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About South

About South

About South is a weekly podcast hosted by Gina Caison. Each week we talk to the folks who create, curate, and critique southern cultures. | Co-Producers: Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa...

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Listen to About South, a Society & Culture podcast by About South. Stream 72 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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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...

00:47:38Nov 15, 2019

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...

00:08:53Nov 14, 2019

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...

00:40:10Nov 8, 2019

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...

00:37:47Nov 1, 2019

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...

00:35:59Oct 11, 2019

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...

00:44:39Oct 4, 2019

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...

00:44:09Sep 27, 2019

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...

00:36:47Sep 20, 2019

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...

00:38:51Sep 13, 2019

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...

00:35:35Sep 7, 2019

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...

00:33:29Aug 30, 2019

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...

00:32:24Aug 23, 2019

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...

00:32:34Aug 16, 2019

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...

00:32:13Aug 9, 2019

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...

00:35:06Jul 26, 2019

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...

00:36:50Jul 19, 2019

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...

00:36:59Jul 12, 2019

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...

00:42:49Jul 5, 2019

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...

00:36:18Nov 16, 2018

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