Best Southern Recipes Podcasts (2025)

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This Butcher Wants You To Eat Less Meat (Reheat) 28:37

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How the (part veggie) sausage gets made...Cara Nicoletti comes from a long line of butchers, but her grandfather didn’t want her to follow in his footsteps. It’s physical work, it requires long hours, the pay isn’t great, and the path is even tougher for women. Cara went against her grandfather’s wishes anyway and became a butcher — but she hasn’t …

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104. Burned Alive: The Martyrdom of Graham Staines and His Sons in India 30:21

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In this gripping true crime episode, we explore the harrowing and heartbreaking story of Graham Staines, an Australian missionary who was burned alive along with his two young sons by a radical mob in Odisha, India, in 1999. Even in the face of horrific violence, forgiveness and faith can speak louder than hate. Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Intro and …

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Emily Ann Roberts Is One Part Yeehaw, One Part Meemaw 54:28

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Emily Ann Roberts grew up in Karns, Tennessee, just outside of Knoxville, with hardworking parents who had deep roots in both faith and music. She went to the church her great-grandfather founded more than a century ago— the same place where she sang in public for the very first time. Her dad introduced her to the rougher side of music, too, playin…

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Deep South Dining - Classic | When Southern Women Cook 51:32

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Original Air Date: 11-04-2024 Topic: Carol Palmer and Chef Enrika Williams welcome Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country, food and nutrition journalist, and James Beard Award– winning author of “Jubilee”; “Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice” and “The Jemima Code,” Toni Tipton-Martin, back to the show. And they welcome first-time guest, Executive Editor…

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How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food 32:45

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Over more than fifty years and 16 books, Dr. Jessica B. Harris has uncovered the ways that West African food, and African American people, have fundamentally shaped American cuisine. Her seminal 2011 book, High on the Hog, brought the connection between African and American food into the culinary conversation, and led to the 2021 Netflix series of …

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The Hidden History of Regional Burgers (Reheat) 32:25

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Welcome to our summer cookout spectacular episode! We talk with renowned burger historian George Motz about the history of the hamburger, and about the wide range of regional burgers across the country, many of which are unknown outside their areas. Then we get an incredible burger recipe from Chef Jehangir Mehta, inspired by Indian street food, th…

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Maggie Rose Should Not Be Underestimated 49:37

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Maggie Rose was born and raised in Potomac, Maryland, where she grew up eating blue crabs, attending Catholic school, and singing solos in front of her church’s congregation. A self-described black sheep of the family, she headed to Clemson University in South Carolina before leaving school early to move to Nashville for a career in music. But it w…

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Deep South Dining | Juneteenth 47:17

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Topic: Malcolm and Java welcome talk about how they spent Father's Day weekend. Friend of the show, Chef Enrika Williams, joins the show to talk about the upcoming Juneteenth holiday and what she's been up to in Clarksdale. Chef Chris Washington also joins the Juneteenth conversation and talks about his catering company, Michael Cordell Eats, and s…

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Why A Famous Chef Asked A Critic To Leave His Restaurant 36:29

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Chefs tend to have a love-hate relationship with restaurant critics, who have the power to make or break them. Critics try to enter restaurants undetected, while chefs try to spot them, then ensure a flawless experience and a good review. This week, we have a story about one critic’s very unusual encounter with a famous chef, and the bombshell arti…

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Gregory N. Evon, "Salvaging Buddhism to Save Confucianism in Choson Korea (1392-1910)" (Cambria Press, 2023) 1:10:55

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Salvaging Buddhism to Save Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910) (Cambria Press, 2023) is a fascinating book that sits at the intersection of Buddhist studies and premodern Korean literary history. Gregory N. Evon’s book unfolds in two parts: the first charts the history of the place, position, and status of Buddhism in Chosŏn Korea, charting ho…

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How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 2) (Reheat) 28:38

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As civil war erupted in Yemen, Mokhtar Alkhanshali found himself imprisoned, with $5,000 stuffed in his underwear and his coffee samples confiscated. To get those samples to the biggest specialty coffee expo in North America, he’d have to survive more than one near-death experience. Would his coffee be worth the risk? This is the second half of our…

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Fyodor Tertitskiy, "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" (Hurst UP, 2025) 34:36

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The Kims, of North Korea, are perhaps the 21st century’s most successful family dictatorship–if only due to sheer longevity, having run North Korea for the almost eight decades since the country’s post-war founding. Kim Il-Sung led North Korea for over half that time, from its founding in 1948 to Kim’s death in 1994. But who was Kim Il-Sung? How di…

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103. Moonshine and Murder in the Smoky Mountains: The Perry’s Camp Murders of 1949 1:05:50

