This week we discuss Adeem the Artist, a rising star in country and folk. Adeem sings about the South with a genuine love but a critical eye, and tells about their unique experiences as a nonbinary person growing up in the conservative region. We get into Adeem's lyrical similarities to punk music, dissect their Toby Keith diss track, and add gut-punching tear-jerker "Middle of a Heart" to our public playlist.If you'd like to show your support for Take This Pod and Shove It, consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! Thank you!Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Middle of a Heart" by Adeem the Artist:https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist And on TIDAL!https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOAHere's some more Adeem the Artist recs from your hosts:

• For Judas
• Heritage of Arrogance
• Run This Town
• I Never Came Out
• Honeysuckle Hipbilly Homo-erotica
• Apartment
• Cast Iron Pansexual
• Going to Hell
• Carolina
• I Wish You Would've Been a Cowboy
• Reclaim my Name

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