Kirsten Adamson joins us for an in-depth discussion about her debut self-titled album. For the synaptically challenged among you, that means it's called "Kirsten Adamson." We go through the album track by track to glean Kirsten's insights on the songs from both a writing and production standpoint. We also ask her to rate the weirdness factor of fans of her dad's band who've been aware of her since she was young now taking an interest in her career. Spoiler alert: she doesn't think it's very weird. After the interview, Svein and Tom go over a few Big Country topics, including the upcoming Seer tour and a potential revival of our Seer Robin Millar Mix petition.

Tom returns to the show after a five month absence just in time to celebrate the fiftieth episode of the podcast. Svein and Tom discuss current happenings in Big Country land and receive a congratulatory message from a special guest. Well, special to Tom and Svein, anyway. After 30 years, thanks to a Polish listener, Tom learns how to pronounce Mark's last name. Well, maybe. Then the hosts tackle a series of Big Country questions with a three-minute time limit for their combined answers. Once the buzzer rings, it's on to the next question. Finally, the show mercifully ends as Tom and Svein bathe in riches. Separately.

Svein and special guesting co-host CJ Wade take a look at Big Country cover versions and do a top 10 countdown of their favourites. They discover significant discrepancies in their lists. They also look at the recent line-up changes in the band.

Svein and Arlin are back with the second and final part of their track-by-track discussion on Tony Butler's 1997 solo album The Great Unknown.

Svein and guest co-host Arlin Bartels take a look at Tony Butler's activities during Big Country's hiatus in 1997, including the launch of Great Western Records and his first solo album The Great Unknown. The episode contains the first part of a track-by-track discussion of the album.

Tom and Svein, with JfnG occasionally contributing from Tom's hallway, take a closer look at the band's recent, current and possible near future activities. What's been going on, what is going on, and what are we hoping to see in the future? The guys also take a closer look at the crowdsourcing model and discuss if/how this would fit for Big Country.

This is NOT an episode of The Great Divide podcast. Episode 46 will be coming soon. Although Tom and Svein are present and doing their usual thing here, the discussion centers around Tom's new CD, "We Were Here." This is a one-off tangent to the plot that we (especially Tom) hope you won't begrudge us for. We'll be back with regular programming very soon. In the meantime, perhaps some of you will find this discussion interesting and will perhaps even be inspired to listen to or pirate Tom's music. Learn more at kerchmusic.com. En...joy?

As promised, we play the fan-created, fan-driven audiobook of "A Certain Chemistry" in its entirety. Thanks to Tim Eldred for spearheading this great project, and to all those who lent their wonderful voices.

Tom and Svein are back, with special guest Tim Eldred. The three discuss the classic Big Country book "A Certain Chemistry," leading into a discussion about Tim's idea to create a DIY audiobook of the publication using fellow BC fans from around the globe. The audiobook will be played in its entirety in Episode 45.

Tom and Svein look back on the year, answer listener questions, and reveal the moments listeners ranked as their favorites in 2014. Also, a BC cover song is performed by Svein! Happy Holidays to all!