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In 1949, deep in the Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, Tennessee, a savage double murder shattered the stillness of a quiet Appalachian community. Charlie Perry—a former Knoxville bootlegger turned tourist camp owner—and his longtime housekeeper, Josie Law, were brutally killed in their home at Perry’s Camp, a rustic riverside lodge in Flat Branch …

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Chef Duane Nutter Is Proof That Chefs Can Be Funny 40:07

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Duane Nutter spent his first seven years or so in Morgan City, Louisiana, but his mother later moved the family to Seattle in search of schools that could help with his dyslexia. Their new home exposed Duane to a world of international flavors, but his mother never lost her love for Southern food, even going so far as to ship in certain spices and …

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Deep South Dining | Food Waste and Composting 48:24

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Topic: Malcolm and Carol welcome Matt Casteel, founder of wurmworks, LLC, to the show to talk about composting and the importance of worms in the process. Neil Strickland, Carol's composting partner, also joins the show to talk about Permaculture and living off the land in Mississippi. Guest(s): Matt Casteel and Neil Strickland Host(s): Malcolm Whi…

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A Battle Over The Secret Of Nooks And Crannies 35:27

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Thomas’ English Muffins are so famous for their nooks and crannies that the recipe that produces those iconic features is a closely guarded trade secret. Only a select group of people know it, and as you’ll hear in this week’s show, when one of those people took a job at a competitor, all hell broke loose. This story comes from our friends at Revis…

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How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 1) (Reheat) 30:56

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Mokhtar Alkhanshali was a doorman in San Francisco when he saw a statue that changed his life. The statue was of an Arab man holding a cup of coffee, and it led Mokhtar to learn about the origins of coffee, in Yemen, where his family is from. While coffee’s roots in Yemen run deep, Mokhtar learned that present-day Yemeni coffee was hard to source, …

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Wyatt Flores’s Red Dirt Roots 43:43

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Wyatt Flores is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Stillwater, Oklahoma, who’s making a name for himself in the Red Dirt music scene, building on the musical legacy of his home state. He grew up on a ranch in a working-class family where he was surrounded by musicians, often hearing them play cowboy songs around a campfire. His father, a drummer,…

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Deep South Dining | Coffee Shop with Derek Emerson and Damien Cavicchi 46:31

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Topic: Malcolm and Carol welcome Derek Emerson (Walker's Drive-In, Local 463, CAET, Sacred Ground, and now a new project at The District at Eastover) and Damien Cavicchi (Hal & Mal's, The Walk-In, Campbell's Bakery, and La Brioche) to the studio for a special "Coffee Shop" episode. Derek and Damien set the record straight on recent gossip surroundi…

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Can Kolaches Be Bigger Than Texas? 30:19

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In parts of Texas, a kolache is about as common as a donut — but it’s relatively unknown outside the Lone Star State. The kolache is a traditional Czech pastry made with a sweetened, yeasty dough and filled with either fruit, cheese or sausage. It got a foothold in Texas after a wave of Czech immigrants came to the state more than a century ago. Th…

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“The World Eats Here:” Stories From The Queens Night Market (Reheat) 32:17

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This was supposed to be the Queens Night Market’s big summer... When the open-air market debuted in 2015, the crowds were massive. Founder John Wang selected food vendors who represented more than 90 countries. And he had one rule for them: no item could cost more than $5. That way the market would be accessible to nearly everyone, and big business…

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102. Murder On Route 66: The Welch Family Tragedy 34:36

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In June 1961, JD and Utha Welch packed up their car, their four young sons, and headed west from Oklahoma to visit family in California. It was supposed to be a simple road trip — a summer memory in the making. But one quiet night near Seligman, Arizona, while the boys slept in a canvas pup tent, JD and Utha were gunned down in cold blood as they r…

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Encore: Jessica B. Harris Believes in a Welcome Table 42:14

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Episode Description: Jessica B. Harris may have been born and raised in New York City, but she has Tennessee roots through her father and has spent much of her life split between homes in the Northeast and the South – specifically New Orleans. For more than fifty years, she has been a college professor, a writer, and a lecturer, and her many books …

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Deep South Dining - Classic | Grills of Mississippi 48:25

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Original Air Date: 05-13-2024 Topic: It's May, so it's time to clean off the grill or buy a new one. Today's conversation is all about BBQ, Grilling, Smoking, and Outdoor Cooking. Malcolm and Carol are joined in studio by Jonathan Huddleston from Grills of Mississippi to talk about grills and rubs and the best way to cook a brisket. Guest: Jonathan…

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Sebastian Maniscalco’s First Stage Was At The Dinner Table 33:35

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Sebastian Maniscalco is one of the top-grossing comedians in America, beloved for his stories about the food-obsessed family he grew up in, and his constant irritation at just about everyone around him. And in 2021, he parlayed his love of food into a new Food Network show, Well Done. Sebastian talks with Dan about what it’s like going from a worki…

