S04 Episode 16: Jewel Mudbug
In the series finale of About South, we travel to the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center at Auburn University to discuss a subject near and dear to...
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S04 Farewell Bonus
In this special short episode, we hear from several listeners who have made About South possible. Series finale airs Friday, November 15. Ab...
S04 Episode 15: Gentle with the Melody
This week's guest practically needs no introduction because you've been listening to him on our show for years. Dr. Brian Horton is a profes...
S04 Episode 14: Cesar Lyndon's Cookout
In this week’s episode, we present our first full-length phone interview with returning guest Dr. Tara Bynum, a Mellon research scholar in A...
S04 Episode 13: Between a Rock & a Hard Place
This week, we keep it in the family as Gina sits down with new About South co-producer Jessica Parker. Jessica grew up in Fayette County, GA...
S04 Episode 12: To Tell the Truth
In this week’s episode of About South, we travel to St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana to meet with Ashley Rogers, executive director...
S04 Episode 11: Of Mountains & Miners
This week, co-producer Kelly Vines sits down with Dwight Billings, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. Dwight res...
S04 Episode 10: To Atlanta, With Love
This week on About South, we are joined by Dr. Calinda Lee, Vice President for Historical Interpretation and Community Partnerships at the A...
S04 Episode 9: Fight
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Hillary Holley from Fair Fight to discuss the 2018 gubernatorial election that had the whole nation...
Rebroadcast | S03 Episode 8: Upstairs, 1973
On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Upstairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Dozens of people lost their lives t...
Rebroadcast | S03 Episode 13: Grow
In honor of Randi Byrd's personal best record and the 50th Annual Coharie Pow Wow, we're rebroadcasting our talk on pumpkins-- giant pumpkin...
S04 Episode 8: Brigitte
This week, iconic Atlanta drag performer Brigitte Bidet joins Gina for a conversation about all things drag in the South. Brigitte is a clas...
S04 Episode 7: Two, Mississippi
In this week’s episode of About South, we present the second half of our two-part conversation with policy advocate and longtime friend Sanf...
S04 Episode 6: One, Mississippi
In this week’s episode, we travel to Clarksdale, Mississippi to sit down with education policy advocate Sanford Johnson for a conversation s...
S04 Episode 5: Handmaid Justice
This week, Sara Patenaude of the Handmaid Coalition of Georgia joins Gina for a discussion of reproductive rights in the state and beyond an...
S04 Episode 4: A Postsouthern World
In this week’s episode, we travel to Copenhagen, Denmark to sit down with Martyn Bone, a southern studies scholar and Associate Professor at...
S04 Episode 3: Radio Free Georgia
This week we’re bringing you a local story about independent community radio station WRFG-89.3FM. Gina sits down with station co-founder Har...
S04 Episode 2: King, 1967
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Brian Ward, historian and Professor in American Studies at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon...
S04 Episode 1: North And South Elsewhere
About South kicks off its farewell season with a trip to England where we talk to Dr. Gavan Lennon, a professor at Canterbury Christ Church...
S03 Episode 16: Trahlyta
This week we’re wrapping season 3 of About South with a conversation about the legend of Trahlyta, a pice of folklore that says a “Cherokee...