52 The Podcast

Join Kristian and Cindy this week as they discuss sexy songs while listening to This Is How Love Sounds from 52 - This Year and So Smooth from the Southern Gravity Complete Collection. Also, dad jokes, parenting at the white house, and what makes Cindy cringe.

Have you ever smiled your way through a situation where you act like you know information about a topic that you actually don't know anything about? Join Cindy and Kristian as they look at What Love Is from 52 - This Year, and Ruth from Dark Water's first album. Plus some of the worst Dad jokes ever and the reveal of OGVG. Go exploring as Kristian and Cindy look for things they thought they knew.

Join Kristian and Cindy as they take a running leap into songs that are just plain funny. Catch up on Cindy's love of NASCAR, Kristian's love of resorts, and the newly minted Dad Joke Train as it pulls into the station.

This week's topic, “songs that people have tried to talk me out of putting on an album”, finds Cindy and Kristian exploring why and how your friends and label partners try to save you from yourself by talking you out of a song. They listen to If You Gotta Go Now from 52-This year and Sugarland's Honky Tonk Heaven, along with lots of fun discussions, dad jokes, and finally how much Cindy can't stand drinking tea.

Cindy and Kristian discuss the lead off tracks to the album 52 - This year, Can't Fix, and to Megan Moroney's debut album Lucky, I'm Not Pretty. Plenty of dad jokes, anecdotes, and grooves for this week's last episode before the final album of 52 releases.

Kristian and Cindy go on an epic journey through Kristian's history of writing songs for TV and Film. They listen to The Space Between Us from 52-This Year and the unreleased Sugarland favorite, Blood On Snow. They speak of recipes, tare weights, Chelsea Handler, Twilight, Wander Over Yonder, Turner Classic Movies, Wreck-It Ralph, and more. Lots of hidden music in the world that you likely didn't realize was created by Kristian. This one is an adventure so don't miss it.

Kristian and Cindy discuss the different names journalists use to categorize country music while diving into First Glass Of Wine from 52 - This Year and Plain and Simple from Troubadour. Oh yeah, dad jokes, dirty little secrets of journalism, and the brand new subgenre, bong water country.

This week Kristian and Cindy listen to the brand new Longneck With Jesus featuring Kristian's 90's band Billy Pilgrim and pair it with the song Father To The Son from the album Troubadour. Also, lots of talk about Kiss pyro, musicals, and the genius of Hall of Fame songwriter Paul Overstreet.

This week Kristian and Cindy discuss home improvement, songwriting, and lots and lots of dad jokes. Join them as they take a first listen to If I Could Be from the upcoming final volume of 52 as well as Very Last Country Song from Sugarland's Love On The Inside album.

This week Kristian and Cindy continue revealing new tracks from the next version of 52. They explore the humor in country songs by listening to Going Out Of Business and Sugarland's Steve Earle. Don't miss this one because the dad jokes are extra.

They discuss Queen, the Elvis movie as well as the geek side of a dad joke and what constitutes the “dad joke look”. On the ticket this episode, Let It Be Me from the upcoming Volume 4 of 52 paired with Sugarland's Wishing from the Deluxe version of Love On The Inside. From the 30A festival to touring stadiums with Kenny Chesney, they lay the backstory of each of these recordings and talk about how some songs carry the truth even when you don't see it as the writer.

Kristian and Cindy start up the new year with Already Yours from the upcoming 4th volume of 52 and Boys Like Girls' Stuck In The Middle. Join them as they welcome the new year and the new music from 52 plus lots of Dad Jokes and laughs.

Kristian brings 2022 to a close with a preview song from the upcoming last volume of 52. This one was recorded at home and was never intended for release. Come ring in the new year with a new song and some dad jokes. Until next year.

The very very special Christmas episode of 52. Happy Holidays everyone. Join Cindy and Kristian as they dive deep into Christmas music. Plenty of dad jokes and surprises

Cindy and Kristian talk tennis shoes, teenagers, and psychics while listening to Put A Dent In It from 52 New Blue. Kristian explains his life long friendship with Singer Songwriter Ellis Paul and they listen to Kristians production of Ellis' hit The World Ain't Slowing Down featured in the hit Jim Carrey movie Me Myself and Irene.

Kristian and Cindy bounce around their love of guitar players and songs built around guitar licks. This week they listen to Mirror Behind The Bar from 52 New Blue and Lindsay Ell's Wildfire from her album The Project. Plenty of bad dad jokes, good dad jokes, and guitar fixations for days.

Kristian and Cindy listen to New Girl from 52 New Blue and Little Miss from Sugarland's Incredible Machine album. They dive into the celebration of the female mind, and the challenge of writing from the perspective of a woman as a man. Oh, and some pretty amazing dad jokes.

