Try That in a Small Town Podcast
In 2023, Jason Aldean's groundbreaking song and video "Try That In A Small Town" resonated with a resurgence of conservative values in America. The writers of the song, Kurt, Neil, Tully, and Kelley, took the opportunity to launch the Try That In A Small Town Podcast. This platform allows them to reveal the true inspiration behind the song and discuss the importance of common-sense values. With a lineup of influential guests, the hosts will entertain you with the stories behind their music, while also addressing challenging topics affecting our communities and country.
Try That in a Small Town Podcast
New Year Cliches and Resolution Realities :: Ep. 36 Try That in a Small Town Podcast
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Ever found yourself awkwardly wishing someone "Happy New Year" in mid-January and wondered if there's an expiration date on such greetings? We did too, and we settled on a three to five-day grace period, but not without a lively debate! Join us as we reminisce about the past year, including Kurt's nearly tattooed escapade and our elusive RV dreams. As we navigate the quirks of holiday decor still lingering in the studio, we ponder whether to vent about last year's frustrations or dive headfirst into setting resolutions for 2025.
Our resolution talk takes a twist as we humorously dissect the perennial struggle of personal growth. Whether it’s battling the temptation of meat while on a diet or striving for a zen-like patience level in professional settings, we explore the universal challenges of change. Adding a personal touch, we share how cultural quirks, like being Irish, might just influence our temper and reactions, all while teasing the much-loved "thrash talk" segment, where things get candid and unscripted.
As the episode unfolds, we juggle new life responsibilities like parenthood and staying punctual with a sprinkle of humor and tales of "Christmas titties" fitness goals. With a festive clink of Evan Williams eggnog, we delve into holiday traditions and capture the joy of shared experiences like watching "A Christmas Story." Shifting gears, we tackle heavier topics, questioning the NFL’s approach to social messaging, while passionately debating college football dynamics. It's a rollercoaster of camaraderie, laughs, and a hearty welcome to the possibilities of 2025.
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New Year's Resolutions and Mishaps
Speaker 1By the time this comes out, I will have had surgery already. It's a minor procedure, but I can't work out or anything for a month, so I can't lift anything over 20 pounds until.
Speaker 3January 20th. His hernia is pretty hard.
Speaker 1And so, yeah, that was a little awkward.
Speaker 3They're basically telling their fans y'all are a bunch of racists and you need to stop being racist. That's what they're doing. That's what the message says.
Speaker 4To everybody looking down on that green football field.
Speaker 3They're being told, like a bunch of three-year-olds, like they're a bunch of children sitting in the stands, that you're a racist and you need to stop being a racist.
Speaker 6Happy New Year, Kirk. No, you can't say Happy New Year. Past five days.
Speaker 4People do. I don't like it.
Speaker 6People think it's like a oh whenever I see you in the new year. Happy new year. No, bro, that one Happy new year is January 1st and I'll give you the three to five day grace period, the Try that in a Small Town podcast, begins now.
Speaker 2Try that in a small town Town.
Speaker 6Podcast begins now. Alright, happy holidays everybody. I'm just going to get you mad right off the top. What are you going to talk about? Happy holidays, we've started.
Speaker 3Why, why are you going to keep that going? How long are we going to keep this going Back for a while? It's my favorite.
Speaker 4It's the only thing that makes you smile. I'm so sad after.
Speaker 3Christmas, kurt. No, no, no, no, no. I'm not talking about that. Wait hold on. I'm talking about happy holidays.
Speaker 4I know, listen, listen, though it reminded me of something. I'm so depressed after Christmas. But one thing makes me smile, and it's Kurt's got this thing where. He doesn't like when anyone says like happy new year, oh, like after what's your?
Speaker 6it's like a week after Well, no, there, there is a, there's, there's a stipulation.
Speaker 4You get five days. Yeah, it's amazing time, and they all wish him happy new year.
Speaker 6No, you can't say happy new year. Past five days People do.
Speaker 4I don't like it.
Speaker 6People said people think it's like oh, whenever I see you in the new year, happy new year. No, bro, happy new year is January 1st and I'll give you the three to five day grace period. I agree with that.
Speaker 4Yeah, firm but fair.
Speaker 6That's it, anyway, we are coming to you from the Patriot Mobile Studios. We still got the tree up.
Speaker 1Pretty amazing, it's a Christmas tree not a holiday tree, no, but now we're past christmas, so now we can say keep it up happy holidays, because new year's eve is a holiday, it's not christmas you can say whatever you want well, I'm not gonna say merry christmas for new year it's a christmas tree in the in the new year, yeah okay, let's go with that it looks great yeah, if you.
Speaker 6If you haven't noticed, we got thrash here. If you haven't noticed, kaylo got thrash here. If you haven't noticed K-Lo Still angry TK. I'm Kurt. This is the Try that in a Small Town podcast and it's almost 2025. I'm going to drink.
Speaker 4Okay, let's start with the airing of grievances from the year before.
Speaker 6Oh, that's a good idea. Should we have it out?
Speaker 3How long have we been doing this, the four of us?
Speaker 1How many episodes? This would be episode 36, right, Jim Ish Something like that.
Speaker 6We're in the mid-30s.
Speaker 2I wish I was in the mid-30s and we're still doing it.
Speaker 6That's pretty good, and we're still friends, we're still friends. Yeah, at least once a week, we are yeah.
Speaker 4Couple disappointments we did not get an RV. I was hoping we would.
Speaker 6Yeah, and Kurt doesn't have a tattoo.
Speaker 3I think we sold that wrong, though I'm looking for a Prevo. I'm looking for a bus, not an RV.
