Former Tennessean country music reporter Marcus K. Dowling is launching a new weekly music industry podcast series Culture At Large, live from Nashville’s Anzie Blue beginning Oct. 13.
The first episode of the H Bar C co-sponsored podcast will feature Grammy-nominated, award-winning and chart-topping songwriters Laura Veltz and Ben Johnson, who will discuss how the No. 1 songs they have co-written influence culture beyond genres.
Over the past five years, Johnson and Veltz’s songs have been streamed approximately five billion times. Veltz had a hand in penning Dan + Shay’s “Speechless,” Maren Morris’ “The Bones” and 11 cuts from pop breakout star Jessie Murph’s 2025 album Sex Hysteria. She landed cuts in Christian, country, pop and rap in 2025, and co-wrote the song “You’ll Be Okay Kid” on the soundtrack of the Demi Lovato documentary Child Star.
Johnson’s best known for co-crafting HARDY’s “Truck Bed,” Jelly Roll’s “Liar” and No. 1 country and pop hits, including BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman’s “All The Way.” He is currently one of a dozen songwriters featured on Hitmakers, a Netflix docu-series where songs are written worldwide for John Legend, Shaboozey, Usher and K-pop favorite Lisa.
The 30-minute podcast taping’s premiere is free to attend, and RSVP information is available via cultureatlarge1anzieblue.
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].
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