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
LA Riots 2025 :: BONUS EPISODE Try That in a Small Town Podcast
Violence erupts on the streets of Los Angeles as protests devolve into riots, leaving the guys feeling both infuriated and heartbroken. This special episode offers a raw, unfiltered conversation about the disturbing scenes unfolding in California.
We dive deep into what's really happening on the ground versus how it's being portrayed by some media outlets and political figures. The footage reveals protesters deliberately antagonizing police officers, throwing rocks, and setting fires – yet somehow being characterized as "mainly peaceful protests." Our discussion examines the tepid response from California's leadership, including Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass, comparing it to how presidential leadership traditionally responds during national crises.
The most emotional moments come when we discuss the human cost – especially for the families of law enforcement officers who must watch their loved ones being attacked while trying to maintain order. These aren't just uniforms; they're fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters risking their safety to protect communities. The contrast between what's tolerated in major cities versus small-town America couldn't be clearer, reinforcing exactly they wrote the song "Try That in a Small Town."
This conversation goes beyond political talking points to examine the heart of what's at stake: public safety, respect for law enforcement, and the future direction of our cities. Whether you're from a small town or a major metropolitan area, this episode provides perspective on one of the most pressing issues facing our nation today.
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all right, welcome back. This is drive out in a small town podcast. This is kind of a special edition. We got thrash, we got kaylo tk. Of course I'm kurt, uh, you know this just kind of felt heavy on our hearts. We've been watching the last couple nights, of course, what's happening in la, the protests, which are basically riots. Um, I don't know, it's just been weighing on us and we thought we'd give you guys our opinion of what's happened in the last couple of days. Uh, who wants to start on this? Because it's you know, the only way I can think to describe it is it's infuriating, slash, heartbreaking. I've actually, to be honest, my perspective. I haven't even really put it on because when I've watched, the minneapolis protest turned riots you know my wife is from that area it was so much and it weighed so heavy on us and it pissed us off so much that even when this thing started we actually couldn't even watch. I don't know if you guys have been watching long, but give your opinion on what's kind of happening.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Tully, I think would be the best one to start off, because he came in talking about it.
Speaker 2:It bothers me it's like look, you don't have to agree with every decision that an administration makes. That's your right. You don't have to agree with it, you don't have to like it, but you have to obey the law. And attacking police officers, throwing rocks at them, trying to get them to engage in violence, that's what they're trying to get them to engage in violence, that's what they're trying to do. They're trying to push these cops to the point where something happens.
Speaker 3:It's just never, okay, yeah, so they can record something and put it out and say yeah, and it's just not, and that's terrible.
Speaker 2:And the fact that the mayor and Newsom are being so nonchalant about it and Kamala Harris came out and said a ridiculous statement. It's just to me it's like I didn't hear her statement.
Speaker 3:What was the semblance of that? I?
Speaker 1:think all of it was basically what we've heard before is peaceful protests. People are, you know, just.
Speaker 2:They're setting stuff on fire.
Speaker 1:It's not peaceful protests.
Speaker 2:They're blowing up cars, and yeah, it's, and I watched um yesterday. I watched a lot of it live and these protesters whatever, rioters, whatever, they are literally trying anything they can to get these police officers to engage and it's and a lot of them, by the way, are paid.
Speaker 4:Oh, yeah, yeah, and that's that's. What do you think? The percentage of those, all the crowds that you see? It's a great question, you know. What do you think the percentage of? I don't actually actually are there to truly peacefully protest that's a legitimate which? Thing, but you know that shouldn't affect the way the mayor and the governor how many of them know what they're protesting about?
Speaker 2:Who knows? Yeah, but they're still not doing anything about it and I just feel bad for those Trump's doing something about it, those cops.
Speaker 4:That's what's making them so mad. Yeah, I love how they blame him for it.
Speaker 3:Well now, yeah, now that he's doing that, then they're taking the whole thing and Newsom especially. The only thing good about Newsom is his hair.
Speaker 1:That's the only thing good about him. He does have fantastic hair.
Speaker 3:The only thing good, he's got, but he is. I mean, you talk about a full-on politician. I mean his hair is amazing, that's it, but aren't we?
Speaker 4:You're right, he's terrible. He's horrible. He's a lovely man, he's incompetent, lovely hair. But I think the more they talk, the more they're just committing suicide, politically, it's fine with me, keep on talking. Just keep on doing what you're doing. I'm not surprised or are any of us surprised at what we're seeing, the reaction from the left? I'm not. You know what's crazy to me?
Speaker 2:It's very typical Still is like a good tough response from a president is what we need. I don't know if you guys have watched it yet. There's a great documentary on the Boston bombings on Netflix. I haven't seen it, it's really good. It came out last week I think it's called Manhunter, but it's about the Boston bombings and three or so days after it happened, president Obama went to Boston and gave this really tough speech in this church and said you know, you came to the wrong city and did this Tough talk and I was like you know what? That's what presidents do. It was incredible. Like if everyone watches that, that speech Obama did is great. Trump's doing the same thing, but we've fallen so far off that we forget that that's his job. This is Los Angeles. Like you can't have this kind of stuff going on. It's not safe. People's lives are in danger. Um, you know, if you don't like what ice is doing, if you are for criminals here illegally, I don't know.
Speaker 1:I can't argue with you on that, I don't know where the argument is but and this is going to spread to other cities if he doesn't take a hard stance yeah, yeah it always does.
