Resign yourself to Trek. Resistance is futile. Everybody's got an opinion, sure, but who has the "correct" one? We do. It's us. The only Star Trek podcast in existence. Can you even? Trust us, we're right. Every time. You disagree? Wait that can't be true...
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A podcast where we hope to tackle the large and weighty tomes of great (or not so great) fiction we find pertinent to the modern world – heretofore to be referred to as Hell World. Each season of the podcast will tackle either one large work or one author, dissecting what makes them lasting and important to the modern hellscape. KoE is a group of podcasting sad bastards consisting of Wade Bowen, James Nolen, and Hugh Crawford. For Season 1, we read the entire 600k word 1300pg doorstop by Ala ...
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Country Confidential features never before seen or heard content from your favorite country music artists. They share stories from their careers, talk about their journey to superstardom, and all the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
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In Texas Toast, Miss Helen takes a dive into all parts of the music industry to gain and share a different perspective on how it all works. We'll be talking to songwriters, performers, booking agents, managers and more to give you a refreshing take on the music you love. Let's toast to Texas music!
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In “One by Willie,” Texas Monthly’s John Spong hosts intimate conversations with a range of prominent guests about the Willie Nelson songs that mean the most to them. But this series isn’t just about the songs. It’s about what music really means to us—the ways it can change us, take care of us, and connect us all. Songs featured in the episodes can be found on Apple Music. Listen here.
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Join writer/director Jared Moshé and actors David Call and Barlow Jacobs for a moderated discussion with Brian Brooks about their new film, "Dead Man’s Burden." Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, the film tells the story of Martha (Clare Bowen) and her husband Heck (David Call), whose struggle to make ends meet on their New Mexico homestead is complicated by the return of Martha’s brother Wade (Barlow Jacobs), believed lost in the war.
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Wade Bowen joins us this week, fresh off the release of his tenth studio album, Flyin. We discuss the back stories on most of the new tracks along with his recent milestone day at Globe Life Field and some great memories to round it out! Find Wade's tour dates, merch and more info at https://wadebowen.…
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Learn all the secrets and untold stories from Texas legend Wade Bowen! Listen is as we chat his new album Flyin. Hosted by Bobbi Dixon (Backstage Bobbi). Follow us on socials @allcountrynews. Submit to us at allcountrynews.comBy All Country News
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Back in the regular grind of things and man! What a week it's been for us. Still reeling from the Podcast of the Year win at the Texas Country Industry Awards and we've got four outstanding new songs to share with y'all like always! This week's picks come from Curtis Grimes, Tanner Sparks, Chad Miller …
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A Disco Companion Home: Sandwiches (Discovery S5E06-07)
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Two Episodes, two very different tastes. Sometimes you get what you asked for, and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Sometimes you don't expect to like something and yet you do. Because its well crafted. Why was the mofongo good? https://patreon.com/kickersofelvesBy Kickers of Elves
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TEXAS ON TAP: Week Nineteen 2024 (LIVE from the Texas Country Music Summit & Industry Awards)
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! This is no ordinary Texas on Tap because we're coming to you LIVE from Sawyer Park Ice House In Spring, TX for the 2nd annual Texas Country Music Summit & Industry Awards! We've got a few special guests on the show this week but nevertheless, four new outstanding Texas songs from Brandi Behlen, Teague …
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Today's guest is a quite peculiar one and you'll want to tune in for sure. While Brody Rivers is fairly new to music in general, he has already accomplished so much in the business and has his sights set on stardom thanks to a unique set a circumstances. Find Brody's tour dates, merch and more info at …
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Another Friday means more new Texas music! This week we're covering new releases from Jonathan Tyler & Paige Plaisance, Cooper Mohrmann, Jon Kott Band and Squeezebox Bandits! Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for supporting the show. Find all of…
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A Disco Home Companion Inferno: These Were Fine (Discovery S5E04-05)
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Resounding praise indeed! But with the grade A nitpicking you've come to expect, loathe and/or adore. Memory Alpha funtime rabbithole! Year of the Backlog: Enjoyment, not Obligation. http://patreon.com/kickersofelvesBy Kickers of Elves
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Ben Kadlacek is a Dripping Springs, TX raised, then Aggie singer-songwriter, now Nashville resident chasing a career in performing and songwriting. He's a regular performer on Broadway, specifically at Eric Church's bar. He shares a funny story about that, we get into the story of a quick one-off write…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We're talking young guns this week on the pod! New music this week comes from Nate Burnham, Clayton Mullen, Finis Smith and Jarrod Sterrett & The Hired Guns! Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for supporting the show. Find all of our podcast epis…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Garrison Nunn is quickly gaining name face recognition not only in his hometown of Montgomery, TX but all of the south. He's currently studying pharmacy at Belmont University in Nashville, and regularly performing in Texas and Tennessee. Find Garrison's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.ga…
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A Disco Inferno Home Companion: I Could Hate this More (Discovery S5E01-03)
