About South Podcast

11/07/2020

And we’re going to keep doing it! 💙

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06/24/2020

We made the decision as an editorial team to remove the episode “Theater Everywhere" from our feed given the disturbing accounts of a culture of disrespect for Black and Indigenous theater workers at Serenbe theater and associated productions. While none of our team witnessed this behavior, we will not promote this work on our platform. Gina is especially upset given that she had offered advice about the potential challenges of staging a respectful interpretation of a Pocahontas story months ahead of production. In lieu of this episode, we suggest you listen to any number of About South’s episodes featuring Indigenous and Black guests.

05/04/2020

On Mother’s Day 1961, the Klan attacked 13 Freedom Riders by firebombing their Greyhound bus outside of Anniston, Alabama. (Now Former) Anniston Mayor Vaughn Stewart and (Now Former) Vice Mayor Seyram Selase told us the story of the violent attack on the Freedom Riders and dove into why the site is a significant landmark for Anniston, the state of Alabama, and the nation.

We’re sharing to remember this event on its anniversary, to honor the work of the Freedom Riders, and to recognize the efforts of the Anniston city government to memorialize the sites related to this significant moment in history.

On Mother’s Day in 1961, the Klan attacked 13 Freedom Riders by firebombing their Greyhound bus outside of Anniston. We close our first season by talking with Anniston Mayor, Vaughn Stewart, and Vice

03/20/2020

If you’re looking for a way to stay entertained during this quarantine, check out our repository of episodes. Some might even be useful for helping your classes stay on track as we all transition to online learning. You can find all 66 episodes of our original content here:

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11/15/2019

Here it is: the very last episode of About South!

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 our hearts -- crayfish. Jim Stoeckel, an Associate Professor at Auburn, and Brian Helms, an Assistant Professor at Troy University, generously share with us their knowledge, expertise, and enthusiasm for this small yet remarkable creature.

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 our hearts -- crayfish. Jim Stoeckel, an Associate Professo

11/14/2019

Our final episode drops tomorrow. We've put together this goodbye bonus episode so you can reminisce with us. Thanks for four years of unwavering support and attentive ears!

In this special short episode, we hear from several listeners who have made About South possible. Series finale airs Friday, November 15. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjo

11/08/2019

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 professor at North Carolina Central University, a jazz history scholar, and a prolific musician. Gina calls him up to talk about all of the above and music programs at historically Black colleges and universities.

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 professor at North Carolina Central University, a jazz history sch

11/02/2019

In this week’s episode, Dr. Tara Bynum takes us back in time to an era before the Revolutionary War in Newport, Rhode Island, where we are introduced to an enslaved man named Cesar Lyndon, whose remarkable story offers us a glimpse into colonial enslavement and pre-Revolution commerce.

In this week’s episode, we present our first full-length phone interview with returning guest Dr. Tara Bynum, a Mellon research scholar in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelph

10/25/2019

Jessica Parker (our new About South Assistant Producer) grew up in Fayette County, GA, home of the Line Creek Petroglyph, an engraved rock with a complicated history. Jessica first learned about the petroglyph when someone stole it. In this episode, she and Gina attempt to solve the mystery and locate a small rock in a big world.

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, home of the Line Creek Petroglyph, a large, engraved rock

10/11/2019

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 at the Whitney Plantation museum and memorial site, to discuss the history of plantation enslavement in the U.S. South. As the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery, its rare and vital approach in exhibiting the area’s gruesome agricultural industrial complex sheds light on one of the most painfully minimized eras of American history.

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 at the Whitney Plantation museum and memorial site, to disc

10/04/2019

This week, we talk with Dwight Billings at the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center. Billings is an Emeritus Professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky where he researches social inequality and poverty, especially in Appalachia. The pair discusses what drew the coal mining industry to southern Appalachia and the future of the region.

Thanks to Jack Wright for hleping us source the music for this episode!

This week, co-producer Kelly Vines sits down with Dwight Billings, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. Dwight researches social inequality and poverty, especially in Appalac

10/02/2019

Check out our conversation about Atlanta’s history with Calinda Lee! Listen here: https://m.soundcloud.com/about-south/as-s04e10-to-atlanta-with-love