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Take This Pod and Shove It — 176 episodes
Our Review of the New Album Snipe Hunter by Tyler Childers
89: "Straight Tequila Night" by John Anderson
88: "We Have Fed You All For 1000 Years" by Willi Carlisle
Catch-up and Mustard 9: Tyler and Danny's Songs of the Summer
87: "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers
86: "Time" by Tobacco City, w/ Caleb Doyle
85: "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum
84: "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
83: "Country Pie" by Bob Dylan
Country In Decline: A Look of the Inauguration Performances, w/ Danii Gallegos
Our Favorite Country Albums of 2024
It's a Trucker Christmas
82: "If We Make it Through December" by Merle Haggard
81: "Gunpowder & Lead" by Miranda Lambert, w/ Dewey Lovett
These Songs Kill Fascists
Minisode: "Millennial Witch Girlfriend"
Spooky Country part 2: Southern Gothic Edition
Spooky Country part 1
A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson
"Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" by Kris Kristofferson, w/ Zach Peterson [Recast]
A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson
Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville
The Songbook that Helped Zac Maas Love Country
Phases and Stages by Willie Nelson
Minisode: The Twitty Burger Challenge
Midyear Roundup: The Best Country Music of 2024 So Far
Catch-up & Mustard 8: 90's Country is Back!
Did Sturgill Simpson (aka Johnny Blue Skies) Just Release the Best Country Album of 2024?
80: "Hurtin' (On the Bottle)" by Margo Price
79: "Pink Skies" by Zach Bryan (plus The Great American Bar Scene)
Patriotic Country Songs with Joe Mande [REMASTERED]
A Non-Exhaustive Guide to Queer Country w/ Ali Clayton
What Rolling Stone's Greatest Country Songs List Missed - BONUS EPISODE PREVIEW
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 3 of 3)
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 2)
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 1)
78: "I'm Just a Clown" by Charley Crockett
"Act Naturally" by Buck Owens [REMASTERED EP 2]
Country's Greatest Diss Tracks
77: "Dead Flowers" by The Rolling Stones
Recast: "All Your'n" by Tyler Childers, w/ Kenny DeForest for Kenny DeForest Day
76: "Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis
This Aint Texas: Reviewing Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter"
75: "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Wait! There's More!—More Country Albums We Are Excited About in 2024
Cowboy Carter, and the Other Most Anticipated Country Albums of 2024
74: "Timber I'm Falling in Love" by Patty Loveless
73: "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Love Their Country, with Kevin Casey White
72: "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees - BONUS EPISODE PREVIEW
Revisiting "Daddy Lessons," Beyoncé's First Country Song, with Ashley Ray (REMASTERED EPISODE)
Reviewing Willi Carlisle's New Album Critterland, with Deanna Ortiz
71: "Problem With It" by Plains, w/ Melody Kamali
Catch-up & Mustard 7: Hot Gossip and Heated Feuds
70: "Sour Mash" by Cory Branan
69: "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" by Lucinda Williams, w/ Tommy McNamara
Our Favorite Country Albums of 2023, with Stephen Taylor
We Love Kenny DeForest
How did our Spotify Wrapped 2023 turn out?
Does Country Belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? With Joe Kwaczala
68: "As Good As I Once Was" by Toby Keith, w/ Steven Castillo
The Take This Pod and Shove It Thanksgiving Special!
Patreon Preview: Ronald McDonald, Ned Flanders, and Mr. Bean walk into a Chicago bar...
67: "Cover Me Up" by Jason Isbell, w/ Dan Sheehan
It's Our 100th Episode! Yeehaw!
From Nirvana to Dolly Parton: "In the Pines" Through the Years
66: "Watch Me" by Lorrie Morgan, w/ Danny's mom, Debbie!
65: "All My Ex's Live in Texas" by George Strait, w/ Patrick Hastie
Pop Goes the Country Artist, with Danii Gallegos
64: "A Lesson In Leavin'" by Dottie West
Waltzing with God: Reviewing Tyler Childers' "Rustin' In The Rain" with Kenny DeForest
PATREON UNLOCKED: Music Pub Trivia w/ Tyler Jackson
63: "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink And I Don't Love Jesus" by Jimmy Buffett
62: "Canyon" by Joshua Ray Walker, w/ Dave Ross
Poetry, Horns, and Emo: Reviewing Zach Bryan's New Album, with Ali O'Neil
61: "I Don't Care" by Justin Townes Earle, w/ Max Fine
The Best Covers of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
A Country Tribute to Sinead O'Connor
Bad Music Sucks (Patreon Preview)
Catch-up & Mustard 666: Return of Slingerblade
First Ever Mailbag Episode & the Jason Aldean Controversy
60: "Jersey Giant" by Elle King, w/ Lizzy Cassidy
59: "Family Tradition" by Hank Williams Jr. w/ Lillian Stone
Mailbag Request: What is YOUR Gateway Country Song??
58: "East Bound and Down" by Jerry Reed
57: "Middle of a Heart" by Adeem The Artist
56: "Streets of Baltimore" by Gram Parsons, w/ Madeline Horwath
Luke Combs, T-Pain, and Vol. 2 of the Smothered and Covered Playlist
55: "What You Get Is What You See" by Tina Turner
54: "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen, w/ David Gborie
LIVE in Trinidad Colorado with Christie Buchele, Aaron Naylor, and Zach Peterson
Chat GPT Can't Write A Good Country Song (we tested it!)
