For decades, Southerners have fought for civil and human rights. What does coalition building look like in a region divided by race? Dr. Jessica Wilkerson, a labor historian at West Virginia University, describes the labor movements led by white women in Appalachia. And Arekia Bennett, director of Mississippi Votes, shares what organizing looks like during a pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 304
100 years ago Southern white men and some sympathetic women nearly blocked the 19th amendment and women's suffrage. Some Southern suffragists worked for form fragile alliances with Black suffragists, others touted the 19th Amendment as a manner to maintain white supremacy. 50 years later similar efforts in the South successfully blocked the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. This week on the Reckon Interview Dr. Marjorie Spruill, an historian based in South Carolina, and Errin Haines, e...
Aug 24, 2020•59 min•Season 3Ep. 303
If you examine how the modern Democratic Party built a new coalition with black voters after the Civil Rights movement and how the modern Republican Party transformed its party in response, you begin to see how the identities of both national parties have their roots in the South. On this week's episode of the Reckon Interview, Angie Maxwell, a professor at the University of Arkansas, explains how the South shaped national politics. And the Washington Post's Dave Weigel, creator of The Trailer, ...
Aug 17, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 302
What does the fight for voting rights look like five decades after the Civil Rights Movement? Are states prepared to handle elections during a pandemic? To kick off Reckon Interview Season 3, John Hammontree and R.L. Nave speak with Prof. Carol Anderson and ProPublica's Jessica Huseman for a comprehensive look at the state of voting in 2020. Show Notes 5:00 Professor Carol Anderson @ProfCAnderson 5:29 What happened after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed? 9:53 What does the VRA do? 12:13 How ...
Aug 10, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 301
Southerners are setting the tempo for the 2020 elections, whether it’s fighting for racial justice, ending health disparities, pushing for voting rights by organizing people around common goals. This season on the Reckon Interview, John Hammontree and R.L. Nave are digging into the stories and people beyond the polls and partisanship. Each week, we’ll speak with the leaders, experts and fresh voices doing the work of building the future South -- on the ground and out of the spotlight. See acast....
Aug 03, 2020•3 min
You've seen Zac Oyama in CollegeHumor videos and the Upright Citizens Brigade. You've heard him on Comedy Bang Bang. You've seen his dad in "Get Out." He joins the Reckon Interview for a conversation about Hollywood, the South and how a Karate empire found its surprising home in Birmingham, Alabama. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 216
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is the director of the UAB School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases. She joins the Reckon Interview to discuss the possibility of returning to schools, football, Alabama's mask policy and when we can expect a publicly available vaccine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 20, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 215
These days, everyone tells Paul Finebaum to "stick to sports." On the Reckon Interview, he shares his thoughts on pushing back on callers, his thoughts on school administrators responding to the pandemic, details about TV shows he has in the works, and why he typically avoids politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 13, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 214
Elaina Plott is a one of the great profile writers of our time. The New York Times writer grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and joins the Reckon Interview to discuss Jeff Sessions' career and how being Southern helps her connect with sources. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 06, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 213
Dr. Hilary N. Green is an expert in the American Civil War, Reconstruction and Civil War memory. She joins the Reckon Interview to discuss living through this historical moment where Americans' understanding of history is rapidly changing, addressing topics like the toppling of monuments, the removal of Gone with the Wind, and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 212
For years, Carolyn Kellogg was the Books editor for the Los Angeles Times. On the Reckon Interview, she shares why she dropped everything to move to the Deep South. She also offers her suggestions for books to read this summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 22, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 211
The Atlantic's Olga Khazan joins the Reckon Interview to discuss her new book "Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World." She and John Hammontree discuss how outsiders can build movements, including how that could relate to the Black Lives Matter movement and LGBT advocacy campaigns. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 15, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 210
Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester have dismantled preconceptions about what 'Southern comedy' sounds like. This week on the Reckon Interview, they sit down to discuss their role as Southern white men supporting George Floyd protests, how the pandemic has affected their livelihood, and draft their all time Southern comedy teams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 209
Chuck Reece founded the Bitter Southerner in 2013. He sits down with John Hammontree to discuss the place he built for Southern voices and how to find the right voice for the right story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2020•55 min•Season 2Ep. 208
