Try That in a Small Town Podcast

Football season is back, and so is the arguing.
In the first edition of Small Town Kickoff, the guys debate whether NIL money and the transfer portal have damaged college football, whether the Big Ten has overtaken the SEC and what Tennessee fans should expect.
Then come the predictions: Dabo Swinney eventually coaching Alabama, Lane Kiffin’s future, a potentially painful Titans season and the NFL teams that could make a Super Bowl run.
Small Town Kickoff drops every Thursday throughout football season. Follow the show so you never miss an episode—and put your predictions on record with us at TryThatInASmallTown.com.

00:00 Welcome to Small Town Kickoff
00:49 A new Thursday football tradition
01:16 Has college football lost its excitement?
02:38 Has the Big Ten passed the SEC?
03:31 Tennessee and opening-week opponents
05:32 NIL money and the transfer portal
06:03 NFL expectations and the Patriots
06:53 Are the Titans in for a rough season?
08:16 How the guys will watch opening weekend
09:24 Will Dabo Swinney eventually coach Alabama?
09:59 The Lane Kiffin debate
12:42 Early NFL and Super Bowl predictions
14:51 The danger of sitting starters
15:32 A bold Titans win prediction
16:18 What’s coming every Thursday

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The guys are back together after a couple of weeks on the road, and it doesn’t take long for things to go sideways.
Neil returns from Huntsville still asking questions about the moon landing, Jason Aldean earns two Diamond-certified songs, the guys admit they may have underestimated Megan Moroney, and then one simple question turns into a full-blown debate: when can an artist actually call themselves a headliner?
They also talk about the realities of opening for major acts, why young artists shouldn’t rush the process, Neil’s Songwriters Hall of Fame nomination, Broadway, football, pickleball and another round of Dipshitty of the Week.
It’s one hour of road stories, music-business opinions, arguments, retractions and exactly the kind of chaos you get when Kurt, Neil, Tully and Kelley sit down with no guest and plenty to say.
00:34 — Neil Goes Looking for Moon-Landing Proof
02:17 — Two Weeks on the Road
12:19 — Jason Aldean Gets Two Diamond Records
17:03 — We Were Wrong About Megan Moroney
19:08 — What Actually Makes You a Headliner?
22:17 — The Argument Gets Personal
27:35 — Young Artists Are Rushing to Headline
32:35 — Neil’s Songwriters Hall of Fame Nomination
38:44 — Football Season Is Here
42:15 — Tully’s Son on Broadway
48:20 — Dipshidiot of the Week
54:27 — Back to the Moon Debate
56:19 — Pickleball and Football Picks
58:37 — The Donkey Toss Callback
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Joey Breaux has lived enough lives for several podcast episodes.
The Louisiana social media personality joins the guys to talk about going viral—including one video he says racked up 14.3 million views—staying remarkably active at 69, his love of hunting and fishing, playing music by ear and the nunchuck skills he's been working on since he was 18.
And then there's the part nobody saw coming: before social media fame, Joey spent some time as a male exotic dancer and eventually became part of a group called the “Cajun Dales.”
It's an unpredictable conversation with one of social media's most unique personalities—and proof that you probably shouldn't try to guess what Joey Breaux is going to say next.

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Will any of today’s hit songs still be sung 50 years from now?
Kurt, Tully, KLo, and Neil look back at the music that shaped them—from Hank Williams Jr., Van Halen, and Def Leppard to John Denver, Glen Campbell, Elvis, Bryan Adams, and Paul Rodgers—and debate whether modern songs are given enough time to become true classics.
They also reveal how Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan’s alternating stadium show works, explain why songwriters don’t really “sell” individual songs, and discuss how streaming and shrinking attention spans have changed the way listeners experience music.
Then things deteriorate—in the best possible way—with exhausted airport stories, Tully’s confrontation on a plane, the dangers of flying with guitars, UPS losing a one-of-a-kind custom bass, Kelley mistaking his treadmill malfunction for an earthquake, and the strangest things fans throw onstage.
Listen all the way through and remember the secret phrase: “Donk Toss.”
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Hulk Hogan was one of the most recognizable personalities in American entertainment—but behind Hulkamania was a man still searching for peace, purpose and something bigger than fame.
In one of his final long-form interviews, Hulk Hogan joins Kurt Allison, Tully Kennedy, Kelley Lovelace and Neil Thrasher to share stories from an extraordinary life: sending audition tapes to Metallica and The Rolling Stones, helping transform wrestling entrances into major entertainment moments, building the Hulkamania phenomenon and ultimately rediscovering his Christian faith.
Hogan also speaks candidly about the restlessness that followed him after leaving the ring, the personal battles fame couldn’t solve and the surrender that changed his outlook late in life.
We’re revisiting this conversation as a special Try That in a Small Town REWIND—and as a tribute to an American original we were honored to call our guest.
What is your favorite Hulk Hogan memory? Share it in the comments.
Originally presented as Episode 51 of the Try That in a Small Town Podcast.
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