This Is The End. (Not Click Bait)
The 9941 Podcast
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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
This episode marks the end of a chapter. After more than eight years, Granger and AntMan sit down to look back on the journey of the Granger Smith Podcast, from recording early episodes on a tour bus to conversations that grew deeper through grief, faith, and personal change. They reflect on the wide range of guests, stories, and seasons that shaped the show along the way.
Granger shares honestly about how his life and faith have changed over the years, and how that transformation slowly reshaped the heart of the podcast. What began as stories from the road and music conversations eventually became something more personal, more serious, and more centered on pointing people to Christ. That shift brought clarity, but also an identity question about what the podcast had become.
By the end of the conversation, Granger explains why this episode is the final one under the Granger Smith Podcast name. But it is not an ending without hope. Instead, it is a transition into something new. The episode introduces the next chapter, a new podcast called The 9941 Podcast, built around the same heart, familiar voices, and a clear purpose to reach those who are searching. It’s a reflective, honest sendoff and an invitation to continue the journey.
That new podcast can be found right here in this feed. Although the name will change, your weekly podcasts will show up in the same place you've been getting the Granger Smith Podcast.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Eight, 17, 17. |
| 0:18.0 | Does that number mean anything to you? |
| 0:20.1 | Your powerball numbers. |
| 0:23.3 | There's only three, though. |
| 0:24.4 | I think you have five in a Powerball, don't you? |
| 0:26.2 | Let me say it another way. |
| 0:27.8 | August 17th, 2017. |
| 0:31.4 | Does that number mean anything to you? |
| 0:33.7 | August 17th. |
| 0:38.7 | It's a long time ago now. |
| 0:44.8 | That is the date of the very first Granger Smith podcast episode. |
| 0:46.5 | Oh, where did you do it? |
| 0:49.9 | In the back of Wildflower, my bus on tour. |
| 0:51.5 | I think I was in Indiana. |
| 0:52.6 | I didn't do research. |
| 0:53.6 | I should have listened to it. |
| 1:02.6 | And there's, I also don't know if that was the day that it launched or if that was the day. |
| 1:05.1 | Because I think there's two or three of them on that same day. |
| 1:05.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.4 | I think I launched about five the same day. |
| 1:28.7 | Like you put up five episodes. I think I did. I think somebody talked to me into to launching five episodes at one time to get it off the ground. That's a Parker idea. It's a Parker idea? I don't know. It might not be, but it sounds like him. How long has it been? Because now we're in 2020, 22, 23, 24, 5, 26, 9 years? |
| 1:30.4 | Did I do my fingers right? |
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