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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico get to the heart of matters of least importance.
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BOOK NEWS: Signed Pre-Orders, Wayne White Art Giveaway & Sept. 14th Live Event in Nashville
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Season 2 has been adapted into a book from Simon & Schuster, available now
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about Keith Raniere and NXIVM.
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The end of one story is just the beginning of another.
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CR031/PH17 - Choices: George Jones' Last Run
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At least this whole story has a happy ending, right? Of course, whether or not that's true depends a lot on your personal definitions of both "happy ending" and "whole story" but, either way, today we reach the final chapter of George Jones' life. Don't worry, it'll all be over soon.
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CR030/PH16 - Another Lonely Song: The Tammy Wynette & George Richey Story
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Oh, you thought Jones had a hard time dealing with George Richey? Imagine being married to the guy. Today we say one of the saddest and most infuriating goodbyes we'll ever have to say, the one we say to Tammy Wynette.
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CR029/PH15 - Hell Stays Open All Night Long: George Jones, Phase III
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Oh, you're back to hear more things that will chill you to the bone? Then we can talk about what George Jones' life was like in the period leading up to and through the biggest hit of his career. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be afraid of a demonic duck or try murdering your best friend to test the existence of God, well, these are ques…
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CR028/PH14 - Divorce/Death: He Stopped Loving Her Today, The Grand Tour & A Good Year for the Roses
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It's a known fact that "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is the best and saddest country song of all time. But... is it?
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CR027/PH13 - Billy Sherrill's Nashville Sound
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What if the first serious opinions that millions of rock music fans formed about country music were based on a few massive errors which then got passed down to future generations? How long do you think it would take for society to build a fundamentally flawed history of an entire genre on top of such a foundation? Fifty years? Well, that's exactly …
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CR026/PH12 - Loved It Away: Tammy Wynette, On Her Own
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Following her breakup with George Jones, many people had many questions for Tammy Wynette. Well, they had questions for George, too, but he was a little harder to get in touch with, trying to drink himself onto a separate plane of reality from his conscious mind and all. So the questions went to Tammy. And she had answers. Then more answers. And mo…
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CR025/PH11 - Being Together: The George Jones & Tammy Wynette Story
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Though they were married to each other for little more than five years, the legacies of George Jones and Tammy Wynette are forever inseparable. This is partly due to their unprecedented success with creating music "based on the true story" of a romance between two artists, to such a degree that decades later there are still millions of fans who bel…
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CR024/PH10 - Stand by Your Man: The Anti-Feminist Manifesto
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Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" is one of the most well-known recordings in the English language. It was also a plastic explosive detonated at a sea change moment in United States politics and culture. Look around. We're still picking up the pieces.
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CR023/PH09 - Loneliness Surrounds: Virginia Wynette Pugh
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Country music is full of rags-to-riches stories, like the one about how Virginia Wynette Pugh became Tammy Wynette. In a way, it's true. Even after becoming the most successful woman country singer at that point in history, the life she lived was hard and painful. But if you want to know what actually happened in that life then she's the last perso…
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CR022/PH08 - Dallas Frazier: Can't Get There From Here
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Some of the best songs you've ever heard were written by Dallas Frazier. Don't recognize the name? Don't worry. You'll remember it forever after this episode, especially those of you who love Charley Pride, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Connie Smith, Charlie Rich, George Jones, The Oak Ridge Boys, Emmylou Harris, Gene Watson, Tanya Tucker, Bobby Ba…
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CR021/PH07 - Pappy Daily, Gene Pitney and How George Jones Came to Be on Musicor
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This whole story began with a pinball machine and jukebox mogul in Texas jumping over to the independent record business of the 1950s. When he hitched his wagon to a Singing Marine who became the Greatest Country Singer Ever, it served Pappy Daily well through the following decade. Then, out of nowhere, the ride suddenly ended. "What went wrong?" i…
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CR020/PH06 - All to Pieces: George Jones, Phase II
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In the early 1960s, George Jones had a huge hit record featuring such a phenomenal vocal performance it instantly turned him into a living legend. He didn't handle it well.
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CR019/PH05 - Wandering Soul: George Jones, Starday Recording Artist
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There are some personalities who would embrace being called The Greatest Country Singer Ever or, at least, settle into the role once it became clear the brand was eternal. George Jones did not have one of those personalities. The fame and fortune generated by his talent made him want to run away, so he spent decades running... toward something even…
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In North Carolina, way back in the hills, there's a centuries-old tradition of cooking illegal liquor. Whether you feel that's right or wrong, good or bad, may be determined by any number of factors but the objective truth is moonshine whiskey greatly impacted the course of United States culture on several occasions. Ever wonder why so many people …
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Now that we've established Owen Bradley as the single most important producer in the history of Nashville, let's take it further and acknowledge he's one of the most important figures in the history of all recorded music, even if for no other reason than assembling the first group of musicians to become known as the Nashville A-Team. Were we to era…
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CR016/PH02 – Owen Bradley's Nashville Sound
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What if the first serious books about country music contained a few massive errors which were then repeated by nearly everyone who's since used those books as a source? How long do you think it would take for society to build a fundamentally flawed history of an entire genre on top of such a foundation? Fifty years? Well, that's exactly what happen…
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CR015/PH01 - Starday Records: The Anti-Nashville Sound
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The story of a little independent record label in Texas becoming "a force" in the Nashville country music industry brings an outsider's perspective to the anatomy of a machine. Going from backwoods honky tonks and roadhouse jukeboxes to stretch limos and private planes takes a lot of crooked deals and shameless hustle. When confronted by a powerful…
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about the movie Cats.
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about late-'90s rap-rock and MTV Classic.By April Richardson
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about their hate/love/hate relationship with Sex and the City.By April Richardson
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about life updates and escape rooms.By April Richardson
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about Tyler Mahan Coe while he's sitting right in front of us and then we all discuss '80s and '90s country jams and Waffle House.By April Richardson
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21. I've Hugged a Turkey (with Gareth Reynolds)
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about MoviePass (again) while Gareth Reynolds shares some really great scam (Scams! Scams! Scams!) stories.By April Richardson
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20. No More Serious Hunks (with Kristeen Young)
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico (with input from their friend Kristeen Young) yell about the lack of grown and seriously sexy dudes and also finance/business movies and TV shows.By April Richardson
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about their trip to Pump and the ranking of potato dishes in order of fanciness.By April Richardson
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April Richardson and Millie De Chirico yell about reality TV and the lives of hot people.By April Richardson
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