Ain't is a Word - A Southern Podcast

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This week I'm digging into the archives and reading three old columns from my first book, and apparently meeting a few earlier versions of myself along the way. 

The first one is kind of cringey. The second one may be my favorite column I've ever written. And the third? I have absolutely no memory of writing it. 

Three old columns. One I'd like to forget, one I'll probably never top, and one I already forgot. 

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I've gone down the homemade food rabbit hole. This episode covers Beef Wellington, tres leches, mortadella, homemade bread and what happens when you start wondering, "Could I just make that myself?"

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In this episode, I dust off four more old newspaper columns from the early days of me pretending I knew what I was doing.

They may not be my finest work, and a couple of them feel like they were written by a man running entirely on coffee, deadline panic, and blind confidence, but they still carry the heart of where it all started. 

This round wanders through memories, small-town life, and the kind of ordinary moments that somehow felt important enough to make the paper. Some hold up better than others. Some probably should have stayed in the archives. 

Either way, it's a look back at the writing voice I was trying to find before I ever knew anyone might be listening to years later. 

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Years ago, I wrote these columns in the middle of real life-raising kids, working in law enforcement, watching small-town Georgia unfold, and trying to make sense of the funny, hard, and holy parts of it all. 

Now I'm reading them again for the first time in years. In each episode, I revisit an old column or two, read it out loud, then reflect on what was happening then, what still holds up now, and what time has taught me since. 

Part storytelling, part commentary, and part conversation with my younger self, this podcast is about memory, meaning, and the strange experience of meeting your old words again, .

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Roy J. Yekel returns to the podcast to talk about his recent, first trip to New Orleans. The conversation turns to Jesus and jiu-jitsu, and I think we wrap up by giving medical advice that neither one of us has any business giving. 

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In this episode, I talk about how we became (aspiring) goat farmers, the failures we have had and hopefully some future successes. 

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Roy Yekel returns to the ol homestead to talk politics, podcasts, Savannah Bananas vs Clemson, New Orleans and whatever else popped in our head over the course of 40-ish minutes. 

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Ain't is a Word original, Roy Yekel, returned to the ol homestead after a three year hiatus to record an episode. It took us that long to come to terms with a podcast contract agreement. 

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Christian Spinks came down to the ol' homestead to talk about his life before, during and after years of public service. 

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I hit the road for this podcast to chat with Casey and Alison Tarpley, owners of Lee Goodrum Pharmacy, Lee Goodrum Health, and soon to be owners of Lee Goodrum "Ain't is a Word" Podcast once we come up with a price that's fair to everyone (but mostly me)