Speaker 1Nobody's going to give us a Prevo? I don't think so. We can ask for it. We did.
Speaker 6We actually, to be fair, we did have a couple people come forward and say they might be able to help us out with their van or their, as you called it, the breaking bad winnebago, or whatever you know, yeah, my meth lab, yeah which actually would still be pretty, not with with the meth, but you know, of course not.
Speaker 4Unless there was some leftover we could sell for gas money. I was joking.
Speaker 6Help fund this podcast.
Speaker 4That's a New Year's joke, everybody.
Speaker 2Happy New Year.
Speaker 4That's what we call a joke here to try that small town podcast I like our new loose method.
Speaker 6I think it started with the Christmas episode.
Speaker 3It's now continuing. I know You've turned your hat around backwards.
Speaker 6It's fantastic yeah it's kind of like Stallone and what was the? Movie.
Speaker 4Over the top, over the top, you got your hat on backwards.
Speaker 2Lincoln Hawk.
Speaker 1Shoestring.
Speaker 3Shoestring you got your hat on.
Speaker 1Who did that? What's that? I don't remember, but it was a hit. I mean, it was a hit Must not have been no, it was a long time ago. What song Shoestring, shoestring, shoestring yeah.
Speaker 2Jim Google that Sing it Kalo.
Speaker 1I don't remember the second line, but the chorus is Shoestring you got your hat on backwards Shoestring. You got no listen, send it in, that sounds right, that does sound right.
Speaker 6Baby's got her blue jeans on that's a good one, oh yeah okay, airing of grievances, that's almost a good idea. Or should we go right to the new year's resolutions? Oh, airing.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, what do you think?
Speaker 4resolutions are fine. I aired my grievances already, but yeah, the RV and the Kurt doesn't have a tattoo still, because we didn't get a million followers, which I was way off on that. Yeah, I know. I think I set my sights a little high.
Speaker 3Yeah, a little bit.
Speaker 6Let's do a new one Regarding me, yeah, regarding you, absolutely, curtis.
Speaker 3Absolutely Well I can't wait.
Speaker 6Maybe people should leave comments of what the new?
Speaker 3For those of you listening, Kurt is staring at me right now.
Speaker 1Oh, I am Looking right through you. I don't really have a grievance, but I did have. Did y'all have any mishaps at Christmas, like anything that happened that you wish wouldn't, or you're embarrassed by, or anything Apparently you do. So, yeah, what happened at Christmas? K-lo Christmas. Do you guys remember the scarf that I wore the night that we did the?
Speaker 6Christmas episode. All I can remember is that creepy doll yeah, all I remember is the doll doll.
Speaker 1Anyway, it was you know it was a white and red. It was a white and red scarf. I guess they had it from Belmont. I think they sent it to us as a Christmas gift or something Anyway. So I also wore that to Christmas and took it to Love Fest, which we do. That it's an odd time, but anyway, we just did that the last three days Anyway. So I wore that on one of our nice nights and started smelling something a little bit.
Speaker 1I can't wait and what happened is, and I thought, man, this turkey smells like urine. Oh God, you know, not good. No, it wasn't good at all, you know. And then later I found out because, you know, went to the bathroom a little bit later and realized that I'm not used to having a scarf on and I inadvertently urinated on it.
Speaker 6Kalo, there goes the bouzouki the peed on the scarf.
Speaker 1The backpacker. Yeah, accidentally, I'm not used to wearing a scarf. Who wears scarves?
Speaker 6I mean, what kind of stream do you got? Is it going?
Speaker 1No, the scarf was very long. No, the scarf was very long. No, the scarf was very long. Obviously, I didn't put it on right.
Speaker 3No, it was just way down there Did you pee on the main scarf or the tassel.
Speaker 1Just the fringe, yeah, the little fringe stuff. And you didn't know, you didn't look down, yeah, so by that time it started to smell like a petting zoo.
Speaker 4The tiger enclosure and the tiger enclosure and I thought oh, that's not the turkey, it's me.
Speaker 3It's just weird that you eat those like urine.
Speaker 1Who made this turkey?
Speaker 6it is weird that you could use it for turkey. It's the best I've ever heard. Yeah, anyway it's fantastic.
Speaker 4What trick have you had.
Speaker 3I mean no, but it's fine now when did the hand sanitizer come into play?
Speaker 1everything's good, well, it was too late then.
Speaker 6because, yeah, hand sanitizer coming to play Everything's good, well, it was too late then, because yeah, did you throw the scarf away Febreze.
Speaker 1No, I mean I threw it in the washer when I got back home.
Speaker 3So you wrapped it and it's hanging down. I mean that's a good-.
Speaker 1I just did the one wrap.
Speaker 3That's a good two feet right there.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's not proper, probably. Anyway, that's it. I don't know why I thought it was this, but do you and Rachel share toothbrushes?
Speaker 6Does she ever use your toothbrush or you use hers? I know you wouldn't use hers, no, I don't think so.
Speaker 2I would expect a completely different answer.
Speaker 1Sometimes because she'll forget her toothpaste.
Speaker 6Oh yeah.
Speaker 1But yeah, I don't think toothbrushes.
Speaker 6I mean, we're all on the team. You can't share a toothbrush, right.
Speaker 1It. I mean, we're all on the team. You can't share a toothbrush, right? It didn't seem. I'm not sharing it depends. Yeah, no Desire it.
Speaker 3I mean, come on, guys, you're married, I mean, it's your wife. I know, but it's your wife that would be the argument, but I'm not there. What's keeping you from using her If you forgot your toothbrush on a and she offers it to you and she puts the toothpaste on it. No, why Not going to do it?