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The finale looms before us. The final season of Star Trek Discovery. The End Begins! Wade, Glen, and Sean are back to talk about Disco. Do we feel obligated to? Sure! But also it's a good time. For us. To talk about it. And back up our feelings with reasoning. Like one should. Forget Status Report, a new end segment from Glen is revealed! Why add s…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We've got a nice mix of new country music in the taproom today! New songs from Jarrod Morris, Zack McGinn, Presley Haile & Zebb Rogers. Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for supporting the show. Find all of our podcast episodes in audio or video…
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Learn all the secrets and untold stories from country riser Elvie Shane! Listen is as we chat his new album Damascus. Hosted by Bobbi Dixon (Backstage Bobbi). Follow us on socials @allcountrynews. Submit to us at allcountrynews.comBy All Country News
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! New friend of the show but no stranger to Texas Music, Bubba Westly joins us this week to talk about his new radio release, creating his own lane in the scene and some of the struggles he's faced, along with all the cool stuff he's been up to! Find Bubba's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We've got a feeling you'll be doing some dancing once you hear the tunes we're sharing with you this week. New music from Darrin Morris Band, Mark Powell, The Wilder Blue and Tanner Sparks in the Tap Room for week fifteen of 2024. Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More T…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Luke Berryhill (as you know by now) is currently a catcher for the Triple-A Astros farm team, Sugarland Space Cowboys. As of last week, he is also officially releasing music to Texas country radio! Although a native Georgian, we're welcoming this multi-talented gentleman with open arms! Find Luke's tou…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Baseball is in full swing and just when we need it, Texas music is here to distract us! LOL Four new songs in the taproom this week as always and they're from The Great Divide, Luke Berryhill, Matt Mason and Jacob Stelly this week! Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More …
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S5 E10: Lucinda Williams on “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground”
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This week, one of America’s greatest living poets, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, celebrates the easy beauty of one of Willie’s most cherished songs, “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.” From there she’ll get into how inspiring it was to first see Willie do his thing when she moved to Austin in 1974; how weird it was, when she moved back to…
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MERCHANDISING with CODY HOGAN (CH LONESTAR PROMO)
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We're excited to share a new BOTTOMS UP! episode of Texas Toast with you all and it's a fascinating conversation with our new friend and partner, Cody Hogan. Cody is the founder and boss man of CH Lonestar Promo, the premiere merch printing and fulfillment company in Texas. Find more info on CH Lonesta…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Another big week following the T3R awards in Arlington and it's opening week for MLB! We've got four new songs this week to cover and they're from Matt Castillo, Ben Kadlacek, Deryl Dodd and Holly Tucker! Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for su…
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S5 E9: Lana Nelson on “Red Headed Stranger”
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This week, Willie’s first-born, daughter Lana Nelson, talks about one of the songs her dad used to sing to her at bedtime, “Red Headed Stranger,” calling his breakthrough 1975 recording of it one of the first times an album of his sounded the way he did at home. From there she’ll walk us through some wonderful family history...like dodging rent-hun…
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TEXAS TOAST B-DAY JAM 2024 with RICH O'TOOLE
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Miss Helen and Producer Kyle celebrate the THIRD birthday of Texas Toast podcast at Dosey Doe BBQ in The Woodlands, TX alongside friends and family and special guests Rich O'Toole, Paige Lewis and Charlie McCabe. Helen interview Rich in front of the live audience about his push and pull history with Te…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We're fully recovered from our third birthday party at Dosey Doe last weekend and back in the tap room to talk brand new Texas music! This week were covering releases from Cameron James Smith, Ty Smith & The Minor Offenses, Conner Stephens and Kin Faux. Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, …
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Texas Tailgate with Kyle Garrett (Re-Air)
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Producer Kyle Garrett was recently a guest on Texas Tailgate podcast with DJ Dugan of Smith Music. Go check out Smith Music if you aren't already familiar and learn a little more about Kyle on this podcast! If you love what we're doing here at Texas Toast, please support us by giving a 5-star review on…
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This week, one of the brightest stars of the Texas Country/Red Dirt scene, singer-songwriter Wade Bowen, examines “Me and Paul,” Willie’s 1971 chronicle of the road-warrior life he was sharing with his erstwhile partner in crime, drummer Paul English. It’s a perfect song for Wade to get into, partly because, as he rightly points out, Willie was a p…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! He may be Canadian, but we've accepted him as one of our own here in Texas. Corb Lund has a fascinating story to share with us on today's podcast about the making of his newest record and his relationship to Texas. Find Corb's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.corblund.com/ If you love wha…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Tomorrow party! It's our third birthday and we're getting together with some of our favorite musicians at Dosey Doe BBQ in the Woodlands. Hope to see you there! In other news, we're covering new songs this week from Jordan Rainer, Will Carter, Amanda Kate Ferris ft Jenee Fleenor and Jon Stork. Huge tha…
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S5 E7: John Leventhal on “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain”
