Country Air

This week on the podcast we tackle the second most polarizing genre in music-- Christmas music. When can you listen to it? Should you listen to it? Why are people still recording it? What's the best original Christmas music?

This last week in country music was different than most-- artists shared their opinions on subjects not often discussed. Anderson East and Miranda Lambert spoke out against lip-syncing (Garth Brooks) and Keith Urban used his voice and platform to speak out for women.

This year's list of CMA Awards nominees are full of surprises and a few shoe-ins. A few new names are on the ballots and couple that haven't been on the ballot in a while are there-- Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire. But, who's actually going to walk away with a trophy or two?

We run through all the new music of the month– and there's a lot. We cover everything from Luke Bryan to Steve Moakler and Carl Pearce to Taylor Swift. There's even one we were both wanting to hate but couldn't help but love.

An insider's look at what happened in the country music industry since the Las Vegas shooting and Drew reports live from Jason Aldean's first show since the shooting in Tulsa.

During this week's episode we discuss the big-time pop culture events of the past week-- Miss America, "Bachelor in Paradise" finale and Hand-in-Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

The New Taylor Swift finds herself in old territory-- a CMA Awards nominee. But, there are more to the nominations than her return, like-- what's up with ignoring Jason Aldean? Where are the ladies?

On just about every country album you will find a song about God. These songs can be good, bad, and ugly. So we invited a pastor in to talk about how country music thinks about God.

If a country music song doesn't mention alcohol in some way, is it really a country song? What is a drinking song? Let's dig deeper.

What's up with summer TV? Is it the best or the worst? Let's discuss it.

Will reality TV singing competitions ever end? Will "American Idol" be good? Can you find love on "The Bachelor"? Could any country music stars be on "Survivor"?

During this episode of the podcast, we take a stand on letting celebrities sing the National Anthem if they want to sing it and other things celebrities should be allowed to do whenever they want to do them.

During this episode of the podcast we discuss a few songs so rich in a story, that we can't help but wonder-- what happened after the song ended? Did Fancy really become a great woman? If Papa was in the pen and Mama was in the graveyard, where did the kids go? Some songs just need sequels.

During this episode, we ask: Is Nashville a hockey city? It sure seems like it is. We discuss Carrie Underwood's impact on the Nashville sports scene, why Lauren hates the Predators as a mascot, and the strange way cities decide to name their teams.

During this episode of the podcast we took a deep dive into Hollywood's favorits topic-- the apocalypse. No zombies or Kirk Cameron books or anything-- just, everyone in Nashville woke up and they were the only people left on Earth.

During this episode of the podcast, our first, we take a deep dive into music-- particularly, songs we've always loved, the songs we first loved and songs that never grow old. And yes, things turn colorful when Drew and I discovered are common interest in Garth Brooks' No. 1 hit, "That Summer." onecountry.com