The songwriters who penned Jason Aldean‘s controversial hit “Try That in a Small Town” — Kurt Allison, Neil Thrasher, Kelly Lovelace and Tully Kennedy — have launched a podcast inspired by the song.

The Try That in a Small Town podcast “reinforces the traditional principles that historically shaped our nation,” according to its website. It promises to feature guests who are “catalysts for positive change, working towards unifying our nation.”

Early guests include Aldean himself, along with his wife Brittany, plus episodes that feature country singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele and retired U.S. Navy SEAL Jason Redman.

When it first came out in late 2023, “Try That in a Small Town” drew backlash for what many listeners perceived as racist sentiments and the glorification of gun-based vigilante justice.

The writers also indicate that “Try That in a Small Town”  was partially inspired by the mass shooting that occurred at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in 2017, an incident that remains the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history. Aldean — as well as multiple “Small Town” co-writers, who play in his live band — were onstage when that shooting broke out. In fact, Kennedy, who is Aldean’s bassist, was so close to the shooting that a bullet hit his instrument and lodged in it, likely saving him from harm.

Kennedy also draws a comparison between “Try That in a Small Town” and songs like Toby Keith‘s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” in terms of its response to a historical event. (Keith wrote “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” in 2001, partially as an answer to that year’s Sept. 11 attacks on the United States).