Country Music: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter
Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook
Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit
Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc
Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com

Today's episode has been sponsored by Squarespace. For more information, visit http://www.squarespace.com/ideachannel

Country music is awesome! BUT there’s a weird stigma attached to even the best country music and we at Idea Channel want to understand why. Not only is it’s appeal massive, but it in some respects is keeping the record business afloat! And when it comes to music, who better to walk you from Johnny Cash to Garth Brooks on a dusty saddle than the one and only wild wild west wrangler Mike Rugnetta? Join us on this week’s episode of Idea Channel for a look at this much maligned but all together wonderful genre of music, why it might be misunderstood and how country music went from twanging banjos to pop music with a drawl (no pickup truck needed).

Come see us at Phoenix Comicon!!
http://www.azpbs.org/nerd/events.php
http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/programming/panel/3074

And Camp Imgur!
https://imgur.com/camp

~SOURCES~

When Country was Country, Robert Lacy, Sewanee Review - http://bit.ly/1HviXCL
Wrong’s What I Do Best: Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture, Barbara Ching - http://bit.ly/1Hvj15l
Country Music Is Wherever the Soul of a Country Music Fan Is, Jeremy Hill - http://bit.ly/1Hvj2pU
Reading Country Music: Steel Guitars, Opry Stars, and Honky-Tonk Bars, Cecelia Tichi, Editor - http://bit.ly/1Hvj3dq
Resistance and relief: The wit and woes of early twentieth century folk and country music, Iain Ellis - http://bit.ly/1Hvj4hm

~ASSETS~

All Assets used in this episode can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YOEWfNdnrmyjHqLvTuaTC499MsK6PTd4oc7S91qn5-c/edit?usp=sharing

~~COMMENTS~~
nukethewhalesagain & timpek
http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/35vf9q/why_do_americans_love_road_trips_idea_channel_pbs/cr87rvq

The_dude_that_does
http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/35vf9q/why_do_americans_love_road_trips_idea_channel_pbs/cr87oq9

Joe Hanson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z13ku1xaqnemurtfa231ujtp2mngft3ro04

Alana D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z12vtvi5grrzxt5py04cc5qzcoy1f1baog0

Drew Gaughan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z13fcheybv2lgdmsr22sx1rqrpawi1wzi04

Talia Enright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z131sxkg2szusvrd223mdjbqvzyxdxwr104

Sophie Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z13yyhbirpffy3zx104cfzeznrzpfxuhtbc

Christian H
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z12kjvzwjyn2xhrvd22auhxwsni0gfies

TooGeekForNames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z12cir4rzpe2fdss422pd5zwekqqdnuyw04

MostLikelyMortal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOkedy02KU&lc=z13aufvxexiju10zn04cityz4uqrfh3h1bk

TWEET OF THE WEEK
https://twitter.com/Lunostophiles/status/599064768234659840


Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta)
(who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF)

Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)