Speaker 3:Yeah, because they're promoting it, you know, and they're. They're just saying you know, newsom, and what's the mayor's name? Bass.
Speaker 1:Karen Bass.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and they're saying that you know, and a lot of people even on other networks, you know other networks other than Fox. So they'll say, yeah, it was mainly peaceful protesting I mean sure, there were some fires and some explosions, but mainly peaceful protesting until Trump sent all the troops in and stuff and that's what's instigated everything and fired everything up. And that's not the case. And then when would that ever be the case? Like when would like a lot of force show up and then, all of a sudden, I want to do more crime. Like why would I want to do that? You know?
Speaker 4:I'd be like, oh God, I'm going back to the house. Waters could send that guy out on the street and ask every single one of them. He would get a hundred percent success rate on people that did not know who the mayor of the city where they were protesting was. They wouldn't know who the mayor was.
Speaker 2:They could ask them who the mayor was of la and they wouldn't know yeah, none of them it's just crazy to watch people antagonizing police officers like this, throwing rocks at them. I watched the Yesterday. You could watch it all on TV and it was like what is going on.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like I said, I've had a hard time even watching. And you're talking about the police officers. What people don't understand? The National Guard or the police officers, their families they're there to protect everybody and the way that they are treating these people for just trying to protect them, it just breaks my heart. It absolutely breaks my heart. The families of these people that have to look at people attacking their husband or whoever it is out there.
Speaker 3:Well, yeah, and was it Newsom holding off you know, the local police enforcement from helping the ICE agents, right? That's what was kind of happening in the very beginning. Can you imagine being an officer, no matter where you are in LA or whatever, and you, from the top down, you're saying don't go help the ICE agents, Don't go help them, and you know that they're. You know the majority of those officers are like I want to go help the ICE agents, Don't go help them. And you know that the majority of those officers are like I want to go help those guys right now, but they couldn't because they were told not to Let them keep talking.
Speaker 4:They're just digging their own political grave. It's fine, let them keep talking. I'm not shocked. It's disappointing, but I'm not shocked. I want them to keep talking. There's somebody in there that can lead that place that's worthy of it, that actually wants to turn la around in san francisco and all these other you know hell holes that are turning into dumps. It's somebody else in there. Let them keep talking. They'll get voted out. They won't get it'll. It'll be the end of them. If they haven't noticed the numbers today, you know how many? What's the percentage? Of americans don't want criminal, illegal people here. It's like it's crazy.
Speaker 4:It's like 85% of the people in this country don't want that, and it's like they ignore the numbers and still talk like they talk. Keep on talking.
Speaker 3:And what about Newsom's podcast? Right? Keep on talking. And what about Newsom's podcast, right? So he's been reaching across the aisles and getting conservatives on the podcast and being he understands everything that happened during the election and everything on the podcast, but then when he has time to act and do things, same old Newsom, same left wing.
Speaker 1:He's slick man, he is slick.
Speaker 3:I'm telling you he's worthless.
Speaker 2:Absolutely worthless as a politician, even if he wants to do the right thing. To rise up through that party, you have to be hardcore left, like that's what's happening, like to to to get where he wants to be. It's like you need the radical left on your side for some reason that's what it feels like and so you can't even come to the middle to clean up your city. This is it's. I'm so confused by it as I watch it.
Speaker 4:I'm like what I'm not shocked though I'm not. As soon as I turned the tv on and saw it, I wasn't shocked at all, and that's the sad part.
Speaker 4:That's the sad part. But I wasn't shocked that it was there and I wasn't shocked that there was cameras everywhere and they covered it, because the way they cover it you think it's happening everywhere and it's not. That's just a little blip of a place, really and truly, in the grand scheme of things, things where that's happening is just a small little sector. You would, I would be shocked if it was ellsworth, kansas or somewhere, if that was going. That doesn't shock me at all, not at all.
Speaker 1:Well, I just think we want everybody to know that our hearts are with people there, and especially like for me and I know you guys think too it's the people that are trying to protect us and that are getting attacked. That's that's again. That's what really breaks my heart about the whole thing.
Speaker 4:Yeah, this is exactly why we wrote the song what's going?
Speaker 2:on in LA right now. You're exactly right.
Speaker 4:Yep, I mean it's Coming back up. Yeah, it is, it's going to come back up. People are going to be putting these bumper stickers back on their cars. I mean we're going to start seeing them again.
Speaker 1:Well, you said it like this ain't going to happen in Ellsworth, kansas. Like, try that in a small town. I mean, this is the epitome of the song.
Speaker 4:If they're blocking an interstate that comes into a small town or a two-lane or a two-lane. It ain't going to happen, man, they're going to get physically. It's against the law to do that, yeah do that?
Speaker 3:yeah, it's not gonna happen, that's why we wrote this song, kaylo.
Speaker 1:It's why you got pissed off, uh. It rarely happens, but when it does, uh listen. We're we appreciate everybody for listening, uh, and we hope that you enjoy just our us sharing our thoughts. It's just kind of random and it's just kind of out there and we don't script this stuff, but we felt compelled to talk about it and we hope you guys are uh thankful and we're definitely thankful for you watching for thrash. Kaylo dk I'm kurt. Try that in a small town podcast make sure to follow along. Subscribe share rate the show.