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New Jersey's Pork Roll-Taylor Ham Wars (Reheat) 25:24

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A 150-year-old blood feud over processed meat... When the New Jersey State Legislature tried to designate an Official State Sandwich, a fight broke out. Should it be pork roll, egg, and cheese — or Taylor ham, egg, and cheese? Thing is, pork roll and Taylor ham are the same food. New Jerseyans just can't agree on what to call it. And this debate ha…

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Ryan Klejment-Lavin, "Evil: A North Korean Christian Refugee Perspective" (American Society of Missiology, 2024) 46:02

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The purpose of Evil: A North Korean Christian Refugee Perspective (American Society of Missiology, 2024) is to describe how the North Korean refugee understanding of evil can shape missionary practice in the Korean Peninsula. The central research question guiding this study is, How do North Korean Christian refugees describe evil based on their liv…

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Christopher Hanscom, "Impossible Speech: The Politics of Representation in Contemporary Korean Literature and Film" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:11:14

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How does art engage with its social context? What does 'the politics of art' even mean? In his new book Impossible Speech: The Politics of Representation in Contemporary Korean Literature and Film (Columbia University Press, 2023), Christopher P. Hanscom takes on these questions in the context of contemporary Korean literature. Moving away from rea…

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Maddie and Tae on Motherhood, Sisterhood, and Stadium Songs 40:12

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Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr, better known as Maddie & Tae, are really in the thick of it these days as they balance their ever-growing music careers with their ever-growing families. Both of them now have young kids, even as they find themselves touring, recording, and playing to bigger and bigger crowds. Their new album, Love and Light, not only t…

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Deep South Dining | Just Vanilla Bake Shop 47:37

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Topic: Malcolm and Carol welcome Guillermo "Billy" Salinas from Just Vanilla Bake Shop to share some pastries and chocolates and talk about how he grew up in Mexico and made a home in Jackson. Then, President and CEO of the Natchez Chamber of Commerce, Lyn Jenkins, joins the show to talk about Natchez Food and Wine coming in July. Guest(s): Guiller…

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How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat 32:49

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Food critic Brian Reinhart fell in love with spicy Mexican cuisine as a teenager in Texas, but over the years he started to notice that the jalapeños he’d buy in the grocery store were less and less hot. So he called up an expert who studies chili pepper genetics, and she shared a shocking revelation. In this episode from our friends at the Slate p…

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What Makes Some Seltzers Sparkle? (Reheat) 34:05

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How to judge seltzers, plus the science of carbonation... Over the past decade, seltzer has exploded. Sales have doubled, and companies like Coke and Pepsi are buying up brands and creating their own sparkling waters. So in a crowded field, with a drink that doesn't have much flavor to begin with, how do you tell which one is best? We talk with the…

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101. Boy in the Walls: The Daniel LaPlante Horror Story 47:40

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Show Notes: In 1986, Tina and Karen Bowen were just teenage girls when their mother passed away from cancer. Not long after, strange things started happening in their home. Knocking from inside the walls. Furniture moved. Objects disappeared. Messages scrawled in red across the bedroom walls: 💬 “I’m in your room. Come and find me.” The girls though…

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Valerie June Has Joy in Her Soul 53:52

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Valerie June was raised in Humboldt, Tennessee, just north of Jackson, and though she now spends a good deal of time in New York, she still has a place in Humboldt that’s been passed down through her family. In 2018, Valerie was inducted into the Humboldt Hall of Fame, which she calls one of her greatest honors, and she often returns there to write…

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Deep South Dining | Aloha China 48:05

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Topic: MPB TV is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a special presentation of MPB's classic cooking show, Aloha China. Malcolm and Carol took a deep dive into the cookbook and share their experience. MPB's Marketing Manager, Jas N Smith, and MPB engineer and member of the original Aloha China TV crew, Eddie Bunkley,…

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How Much Should You Tip For One Muffin? 45:10

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Are the vibes at a restaurant more important than the food? Would you rip a bagel and drag a piece through cream cheese, instead of slicing and spreading? Do you tip less when you get bad service? We get into these questions and a lot more in this edition of The Salad Spinner, our rapid fire roundtable discussion of food news and trends, live at Si…

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Nigella Lawson Orders Food Like A Method Actor (Reheat) 30:34

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Nigella Lawson is a domestic goddess of the highest order. She strikes the perfect balance between aspiration — a beautiful garden, perfect lighting — and accessibility — sheet pan dinners and a disdain for pretentiousness. Nigella reveals how her own cooking show persona comes from her discomfort in social situations, and shares the two condiments…