Speaker 1They'll give you a toothbrush at the front desk. What for?
Speaker 3No. I mean, I'm just saying I mean, I've used Lana's toothbrush before.
Speaker 6No, I understand the argument, I just wouldn't do it Really.
Speaker 1I don't know. Yeah, that's I mean.
Speaker 4Yeah, I mean, do you French kiss After a good game of spin the bottle? We sure do.
Speaker 2Down by the town square. It's not a regular thing.
Speaker 1That's the funniest thing.
Speaker 3Seriously, I mean.
Speaker 4Even if I was going to which I wouldn't, my wife would never do that. She's like germ foe of like K-low level maybe.
Speaker 6If you're a good game of was good, sure do that is really funny.
Speaker 3I wouldn't think twice about using my wife's toothbrush, and she would do the same with me. Lana, is that true?
Speaker 6okay, yes, we have. She backed you up, okay, are you kidding?
Speaker 1me, I mean you guys like.
Speaker 6Like I said, I understand the argument.
Speaker 3That's mild compared to what we've done Mild.
Speaker 6I get it. I get it Okay. So let's do this as we've said. This is really loose and that's kind of fun my daughter's puking right now.
Speaker 6New Year's resolutions. Does anybody do it and if so, do you have one? Do what New Year's resolutions? See, I'm in the boat where it's like. I usually don't, because I figure, if you don't have the willpower to do it something during the year, why are you saying, oh, january 1st, I'm going to do this, except I probably do this year. Oh yeah, what is it? I gotta stop eating like a pig yeah, I'm like an absolute pig.
Speaker 6I mean, well, you don't eat like a pig I disagree and my belly disagrees and my face and my three necks disagree no, but you just do it on uh, sundays right when you're just watching.
Speaker 1No, no, no, I'm in full-on feasting mode.
Speaker 6Well, you hide it well. No, I don't hide it. Well, I'm embarrassed. No, you do, I'm embarrassed.
Speaker 3You're insane. You look great, you look fantastic, you do. Yeah, thanks guys.
Speaker 6So I usually don't have New Year's resolutions. I usually don't believe in it. But I swear to you January 1st clean, go well you know what?
Speaker 4I know you're gonna do it because I remember a few years ago, um, maybe six years ago, you, you stopped eating meat.
Speaker 6Remember that it's really weird, because I am a meat eater, but I mean, but you didn't do it.
Speaker 4I remember we talked about you. Did it just for health reasons, not, not because you were.
Speaker 6Yes, no, I don't, I'm not the guy that believes in not eating meat for a while.
Speaker 6And it was one of those kind of crazy willpower things Like do you have the willpower to not eat meat, so what? Were you eating, Dude? I was like one of those Goldfish. I was doing the lentil pastas. That's all carbs, man. That's like going to put it on, but listen not the way that. No, no, no. I didn't eat white pasta, the starch pasta. There's a huge difference and I found this out. We've been brainwashed to think that carbs are bad. That is not the truth. I believe that.
Speaker 6It is white starch. That is bad.
Speaker 3Anything white.
Speaker 6Yeah, and that is what's bad, uh. But yeah, I did like my homemade vegan cheese and I was like I'm gonna do this for a week, got a week, I'm gonna do it for two weeks, did it for two weeks, do it for a month.
Speaker 3Different ended up being like nine months yeah, if it's a cheese, that's basically a carnivore diet yeah, I didn't eat cheese.
Speaker 6I didn't eat any dairy. That'd be difficult.
Speaker 3My wife lost tons of weight on a carnivore diet. She ate nothing but meat, Anything animal. She ate nothing else other than that.
Speaker 4I'm making her an all pizza diet and show up to the tour with a Hawaiian shirt. Let's go completely the other way. I'm going to eat nothing but pizza for the whole year. How much I can get? Wow uh, but did anybody have? Like a resolution or I have one I I'm gonna try to do it. It's really tough. It's the same one I do every year. You know what it is. Yeah, tell the people, gonna try to be more patient well, that's what I'm right.
Speaker 6But before you go on, I wish especially these two really knew you back in. Well, I got to know you the late 90s and through the 2000s and you've listened tell the listeners no, I will tell since we don't, we didn't know.
Speaker 3First of all, everybody should know who he was.
Speaker 6One of the best human beings you will ever meet.
Speaker 3I already believe that, and he is the most I'm was. He is one of the best human beings you will ever meet Well, I already believe that.
Speaker 6Please continue, kurt, I'm not kidding. He is one of the most loyal people I've ever met. He's got the biggest heart of anybody I've met. However, he could be impatient with some other people.
Speaker 4That's an understatement. I don't know why it is. I think I need to get my. No, you have changed bro.
Speaker 3I know, but I that's age, though, that's kids in age. Well, it'll work on you. You have to really work on that.
Speaker 6Is that really something you're going for, Because you've done it? Like to me, you've done it.
Speaker 4Yeah, but not compared to, like you guys, oh jeez.
Speaker 6My three mentors.
Speaker 4My elder statesman.
Speaker 6No, I mean, he put that in elder.
Speaker 4I know I have to find a way to be less quick to like snap.
Speaker 6What do your kids think? Do they think this?
Speaker 4No, I think with the kids I'm always real. I mean, I have my moments, so maybe the other people deserve that I think it's the business. Yeah, I know it's the business.
Speaker 6I think it's the business yeah, I know it's the business.
Speaker 4I think it's for all of us in dealing with people who don't know what the hell they're doing, who are in positions see see, I'm doing it right now. This is what they need, uh, but I'm gonna try that let it, let it go.
