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A weekly history podcast sharing stories about the people, places and events that shaped the city of Atlanta.
This week’s episode explores the history of Agnes Scott College, from its origins as a small, church-founded seminary in 1889 to its rise as...
From railroad stop to global corridor, Chamblee has lived a lot of lives in just over a century. This week, we trace its evolution from land...
Still recovering from my appendectomy last week and so I am re-releasing my episode about the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point. We're talki...
This week, we’re stepping into the pages of the Negro Motorist Green Book. I am sharing my conversation with my good friend, Cynthia Jenning...
This week, we explore the long and winding history behind the creation of a Botanical Garden in Atlanta - a dream that took more than 50 yea...
This week, we trace tennis from its 12th-century French origins to its rise in Atlanta, where elite clubs, segregated courts, and growing pu...
When people think of sit-ins, they think Greensboro. But the movement didn’t start, or stop, there. This episode looks at how the 1960 Green...
Atlanta gets nearly an extra hour of evening sunlight compared to cities east of us—and it turns out that’s no accident. In this episode, we...
In this episode, we follow the land from rural farmland to an independent city with its own mayor, streetcars, schools, and sharp racial div...
Before airplanes and AI, Atlanta once stopped in its tracks to watch a hot air balloon rise into the sky. In this episode, I cover the story...
From ancient superstitions to nuclear submarines, the name Atlanta carries a remarkable legacy across the seas. In this episode, we trace th...
Tami Roche was named Miss Burlesque in 1966 and her career took off, performing across the country and on Broadway, before moving to Atlanta...
A special bonus episode to share my interview with Cliff Norris and David Aurilio to learn about the histories of the Atlanta Freedom Bands,...
Before Chosewood Park was a neighborhood with winding streets, skyline views, and a curious little road called Climax Street, it was Muscoge...
This week, I am sharing an oral history recording I did last year with Matthew Norwood, pastor of Bible Way Ministries. His father developed...
From crystal balls to courthouse battles, this episode with Liz Clappin and Cynthia Jennings , dives into the history of fortune telling — f...
Ever wonder what I’d do with $5 million if saving it was off the table? Or which unsung women of Atlanta’s past I’d invite to a dinner party...
This week, I am so excited to share my interview with my friend Julie B. Johnson , where we talk about her latest project, Dancing in Darkto...
This week, I am sharing an interview with Stan Washington, veteran journalist and editor-at-large of The Atlanta Voice . We discuss his care...
In 1950s Georgia, faced with school desegregation, the governor’s plan was simple: abolish public schools. This episode dives into Atlanta’s...
In the fall of 1971, a group of volunteers in Atlanta set out to build a radio station by the people, for the people. By 1973, WRFG was on t...
Before it became Atlanta’s most iconic cemetery, Oakland Cemetery was just six acres of farmland owned by the Woodings. But as the city grew...
This week, I am re-sharing an episode from 2021 where I cover the history of Atlanta’s City Hall...not just the Art Deco masterpiece you can...
Before Atlanta was crisscrossed with interstates and highways, there was a bold plan—born from the Great Depression, inspired by Germany’s A...
This week, we’re talking about Atlanta’s most famous food franchises. Atlanta has been the birthplace of almost a dozen food franchises, inc...
Even though this is a bye week for me, I wanted to share a bonus episode related to a special project that I got to do recently. I worked wi...
This week, we’re talking about the Lakewood Cutting - the story of the murder of Fred Thompson. I’ve said a million times that I’m not a fan...
This week, I am SO excited to share a conversation that I had with Marty Padgett about this new book, The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick:...
This week, I am bringing you a short bonus story about the Bagby Family, mainly brothers William and Hubert, who were known throughout the B...
This week, we’re talking about Roman Catholicism in Atlanta, mainly centered around the city’s historic Catholic churches from the 1850s thr...
This week, I'm sharing the short history of "Miss Sepia Atlanta", Atlanta’s African American beauty pageant that ran from 1947 until 1963. W...
This week, we’re talking about one of Atlanta’s most well-known attractions - it’s strip clubs. But why and how and when did we get this cla...
This week, I am so excited to share an interview episode with Mike Ayling , who is the writer and researcher behind Birds of Kirkwood . We t...
This week, we’re talking about Druid Hills - one of the most iconic Atlanta neighborhoods known for its housing stock and connection to the...
This week, we are celebrating Women’s History Month by learning the history of three more women from Atlanta’s past; Eva Lovett, Emily Norma...
This week, we’re talking about “We Charge Genocide” , a 1951 petition accusing the United States government of genocide based on the newly a...
This week, we’re talking about WEB DuBois’ time in Atlanta, which spans two different periods and a total of 24 years. Arriving first in 189...
With my new bi-weekly format, there are two ways you can do this; a rolling schedule or what I did, which is say that the podcast will be ou...
This week, we’re talking about Atlanta’s Veterans Hospitals. When I first put this topic on my list, I thought I’d be covering the 1960s-era...
This week, we’re talking about Lustron Houses - prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post-World War II era in response to th...
Happy 2025! I started this podcast in September of 2018 and if you told me then I would be here recording in 2025, I would never have believ...
My last episode of 2024 is a conversation I had inside Constellations , with the incomparable Gene Kansas , who just wrote a book called Civ...
Today, I am sharing a conversation I had with Abra Lee , Director of Horticulture at Oakland and scholar in Black garden history from Recons...
To celebrate Halloween, my friends Liz and Cynthia joined me to discuss the mystery of the Atlanta Blood House. On September 8, 1987, Minnie...
This week, we’re talking about Atlanta’s first, official Playboy Club and the place it was located, the people who worked there, went there...
This week, we’re talking about one of Atlanta's most famous thoroughfares - and no, it’s not Peachtree Street - it’s Cheshire Bridge Road. E...
This week, I am checking off another Atlanta neighborhood off the list - Ormewood Park. From its start as a single large estate that bred je...
This week, I am sharing my interview with Peter Bahouth, talking about the Springlake neighborhood, and exploring his treehouse, which A irB...
This week, we’re covering the The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta’s alternative press that ran from 1968 through 1976. It was one of the longes...
This week, I am re-releasing an episode from waaaay back in August of 2019, all about Atlanta’s Carnegie Libraries. It's not only a story of...