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Robin Roberts Will Always Call the South Home 33:21

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As a co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America, Robin Roberts is an icon in morning news. She’s also a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, a Peabody Award winner, an author of several books, a breast cancer survivor, and a Southerner. Robin was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, a daughter of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who fought in World Wa…

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Deep South Dining | Cinco de Mayo 50:20

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Topic: Malcolm and Carol are finally back in studio together after nearly a month apart. They catch up on the holidays and events that have passed, talk about how they plan to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and welcome Stephen Burnett from Coffee Bean Corral to talk about the upcoming Jackson Coffee Festival. Guest(s): Stephen Burnett Host(s): Malcolm Wh…

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How The Real José Cuervo Invented Modern Tequila 33:40

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José Cuervo was a real person, and he revolutionized the tequila industry in the early 1900s. He navigated bloody business rivalries, cozied up to a dictator, and survived the Mexican revolution thanks to a daring escape. After that, with his business in shambles, he had to figure out how to sell tequila in Prohibition-era America. His solution wou…

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Zev J. Handel, "Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese" (U Washington Press, 2025) 45:26

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While other ancient nonalphabetic scripts—Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan hieroglyphs—are long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by well over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese. In medieval East Asia, the written Classical Chinese language knit the region together in …

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Cooking In An Immigrant Time Warp With Maangchi (Reheat) 34:04

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In 2007, Maangchi was 50 years old, a single mother of adult kids, and was addicted to online gaming. Her son suggested she post a cooking video to YouTube. Today she has 4 million subscribers and has taught fans all over the world how to cook traditional Korean food. This week she tells us her story, and talks about cooking when you're in an "immi…

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100. The Pied Piper of Tucson: Charles Schmid's Deadly Reign Over 1960s Arizona 58:25

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In this chilling episode of Hard Times and True Crimes, we dive deep into the twisted tale of Charles Schmid, the manipulative and charismatic serial killer who terrorized the young women of Tucson, Arizona, during the 1960s. Known as the Pied Piper of Tucson, Schmid lured teenage girls with his Elvis-like charm, eerie makeup, and bizarre swagger -…

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Grace Potter’s Buried Treasure 43:03

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Grace Potter was raised in rural Vermont by parents who were seeking a different way of life, one with an emphasis on the arts and a connection to the land. Thanks to her parents’ extensive record collection, Grace grew up listening to a lot of soul and gospel by artists like the Staple Singers and Mahalia Jackson. You can still hear those influenc…

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Deep South Dining | Sipp & Savor 2025 Part 2 52:36

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Topic: Malcolm White and Java Chatman attended Sipp & Savor 2025 at The MAX in Meridian where they talked to so many chefs we had to split the interviews into multiple episodes! Today, we are sharing part 2 of our interviews from Sipp & Savor 2025. Alex Perry (Vestige in Ocean Springs) talks about his James Beard Award journey and why he chose to u…

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Hydrox, Oreo, And The Fight For Sandwich Cookie Supremacy 38:48

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Hydrox cookies are known as a cheap knock-off of Oreos, to the point that Hydrox has become pop culture shorthand for “second best.” But did you know that Hydrox came first? And that these two cookies have a rivalry that goes back more than 100 years? This week Dan talks with Mackenzie Martin, a host of the KCUR Studios podcast A People’s History o…

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Jason Mantzoukas Sees Every Meal As A Threat (Reheat) 33:08

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Actor and comedian Jason Mantzoukas is known for playing characters that are overzealous, exuberant, and more than a little wacky. But these characters are the exact opposite of how Jason felt growing up — like a “boy made of glass.” Jason has a life-threatening allergy to eggs, and that constant threat has forced him to live a life of vigilance. D…

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How Randy Travis Got His Voice Back 46:05

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After more than 40 years as one of the most popular and recognizable voices in country music, during which he earned a pile of Grammys and a rightful place in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Randy Travis is a household name who has inspired legions of fans. A few weeks ago I was fortunate to sit down with Randy and his wife, Mary, at their home in …

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Deep South Dining | Volunteer Week with Stewpot 51:03

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Topic: Malcolm White and Joe Sherman are hosting Deep South Dining for MPB Think Radio's Volunteer Week! They talk about Easter meals, Cioppino, and more before inviting Jill Buckley, Executive Director of Stewpot, to talk about the many services Stewpot has to offer, their history, and how people can volunteer their time, energy, and money to help…

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Men Have Eating Disorders Too. Why Don’t They Seek Help? 49:17

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Public discussions about eating disorders tend to focus on women, and in the past, so have our episodes on the subject. But millions of men also struggle with some form of disordered eating, though they’re far less likely to be diagnosed or to seek treatment. Today we hear stories from three men—in three different stages of life—who have complicate…