Speaker 2I'm gonna let it go, I'm gonna try. No, no, it does it does like I.
Speaker 4It does bother me sometimes like I'm quick to like snap, so I I apologize to everybody in this room when I snapped. I'm gonna try to thank you, tilly.
Speaker 3You're welcome, kaylo I haven't seen that side of him, yet I haven't seen it well that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 6He's already made the transformation. You've done it, have I?
Speaker 3transitioned you I don't think he'll snap at me because I'm like you know. He should be calling me mr thrasher at this point. I don't think he'll snap at me.
Speaker 4No, I really. I don't feel like I've ever snapped at it's people that that are incompetent.
Speaker 6Yeah, see, I think they deserve it. Yeah, it's hard.
Speaker 4I'm with you, but I'm going to try, though I do need to. I think I need to be a little more patient. I want to be, but then the Irish side of me is just like fighting.
Speaker 3Yeah, don't be more patient. I'm Irish too, and the thrash talk's going to come out huge in 25.
Speaker 6I got to say this. I've had numerous people, numerous people that have asked me where thrash talk. We teased them with thrash talk.
Speaker 3When is it happening? And then you bailed on it. You can't that. We teased them with thrash talk. When is it happening? And then you bailed on it. You can't, that stuff is unscripted.
Speaker 1I think it happens with everything he says.
Speaker 3I think he is thrash talk. I can get myself in a lot of trouble because you know I want to. There's a fine line between saying what I would say to my buddies and what I'll say on here.
Speaker 4Neil, I got to tell you something.
Speaker 3But it's kind of the line's getting thinner, Neil.
Speaker 4I mean this from the bottom of my heart. You are actually. I really look up to you in so many ways. But when you speak your mind, I think it's so genuine that it never comes out at least to me, it never comes out as negative. I mean you're, I love it.
Speaker 2I don't want to be negative.
Speaker 3But it's not. You're speaking as hard.
Speaker 4It never comes out as negative. It can't when it's genuine.
Speaker 3Well, sometimes the truth is offensive, and it's going to be, because sometimes people have a hard time hearing the truth. That's right, and I don't have a problem speaking the truth. And sometimes the truth is very offensive and I really don't care because I can sleep at night. I sleep so good when I get stuff off my chest, kalo take it. That's incredible. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 4That's why the elder statesman, that's why, see, I feel like I'm learning something. Kalo do you?
Speaker 6have resolutions. You actually strike me as the kind of person no offense that would have resolutions.
Speaker 4There's always a fence.
Speaker 6Actually I said that because you said that today it's like when somebody says no offense, they actually mean it as a fence.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean, I always have a few, I never have the one thing. But, like you, it's not just January. Like my resolutions are weekly or monthly or daily, it's kind of the same thing. But since it is a thing that we do, you know, one of them is and I have a few in this, no particular order. One is I'm going to try to be, uh, on time more often that's such bullshit, I think that is never gonna try let's clue people in you know it's not gonna, but I want to be.
Speaker 1How long have we?
Speaker 3known each other 20 something years kayla, I mean seriously how much of the percentage of that time that we've known each other. You've been on time.
Speaker 1Well, it's so few that we're both surprised when it happens.
Eggnog and Resolutions
Speaker 6What is that, though? And it's okay. It's not a horrible trait. No, it isn't. There are much worse things to have to work on.
Speaker 1Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 6I always underestimate how long it takes to do everything, even though I do the same thing every day.
Speaker 4Okay, that's a fantastic one. It's funny that because that's one of my things that lights my fuse when someone's late you two talk, you two talk. It's interesting, though, that we have that yin-yang, where you like to be late and I don't like that, but I have experience. But you've been on time for things with us, yeah, I've experienced that with you.
Speaker 1Yeah, but it just depends.
Speaker 6I mean, but anyway, that's one of them.
Speaker 1So I'm not saying that I'm definitely going to do it, but I'm going to try because I think it will.
Speaker 6I actually don't think you have the commitment, I don't think you really want to do that. I think you say you want to do that.
Speaker 3You have a new baby girl. I know it's going to get worse. You couldn't do it, you couldn't do it.
Speaker 1No, but the fact that I'm still just as late as I was before I had a baby, that's growth, that's kind of winning, I mean maybe she'll make you more aware of the time.
Speaker 3Maybe I don't think so.
Speaker 1Whenever?
Speaker 3K-Lo says maybe it ain't going to happen.
Speaker 1Well, but I will, and this kind of goes to Kurt and probably most everybody, because we think about January getting in shape. So so like for me um, I've got a, well, I will. By the time this comes out, I will have had surgery already. It's minor procedure, but I can't work out or anything for for a month, so I can't lift anything or? 20 pounds until.
Speaker 3January, January 20th.
Speaker 1His hernia is pretty hard, and so His hernia is pretty hard and so, yeah, that was a little awkward, but anyway so I can't work out until the 20th of January, but I'm really going to hit it after that and I'm hoping that by March I can work off these Christmas titties. That's what I'm hoping.
Speaker 6Buddy, you're in great shape. I am envious of how good a shape you're in.
Speaker 2For me and your age, you are in really great shape.
Speaker 3Wow, that was backhanded. That's a good title for a song, because it could mean a couple things. I mean you want to get rid of them.
Speaker 1I meant it that way, or mama's getting some new Christmas titties. Oh, it's kind of funny.
Speaker 3Oh my gosh, you could write that many.
Speaker 1Christmas titties talking about eggnog last episode and I said is eggnog pretty good? You know, it's like Evan Williams or whatever. And he goes oh yeah, I'll put Christmas titties on you right there.
