Hillbilly Podcast

Hillbilly Podcast

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Hillbilly Podcast episodes

  • Dobros, Pedal Steels, and Hillbilly Music with Tony Dingus
    Tony Dingus is a local legend on the dobro and pedal steel. He is also now instructing the younger generations coming up through the bluegrass and country program at East Tennessee State University. Tony is one of the sweetest men you'll ever meet and even though there's no better pedal steel player anywhere around, he's as humble as can be. I know you'll love hearing from him on this episode. Enjoy!
    1 hr 14 min
  • Eddie and Janey Lane, Part 2: Morrison City, Old Midfields, and Lawnmower Parades
    Eddie and Janey Lane are back with Part 2 of our conversation and this time we get hillbilly. Eddie talks about growing up in "the Valley," Carter's Valley, that is, and Janey recounts her happy childhood in her Kingsport neighborhood, where all you needed for a great Independence Day parade was a riding lawn mower and a wagon train full of kids in their Radio Flyers. I love this couple! Hope you're enjoying them too!
    59 min
  • Eddie and Janey Lane, Part 1: Adventures in Nicaragua with Mama Janey and Papa Du
    Eddie and Janey Lane have true servants' hearts. They became involved in missions many years ago and have been serving in ministry in Nicaragua, among other places, for nearly two decades. Known in Nicaragua as Mama Janey and Papa Du, they talk about how they got started going to Central America and how the borders of their ministries have expanded over the years. As we close Part 1 of our talk, we start getting into growing up hillbilly, so you surely won't want to miss the second half of our conversation next week. For now, I'll leave you with Mama Janey and Eddie. Enjoy!
    36 min
  • First Date Impressions, Cake Customs, and Old Christmas with Chris and Kristina Alford
    Chris and Kristina Alford talk about understanding and blending cultures on today's episode. Kristina has a part hillbilly-part Northwestern family background and Chris is a true citizen of the world. Between them, they've lived in Appalachia, the Deep South, the EXTREME Deep South (South America!) and the sort-of South, Oklahoma. Each has their own stories of cultural exchange and learning how to understand and participate in the cultures of others, while maintaining a connection to their own heritage. You're going to love hearing from Christ and Kristina today! Enjoy!
    1 hr 7 min
  • Bear Town, Bluegrass Gospel, and Going Abroad with Dan Moneyhun
    Dan Moneyhun was suggested to me as a guest by Kathy Martin-Stricker, my friend and previous podcast guest, and boy was she ever right! Dan has always worked multiple jobs, from employee at Tennessee Eastman to real estate agent to full-time bluegrass gospel music musician. His family history is full of faith, music, and a dedication to "the simple things." Dan is appreciative of his upbringing in Bear Town, in Kingsport, TN, and is proud of his Appalachian heritage. However, Dan is also a "hillbilly" who likes to travel and tells us about his love of mission work in Nicaragua, which I always refer to as my "second home." Dan and I share a lot in common and I had so much fun doing this interview and getting to know a new kindred spirit. You're going to enjoy hearing from Dan so much! Listen and share with your friends and kin!
    1 hr 9 min
  • Cousins on Christmas Eve: Family, Farming, and Faith with Teresa and Brian
    Recently, I discovered that two people who I've known for years and years are my distant cousins. As it turns out, they are first cousins and grew up together as close as brother and sister. Through a conversation on a previous podcast, my running friend (and new cousin) Teresa, figured out that she and I were related through my grandfather and her great-grandfather, which also led her to connect her cousin Brian and myself. Brian was my co-worker at LifeWay bookstore years ago and has remained a dear friend of mine. Anyway, on Christmas Eve, these cousins of mine got together and we talked about their upbringing on the farm in Snowflake, Virginia, the family stomping grounds. They tell about the values they learned through family, farming, and faith and it just made my Christmas to get to share these experiences with my old friends and new cousins. I hope you all enjoy this cousin Christmas conversation as much as I did!
    58 min
  • Amanda McCoy: A Hillbilly in London
    Amanda McCoy, my friend from college, meets with me on her birthday AND the day after the Garth Brooks concert at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville to catch up and talk about her adventure working as a healthcare professional overseas in London. Amanda is as charming and engaging a Southern Appalachian lady as there ever was and I'm sure the Brits were enthralled with her speech, her personality, and her Appalachian ways during her time living there. Amanda tells us about her personal journey as well as her geographic journey, as she developed new and diverse perspectives on life due to the foreign friends she encountered abroad. I absolutely loved talking to Amanda and I trust that you will thoroughly enjoy this first episode of the New Year!
    1 hr 12 min
  • T.V. Acting, Lace Irish vs. Shanty Irish, and "Where Do You Go to Church?" with Patrick Cronin
    Pat Cronin, a theater and acting professor at East Tennessee State University has led quite a life. Growing up in Philadelphia, the son of Irish immigrants, he developed and honed his acting skills trying to avoid being beaten up at school and performing at parties in his strictly Irish neighborhood. Pat has acted in over 200 television shows, like Star Trek, Seinfeld, Night Court, Home Improvement, and the list goes on. In addition to the T.V. shows, there have been movies, stage productions, commercials, etc. Pat has had a full life and career. While it was a major life tragedy, the passing of his wife Betsy, that initially helped to lead him to a teaching position at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, it was his love of the students and the people he came to know as friends that has kept him in Appalachia all this time. This year, he's celebrating his 20th year at the university and he's preparing to retire. I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to sit down with him and hear some of his story. I know you're going to enjoy Patrick Cronin.
    55 min
  • Apple Butter, Subsistence Farming, and Dad's Work Ethic with Wayne Buchanan
    Wayne Buchanan's family has been getting together one weekend in the fall for generations to make apple butter in his great-grandmother's kettle, which dates back to the pre-Civil War era. She originally started making the apple butter, but wouldn't let a soul help her work. Somewhere along the line, the whole family started chipping in and for decades, they've collaborated to produce a delicious haul that keeps them eating good through the coming year. Wayne teaches Latin at the high school where I teach and is a brilliant man. He's learned and sophisticated and talking to him, you may not guess that he and his siblings, some of whom are chemical engineers, grew up doing subsistence farming to raise all their own food. Wayne's dad, a professional and engineer himself, believed that the years he spent farming as a youngster were so beneficial to his character, that he wanted to make sure his children had the same opportunity to learn lessons that only hard work can teach. Wayne tells us about apple butter and education - both formal and informal - and gives us a look at his Appalachian family and heritage. I know you're going to enjoy hearing from him. Relax and listen...and have a biscuit with apple butter while you're at it.
    56 min
  • The Pig Roast and Cuban Heritage with Elena Allen; On the Porch: Mountain Music
    Elena Allen talks about pig roasting through the years with family and friends, her Cuban heritage, and her family's rich history as they emigrated from Cuba to the U.S. after Fidel Castro's rise to power in the late 50's-early 60's. The stories her family can tell are many. In her background are physicians, chefs, governors, diplomats, military veterans, college professors...it boggles the mind to think so much talent, skill, intelligence, class, kindness, humility, loyalty, and love can be contained in one big family, but that seems to be the case. I can't even provide a good introduction to this episode, because the glimpses into this family history that Elena gives us are so fascinating and intriguing, that it's just best to let her tell it. I have nothing more to add. I can't wait for you all to meet Elena Allen and, through her, this beautiful family.
    54 min

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Hillbilly Podcast invites listeners to learn about and fall in love with the people and culture of Southern Appalachia. Proud, loyal, fierce, friendly, canny, meek, sophisticated, reserved...all these…