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Deluxe: When the Place You Come From Is Gone
What happens when the place that made you who you are vanishes completely? Writer Tracy Thompson and poet Annie Woodford share stories of Southern landscapes lost to progress——and the particular…
Ted Turner, Walking Contradiction
Since the death of Atlanta media mogul Ted Turner, outlets all over the world have broadcast accounts of his giant ambitions, his creation of the twenty-four-hour news cycle in which we all live…
Mama's Letters
On Sunday, families all over Georgia will celebrate Mother’s Day, taking moms out to brunch and buying presents. Others, whose mothers are no longer with them, will sift through memories. The mother…
Who Makes the South’s Best Biscuit?
During this pledge week, GPB has been asking our listeners, “Who has the best biscuits in Georgia?” Hundreds of you have put your answers on social media, but we haven’t seen anything close to a…
“Can I Fix You Something?”: Love, Loss, and The Irish Goodbye
Salvation South Deluxe sits down with Beth Ann Fennelly—poet, novelist, and inventor of the “micro‑memoir”—to talk about her latest book, ‘The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs.’ In a conversation that…
Pollenocalypse
This is the time of year in Georgia when, after every rain, the puddles left behind are yellow, thanks to an abundance of pine pollen. Some people sneeze at the pollen, some people curse at the…
Deluxe: Word of South - See What Happens
A city‑hall slush fund, a dissenting vote, and a rainy weekend in Tallahassee accidentally created Word of South, the South’s most unlikely laboratory for music and literature. In this episode of…
Breakfast at the H&H
Last week, Salvation South editor Chuck Reece delivered a lecture at Mercer University’s Center for Southern Studies in Macon. The next morning, he had breakfast at the H&H, a restaurant that’s…
Deluxe: Abe Partridge and the Weight of Southern Faith
As a young, fiery pastor in a crater town in Kentucky, Abe Partridge thought he had finally found the rock to build his life on. Then his faith collapsed, and his ministry went with it. In this…
Is New Orleans the Real Home of Mardi Gras?
What is the biggest party in the South? Some say it happens every year in Jacksonville, Fla., learning up to the annual Georgia/Florida football game. But really, the biggest party in the South — and…
When Snow Was a Dream, Not a Nightmare
This past weekend’s widespread storms, which dumped tons of snow and ice on states from New Mexico to New England, proved deadly for some and paralyzing for thousands of communities, including every…
Deluxe: From Muscle Shoals to Colbert - Patterson Hood and "Decoration Day"
Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers sits on the Salvation South porch to remember Muscle Shoals, Gregory Dean “The Living Bubba” Smalley, Jason Isbell’s “Outfit,” The Definitive Decoration Day,…
Georgia On Everyone's Mind
The official song of the state of Georgia—Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia on My Mind”—came into the public domain on January first, ninety-five years after the song was written. Salvation South editor…
Best of 2025 Commentaries (Part 2 of 2)
As the year comes to a close, we bring you this special episode of Salvation South, where we take a look back on our most popular commentaries aired by GPB Radio in 2025. (Part 2 of 2)
Best of 2025 Commentaries (Part 1 of 2)
As the year comes to a close, we bring you this special episode of Salvation South, where we take a look back on our most popular commentaries aired by GPB Radio in 2025. (Part 1 of 2)
Deluxe: Southern Noir Giants - Ace Atkins Meets S.A. Cosby
Southern noir meets 1980s Atlanta. In this Salvation South Deluxe episode, Southern crime-fiction stars S.A. Cosby and Ace Atkins dig into "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Atkins’s Cold War…
Steve Cropper: Southern Soul Legend
A week ago, the world mourned the passing Steve Cropper, a key figure in Southern soul music. Cropper was the guitar player in Booker T. & the MG’s, who were the house band at the legendary Stax…
Ways of Saying Grace
Tomorrow, families all over Georgia will gather to celebrate Thanksgiving. At most of those tables, someone will say grace over the meal. There are probably as many ways to bless the food on a…
Deluxe: Meanwhile In North Alabama - The Muscle Shoals Sound
Discover how Muscle Shoals, Alabama, became the unlikely birthplace of legendary music by Aretha, the Stones, and more.
Southern Life on Planet OutKast
When the Atlanta hip-hop superstars OutKast were inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame, it was more than a celebration of the immense talent of Antwan “Big Boi” Patton and André “3000”…
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Salvation South has published 145 episodes since July 2022, covering topics in Education, History.
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