Speaker 2And I never heard that before I just died laughing, I said that's hysterical.
Speaker 1He goes. I can't take credit for it. It's what my daddy always said you know.
Speaker 2So I thought it was just really fun.
Speaker 1But speaking of, do we have any? Do we have any like solo cups or any new cups?
Speaker 6because I want you to try something okay is that what this whole thing down here is about. Oh, what did you bring? Oh, it's Kalo came bearing gifts. Hold on. What do you got? What's going on, uh oh what is that oh? That actually looks amazing? Is that the stuff that does? Is that just?
Speaker 3the bottle that you mixed it in.
Speaker 1No, now, unfortunately this particular one. They're supposed to be full, but for whatever reason, it looks like they sold me a half bottle.
Speaker 6Are we sponsored by Evan Williams? Not yet. I'm hoping that we are. Yeah, maybe so.
Speaker 1I want Neil. That's Evan Williams, but Neil said he doesn't like eggnog at all.
Speaker 6But Neil said he doesn't like eggnog at all.
Speaker 2He hadn't tried it with any kind of skin. Oh, I actually love eggnog, so I just wanted to see if you would like it. You like the Christmas story too.
Speaker 3That's amazing. Me and Lana watch Christmas Story because these guys were talking about. It's a tradition to watch a Christmas story. Yes, We'd never seen it. So and lana sat down the other night and we turned it on and I probably looked at her like with a slow glance more than I watched it, because I thought it was so weird it's quirky, but I will say that's.
Speaker 6I would think actually I won't say anything. It's cool, you? No, you can't. It's a. Do we shoot this or just sip it, sip on it, so Caleb brought this.
Speaker 1It's the.
Speaker 6Evan.
Speaker 3Williams eggnog. Oh, that's the Evan Williams eggnog.
Speaker 1It's already mixed in there with convenience. Some people will add a little bit extra to it. That's fantastic.
Speaker 6Evan Williams eggnog.
Speaker 1That is.
Speaker 6Actually, caleb, let me see that bottle.
Speaker 3I think they owe us $1,500.
Speaker 6Hey, that is actually fantastic. Isn't that? Great.
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 3That's actually pretty good. That's actually really good.
Speaker 1I think they got a good mix in there. You can make it strong, you can add to it if you needed to. Ooh, that's perfect. Anyway, I brought that because it kind of pained me that Neil didn't like eggnog he does now and so I just thought, well, surely he'll like this. And so I just brought that because I had it in the fridge we left over from our little Christmas thing. How much alcohol is I? Mean I really like that. It's not like you're drinking straight whiskey or anything like that but it's just a good mix.
Speaker 6I mean, I might add even a touch more but it's pretty good.
Speaker 3Anybody with Evan Williams out there. We are sponsor hunting.
Speaker 6Yeah, we're in.
Speaker 3And we actually love this.
Speaker 1I can't believe I'm having a good time to say we're open. It's kind of a slow sipper, but you can also use it as your dessert, you know.
Speaker 6Holy cow Lunch and dessert, jim yeah. You have a new project and, by the way, we're open to sponsors. I want to put that on the table.
Speaker 3I'm shocked at how good that is. I'm actually shocked.
Speaker 1Right, I figured you'd like it. It's so good.
Speaker 3Evan Williams. Does it have dairy in it? Probably.
Speaker 1I would assume, if it's Because it says egg, that's the first.
Speaker 3Well, that's not dairy Egg's not dairy. Well, I guess it's a meat, it's a protein, it's a protein. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 6I'm actually.
Speaker 4I don't know, then Probably there's something in there that's creamy. This could be a problem.
Speaker 6I'm actually going tomorrow to get that Me too. No, that's fantastic. Grab me a bottle too while you're there. I will. No, that's fantastic. Merry Christmas, happy New Year.
Speaker 3And this isn't a sales pitch to Evan Williams' eggnog, but it's fantastic.
Speaker 1No, I just brought it from Bud's to try because I love it. I think it's great.
Speaker 3It's fantastic. Yeah, we can take it everywhere.
Speaker 1You can take it on your hunting trips. Is that what you said?
Speaker 6Which one Blue steel?
Speaker 4Allie, do you?
Speaker 6know which one Wow.
Speaker 3No, I'm glad you brought that, Kalo, because I've never had an eggnog that I could sit there and finish the glass yeah. I could finish the bottle, I think I will, you can, you can, but that right there is like a drink and a dessert yeah, that's fantastic.
Speaker 1I know that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 6Did you bring any more bottles with you?
Speaker 1No, it was just left over.
Speaker 2That's amazing.
Speaker 3Happy.
Speaker 1New Year guys.
Speaker 6How much a bottle?
Speaker 1Like 20 bucks. It's not much, I forget, but it's not much. No, I'm good.
Speaker 4I really do. On a serious note for those listening, it is good Evan Williams eggnog. So is that just the basic? Does that say original? What does that say on there? For like the, Is it?
Speaker 1just, I mean, it's just their, it's Evan Williams, bourbon and it's just mixed with eggnog Original southern eggnog.
Speaker 4Okay, wow, that's really good.
Speaker 3That's shocking, how good that is. That's fun huh.
Speaker 4I'm going to get some tomorrow though.
Speaker 6Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 4Yeah, it's exciting. Well, that was fun. Thank you, kalo.
Speaker 3You're welcome that We'll find out, Hope. So I mean we sold it.
Speaker 6I tell you that Are you kidding me.
Speaker 3Yeah 15,000 people. Just heard that.
Speaker 4I'm sorry Looking forward to this year on the podcast, so it's going to be a great year.
