{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Nashville","slug":"city-cast-nashville-6929788","podcast_index_feed_id":6929788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CC2002452330","website_url":"https://nashville.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/021aca2a-eab9-11ee-9ff2-ebf466277b88/image/ab8c2c0a84bda721b66244cd3f736b0a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":512,"summary":"Join Marie Cecile Anderson and the City Cast Nashville team every weekday morning as we bring you the day's can't-miss conversation about life in Music City. With the help of local journalists, artists, activists, experts, and everyday residents, we explore this promising, frustrating, still-sorta-small town, where old bumps up against new, natives adapt to transplants, and everybody struggles to navigate the ‘Binge Drinking Tourism Industrial Complex’ that threatens to consume us all. Alongside our daily newsletter, we cover the news and culture of our endlessly growing city from every perspective we can find — including yours. It’s like a backyard barbecue and the whole town’s invited, so whether you’ve lived here for a blink or a lifetime, we hope you’ll pull up a lawn chair and sit a while. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at nashville.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:17.007771+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788"},"episode":{"title":"Why Country Comedy Music Is Making a Comeback in Nashville","slug":"why-country-comedy-music-is-making-a-comeback-in-nashville","published_at":"2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/why-country-comedy-music-is-making-a-comeback-in-nashville","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC7387269362.mp3?updated=1780511530","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC7387269362.mp3?updated=1780511530","summary":"Country music has always had a funny side, but lately, comedy is taking center stage! Inspired by her recent WPLN report, \"Country Music Comedy Is Back,\" Nashville Public Radio senior music writer Jewly Hight joins Marie Cecile Anderson to explore the history of humor in country music, why it's making a comeback, and which local comics are leading the charge. Plus, Marie shares what she learned from 15 years performing in the country comedy duo Reformed Whores. Learn more about the sponsors of this June 4th episode: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Visit Tupelo Centennial Park Conservancy Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our City Cast Nashville newsletter. Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.","meta_description":"Country music has always had a funny side, but lately, comedy is taking center stage! Inspired by her recent WPLN report, \"Country Music Comedy Is Back,\"…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1537,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/why-country-comedy-music-is-making-a-comeback-in-nashville/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/why-country-comedy-music-is-making-a-comeback-in-nashville.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}