Exploring the Controversial 'Goodbye Earl' Song by the Dixie Chicks

Mike tells Sarah about an impending conflict, a dissident singer and America's first internet-enabled cancellation. Digressions include "Freedom Fries" and 1990s record company shenanigans. The co-hosts harmonize for the first time; Mike struggles not to call the Chicks by their former name.

Content note: This episode includes misogynistic, racist and fatphobic language.

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Links!

• The Chicks' "Ready to Run" video
• Karen Pittelman's "Another Country"
• James Dickerson’s “Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage”
• Elites, Masses, and Media 
• Too Famous to Protest: Far-Right Online Community Bonding Over Collective Desecration of Colin Kaepernick, Fame, and Celebrity Activism
• Blacklists: The Dixie Chicks Controversy 
• Chicks in the Wilderness
• Chicks In the Line of Fire
• The Dixie Chicks Were Cancelled For Criticizing The President. Now, They’re Heroes.
• We’re Changing The Way We Do Business: A Critical Analysis Of The Dixie Chicks And The Country Music Industry
• The Country Connection: Country Music, 9/11, and the War on Terrorism
• Free Expression After September 11th: An Online Index
• Freedom Under Fire: Dissent in Post-9/11 America
• Exploring Iraq War News Coverage and a New Form of Censorship
• The LSE's analysis of the Freedom Fries controversy
• Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
• AOC’s Anti-Fans
• Racial Profiling And The War On Terror: Changing Trends And Perspectives
• Man Eats Dogs: The Hot Dog Stands of Chicago 

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