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Pete Candler delves into the untold history of the South, and of his own family
SouthBound - April 24, 2024 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Pete Candler. He comes from a storied Southern family—one of his ancestors founded Coca-Cola—but Pete has written a new book about the secrets in his family’s history, and in the South’s history as well.
It's our second panel of SouthBound Live, a discussion about the future of Charlotte
SouthBound - April 10, 2024 08:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson convenes a panel of three experts on Charlotte for his second SouthBound Live event about the future of the city. This time we’re talking about affordable housing, equity, and what we can learn from the city’s history.
It's SouthBound Live, a panel discussion about the future of Charlotte
SouthBound - March 27, 2024 08:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, we've got a live recording of a SouthBound panel discussion on the future of Charlotte. The panelists are Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill; Sil Ganzó, the founder of ourBRIDGE, which provides after-school programs for immigrant and refugee childre...
Alice Randall shines a light on the Black trailblazers in country music (including herself)
SouthBound - March 13, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Alice Randall, who became the first Black woman with a writing credit on a #1 country song with Trisha Yearwood’s 1994 hit “XXXs and OOOs.” Randall has now written a memoir called “My Black Country” and it comes with a companion album of the ...
Kindred Motes helps companies doing well make sure they're doing good
SouthBound - February 28, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Kindred Motes, an Alabama native who works with nonprofits and small businesses to help them be more socially responsible. He also guides those companies to send money to places in the South that need it.
Jason Kirk grew up an evangelical kid. Now he's written a novel about it
SouthBound - February 14, 2024 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Jason Kirk, whose novel “Hell Is a World Without You” draws from his experiences as a teenager in evangelical churches. We talk about how those churches shaped him, and what his beliefs are now.
SouthBound replay: Tressie McMillan Cottom explores deep American issues both public and personal
SouthBound - January 31, 2024 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsToday's SouthBound podcast is a replay of host Tommy Tomlinson's conversation from summer 2023 with Tressie McMillan Cottom, a sociologist, author, columnist for the New York Times and recipient of the MacArthur “genius grant.” Their conversation ranges from the concept of whiteness in American l...
Social media star Landon Bryant explains the South to the rest of the world
SouthBound - January 17, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Landon Bryant, the social media star known for his videos discussing the ways and words of the South. He used to be a Mississippi schoolteacher; now, he gets recognized at Disney World.
Rebecca Renner takes us to 'Gator Country' with a tale of swampers and poachers
SouthBound - January 03, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to author Rebecca Renner, whose new book is called “Gator Country.” It’s the amazing story of a Florida wildlife agent who went undercover to bust a ring of alligator poachers.
A holiday gift from us to you: the Best of SouthBound 2023
SouthBound - December 20, 2023 09:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson presents the Best of 2023 episode. We’re playing clips from favorite guests: Ben and Erin Napier, Robert Earl Keen, Bomani Jones, and many more. Come celebrate with us.
Ellen Ann Fentress plumbs how the South segregates in more ways than one
SouthBound - December 06, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mississippi journalist Ellen Ann Fentress, who has two fascinating projects: her new memoir, called “The Steps We Take,” and her website documenting the history of segregation academies in the South.
Historian Johnny Smith explores Michael Jordan's delicate dance with racial issues
SouthBound - November 22, 2023 08:59 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to historian Johnny Smith, author of a new book called “Jumpman,” about Michael Jordan, and the dance he did regarding racial issues throughout his legendary NBA career and beyond.
Max Marshall tells a wild tale of a fraternity drug ring in 'Among the Bros'
SouthBound - November 08, 2023 08:59 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Max Marshall, author of the new book called “Among the Bros,” a wild and true story about a massive, multistate drug ring centered around fraternity members at the College of Charleston. The party felt like it would never end … until it did.
Mike Chamberlain studies the majesty and mysteries of the wild turkey
SouthBound - October 25, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mike Chamberlain, a researcher at the University of Georgia who is an expert on wild turkeys. They talk about the changing landscape for wild turkeys, and how different they are from the Butterballs we have at Thanksgiving.
SouthBound replay: Poet Ada Limón searches for 'radical hope'
SouthBound - October 11, 2023 08:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, we replay host Tommy Tomlinson's 2021 conversation with Ada Limón, who is a United States Poet Laureate and recent recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant.” They talk about a lot of things, but mostly about hope.
Kate Medley documents the Southern treasure of gas station food
SouthBound - September 27, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Kate Medley, a photographer who spent years roaming the South to take pictures of gas station food, and the people and places that serve it. Her photos are collected in a new book called “Thank You Please Come Again.”
