Bonus Episode 5: Companion Blog Post

To hear me get really excited about rhinestones while mom gently guides the conversation back on track, click here! For the full-length episode, subscribe to our Patreon.

To watch the Miley Cyrus Stand By You pride special, you’ll need a Peacock subscription. But, to see some highlights, you can go here.

Episode 4: Companion Playlist

In Episode 4, The Redneck-isode Part 1 we mention so many great songs. Listen to most of them here.

Over the past few months, we compiled our Ultimate Country on Rednecks playlist. It became our inspiration for this series.

To read an excellent assessment of the problem of Morgan Wallen and the larger, cultural issue of white supremacy in country music, check out this article and also this one. In fact, countryqueer.com is an great source for country music journalism and will help you in your search for your next favorite queer country artists!

Look for the Hillbilly documentary with a Hulu subscription or rent it from YouTube/Amazon Prime.

Find The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Dragging Dixie Out of the Dark online or (better yet) at your local independent bookstore!

The final redneck song we discuss, “Redneck War” by Ron Short is not on Spotify, but it IS on this compilation CD. I would love to direct you ANYWHERE besides Amazon, but that’s where I was able to find a link to purchase it.
I put another song by Ron Short and the Possum Playboys on our playlist as a placeholder.

You can watch Harlan County, U.S.A. with an HBO Max subscription or rent it from YouTube/Amazon Prime.

Download Redneck Celebrity Bingo Cards here!

This is the cookie jar we referenced. It’s a thing of beauty.

Purchase “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power” by Amy Sonnie and James Tracy here, or try your local library!

Episode 3: Companion Playlist

Episode 3, Wait, Am I the Girl in a Country Song?, is a MONSTER episode! So many songs, so many ideas! Find all the songs/artists that were mentioned/played in this playlist!

The Straight2L podcast is so much fun to listen to. They started out watching The L Word, but have since switched to watching The L Word: Generation Q. If you’re looking for the snarkiest, silliest analysis of a popular tv show centered around queer characters, the hosts of Straight2L will not disappoint!

John B Crist has lots of videos, many of which are quite funny. This is the one we played in our episode.

The official “Shut Up and Fish” music video is interesting in terms of what it shows and what it doesn’t show.

Our “Country Gal on Gal Anger” playlist has lots of songs worth exploring too!

Episode 2: Companion Playlist

Episode 2 “Cole Swindell, She’s Probably Just Not That Into You” aired on April 18th of 2020. The companion playlist of all the songs/artists that we mentioned/played in that episode is right here.

Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell co-wrote the song “Roller Coaster” which is why it appears on the playlist. One of Swindell’s many hits that leaves us cold. Yawn.

We also talk a little bit about the music video for Middle of a Memory. Watch it to see “Big Country” at work!

Episode 1: Companion Playlist

For all of our episodes, we want to provide you, the listeners, with a companion playlist. This way you’ll be able to hear the songs in their entirety instead of just the snippets we play as we’re talking about them.

Episode 1, Here We Go! is a “get-to-know-you” type chat between the hosts - that’s me, Sarah, and my mom, Mary Lynne. We ask each other questions and each give a brief musical history of our lives.

All of the songs and artists we discuss and play in the episode can be found here. It’s a long-ish list, but maybe you’ll find something you like. Happy listening!