the Hill): Randy Travis! We add Randy's No. 1 country hit "Forever and Ever, Amen" to our ultimate playlist and talk about his infamous career. For just $5 a month you can help…
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This Aint Texas: Reviewing Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter"
This week Tyler and Danny give their reactions to Cowboy Carter, act ii of Beyoncé's Renaissance trilogy. Check out the episode for our thoughts, analysis, praise, and what we would have liked to have seen more of. Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram:...
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75: "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
After a 2-year protest, Neil Young is back on Spotify, and we are more than ready to add him to our Ultimate Country Playlist. This week Danny and Tyler discuss Young's country-rock catalog, and focus on his critically acclaimed album Everybody Knows This is Nowhere—and add its title track to our...
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Wait! There's More!—More Country Albums We Are Excited About in 2024
The Year of Yeehaw continues! We forgot to mention a few exciting albums on our previous episode, so we recorded this quick addendum for y'all. It includes info about Willie Nelson, Adeem the Artist, Orville Peck, and more! Check out our Patreon! Check out our new merch store! Instagram:...
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Cowboy Carter, and the Other Most Anticipated Country Albums of 2024
This week Danny and Tyler discuss what is, to them, the most exciting country releases of 2024, as it is truly the Year of Yeehaw. Already this year we've gotten excellent releases from Kacey Musgraves, Sierra Ferrell, and Willi Carlisle (to name a few), and soon we'll have new releases from...
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74: "Timber I'm Falling in Love" by Patty Loveless
This week Danny and Tyler discuss some of the highlights of 80's and 90's hitmaker Patty Loveless. From her prodigious start as an opener for Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton to her current status as a dedicated bluegrass musician, we dig into Loveless's long, impressive career. For just $5 a…
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73: "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard
This week Danny and Tyler finally cover "The Poet of the Common Man," Merle Haggard. One of the biggest names in country music history, Haggard has dozens of No. 1 hits and went on to influence countless artists and songwriters from across all genres. For today's episode we add his iconic classic...
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Love Their Country, with Kevin Casey White
This week we explore the connection between punk rock and country with comedian Kevin Casey White (Close Calls Podcast, Harangue standup special—out now on YouTube!). Specifically, we dig into Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' punk cover album of country songs. If you haven't heard it, you're in for…
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72: "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson
This week Danny and Tyler discuss Alan Jackson, one of the most successful artists in country music history. We add his pro-lake, coming-of-age classic "Chattahoochee" to our ultimate country playlist—though he has tons of hits to choose from, including over thirty No. 1 hits! For just $5 a month...
About this show
Comedians Tyler Snodgrass and Danny Maupin are building the ultimate country music playlist one song a time. Each week the hosts research and discuss a different boot-stompin' country banger that they believe is so good it might convert a country music hater, often with the help of a comedian guest. And then the song of the week is added to their public playlist!
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Tyler Snodgrass & Danny Maupin
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