Cindy has the week off and Kristian walks you through past highlights from his annual Thanksgiving shows at Eddie's Attic. You can hear performances by Canaan Smith, Ellis Paul, Chris Young, Brett James, Dark Water, and more. You never know what he has in the archives. Oh yes, and some truly terrible Thanksgiving Dad jokes.

Join Kristian and Cindy as they go into a discussion of Somebody Promised You from 52-New Blue and Stand Up from Sugarland's Incredible Machine. They explore what makes them each mad and why. Also the meaning of Kristian's tattoos, Cindy's tattoo wishes, and plenty of dad jokes.

Cindy and Kristian walk into fall, talk about southern food, relationships, and incredible new female voices as they listen to Crazy That Way featuring Stephanie Lambring from 52-New Blue and a recent production of Kristian's, Fix You Too from new artist Megan Moroney.

Kristian and Cindy go exploring two songs about leaving, Give Me A Road from 52 New Blue and Sugarland's Fly Away from the Twice The Speed of Life album. Listen to some Mom jokes, tales of county fairs, fondue, and the courage to start over.

Kristian and Cindy go exploring different ways to put social commentary into Country Music by listening to Great American Scream Machine from 52 New Blue and Sugarland's song Bigger from the album with the same title. Also, plenty of dad jokes, reading glasses, The Chicks, and so much more.

This episode is a rollercoaster as Kristian and Cindy welcome guest artist-songwriter Taylor Davis to discuss Man Like Me from 52-New Blue and Troubadour from the musical Troubadour.

Cindy and Kristian listen to Way With Words from 52-New Blue and What I'd Give from Sugarland's Love On The Inside album. They discuss what makes sexy songs sexy, what their favorite music is to make out to, and why long guitar solos are awesome. Plus terrible dad jokes, awkward teenage memories, and plenty of Prince and Al Green.

This week pairs 52 - New Blue's Sailing To Arizona featuring Chris Barron and Sugarland's live cover or Pearl Jam's Better Man. Cindy and Kristian talk about indoor bonfires, dad jokes, rock star rules, pet-able sneakers, 90's confessions, and more.

This week sees the pairing of When's The Last Time from 52 - New Blue and I Won't Tell from Billy PIlgrim's 1995 Bloom album. Cindy talks about how she can cook and scale a fish, and how electric guitars started her love of country music. Kristian talks about Dark Water, guitar heroes, and bad dad jokes. Without a doubt, it turns out, their 90's are showing.

Kristian and Cindy break the seal on the third volume of 52 with the lead-off track Diamond Motel and pair it with sunny Feeling Fine California from Southern Gravity. Join them as they begin exploring 52-New Blue, say goodbye to summer, and tell more debatable dad jokes.

Kristian and Cindy go in for a good one discussing You Can't Stop The Sun From Going Down off of In The Key Of Summer and Life In A Northern Town featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen from Sugarland's Love On The Inside Deluxe edition release. From Joe Cocker to Kristian's daughter, from Dream Academy to Nick Drake, don't miss this week's episode's run on sentences of joy,

Kristian and Cindy go exploring why good songs stay written. They listen to Working My Way Down from 52 In The Key Of Summer and Love Me Like I'm Leaving from Sugarland's Bigger album. These two songs help open the dialogue about when songs appear vs when they end up getting recorded.

Kristian and Cindy discuss Soft Place to Fall from In The Key Of Summer and April Showers from Sugarland's Enjoy The Ride album. They go looking for ways to break up with someone and wish them well, and some dad jokes that make your eyes roll.

Kristian and Cindy dive into Waking Up Lazy from 52 In The Key of Summer and Sugarland's Still The Same from Bigger. Both songs were written the same week. They listen to the work tapes, the demos and the dad jokes and stories about bears. Don't miss this one if you are a Sugarland fan.

Kristian and Cindy dive into songs that just make you feel better. This episode features Put A Smile On It from the In the Key Of Summer album and pairs it with Sugarland's On A Roll from the Bigger album. Oh yeah, and dad jokes, terrible dad jokes.

This week Kristian and Cindy talk about small towns, the Dolly Parton Parkway sign, hoe Joey keeps showing up in Sugarland songs and decorate the entire conversation cake with Dad Joke icing. Don't miss this episode of 52 the podcast featuring What Goes Up from In the Key of Summer and Everyday America from Sugarland's multi-platinum second LP, "Enjoy The Ride"

Cindy and Kristian discuss Headphones from In The Key Of Summer and Kristian's first solo single ever Love Or Money. Listen to them jump down the rabbit hole filled with My Singing Monsters, the beginning of the C2C festival in London and backseat carpool child powered A&R departments.

