Episodes

  • Make the Choice to Live the Dream

    Make the Choice to Live the Dream
    Sep 16 2019
    Ashley and Michael summarize the Gaines affair and leave a trail of ideas for Garth to pursue in the future.
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    43 mins
  • Notes on Camp: Finding Success in Passionate Failure

    Notes on Camp: Finding Success in Passionate Failure
    Sep 9 2019
    Having discussed the facts of the matter in great detail, Ashley and Michael approach Gaines from a more academic headspace.
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    47 mins
  • The Critical Assertions of Chris Gaines

    The Critical Assertions of Chris Gaines
    Sep 2 2019
    Examining the press reception of a smoldering rock and roll character that put together an album of R&B songs that was then pitched to Adult Contemporary radio. Not great.
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    44 mins
  • The World Meets Chris Gaines

    The World Meets Chris Gaines
    Aug 26 2019
    From Jan 1999 to the Chris Gaines album release, we pull together all the disparate threads to weave the full story of Gaines birth into the world.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

    Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
    Aug 19 2019
    Who was Christian Gene Gaines? We review the known facts from birth to 1999; including Crush, Straight Jacket, Fornucopia, Apostle, Triangle and Greatest Hits.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • There Is No Chris Gaines Without Garth Brooks

    There Is No Chris Gaines Without Garth Brooks
    Aug 12 2019
    Hosts Ashley Spurgeon and Michael Eades partake in a well-researched chat spanning from the birth of Troyal Garth Brooks up to the end of 1998.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • The Cultural Zeitgeist is Breathing Down Our Necks

    The Cultural Zeitgeist is Breathing Down Our Necks
    Aug 2 2019
    Welcome to Chris Gaines: The Podcast. Join us as we investigate country superstar Garth Brooks mysterious fictional persona, Chris Gaines.
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    23 mins