SouthBound
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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.
SouthBound
1w ago
This week on the SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson welcomes Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen, known for classics like “The Road Goes On Forever.” Keen recently retired from the road but is still making music; his latest album, called “Western Chill,” comes with a songbook, a live DVD and a graphic novel ..read more
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3w ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mike Collins, host of Charlotte Talks on WFAE. For the 25th anniversary of his show, we put Mike in the guest chair. Tommy learned a lot about Mike’s influences and some of his favorite guests over the years ..read more
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Erin and Ben Napier, the hosts of the hit HGTV series “Home Town.” The Napiers have transformed their town of Laurel, Mississippi, by renovating homes there — and along the way, they’ve turned Laurel into a tourist attraction ..read more
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2M ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Ryan McGee, co-host of the "Marty & McGee" show on ESPN, and author of a new book called “Welcome to the Circus of Baseball.” It’s about the summer Ryan spent as an intern with the Asheville Tourists minor-league team. He’s got stories about everything from a Dairy Queen disaster to a mascot brawl ..read more
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2M ago
This week on SouthBound, we’re replaying Tommy Tomlinson's conversation from 2020 with Fawn Weaver. Weaver founded the Nearest Green distillery in Tennessee in honor of a Black distiller who helped Jack Daniel develop his famous whiskey. Weaver talks about how she went from reading a story about Green to bottling a whiskey called Uncle Nearest ..read more
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3M ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Josh Dawsey, a South Carolina native who covers national politics for The Washington Post. He also covered the Trump White House, and tells Tommy the story about the time the president called him a “lowlife” on Twitter. Plus he’s a long-suffering South Carolina football fan ..read more
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3M ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Nic Brown, who as a teenager was the drummer for the alt-rock band Athenaeum back in the ‘90s. Now he’s a writing professor at Clemson. He’s got a new memoir about those rock ‘n’ roll days, called “Bang Bang Crash ..read more
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4M ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to golf writer Ron Green Jr., who has covered 41 Masters and has played with everyone from Tiger Woods to Donald Trump. The world of pro golf has turned upside down in the last year, and Ron explains what’s going on ..read more
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4M ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to sports commentator Bomani Jones, whose show “Game Theory” starts its second season on HBO this Sunday. Bomani also has a popular ESPN podcast and a huge following on Twitter, where he discusses everything from the NFL playoffs to Pink Floyd. He’s got a wide-open mind ..read more
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5M ago
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson re-airs his 2020 talk with comedian Fortune Feimster. Feimster grew up a debutante in North Carolina and learned she was gay by watching a Lifetime movie. Now she goes on national tours and has done two Netflix specials ..read more