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Salvation South

By: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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  • Summary

  • Salvation South editor Chuck Reece comments on Southern culture and values in a weekly segment that airs Fridays on GPB Radio. Salvation South is an online magazine inspired by hope, healing and — most importantly — the desire to create a place on the web and a community of people where civil conversation can happen. We celebrate the culture of the South, and discuss issues of importance to our region.
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Episodes
  • Deluxe: The Original Rednecks - The Battle of Blair Mountain

    Deluxe: The Original Rednecks - The Battle of Blair Mountain
    Jun 25 2024
    On this episode of Salvation South Deluxe: Chuck Reece talks with "Rednecks" author Taylor Brown and scholars Gabe Schwartzman and Lloyd Tomlinson. He learns the ugly truth behind the origin of the term 'redneck' -- a shocking story of warfare carried out against American citizens by none other than their own government, which has been suppressed for nearly a century.
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    29 mins
  • Mr. Scruggs and His Three Magical Fingers

    Mr. Scruggs and His Three Magical Fingers
    Jun 14 2024
    This year, people in North Carolina are celebrating the hundredth birthday of one of their most beloved sons, the revolutionary and legendary bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He defined how most of us believe the banjo is supposed to sound. But the story is a little more complicated than that. Salvation South editor Chuck Reece is here with his tribute to Earl Scruggs.
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    4 mins
  • To "R" Is Human

    To "R" Is Human
    May 31 2024
    People from the American South have distinctive ways of speaking. But losing the accent has become big business. It’s easy to find companies that charge big bucks to teach you to lose your Southern accent. Salvation South editor Chuck Reece wonders why you would want to. Our accents, he argues, are as diverse as our region’s population.
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    4 mins
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