The unique language of Southern Appalachia
This week on the Reckon Interview, we speak with Jennifer Heinmiller, co-author of the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English.
The unique language of Southern Appalachia
This week on the Reckon Interview, we speak with Jennifer Heinmiller, co-author of the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English.
Understanding the South through the eyes of the world
This week on the Reckon Interview, we hear from Don Heflin, a diplomat who has served for more than 30 years in the U.S. state department.
What America got right (and wrong) during the Covid-19 pandemic ‘Plague Year’
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright’s new book “The Plague Year,” is an expansive look at America during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Second Amendment: Are we having the wrong debate about the right to bear arms?
The question isn’t what the Second Amendment protects, it’s who. From the very beginning, the Second Amendment was about protecting white Americans from Black people.
Kiese Laymon’s commitment to Mississippi writers is a “forever thing”
Kiese Laymon joins the Reckon interview to discuss buying back the rights to his first two books and releasing new revised editions.
Anjali Enjeti: AAPI Southerners face barriers in publishing, politics and public life
On the Reckon Interview, Anjali Enjeti describes the issues facing Asian Americans in the South, including in politics and publishing.
Sarah Jarosz draws on Texas singer-songwriter roots for new music
The mandolin and banjo are staples of bluegrass but Sarah Jarosz points to the Texas singer-songwriter tradition as inspiration for her newest work.
How Rodney Scott discovered the secret to whole hog barbecue in South Carolina
Rodney Scott joins the Reckon Interview to discuss the whole hog empire he started in Hemingway, South Carolina.
If you are silent in the face of injustice, can you remain a good person?
John Archibald and Dr. Wayne Flynt the Reckon Interview to discuss Archibald's new memoir, "Shaking the Gates of Hell."
Minnie Bruce Pratt on being targeted by anti-LGBTQ laws in North Carolina
This week on the Reckon Interview, Minnie Bruce Pratt describes what it’s like to be targeted by anti-LGBTQ laws.
Elizabeth Spiers on her Southern roots, the ‘Bubble’ and the future of media
How did a woman from small town Alabama become a key player in New York media? It’s part of a long tradition of Southern expats playing a role in shaping the national conversation.
How Jason Kirk is redefining fellowship amid Southerners’ exodus from the church
Vacation Bible School, has built a big community of people who had either let their faith lapse, never had faith to begin with, or were just looking for a religious community during the pandemic.
The history of the Lost Cause explains the Big Lie of today
Connor Towne O'Neill explains how the Lost Cause and Nathan Bedford Forrest help explain America in 2021.
How the hip-hop generation revolutionized the South
The South still got something to say because the South is still trying to reclaim their narrative.
Unjustifiable Chapter Six: Point 14
It was a decade after Black civil rights leaders had gathered in Birmingham to make 14 points to their white peers in Birmingham, to demand acknowledgement that Black people were still treated as second class citizens.
How America undermined the Voting Rights Act
From the very beginning, people have worked to undermine the voting protections enshrined in the VRA. What does that look like in 2020? Listen to this week's episode of the Reckon Interview.
