Was Leaving Country Music Worth It?
The 9941 Podcast
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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the very first episode of the 9941 Podcast—a faith-centered conversation rooted in the words of Jesus and the mission to leave the ninety-nine to find the one.
In this debut episode, Granger Smith, Tyler Smith, Parker Smith, and The AntMan introduce the heart behind 9941 and explain why this podcast exists. What began as the conclusion of the Granger Smith Podcast now becomes a focused calling—discipleship over popularity, obedience over comfort, and faith over fear.
The group reflects on Granger’s decision to step away from country music, the ripple effect it had on family and business, and how God reshaped desires, priorities, and identity along the way. Tyler shares a powerful testimony of surrender after striving in his own strength, while Parker talks about transition, obedience, and trusting God through uncertainty. Together, they wrestle honestly with questions many believers face:
Is what I’m doing good—or is it pleasing to God?
Am I reaching the crowd, or the one God is calling me to?
This episode sets the spiritual foundation for the 9941 Podcast—centered on Luke 15, grounded in Scripture, and focused on authentic conversations about salvation, discipleship, trust, and following Jesus wherever He leads.
If you’re searching for a Christian podcast about faith, obedience, purpose, and real-life transformation, this episode is where the journey begins.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up? I'm Granger Smith. I'm Ian Mann. I'm Tyler and I'm Parker. And this is the 99 for one podcast where our goal is to seek the one and equip the 99 to do the same. Episode one. |
| 0:13.9 | We did pretty good going around the circle and introducing ourselves. We're off to a pretty good start. |
| 0:20.4 | On the second try. Admittedly, it took us two times. We had to go around and learn that we're going clockwise, |
| 0:26.3 | but this is what we're going to do every episode. So this is cool. We prayed right before we started, |
| 0:31.7 | recognizing that because this is episode one, potentially a lot of people will go backwards in time |
| 0:37.0 | from the future and go back |
| 0:39.1 | to hear where it all started in episode one, which makes this one extra special. I do that |
| 0:44.2 | at least. I go backwards. Do you guys do that? If it's really good, I will. Like if especially |
| 0:48.4 | if, well, and more of the ones that have stories in them and go, oh, I need to go back and listen to that one. |
| 0:56.3 | Not with podcasts. With YouTube channels, definitely. But with podcasts, it's like, with podcasts, I want the most recent up-to-date, you know, episode. Because. |
| 1:07.1 | Who's usually topical? For instance, like investing or real estate stuff, it's like what they're talking about three years ago doesn't apply today. Like, avoid that because it's a completely different market and cycle now. You couldn't pull, like you go back and listen to a few old ones to pull some nuggets out of it? No, it's just not worth my time. That's personal. But with YouTube, yeah, it's always fun to go see. Where did Mr. B start? |
| 1:29.1 | Like, I want to see what he looked like and what he was talking about then. Yeah, it's interesting |
| 1:33.2 | because this is actually the combination of two different podcasts, the Granger Smith podcast. |
| 1:38.1 | So what I mean is it's not essentially brand new. The Granger Smith podcast that I've done |
| 1:43.6 | for many years, and then the YIE |
| 1:45.9 | podcast, which we did together as brothers. And those two, we have dissolved those two and |
| 1:52.1 | combine them into what is now this 99 for one podcast. Yeah, when you were doing the Y |
| 1:57.5 | E podcast, were there conversations there with the three of you going, |
| 2:03.7 | what if you guys, what did we just did this all together? |
| 2:04.4 | All the time. |
| 2:04.9 | Yeah. |
| 2:11.6 | So unlike real estate podcast, hopefully we're going to be speaking gospel truth every episode, |
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