Tommy Tomlison is a brilliant writer and radio host based in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2019, he published a memoir about confronting an addiction to food, chronicling his efforts to lose weight after nearing 460 pounds. His story offers insight into addiction, food culture in the South, and writing honest stories. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 207
The Eddy's André Holland bought an historic theater in his hometown of Bessemer, Alabama in 2017. Holland joins the Reckon Interview to discuss parallels to his character in the new Netflix drama, how the steel community shaped him, the importance of James Baldwin, and shares some news about upcoming projects. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 206
Alex McDaniel, Deputy Editor of SBNation, discusses how the shutdown has impacted sports media, whether we'll see a football season in the fall, bourbon, Memphis, Texas and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 205
In 2018, Frank Stitt's Highlands Bar & Grill was recognized as the most outstanding restaurant in America. Right now, its doors are shut because of the coronavirus pandemic like so many other restaurants around the country. How are chefs adapting? Is the stimulus package helping independent restaurants? And what is it about food in the South that connects us? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 04, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 204
Michael Harriot is an award-winning senior writer for the Root and one of the most influential voices in the South today. Harriot is based in Birmingham, a place he’s called the Blackest City in America, but his impact is national. On the Reckon Interview, he discusses black voters relationship with the Democratic Party and, of course, Southern history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 203
George Wallace is one of the most notorious politicians in American history. Today, his daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, has dedicated her life to fighting for civil rights. She talks with the Reckon Interview about growing up with two governors for parents, the legacy of her father in today's politics, and how Rep. John Lewis helped her find her voice after she suppressed it for decades. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Apr 20, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 202
Musicians like John Paul White are trying to figure out their paths forward. He’s a Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the founder and co-owner of Single Lock Records, and a one-time member of the Civil Wars. But right now, like a lot of us, he’s an Alabamian stuck at home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 10, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 201
You can’t understand America without understanding the South. It’s the fastest growing, youngest and most-diverse part of the country. And Southerners are changing the music we listen to, the movies we watch, the food we eat, and the stories we share. Each week, John Hammontree speaks with some of the South’s most interesting thinkers and creators. And this season we'll also talk with guests about how they're dealing with a world turned upside down by COVID-19. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
Apr 10, 2020•2 min
In the 1850s, a young Jack Daniel learned the craft of distilling whiskey from a nearby slave named Nearest Green. For 150 years, the origin story of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey was mostly forgotten. Fawn Weaver, an author and entrepreneur, has set about restoring the legacy of Uncle Nearest. It's an episode that will surprise you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 04, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
David French is one of the preeminent conservative thinkers of the era. On the Reckon Interview, he chats with host John Hammontree about the Never Trump movement, the current state of conservative media and how the South has changed during his lifetime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Hosts of the Belle Curve podcast, Liz BeShears, Rachel Blackmon Bryars and Mary Scott Hunter join the Reckon Interview to discuss some of the issues Southern women face in today's political climate. Plus, they interview John for an inside look on how the Reckon Interview got started. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 13
On this week's episode of the Reckon Interview, comedians Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester and Drew Morgan start out by interviewing host John Hammontree about Reckon. It then turns into a free flowing conversation about Southern comedy, Southern stereotypes and a little bit of everything. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2019•49 min
Lyndsey Gilpin, founder and editor-in-chief of Southerly, joins the Reckon Interview to discuss covering environmental issues in the South, how a sense of place led her to return from the West to found a news outlet with Southern roots, and the changing media landscape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 07, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The hosts behind "Greek Gods," John Archibald and Amy Yurkanin, hop on the Reckon Interview to give our audience a preview of what's in store for seasons 3 and 4 of Reckon Radio. Archibald also gives listeners a hint on what to expect from his forthcoming memoir. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2019•26 min
When Margaret Renkl lost her parents, she turned to the nature of her backyard and to writing to work through her grief. On this week's episode of the Reckon Interview, she discusses growing up in Alabama during turbulent times, her new book "Late Migrations," and how the South is changing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 23, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 11
The Editor-in-Chief of the Banner Society joins the Reckon Interview to discuss the state of sports media, share stories of obsessive fandom and make his predictions for the season. And to make fun of Hugh Freeze and Tennessee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 16, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 10
