Any interview that starts with squats and shots has to be a good one! This week, Ben learns more about Mackenzie Carpenter’s pre-show rituals, the big characters in her childhood neighbourhood who inspired some of her songs, and her friendship with Megan Moroney. 

Through Mackenzie’s stories, we travel to her tiny hometown in Georgia where they’d hold hootenannys on her back porch until the early hours; to Nashville where she made a new home for herself; and to the sands of Florida where she and her husband got married. 

Enjoy the hilarious cultural exchange between a London boy and a Georgia girl, as they each try to explain what everything from a chomp to a tailgate is! One thing is largely the same on both sides of the Atlantic though, and that’s country songwriting; they discuss why Mackenzie is a songwriter at her core. 

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