God's Country

God's Country

“God’s Country” with brothers Dan and Reid Isbell is a rollicking weekly podcast that sits at the intersection of country music and the great outdoors. Each episode explores how today’s biggest and most talented country stars and songwriters pull inspiration from rugged, first-hand relationships with the natural world. Nashville songwriters by profession who spent their childhoods getting muddy in the wilds of Tennessee, Dan and Reid draw on their own passion for hunting and fishing to lead a thought-provoking and fun exploration of the fundamental role of outdoor living in country music.

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April 22, 2025 81 mins

This week Reid and Dan host ACM New Artist of the Year nominee, Tucker Wetmore, out in God's Country. Tucker shares what his journey to Nashville has looked like and describes what seems like an absolute rocket ship his career has been the last year. He shares a specific life moment that involved him hanging up his collegiate football cleats and how he turned to a piano for comfort in that time. The guys compare river fishing in a ...

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This week Reid and Dan host ACM and CMA winning artist, Jon Pardi, out in God's Country. Jon dives in on growing up in Northern California and what the outdoors looked like for him there. He shares why bow-hunting is not his preference and why he thinks the state of California gets a bad wrap, when it's actually one of the most beautiful places in the country. The guys dive in on how touring artists are not making near the money yo...

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This week Reid and Dan host CMA Musician of the Year and critically acclaimed artist, Charlie Worsham out in God’s Country. Charlie is arguably the best acoustic guitar player in Nashville and has toured with some of the genres biggest names including Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley, Megan Maroney, and more. He shares the story of his journey, playing the Hall of Fame induction for his hero Marty Stuart and he hopes to get back in...

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This week Reid and Dan host multiplatinum artist, Chase Matthew out in God's Coutry. The three of them immediately bond over their poor man ways that they can't seem to get over. Chase shares his love for motors and Reid immediately takes advantage of the opportunity to try and troubleshoot what is wrong with his lawn mower. They dive in on what motivates Chase to pursue his dreams as a country music star and even dial in Chase's d...

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March 27, 2025 57 mins

On this week's bonus episode Reid and Dan share some of the best turkey hunting stories from God's Country. Tune in to hear Luke Combs talk about chasing a Tennessee Tom, Dylan Marlowe getting a single season Grand Slam, Neil Thrasher tug heartstrings with his favorite turkey hunting story, and the haunting tale of Rattlesnake Ricky that saved Dan's life when he was on his way to hunt turkeys.

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This week Reid and Dan host one of the hottest artists in Nashville, Stephen Wilson Jr. A former biologist turned musical artist sat with the guys and broke down his unorthodox journey that landed him on Music Row. The guys share their love of boxing and Stephen breaks down what it looked like boxing in rings across the southeast and following in his father's footsteps. He shares his love of the outdoors and a coveted family recipe...

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This week Reid and Dan host multiplatinum duo, Muscadine Bloodline, out in God's Country. The duo dives head first in on what their journey has looked like historically and how that turned into opening for Malone on his stadium tour across the country. They share how that came to fruition, all the strings it took to pull it off and how they first were connected to Post 8 years ago. They tease some new music from their forthcoming a...

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This week Reid and Dan host the music row's rowdiest artist, Gavin Adcock, out in God's Country. The episode dives in with all things cattle farming and Dan shares his first and last experience at attempting the trade. Gavin walks through what a day looked like for him growing up raising cattle and how that work ethic has parlayed into his current landscape of touring. The guys pick Gavin's brain on how he maintains releasing music...

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This week Reid and Dan host multiplatinum artist and fellow West Tennessean, Russell Dickerson out in God's Country. First order of business covered by the guys are the best items you can buy from Costco and why Russell will never part ways with his covetted purchase. Dan takes the lead (shocker) and is mad at 4 extremely petty things, but also develops a billion dollar idea with Russell and Reid along the way. They dive in on how ...

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This week Reid and Dan host themselves out in God's Country for an episode of giving insight to the songs and the deer stand. The brothers bring in future hall of fame songwriters to answer fan questions about the music industry and songwriting. Wynn Varble and Shane Minor discuss the state of country music, what their journey of a songwriter has looked like and provide advice for folks aspiring to make the move to Nashville. The b...

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This week Reid and Dan host multiplatinum artist and North Carolinian, Scotty McCreery, out in God's Country. Scotty gives insight into North Carolina's Recovery from the devastating flooding in 2024 and how listeners can still help. He also shares what it was like to play the monumental benefit show alongside Luke Combs, Eric Church, James Taylor, and more. As Scotty still lives in NC, he refers to his version of "God's Country" a...

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This week Reid and Dan host one of Nashville's biggest up and coming females, Lauren Watkins, out in God's Country. Most recently Lauren has toured with Morgan Wallen in stadiums across the country and is slated to tour with Riley Green, Zach Topp, and Lainey Wilson in 2025. The episode covers everything from squirrel hunting with hawks, to Lauren calling in her first turkey solo, and how she is carrying on family traditions outdoo...

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This week Reid and Dan host Award winning artist and outdoorsman, Lee Brice, out in God's Country. The episode kicks off with an epic listener roast and Lee sharing his own song "What You Mad At?" diddy that teases an unreleased track from his upcoming record. Lee shares what it looked like growing up in South Carolina running dogs to deer hunt and singing specials with his family at church. He talks through raising kids outdoors a...

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This week Reid and Dan host multi-hit songwriter and co-host of the "Try That in a Small Town" podcast, Neil Thrasher, out in God's Country. Neil claims anyone who is good at music, should be good at golf too. This claim had the brothers floored, but soon had them believers. From there they dive in on hunting in the south, recapping 2024 deer season, and Neil recaps his favorite Tennessee Turkey story that he loves to tell anyone w...

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This week Reid and Dan host the voice of country music, Bobby Bones, out in God's Country. Right off the bat the guys dive in on the drone problem Bobby has been facing with them surveilling his house and how he has been researching legal ways to handle it. They touch on counterstrikes, legal repercussions, and what Bobby's next move is to deal with this ongoing issue. Bobby shares his outdoor experiences as a young kid growing up ...

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This week Reid and Dan, host multi #1 artist, George Birge. They dive in head first to the landscape of where they think the drones are coming from and share some stories that make you think drones aren't all bad. George dives in on what it was like growing up on Lake Austin, how harvesting his first buck led to him getting lost and hitchhiking home, and what led him to Nashville. He shares his best "starving artist" story and his ...

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This week Reid and Dan are back kicking off Season 2 of God's Country with a BroPod recapping their 2024 deer season. Dan shares his recent whitetail adventure in Tennessee and how Reid's bloodhound, Maybelle, got to join in on the hunt. The guys answer fan questions that range from how they cook their coveted deer jerky, to training Maybelle, to songwriting.

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December 31, 2024 56 mins

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December 24, 2024 57 mins

 

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This week Reid and Dan host #1 and platinum artist, Ella Langley, out in God’s Country. The episode has a bit of a twist where Ella has her dad, Jason, join her in the studio to talk her upbringing and tell some epic southern whitetail stories. Jason shares a different side of Ella that fans typically don’t see and Ella shares what it’s been like seeing her viral hit with Riley Green go number one. The guys do a p...

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