Speaker 6We're hoping that we continue to grow right. Yeah, it's been an amazing first 30-something episodes. We got big plans. No-transcript, we won't tell anybody right now, but we're going to blow your mind. It's going to be a great year right.
Speaker 3Year number two Right.
Speaker 1It's going to be great.
Speaker 3That's not a metaphor.
Speaker 1What? That's the nog? It's definitely not a metaphor.
Speaker 4You know what we got to do.
Speaker 2I'll tell you what we haven't done last year though.
Speaker 4Hey, I have a resolution. Okay, and this is sad to say, the four of us, we have not written enough songs together, totally.
Speaker 6Yeah, that's solid.
Speaker 3Are you saying that like? I'm saying it like what are you saying it?
Speaker 4like I'm saying, we haven't written. Like last year we didn't write enough songs together. We wrote you know, we try that small town, then we, then we started the podcast and we focused so much on that, yeah, that we haven't written enough songs.
Speaker 3The four of us together and it's great and it's my favorite why don't we, why don't we, why don't we uh? We did just write a great one. Why don't we write here, right here, right now? Why don't we set a day aside?
Speaker 4Sounds amazing To write once a week Wednesdays.
Speaker 6Wednesdays.
Speaker 1I'm in Okay.
Speaker 6You guys are, I'll do it Wednesdays.
Speaker 1My track record's pretty good, let's tell.
Speaker 3Kalo 10.30.
Speaker 6It'll be 11. I know, okay.
Speaker 3No, seriously.
Speaker 2Rachel does that too. Take a day, make it 10.
Speaker 3Rachel does that too.
Speaker 2Make it 10. 10, good grief who gets up there.
Speaker 3Me and.
Speaker 4Kalo usually write every Tuesday Well we're writing on Wednesdays, that's fine.
Speaker 1Well, they're your publisher, that's true. We're partners. Oh, you own part of the company. No, then you're not partners. Damn you. You write for them, seriously. No, you're not, then you're not partners. Damn you, you write for them.
NFL Messaging and Fan Reactions
Speaker 4Seriously, I'm serious though, like wrote a huge. It is hard like okay, I will say this when we do write and get a song, I feel it's hard to like everything's. That's a measuring stick, you know, and especially when we send something to jason that that'd be right, it's like yeah, we wrote, try that in a small town and tough crowd that and yeah, but it's a tough, that's tough to like. That's what he expects, you know. So it's anyway, guys, I love tough crowd like I, that's a great, great song me too, it's so's
Speaker 4so good, so good. Actually, you know what I'm going to do. We wrote a great song called Out in the Field. We should put it out on social media just to let people hear it.
Speaker 6Maybe let our listeners hear it first and then yeah, okay.
Speaker 3Lift it all out on the field.
Speaker 4It's one of my favorites. That's a good idea.
Speaker 6This is our New Year's episode. We're having some fun, we're drinking some Evan Williams eggnog, which Jim just told me is seasonal. So if you're going to get it, you better get it.
Speaker 3No, I'm saying get in the summer, you better buy a bunch of bottles.
Speaker 1They may not have it, so you have to buy quite a bit of it.
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Speaker 6All right, we're back. We just had another shot.
Speaker 2We are in on the.
Speaker 6Evan Williams. I mean we couldn't be more in.
Speaker 3This is coming out like how many days after New.
Speaker 6Year's no. This episode comes out December 30th, which is what day? Monday?
Speaker 3It is a Monday. Yeah, okay, so we're still in the. We're good. According to you, we can say Happy New Year five days.
Speaker 6Well, that's just my thing and Larry David. But hey, so we were watching football the other night and we all have a text that we kind of jump on and have some fun. And we were watching the game the other night and on the back of the helmets saw a thing that says stop hate. So we sent that picture to Neil and that set him off. What do you think about the NFL's messaging? I didn't choose love that night. I can tell you right now why are they writing?
Speaker 4it out Because I mean, you know it's obviously that happened during the you know very polarizing time a few years ago and they've kept. Now I don't see it on the back of the helmets.
Speaker 1Oh, it was on the back of the helmet that was on the back.
Speaker 4I was looking for it. No, no, that's the picture I sent. It's there, but not all of them, though. No, I think some players.
Speaker 3Some players just choose not to put anything except their team. Choose love, thrash, yeah, choose love. When I'm sitting there watching and not long after y'all texted, I see end racism in the end of the end zone. I'm going what? This is still going on. They're still pushing end racism and I'm going where is it going on?
Speaker 4That's a good point. Where? Just show it to me when are the racists Before?
Speaker 3you print it and paint it, show it to me. Where's it happening? They're basically telling their fans y'all are a bunch of racists and you need to stop being racist. That's what they're doing.
Speaker 4That's what the message says to everybody looking down on that green football field.
Speaker 3They're being told like a bunch of three-year-olds, like they're a bunch of children sitting in the stands, that you're a racist and you need to stop being a racist, and it infuriates me. For the life of me, I can't understand why they keep trying to preach that.
Speaker 1You know what's sad To their fans.
Speaker 3It's the dumbest move in sports history to keep pushing that narrative.
Speaker 6It's sad that I actually have become oblivious to it. Yeah, me too. It's just kind of gone and I don't even notice it.
Speaker 3I can't.
Speaker 6I wish I could I can't not notice it, and I noticed it, like you know. I'm trying to think like during the COVID years and, of course, after there was some big racial tension. Remember, the NBA did a lot of that. The NBA really pushed that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3They're down 48%.
Speaker 2Nobody's watching the NBA.
