ANNOUNCEMENT: Book Adaptation of Season 219 February 2024Season 2 has been adapted into a book from Simon & Schuster, available now00:00:56
CR031/PH17 - Choices: George Jones' Last Run01 February 2022At 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.02:44:41
CR030/PH16 - Another Lonely Song: The Tammy Wynette & George Richey Story18 January 2022Oh, 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.02:20:03
CR029/PH15 - Hell Stays Open All Night Long: George Jones, Phase III04 January 2022Oh, 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 ...01:46:56
CR028/PH14 - Divorce/Death: He Stopped Loving Her Today, The Grand Tour & A Good Year for the Roses21 December 2021It's a known fact that "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is the best and saddest country song of all time. But... is it?02:15:36
CR027/PH13 - Billy Sherrill's Nashville Sound07 December 2021What 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 suc...02:47:19
CR026/PH12 - Loved It Away: Tammy Wynette, On Her Own23 November 2021Following 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 Tam...01:35:56
CR025/PH11 - Being Together: The George Jones & Tammy Wynette Story09 November 2021Though 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 deca...01:51:24
CR024/PH10 - Stand by Your Man: The Anti-Feminist Manifesto26 October 2021Tammy 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.01:55:31