God's Country

For the first time ever, Dan and Reid have deemed one of their guests a "God's Country Artist to Watch in 2024." Dylan Marlowe joins the God's Country podcast this week to discuss his Turkey Season Grand Slam, his new song "Bat out of Hell with a Boat on the Back," and how his pet chicken named Lemon Pepper is more like a dog than a chicken. Marlowe shares that Shay Mooney of "Dan + Shay" was actu...

Randy Montana joins Dan and Reid off in God’s Country to talk songwriting, turkey hunting, and how an angel named Rattlesnake Ricky saved his and Dan’s lives. Randy shares the best ghost story we’ve heard so far and the guys discuss the approach they took to writing “Better Together," which had a five-week run as the number one song on country radio. God's Country on Instagram MeatEater on Instagr...

This week, God's Country brings you a special brothers episode where Dan and Reid host Jordan and Jacob Davis. These Louisiana boys reveal how their journey to Nashville brought about an unintended role reversal between the brothers. The guys discuss duck populations in the south and stage a duck call competition that we need your help judging! Dan tells about the first and last time Reid knocked...

This week on the God’s Country podcast, Dan and Reid sit down with Grammy award-winning artist, Colbie Caillat. They talk about her love for all things outdoors and how she moved to Nashville seven years ago with no plans to move back to California. Colbie shares stories from her musical journey and gives the guys insight into writing her country record “Along the Way,” which released in October 2...

This week Dan and Reid Isbell, of the Brothers Hunt, sit down to talk to Hall of Fame songwriter Casey Beathard. They talk songwriting highs and lows, raising babies, and shark fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. Casey shares what it was like being the son of a Hall of Fame NFL General Manager and what it was like for himself to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2023. Casey als...

This week in God’s Country, Dan and Reid Isbell are joined by country music artist Dustin Lynch to discuss who exactly is allowed to wear a cowboy hat, working with Jelly Roll, and maintaining his farm. The guys discuss the right (and wrong) way to do a controlled burn, snake odors, and hunting public land.  God's Country on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube More fro...

This week in God’s Country, Dan and Reid Isbell are joined by 2011 and 2012 ASCAP Songwriter of the Year and 1/3 of the songwriting trio known as The Peach Pickers, Ben “Never Been Broke” Hayslip, to discuss building his first deer stand and songwriting without considering what’s on the radio. Ben also shares the story behind hustlin’ ball caps before making the jump to writing songs full time and...

This week in God’s Country, Dan and Reid Isbell are joined by 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year and three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year, “Hard Rock” HARDY. They talk about life on tour and the haunting aftermath of an arrowhead hunting venture. HARDY tells the origin story of his latest title track, “the mockingbird & THE CROW,” and promotes mental health awareness for artists and writers...

This week in God’s Country, Dan and Reid Isbell are joined by multi-platinum and award winning singer-songwriter Josh “Crispy Cartwheel” Thompson to talk about the rut, how to balance fatherhood and the instinct to be in the wild, and Josh's father encouraging him to stop pouring concrete and chase the neon rainbow to Nashville. Dan tells a long-winded story about his hunting trip to New Zealand a...

“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 i...