Speaker 3Nobody, nobody's watching, and I'm an NBA guy and you would think the NFL would take notice of that. I agree, I agree. Instead, it looks like they're doubling down again, just in spite of Trump or whatever it is. It just feels that way and I'm like have you lost your freaking minds?
Speaker 6I agree, get that out of it, please. Yeah, I do agree with that.
Speaker 4You know it reminds me, kurt. I went back and watched the Magic and Bird. Oh my gosh, that's so good, yep, and it's really. I miss those days of the NBA and it's gone. Like we don't have, you know, larry Bird and Magic and Jordan and all those guys to like it's gone. Actually, I used to love the NBA.
Speaker 6I did and do too, and you totally know this. I've been a Lakers fan my whole life. Like you know, I love the Lakers. I do not like LeBron James, who does.
Speaker 3Fair At this point in time. Who does, but no, like I don't like what heron James who does? Fair At this point in time, who does, but no?
Speaker 6I don't like what he stands for. I don't like the way he plays, I don't like any of it and it's ruined my fandom.
Speaker 3I can't even watch a Lakers game. It's ruined a lot of people's and like you said the ratings are way down. Yep, and I fear that the NFL is going to fall under that.
Speaker 6I hope not. I love the NFL.
Speaker 3If they keep it up, the fans are going to get tired of it. I fear that college football is. I hope they don't go there. They're ever so slightly moving that way, but I hope they don't.
Speaker 6I haven't seen college football. No, not yet, because the moving that way, but I hope they don't. I haven't seen college football, and no, why is that? Because the sec rules and the southern I don't know part of the country is. I don't know, dominating the fan base.
Speaker 1Hopefully you know, to y'all's point, just just let the game be the game you know, and and it's just like we don't like it when you know whatever celebrity comes out and talks about their politics says, hey, vote for. You know, I don't. I don't want to hear you tell me who to vote for.
Speaker 3I like your music and stuff, but I wish you just wouldn't say that you know, let the games be the games, play your music, but don't talk about that To where you know, 80,000 people have to stare at it. Every time somebody scores, there's end racism in the end zone. It absolutely makes. In fact, I have changed the channel. I want to find something pure and something truthful and something real.
Speaker 3I don't want to be preached to and for some reason, the NFL and Goodell and all those guys feel like they have to keep preaching to everybody like they're God and they know more than the fans know, the very ones that are paying the ticket prices and spending hundreds and thousands of dollars to come watch these teams play. The last thing they want to be is preached to and the last thing they want to see is that in the end zone. Because it ain't real, it ain't true, because you know why they put it in the end zone because it's safe. They have yet to prove that that much racism is still going on in America, because it doesn't exist, because they've yet to still, to this day, prove it that it's happening.
Speaker 6That is what you call thrash talk.
Speaker 3Yeah Well especially if, Until they show it to us and take us there and show it, show us where systemic racism is going on. Until they do that, you know we're calling bullshit on them.
Speaker 1Yeah, I agree there is racism somewhere, but it's just not the majority of the known population no, it's not. And all of us watching. The reason we hate it is because I don't like seeing the word racism. Us watching the reason we hate it is because I don't like seeing. I don't like seeing the word racism, you know, but but I'm like. You is like because it's such a small faction of people that are not wired right and where are they?
Speaker 3I haven't seen them. I haven't in, and they have. They've yet to show them to us. They talk about it but I haven't seen proof of it. I'll jump on board if there's racism going on somewhere. I'll jump on your side and help stop it. If there's true racism going on.
Speaker 6I'm on your side, Absolutely Like Kalo says.
Speaker 3They've yet to prove it, they've yet to show it, but, man, they'll paint it.
Speaker 6Well, like Kalo says, I mean there are people that have hate in their heart and that's sad, but the nfl, it just seems like it's more of a I don't want to say a marketing thing, but it just seems like it's not genuine.
Speaker 4Hey, I went to a titans game titans pats about a month ago with my son, where I gotta tell you there is no racism going on at the game. It is everybody's having a great time. You know, I with Neil, like it's creating a problem that's not there. Like it exists, yes, but I don't think the majority of people are dwelling on that or taking part in that. I mean, I don't know. I think All the black friends that I have.
Speaker 3they cock their head at it, just like I do. Like what, sure? Yeah, they all do. They're like what are they talking about? You know, we're standing beside each other. Like what are they talking about?
Speaker 1well in in my life I don't think I've ever met a racist. I don't hang out with racists. I don't have lunch with them, don't drink beers with them like so in my in in my little world it doesn't, it doesn't occur like neil was saying, but but I guess it's out there. I just I don't know.
Speaker 6Yeah uh, as long as we're on football, uh, let's talk about the college football thing. Has anybody got a favorite? Anybody got a favorite for the playoff? Like, who's gonna take it?
Speaker 3I know who's gonna get eliminated because I don't know who's gonna win it well, there's, you know, by the time this thing airs, there will have been some games.
Speaker 6But let's just call, let's just say somebody got a favorite team that they think is going to win Georgia. Okay, that's a fair.
Speaker 3That's a long shot. I think Beck, I think he shows up.
Speaker 4I think defense shows up. He's out, beck's out for the season.
Speaker 6I think you said that For the rest of the year. Yeah, his shoulders, he's out. Can I change my pick?
College Football Playoff Discussion
Speaker 3Yes, that's what I heard. Ohio State I don't know.
Speaker 1I haven't watched them play. Yeah, I mean, but apparently just they have, you know, on paper, the best athletes of any team in the entire country.
Speaker 3That's documented. They've spent a lot of money. They've spent a lot. Well it is, they've spent a lot of money, they do, and those athletes have not shown up. The locker room has shown up, not the athletes with Ohio State. They do have the best athletes that money can buy, there's no doubt.
