25 episodes

An Oxford American podcast.
Southern Stories. Southern Songs.

Points South Oxford American

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 82 Ratings

An Oxford American podcast.
Southern Stories. Southern Songs.

    Mamie's Blues: Women in Storyville

    Mamie's Blues: Women in Storyville

    We head back to New Orleans to visit Storyville, the red-light district that made the city infamous in the early 20th century.

    • 27 min
    We Watched The Radio: with Terry & Jo Harvey Allen

    We Watched The Radio: with Terry & Jo Harvey Allen

    Meet Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, and learn about the pairs’ imaginative and innovative work in radio.

    • 58 min
    You Always Return: Searching for Viet-Cajun in New Orleans, Part II

    You Always Return: Searching for Viet-Cajun in New Orleans, Part II

    Cookbook author and chef Andrea Nguyen and producer Christian Brown travel to New Orleans to find the origins of Viet-Cajun food.

    • 28 min
    You Always Return: Searching for Viet-Cajun in New Orleans, Part I

    You Always Return: Searching for Viet-Cajun in New Orleans, Part I

    Cookbook author and chef Andrea Nguyen and producer Christian Brown travel to New Orleans to find the origins of Viet-Cajun food.

    • 21 min
    Beyond the Canon: Lillian Smith

    Beyond the Canon: Lillian Smith

    OA contributing editor Diane Roberts revisits her 2016 essay “Stay and Resist,” investigating the life and legacy of radically subversive writer Lillian Smith.

    • 22 min
    The Camel Experiment: The Legend of Hi Jolly

    The Camel Experiment: The Legend of Hi Jolly

    Contributor Annie Rosenthal and producer Christian Adam Brown journey to Texas and Arizona, where camels, a legendary Muslim immigrant, and U.S. soldiers intersect in an unlikely celebration.

    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
82 Ratings

82 Ratings

Schick08 ,

The South in context…

Thanks to Adia Victoria’s mention of the show on her podcast Call and Response, I found this excellent project. Equal parts good music, enlightening topics, scholarship and always relating back to the South’s underlying thread, this podcast is masterful.

Thank you Oxford American, an amazing magazine by the way. Thanks also to the incomparable Ms. Victoria.

YogaEtc ,

My favorite podcast

Since its premiere this has been my favorite podcast! I rarely sit down to read a whole issue of any magazine, so even though I’m a subscriber to OA, I tend to get interested in pieces through the podcast and then go back to the issue or topic referenced and read in the magazine. Dr. Lewis is knowledgeable on the subjects and conducts great interviews—personable but full of interesting facts! I recommend this podcast! Five stars

randy JM ,

Thoughtful and important

I look forward to each episode, and always learn something. This podcast is a wonderful companion to one of the best print magazines in publication.

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