53: "Don't Let Our Love Star Slippin' Away" by Vince Gill, w/ James Hamilton
52: "Good Lord Lorrie" by Turnpike Troubadours, w/ Stephen Taylor
Country Music VS The I.R.S. (Tax Day Spectacular!)
51: "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson
King of the Hill Loves Country Music! (Patreon Preview)
"Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine [REMASTERED Ep1]
When Outlaw Goes Gospel
A Country Tribute to Fleetwood Mac w/ Sammy Mowrey
Catch-up & Mustard 5: Country Business and We're Movin' to Tuesdays
50: "A Lifetime To Find" by Wilco, w/ Ashley Hamilton
49: "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" by Charley Pride
48: "John Deere Green" by Joe Diffie, w/ Dougie Poole
47: "In Spite of Ourselves" by John Prine feat. Iris DeMent, w/ James Fritz
46: "Tempted" by Marty Stuart, w/ Ryan Humbert of The Shootouts
45: "Years" by Sierra Ferrell
Patreon Preview: Music Pub Trivia with Tyler Jackson
44: "Favor" by Ha Ha Tonka, w/ Deanna Ortiz
43: "No One Else On Earth" by Wynonna, w/ Ever Mainard
42: "Something in the Orange" by Zach Bryan
Looking Back at Dolly Parton's Extremely Busy and Confusing 2022, with Amy Miller
Our Top Country Albums of 2022, w/ Dan Drees
Country Christmas Songs Vol. 2 w/ Tommy McNamara
41: "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" by Jerry Lee Lewis, w/ Charlie Vergos
Catch-up & Mustard IV: Take This Pod Turns 1 Year Old!
40: "This Kiss" by Faith Hill
LIVE in St. Louis with Matty Ryan, Chris Cyr, and Alex Kumin
LIVE in Chicago with Clark Jones, Lucia Whalen, and Mike O'Keefe
"(It's a) Monster's Holiday" and other Halloween Songs!
Country Music Goes To Hell w/ Bailey Norton
39: "Happy Hour" by Ted Hawkins w/ Nick Pupo
Willi Carlisle Brings the Thunder on 'Peculiar, Missouri' (Patreon Exclusive PREVIEW)
38: "Slow Hand" by Conway Twitty
37: "The Joke" by Brandi Carlile w/ Tina Dybal
36: "Pancho & Lefty" by Townes Van Zandt, w/ Chris Canterbury
Waffle House Presents: The "Smothered and Covered" Covers Playlist (vol 1)
35: "Mexico" by CAKE w/ Joe McAdam
Work sucks! Here's a Labor Day Playlist for ya!
34: "Kate McCannon" by Colter Wall w/ Chris Charpentier
Olivia Newton-John BONUS Episode (Patreon Exclusive PREVIEW)
33: "Let Me Be There" by Olivia Newton-John
32: "All Your'n" by Tyler Childers, w/ Kenny DeForest
31: "Feelin' Single - Seein' Double" by Emmylou Harris
Catch-up & Mustard 3: Twitty City Drift
30: "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain, w/ Dewey Lovett
29: "Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" by Kris Kristofferson, w/ Zach Peterson
28: "Neon Cross" by Jaime Wyatt
Patriotic Country Songs with Joe Mande
27: "Neon Moon" by Brooks & Dunn, w/ Tom Thakkar
Take These Jobs and Shove 'Em! (Patreon Exclusive PREVIEW)
26: "LA Freeway" by Guy Clark, w/ Rafe Williams
25: "Tulsa's Last Magician" by Willi Carlisle
What is Country Music's Obsession with Blue Jeans?? with Ben Kronberg
24: "She's All I Got" by Johnny Paycheck, w/ Amy Miller LIVE!!
BONUS: Shovelo Appreciation Minisode / "Some Songs Considered"
23: "Daddy Lessons" by Beyoncé, feat. The Chicks, w/ Ashley Ray
Drinkin' Songs (Patreon Exclusive PREVIEW)
22: "In The Jailhouse Now" by Webb Pierce, w/ Michael Timlin
21: "My Baby Loves Me" by Martina McBride, w/ Allison O'Conor
Denver Songs pt. 1 (Full episode on Patreon!)
Catch-up and Mustard #2: A Mullet of An Episode
20: "New Ways To Fail" by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
19: "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" by Hank Williams, w/ Greg Hess
18: "Folsom Prison Blues" (Live at Folsom Prison) by Johnny Cash
17: "Clay Pigeons" by Blaze Foley, w/ Shane Torres
16: "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" by Tammy Wynette, w/ Dylan Adler
15: "Good Hearted Woman" by Waylon Jennings
14: "Follow Your Arrow" by Kacey Musgraves, w/ Megan Gailey
13: "It Ain't Easier" by Yola
12: "Sin City" by The Flying Burrito Brothers, w/ Sam Tallent
11: "Crazy" by Patsy Cline
Catch-up and Mustard #1: Ten Songs Deep
10: "You Can Have the Crown" by Sturgill Simpson, w/ Eli Coyote Mandel
9: "Finally Friday" by George Jones
8: "The Pill" by Loretta Lynn, w/ Alex Kumin
7: "Vaping on the Job" by Dougie Poole
6: "Fancy" by Reba McEntire, w/ Ali Clayton
5: "Seven Spanish Angels" by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson, w/ David Gborie
4: "Jolene" by Dolly Parton
3: "Goodbye Earl" by The Chicks, w/ Caleb Hearon
BONUS Country Christmas Songs with Tommy McNamara
2: "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens
1: "Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine
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