Speaker 6But they are vulnerable. Let me ask this, let me just put it this way, because I know- where you're.
Speaker 3I think Tennessee's going to shock them in Columbus.
Speaker 6I know where your allegiance lies. Let's just do this, hey. Will it be an SEC team that wins, or a non-SEC team? It'll be an SEC team. Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1I would say yes, yes, yes, because you've got Texas Georgia.
Speaker 6Tennessee. It's a great chance that an SEC team would win. I'm just going to be the guy that goes against it.
Speaker 3I'm going to say I think it's crazy that Texas and Georgia have a possibility of meeting for a third time, three times, they probably will. I think that's insane that Georgia has to be put through that. They've already beat them twice and I think it's insane. They're going to have to do something to fix all that.
Speaker 4Yeah, but any other sport though, like you might face a team two times in the same year.
Speaker 3But in college football I think having to beat a team three times that's in your conference, that stout is a lot to ask and it shouldn't be happening.
Speaker 6In college it's different, I think they're going to fix it.
Speaker 3I think they're going to fix it. I think they're going to fix it. The fact that Georgia beat them twice in a row is amazing, because that never happens.
Speaker 1Hardly ever in college football where you beat a team back-to-back in the same season and then it blows the two-out-of-three thing Like they could win one time.
Speaker 3Georgia beat them two out of three, but they lose. Yeah, yeah, you're exactly right. And go on and win the national championship and Georgia gets screwed. It's not right, it's not right at all?
Speaker 1And is Oregon good? I hadn't watched them.
Speaker 6Oregon's good. They're number one. Oregon's actually good.
Speaker 3Yeah, they're good, they're fast. Well, they look fast. It's the duck uniforms. You've seen them against other teams. You saw them against Ohio State and Ohio State played them close. Yeah, they look fast against everybody else they play.
Speaker 6That's fair.
Speaker 3That's fair and on turf, whether they play Tennessee or whether they have to play us.
Speaker 4I feel like it's the same thing every year. I feel like the same questions come up what do you think about this team? I feel like once they play an SEC team, everything gets exposed and they don't look as good against an SEC team, like for me every time I watch it.
Speaker 3That's true. That happens every time.
Speaker 4It seems like the SEC has a really great team. Yeah, that's fair Anyway.
Speaker 3Is there anything y'all think they need to do that you've seen so far this year, for the first year of the 12-team playoff, that they could fix.
Speaker 6Yeah, I don't like how they do the buys, you know, because there are some teams that are going to get a buy that aren't the best teams.
Speaker 4I'll tell you this as a fan of football NFL mainly, but I do like college football. I am happy with the playoff, me too.
Speaker 3I love it.
Speaker 4I feel like it's still weird. How you know, is strength of schedule taken into account? I still think it's not that's gotta be taken into account. I don't know, Is it, is it not? Is it not enough? Not enough.
Speaker 6Okay, neil, you, I, I don't remember who it was, but they said they're probably the conference championships. They need to be gone. They're probably going to go away.
Speaker 3That's kind of sad, though, but here's what I think they need to do. This is just old thrash talk.
Speaker 6I like it.
Speaker 3Look here I think they should get rid of the conference championships and when it comes down to who's going to make the 12-team playoff they could have, instead of the conference championships, Alabama and SMU should have played A play-in yeah, a play-in, oh wow. South Carolina and Ole Miss should have played a game, A play-in.
Speaker 4A play-in. That's a good idea Instead of a conference championship.
Speaker 3that's what they should have. They should have a play in it, that's cool.
Speaker 4You know you're pretty good at the college football thing. I like that Well it's I mean.
Speaker 3Surprising no you have a lot when you're not in the playoff. You have a lot of time to study.
Speaker 4Yeah, that's right. Yeah, okay, no, seriously, it's good stuff though it?
Speaker 3I don't think so all right, uh, I gotta say it's been an awesome. He's in the playoffs. He doesn't have a lot to say anymore. His team's in the playoffs, it's been an awesome year like let's, let's.
Speaker 6I I give thanks for what happened in 2024. All the way around you guys. I love you guys. I'm so thankful to be here at this table with you, absolutely as well. 2025 is going to be with you, absolutely. 2025 is going to be unreal. Our bottle of Evan Williams is gone, but we're going to stock up. We're going to stock up because we love it.
Speaker 3We got to thank our, we got to thank all of our listeners out there. Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 6And you know who we should thank Our listener of the year, brother Ed we love you.
Speaker 3Thanks for having our backs.
Speaker 6We love you, Listener of the year. Thanks for having our backs, Ed.
Speaker 3Yeah, absolutely Ed you're back, oh he did Ed.
Speaker 4Hey, keep recruiting. Spread the word. Yeah, you know you're valuable. Thank you, ed.
Speaker 6No we're very thankful. It's been an incredible year. We're looking forward to 2025.
Speaker 3So please, everybody say happy new year for the first five days. That's all you get, really, yeah, that's all you get. What happens if I say it on the sixth?
Speaker 1you don't want to find out, I see, people find out it's hey, but this is coming out on the 30th, so let's say happy new year to everybody. Happy new year everybody. Great, we're still in the good timing.
Speaker 6Yeah, we are from the Patriot Mobile Studios. I'm Thrash, we're Thrash Kalo TK and 2025, someone better come up with a nickname for me, do it, ed.
Speaker 3Let's try that in a small town park and he gets to pick.
Speaker 6Oh yeah, he gets to pick the nickname. All right, thanks, guys.
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