Cindy and Kristian jump in to 52's House Band and find their way to Matt Nathanson's Run from his Modern Love album. They discuss everything from MUNA to The Incredible Machine tour, and what makes a Sugarland feature. This episode goes great with air conditioning.

Kristian and Cindy escape the summer heat while they listen to The Mmm Song from 52-In The Key Of Summer and Light Me Up from Southern Gravity, From Hanson's Mmmbop to the Oak Ridge Boys' Elvira, there is not a lyric or dad joke they are afraid to explore.

Cindy and Kristian continue their conversation this time about band dynamics, new slang, delta 8, Zac Brown Band and the Grateful Dead, This episode features the song Faded from In The Key Of Summer and connect it to the rock band Dark Water's lead track Come Out from their debut album.

As the new album "In The Key Of Summer" makes its way to listeners everywhere, Cindy and Kristian explore the interesting connection between the lead off track Hail Mary and Kristian's 2017 single Sing Along.

Summer in in full swing on the podcast this week as Kristian and Cindy look at Tangled Up from 52 - In The Key Of Summer paired with the Sugarland radio smash All I Wanna Do. Oh yeah, and some terrible Dad jokes to keep your eyes rolling.

Kristian and Cindy dive head first into summer with Tequila from 52 - In The Key Of Summer and Flip Flops from Southern Gravity. Walk Responsibly.

Sometimes the world is so crazy all you can do is laugh and this week Kristian and Cindy continue to do just that as they look into the 52 song project's Don't This Life Just Kill You and pair it with Sugarland's It Happens from the Love On The Inside album.

--Live taping alert! Join Kristian and Cindy for a live taping of an episode next Sunday June 12th at the Big Machine Distillery in Nashville, TN. 12:30pm CT--Summer themes continue on the podcast this week as Kristian and Cindy look at a the latest release from Kristian's 52 song project, Everybody Needs a Somebody, a song co-written with two of Kristian's favorites, Lindsay Ell and Ellis Paul. The song is paired with another great summertime feel good song from Sugarland's Bigger album, Lean It On Back.

Life's a beach this week as Kristian and Cindy celebrate the start of Summer with a look at a yet to be released track from the 52 Song project, When This Shirt Was New paired with House On a Beach from Kristian's Southern Gravity album.

This week, Cindy and Kristian answer listener questions about touring, songwriting, and the 52 song project. Got a question for a future episode? Write us at 52thepodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (803) 900-5252.

The most memorable songs have a defining moment, and sometimes it doesn't come from the writer's room – it happens in the recording studio.“I'm Coming Around” and “Trailer Hitch” are elevated by the studio musicians who transformed the songs from solid album cuts to unforgettable, danceable hits.Kristian and Cindy chat about the stories behind the songs, and what happens when studio players create something fantastic and change a song forever.

Do they have sex or not?Songwriter Bobby Pinson, who co-wrote this week's songs “Gasoline” and “Want To” with Kristian, is the songwriter who made Sugarland decide if their songs were going to go THERE. And “Want To” is the song that forced the decision.Kristian and Bobby wrote the songs in the same room years apart. Kristian and Cindy discuss the stories behind the songs, and Kristian shares how “Want To” is pulled directly from his high school experience.

Sometimes there's a heartsick truth that lives cloaked in a buoyant exterior. “Heart of Yours” and “Stuck Like Glue” are the sonic personification of wearing your happy face when your soul bleeds. Kristian and Cindy talk about the circumstances that led to these songs, and Kristian shares his therapist's rules for pursuing love following his divorce.

Songwriter extraordinaire JT Harding is the glue that binds the podcast this week. JT has written hits for Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and more. He's also one of Kristian's favorite co-writers. On episode seven of 52-The Podcast, Kristian and Cindy explore two of the songs that JT and Kristian wrote together – “I'm With You” and “Dashboard Hula Girl.”“He has this attitude of gratitude,” Kristian says of JT. “It's contagious, and I'm like the happiest bouncing ball you know.”

Kristian and Cindy examine Kristian's new song Unbroken along side his theme song featured in the hit TV show "Say Yes to the Dress", Forever Now (Say Yes)

This week, Kristian and Cindy look at two heartfelt tracks, Mansion off of Kristian's latest release 52 ATL X BNA and Sending You a Sunset from his 2015 debut solo release Southern Gravity.

Episode 4 is the swipe Kristian says will embarrass his kids. It's also the episode he hopes they don't listen to because they'll learn more than they wanted to know about their dad.In this episode, Kristian and Cindy dissect his soulful "After the Wine Wears Off," which he calls, "the song to talk you out of being my girlfriend." They paired it with "Insomniac," a '90s cut from Bush's early folk-rock band Billy Pilgrim, about how much he wants a girlfriend so he can sleep. Contradictory? Absolutely. It's also two sides of the same musician more than 20 years apart.