The Essential Southern Podcast The Abbeville Institute
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Ep. 11: The South and History
E. Merton Coulter was one of the more prominent Southern historians of the 20th century. In 1935, he explained why the South lagged behind the North in the writing of history until the 1860s, and then why the South needed to write its own history.
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Ep. 10: The Southern Poet and His Tradition
Donald Davidson wrote an essay in 1932 arguing for the influence of the Southern poet in the Southern tradition while concurrently blasting the Northern Progressive for his destruction of post-War Southern culture.
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Ep. 9: That This Nation May Endure--The Need for Political Regionalism
Donald Davidson's essay "That This Nation May Endure--The Need for Political Regionalism" in the 1936 book, "Who Owns America" is a stark reminder that the issues Americans face today are not new. Centralization and "New England imperialism" have long been a problem for the majority of Americans.
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Ep. 8: Remembering "Stonewall"
In 1895, "Stonewall" Jackson's widow, Mary Anna Jackson, penned her "Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson" as a tribute her her late husband. This selection is a portion of the concluding chapter, and it displays the humanity, love, compassion, heroism, devotion, and emotion of the Southern tradition.
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Ep. 7: The Southern Tradition at Bay
Richard Weaver's "The Southern Tradition at Bay" is one of the
most important works on the Southern tradition. We discuss his
conclusion to that book on this episode.
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Ep. 6: The Meaning of Confederate Monuments
Why were Confederate monuments built? If you listen to modern establishment historians, the answer would be racism and to perpetuate the "myth of the Lost Cause." But is this true? Not if you actually read what these people said.
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Customer Reviews
Much Needed these Days
I’ve been defending the south for decades in my personal life. I always rate Lincoln as the worst president we’ve ever had. It’s obvious that most people just repeat what they’ve been told and never look any deeper. I am a Californian but, I guess, a southerner at heart (don’t know where that comes from). The Southern advocacy of this podcast is much needed these days. I particularly enjoyed the episodes about the origins of American music. Thanks for this podcast!