This Life Ain't For Everybody

An interesting conversation with Chris Knight on his experiences as a songwriter and music artist. Chris not only has his own chart hits but his songs have been covered other country hitmakers like Blake Shelton, Randy Travis, Ty Herndon, Montgomery Gentry and Confederate Railroad.

Chef Michael Hunter is owner of Antler Kitchen and Bar in Canada's most urbane city of Toronto. Growing up in the Canadian outdoors, Michael brings a unique style and flavors to his dishes that are unlike anywhere else. From bear heart to venison neck tacos he is a master to his craft.

Austin Riley is a third baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. Austin, played a big part in helping his team get into and win the 2021 World Series. Riley was instrumental in the Braves’ 4-2 series victory over the Houston Astros on a memorable Tuesday night to capture their first World Series title since 1995. We’re excited to talk baseball and learn more about Austin.

Ryan Bader is an American MMA fighter and the current Bellator Heavyweight Champion, the former Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion, and the winner of the 2018 Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. Recently Ryan successfully defended his heavyweight title against Valentin Moldavsky and talks about his future plans.

Many today know Mike Krukow as the color commentator for the Giants, but Mike also was a starting pitcher in the Major Leagues for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and San Fransisco Giants. Chad and Mike discuss some of the recent cheating scandals in baseball and how the steroids era effected the sport.

The first episode of the Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey Crescent Podcast Series hosted by Chad and Hal Shaffer. Hal is an Alabama native and lifelong outdoorsman but has a big background in the professional tools business. Hal was in a NASCAR Pit crew for many years and cohost's love of NASCAR and all-things-racing. The guys talk about Crescent Tools as a company and the tools they make for the working man. The guys compare the work ethic of today's generation with previous generations and there is much we can learn from the past.

If you're a company or individual who posts content related to hunter or shooter you probably have noticed the effects of how social media companies can just one day decide to lower your reach to just full on censorship of your content. Chad and Alex tackle this topic of social media censorship and the effects on the hunting and sport shooting community.

Excited to have singer and songwriter Hayes Carll in the podcast room. Hayes has the gift of storytelling and with his rock-roll sound he is a must have on the playlist. We talk about his experience in the music industry and the backstory to some of his hit songs.

Chad and Alex talk about classic comedy movies and the comedian actors in them. The recall movies like Revenge of the Nerds, The Handover, American Pie, a bunch of Adam Sandler movies like Billy Madison, Waterboy, Happy Gilmore and more.

We have Tate Fogleman and Justin Smiley both talented athletes in very different sports. Tate is a professional NASCAR Truck racer who had a dramatic finish to win the 2021 Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega. Justin Smiley is a former NFL guard player. He played college football at Alabama and was a member of the San Fransisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Oakland Raiders.