SouthBound
Culture
The South … What is it? Movies, books, songs, myths and legends have tried to explain this part of the United States. SouthBound, a new podcast series from WFAE, talks to people who were born and raised in the South. Hosted by journalist Tommy Tomlinson, SouthBound features conversations with notable Southerners from all walks of life – from artists and athletes to preachers and politicians.Who would you like to hear on the SouthBound podcast? Click here or use the form below to submit your favorite Southerner and the question you would love for them to answer. Who knows... you might just hear them on a future episode.
Location:
United States
Description:
The South … What is it? Movies, books, songs, myths and legends have tried to explain this part of the United States. SouthBound, a new podcast series from WFAE, talks to people who were born and raised in the South. Hosted by journalist Tommy Tomlinson, SouthBound features conversations with notable Southerners from all walks of life – from artists and athletes to preachers and politicians.Who would you like to hear on the SouthBound podcast? Click here or use the form below to submit your favorite Southerner and the question you would love for them to answer. Who knows... you might just hear them on a future episode.
Twitter:
@WFAE
Language:
English
Contact:
704-549-9323
Website:
http://wfae.org/term/southbound
Email:
web@wfae.org
Episodes
Pete Candler delves into the untold history of the South, and of his own family
4/24/2024
This 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.
Duration:00:42:44
It's our second panel of SouthBound Live, a discussion about the future of Charlotte
4/10/2024
This 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.
Duration:00:53:13
It's SouthBound Live, a panel discussion about the future of Charlotte
3/27/2024
This 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 children; and John Searby, director of the Catawba Riverkeeper organization and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.
Duration:00:50:29
Alice Randall shines a light on the Black trailblazers in country music (including herself)
3/13/2024
This 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 same name.
Duration:00:33:44
Kindred Motes helps companies doing well make sure they're doing good
2/28/2024
This 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.
Duration:00:35:47
Jason Kirk grew up an evangelical kid. Now he's written a novel about it
2/14/2024
This 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.
Duration:00:42:49
SouthBound replay: Tressie McMillan Cottom explores deep American issues both public and personal
1/31/2024
Today'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 life to the tragedy that shaped her life.
Duration:00:44:35
Social media star Landon Bryant explains the South to the rest of the world
1/17/2024
This 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.
Duration:00:33:21
Rebecca Renner takes us to 'Gator Country' with a tale of swampers and poachers
1/3/2024
This 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.
Duration:00:30:21
A holiday gift from us to you: the Best of SouthBound 2023
12/20/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:32:16
Ellen Ann Fentress plumbs how the South segregates in more ways than one
12/6/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:35:33
Historian Johnny Smith explores Michael Jordan's delicate dance with racial issues
11/22/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:45:16
Max Marshall tells a wild tale of a fraternity drug ring in 'Among the Bros'
11/8/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:45:06
Mike Chamberlain studies the majesty and mysteries of the wild turkey
10/25/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:38:46
SouthBound replay: Poet Ada Limón searches for 'radical hope'
10/11/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:32:44
Kate Medley documents the Southern treasure of gas station food
9/27/2023
This 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.”
Duration:00:31:57
Nat Glover's path to becoming Florida's first Black sheriff since Reconstruction
9/13/2023
This 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 his childhood.
Duration:00:42:24
'Shutdown Fullcast' co-host Ryan Nanni explores the weirdness of college football ... and many other things
8/30/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:41:03
SouthBound replay: Roy Wood Jr. talks COVID-19 comedy, and we argue about pimento cheese
8/16/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:29:41
Anne Hull remembers a complicated childhood among the orange trees
8/2/2023
This 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.
Duration:00:40:28