About South

4.8 (14)
SOCIETY & CULTURE

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 Danso | | Assistant Producer: Jessica Parker | | Music: Brian Horton | www.brianhorton.com |

11/15/2019

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 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. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

48 min
11/14/2019

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. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com

9 min
11/08/2019

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 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. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

40 min
11/01/2019

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 African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia, and Assistant Professor at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Tara 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. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

38 min
10/25/2019

S04 Episode 13: Between a Rock & a Hard Place

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 with a complicated history. Jessica first learned about the petroglyph when it became the subject of national news -- because someone had stolen it. Years later, she and Gina attempt to solve the mystery of the Line Creek Petroglyph. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

36 min
10/11/2019

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 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. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

36 min
10/04/2019

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 researches social inequality and poverty, especially in Appalachia, where Kelly’s family has a long history. The pair discusses what drew the coal mining industry to southern Appalachia and the future of the region. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

45 min
09/27/2019

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 Atlanta History Center. We dive headfirst into the topic of our hometown’s complicated past, and how we choose to tell the story of our past to others. Calinda helps us to understand the unique challenges in framing Atlanta history correctly, avoiding the pitfalls of past interpretations, and how we can plan for the future presentation of our historical understanding. About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso. Jessica Parker is an assistant producer. Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com. Learn more at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com.

44 min

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4.8

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14 Ratings

Great & getting better each time

07/29/2017

Dr. Hilarius

The hosts bring their curiosity and expertise about the south to each episode. The scale of the show is perfect—not too self important, but willing to talk through big issues and ideas when appropriate. Fantastic podcast.
Ok

08/02/2018

thrashster

Content is hit and miss. Some episodes are engaging and have complexity and depth, some episodes are pretty surface level chit chat. Sound editing needs some work — for example in episodes that feature larger groups of people talking, the group laughing will be 10x louder than the dialogue.
Thank goodness for About South

12/12/2016

Wanted to like more

Unlikely saints, false identities, Faulkner's ghost, heroes, old maids, and powerful ugly women—this show's got it all. & they talk funny the right way. 😉

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 Danso | | Assistant Producer: Jessica Parker | | Music: Brian Horton | www.brianhorton.com |

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About South
Years Active

2016 - 2019
Episodes

72
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Explicit
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About South

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Episodes

S04 Episode 16: Jewel Mudbug

S04 Farewell Bonus

S04 Episode 15: Gentle with the Melody

S04 Episode 14: Cesar Lyndon's Cookout

S04 Episode 13: Between a Rock & a Hard Place

S04 Episode 12: To Tell the Truth

S04 Episode 11: Of Mountains & Miners

S04 Episode 10: To Atlanta, With Love

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