The 2 Best The Bitter Southerner Podcast Episodes
1) Can the South Be Redeemed?
For our grand finale this season, we’re going to attempt to answer a question that ... to every truehearted Southerner … is among the most difficult questions ever: Can the South be redeemed? Congres...Show More
2) Hillbillies Need No Elegy
In his book “Hillbilly Elegy,” author J.D. Vance argues that the people of Appalachia cause the region’s problems — and not the industries that have spent centuries extracting its rich resources. On t...Show More
3) BONUS: "Jamón, Y'all" from America's Test Kitchen
In a special bonus episode of The Bitter Southerner Podcast, Bridget Lancaster of America's Test Kitchen introduces a story from her podcast called Proof. In it, reporter Maya Kroth looks at how a Spa...Show More
4) Progress, Heartbreak & Art: The TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s dams brought electricity to the rural South, and in our region’s lore, it looms huge: the classic story of people vs. progress. As these dams were completed, entire co...Show More
5) The Ways of Waffle House
How could a 2,000-store restaurant chain become, to Southerners, something more than just another place to eat?
6) The Exactly Right Cake
Being part of a Southern community means baking the exactly right cake when we gather. NYT bestselling cookbook author Anne Byrn joins us to talk about the history of famous Southern cakes, two sister...Show More
7) BONUS: Best Southern Albums of 2019
Host Chuck Reece welcomes NPR Music's Ann Powers to help us run down the 10 best Southern albums of 2019.
8) An Undeserved Gift: Okra
Okra is not native to North America. It arrived here at the same time enslaved Africans did. No one — no botanist, no historian — can confirm exactly how it got here. But it has connected Southerners ...Show More
9) The Blues Is Dead?
The spirit of High John the Conqueror keeps the wellsprings of American music, Southern blues and gospel, alive. GUESTS: Musicians Jontavious Willis (Georgia), Bobby Rush (Louisiana), Jake Fussell (N...Show More
10) What We Talk About When We Talk About How We Talk
Do you think a Southern accent means its speaker is dumb? In Episode 1 of our second season, we got news for you. GUESTS: Comedians Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, and Corey Ryan Forrester...Bitter Sout...Show More