Aug 20, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 11 segments
The Greatest Pop Stars podcast was choosin' Texas last weekend, as two of the biggest artists in country were playing back-to-back sold-out shows in the northern parts of the Lone Star State: Megan…
Andrew UnterbergerHost
Natalie WeinerGuestI'm Andrew Unterberger, I host this podcast, and I spent most of last week in the Lone Star State, where I saw two of the biggest, arguably the two biggest, country breakout stars of the past year or so performing live on back-to-back nights.
And joining me on this adventure, and also putting me up for the night, and also writing about her experience for Billboard, was our guest today from the Don't Rock the Inbox newsletter, from the Nothing But North Texas radio show, from a gazillion other things, good friend of the podcast, Natalie Weiner.
I had a very, very long [laughs] drive back to New York, so we're doing this a few days later.
But, uh, the good thing about that is that by now, uh, your article about the two shows is already written and filed and, and published on billboard.com. Really, really good piece.
Definitely check that out after our discussion today if you haven't already and are listening at home.
I can't even remember which of us first noticed that the, uh, the routing of these two artists was gonna coincide-
But yeah, the, these two women playing back-to-back nights in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and that's of course where you live with your husband Johnny, who's also been on this podcast, uh, and also your infant son and your two pets, one of whom may or may not be wandering in and out of frame as we're recording this.
But, you know, I wanted to come visit you and Johnny and meet your kid and go to these shows, and you had the idea of writing about it for Billboard.
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