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.

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.