Nat Glover's path to becoming Florida's first Black sheriff since Reconstruction
SouthBound - September 13, 2023 08:01 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Nat Glover, who in 1995 was elected sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the first Black sheriff in Florida since Reconstruction. He’s written a new memoir about how he earned his way there, and about the terrifying moment that defined ...
'Shutdown Fullcast' co-host Ryan Nanni explores the weirdness of college football ... and many other things
SouthBound - August 30, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks college football — and many other things — with Ryan Nanni, one of the hosts of the strange and wonderful podcast called the "Shutdown Fullcast." Among other things, they discuss whether Tommy owes any money to a basketball-playing dog.
SouthBound replay: Roy Wood Jr. talks COVID-19 comedy, and we argue about pimento cheese
SouthBound - August 16, 2023 07:57 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, we're replaying host Tommy Tomlinson's 2020 conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr. It’s an interesting look back at the first days of COVID-19 and how it informed Wood’s comedy — and his ability to perform. Roy and Tommy also get into it over pimento cheese.
Anne Hull remembers a complicated childhood among the orange trees
SouthBound - August 02, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Anne Hull, author of the new memoir “Through the Groves.” It’s about her formative years growing up in central Florida in the days before Disney World, when there was nothing but small towns and orange trees as far as the eyes could see.
Craig Renaud documents Southern storytellers while mourning his late brother
SouthBound - July 19, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Craig Renaud, director and producer of the new PBS limited series “Southern Storytellers.” The series includes novelist Jesmyn Ward and singer Jason Isbell, among many others. Renaud also talks about his brother, Brent, who was killed last ye...
SouthBound Replay: Author S.A. Cosby talks about 'Razorblade Tears'
SouthBound - July 05, 2023 07:59 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound is a replay of host Tommy Tomlinson's 2021 interview with author S.A. Cosby. They talk about his crime thriller “Razorblade Tears,” which became a bestseller. His new novel, “All the Sinners Bleed,” just got a rave review by Stephen King in the New York Times.
Jack Taggart 'beats up clothes' to age the costumes for Hollywood blockbusters
SouthBound - June 21, 2023 07:11 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Jack Taggart … you might not know the name, but you’ve seen his work in movies from “Inception” to “Black Panther” to “Top Gun: Maverick.” His job is to age and weather costumes, making everything from T-shirts to space suits look right for t...
Wright Thompson covers sports around the world but always turns south toward home
SouthBound - June 07, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, we replay host Tommy Tomlinson's 2020 conversation with Wright Thompson, senior writer for ESPN and author of the best-selling book “Pappyland,” about the legendary Pappy Van Winkle bourbon. Wright talks about everything from Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods to searching fo...
Robert Earl Keen is off the road, but the party hasn't ended yet
SouthBound - May 24, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on the SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson welcomes Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen, known for classics like “The Road Goes On Forever.” Keen recently retired from the road but is still making music; his latest album, called “Western Chill,” comes with a songbook, a live D...
Mike Collins celebrates, and remembers, 25 years of 'Charlotte Talks'
SouthBound - May 10, 2023 08:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mike Collins, host of Charlotte Talks on WFAE. For the 25th anniversary of his show, we put Mike in the guest chair. Tommy learned a lot about Mike’s influences and some of his favorite guests over the years.
Ben and Erin Napier transformed their town, and 'Home Town' transformed their lives
SouthBound - April 26, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Erin and Ben Napier, the hosts of the hit HGTV series “Home Town.” The Napiers have transformed their town of Laurel, Mississippi, by renovating homes there — and along the way, they’ve turned Laurel into a tourist attraction.
Charles Frazier's new novel comes down off the mountain to traverse 1930s America
SouthBound - April 12, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Charles Frazier, the North Carolina novelist best known for his tragic Civil War romance “Cold Mountain.” He’s got a new book called “The Trackers,” set during the Great Depression, and we talk about how that book stemmed from a single photog...
Ryan McGee of ESPN tells stories of his minor-league summer and 'Marty & McGee'
SouthBound - March 29, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Ryan McGee, co-host of the "Marty & McGee" show on ESPN, and author of a new book called “Welcome to the Circus of Baseball.” It’s about the summer Ryan spent as an intern with the Asheville Tourists minor-league team. He’s got stories about ...
SouthBound Replay: Fawn Weaver builds a whiskey empire from a long-forgotten story
SouthBound - March 15, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 274 ratingsThis week on SouthBound, we’re replaying Tommy Tomlinson's conversation from 2020 with Fawn Weaver. Weaver founded the Nearest Green distillery in Tennessee in honor of a Black distiller who helped Jack Daniel develop his famous whiskey. Weaver talks about how she went from reading a story about ...
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