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This week, six-time Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist John Leventhal—see Shawn Colvin’s A Few Small Repairs; his wife, Rosanne Cash’s The River and the Thread—discusses the song that first hipped him to the genius of Willie, 1975’s “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” He describes it with a producer’s ultimate praise, calling i…
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KYLE GARRETT on Timing, Crowdfunding & Too Many Hats
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! It's family day here at Texas Toast because we're talking with the one and only Producer Kyle (AKA Kyle Garrett, Tour Manager, Videographer of the year, Boss)! Kyle is putting out his second single of 2024 and we get into what he's doing to convince people he's more than just an industry guy. Find Kyle…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We've got some wicked pairs of tunes for y'all this week! One, a couple honkytonk love songs from The Western Express and Hayden Baker, followed by some heavier tunes from Jarrod Morris and Kaitlin Butts. Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for su…
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S5 E6: Susan Tedeschi on “Somebody Pick Up My Pieces”
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This week, one of Willie’s longtime tour mates, Grammy-winning blues singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, talks about a deep cut off his 1998 album with Daniel Lanois, Teatro, “Somebody Pick Up My Pieces.” It’s a song she and her husband, slide-guitar hero Derek Trucks, play almost nightly with their group, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and it gets her…
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JON WOLFE on Texas Radio, Billy Bobs & Tequila
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Jon Wolfe AKA Juan Lobo joins us today and talks to Miss Helen about his latest #1 in Texas, some radio stuff, his upcoming Live At Billy Bob's recording and then shares A TON of insight on success with our Texas up-and-comers! Find Jon's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.jonwolfecountry.c…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! It's finally springtime, the birds are chirpin' and the taps are flowin'. We're talking new radio and streaming releases this week from Wylder Wilson, Brody Rivers, Kate Watson and Clay Hollis. Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for supporting th…
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Singer-songwriter Bruce Robison is famous for writing highly intelligent, richly detailed country songs—that happen also to be incredibly sad. (See “Angry All the Time,” by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and “Travelin’ Soldier,” by the Chicks.) This week, he focuses on a track that first taught him how emotionally sophisticated country music can be, “W…
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JOSH ABBOTT on The Current State of Josh Abbott Band
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Josh takes some time away from his loved ones on Valentines Day to catch us up on what's going on with the Josh Abbott Band, their new album, tour dates, Panhandlers and a bunch of great never before heard stories! Find Josh's tour dates, merch and more info at https://joshabbottband.com/ If you love w…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! It's Springtime and you know what that means! Abundant radio releases, baseball and fishing! Well, at least in Miss Helen's world. Our picks this week include new releases from Garrison Nunn, Trent Cowie, Sarah Hobbs and Jaret Ray Reddick! Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket…
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S5 E4: Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die”
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This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright talks about a Willie hit of recent vintage, 2011’s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” That may seem an odd focus song for Larry, a New Yorker staff-writer known for tackling topics like Scientology and the rise of radical Islam, but he’s also a native Texan who’s written whole books on the…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Mike Harmeier from Silverada (formerly Mike & The Moonpies) joins us to talk about the big stir up they've seen following their recent re-branding. Mike sets the record straight and gives us something to look forward to with the rest of the new album that drops in June. Find Silverada's tour dates, mer…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We've got four up and comers with new releases this week that we dive into in the taproom today. Talking new stuff from Justin Hunter, RayNicole, Cory Michael and Michael Kelton. Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Creations for supporting the show. Find al…
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S5 E3: Booker T Jones on "Georgia On My Mind"
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Booker T. Jones is one of the true geniuses of American music, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as a keyboardist, composer, and bandleader (see “Green Onions,” “Soul Man,” “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” etc.), but also as a producer, which is the role he played in the creation of Willie’s 1978 masterpiece, Stardust. It was a highly improbable pairi…
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PARKER McCOLLUM on Staying Uncomfortable, Rodeo Houston and Babysitters
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! It was a great privilege to chat with one of Texas (and everywhere else) Country's most prominent people on the podcast today. We get into his early days and how it all feels now vs back then, some of his favorite people to write with and even talk about his shockingly famous babysitter. Find Parker's …
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Send us a text and let us know what you think! It's another huge week of Texas releases and we're talking about four today from Ghosts of Hill County, Cameron Wrinkle, Kolby Cooper and Bri Bagwell + many honorable mentions and other big news in Texas Country Music! Huge thanks to our friends at CH Lonestar Promo, Release Rocket & More Than Music Cr…
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In addition to being one the few artists to earn an EGOT—i.e. win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—Whoopi Goldberg also happens to be a big-time music nerd and monster Willie fan. On this episode she talks about his 1978 recording of “Stardust,” calling it “a love song to a love song” that, when Willie sings it, makes her feel like she’s floating b…
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