Nope Country Episode 3: Mr. Haggard Goes to Washington

Purple Shed Productions

English - June 21, 2017 04:00 - 39 minutes - 18 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 2: Pass the Biscuits, Toby

Next Episode: Episode 4: This Machine Kills Fascists

Most of Nashville is treading lightly around politics in the Trump era, but it wasn't always this way. We discuss how country first embraced the GOP, riffing on J. Lester Feder's work on Nixon and Nashville. Then we consider political messaging from Brad Paisley and the Brothers Osborne. Also: "celebrity cornhole challenge."