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  • To live here, you have to fight: Coalition building in the South
    For decades, Southerners have fought for civil and human rights. What does coalition building look like in a region divided by race? Dr. Jessica Wilkerson, a labor historian at West Virginia University, describes the labor movements led by white women in Appalachia. And Arekia Bennett, director of Mississippi Votes, shares what organizing looks like during a pandemic.

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    52 min
  • How the South nearly blocked women's suffrage + the women who pushed it through

    100 years ago Southern white men and some sympathetic women nearly blocked the 19th amendment and women's suffrage. Some Southern suffragists worked for form fragile alliances with Black suffragists, others touted the 19th Amendment as a manner to maintain white supremacy. 50 years later similar efforts in the South successfully blocked the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. This week on the Reckon Interview Dr. Marjorie Spruill, an historian based in South Carolina, and Errin Haines, editor of 19th* News, explain the role women have played in the rise of feminist and anti-feminist movements.


    Show Notes

    2:15 Dr. Marjorie Spruill @SpruillMarjorie

    2:40 The nemesis of suffrage

    4:03 The suffrage/abolitionist connection

    10:22 Divided beliefs on the 19th amendment

    15:21 The South and the Equal Rights Amendment

    20:40 Southerners for ERA

    26:41 The rise of conservative Southern women

    31:40 The pro-life movement and the religious right

    38:05 Signs of progress?

    42:35 Errin Haines @emarvelous

    42:52 The 19th* https://19thnews.org/

    43:15 Black suffragists

    47:18 Young voters in 2020

    48:42 The pandemic and voting

    55:44 Changing attitudes


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    1 hr
  • How the South created modern politics + what's in play in 2020?

    If you examine how the modern Democratic Party built a new coalition with black voters after the Civil Rights movement and how the modern Republican Party transformed its party in response, you begin to see how the identities of both national parties have their roots in the South. On this week's episode of the Reckon Interview, Angie Maxwell, a professor at the University of Arkansas, explains how the South shaped national politics. And the Washington Post's Dave Weigel, creator of The Trailer, outlines where the two parties are strategically using their resources in 2020 and explains how listeners should watch the next three months of elections.


    Show Notes

    2:28 Dr. Angie Maxwell @AngieMaxwell1

    2:48 The Short Southern Strategy

    4:53 The Long Southern Strategy

    8:59 The difference in Southern voters

    12:51 Pouring gasoline on tensions

    16:47 What voters can do to make better parties

    22:44 What to do if you’re sick of both parties

    25:53 Dave Weigel @DaveWeigel

    The Trailer: wapo.st/trailnewsletter

    26:24 What is in play in the South?

    28:37 Can Doug Jones win?

    30:49 What about Texas?

    34:10 The complications of Georgia

    38:48 How to watch the next few months of the election

    43:00 Next week on the Reckon Interview



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    45 min
  • The Fight for the Vote: How to Make Sure Your Voice is Heard During a Pandemic

    What does the fight for voting rights look like five decades after the Civil Rights Movement? Are states prepared to handle elections during a pandemic? To kick off Reckon Interview Season 3, John Hammontree and R.L. Nave speak with Prof. Carol Anderson and ProPublica's Jessica Huseman for a comprehensive look at the state of voting in 2020.


    Show Notes

    5:00 Professor Carol Anderson @ProfCAnderson

    5:29 What happened after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed?

    9:53 What does the VRA do?

    12:13 How Shelby v. Holder changed everything

    19:11 Jim Crow 2.0

    22:30 Voter ID Laws

    24:53 Voting in a Pandemic

    27:34 One Person, No Vote

    28:29 Jessica Huseman @JessicaHuseman

    29:05 How we screwed up election oversight

    33:44 Voter fraud vs. voter suppression

    39:18 How reliable are our voting machines?

    42:01 Why voting online is a bad idea

    44:51 Are elections safe from interference?

    47:20 How to make sure your vote counts


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    54 min
  • Season Three: The South Decides
    Southerners are setting the tempo for the 2020 elections, whether it’s fighting for racial justice, ending health disparities, pushing for voting rights by organizing people around common goals. This season on the Reckon Interview, John Hammontree and R.L. Nave are digging into the stories and people beyond the polls and partisanship. Each week, we’ll speak with the leaders, experts and fresh voices doing the work of building the future South -- on the ground and out of the spotlight.

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    3 min
  • Bonus: Zac Oyama on CollegeHumor, Key & Peele and finding decent Southern food in Los Angeles
    You've seen Zac Oyama in CollegeHumor videos and the Upright Citizens Brigade. You've heard him on Comedy Bang Bang. You've seen his dad in "Get Out." He joins the Reckon Interview for a conversation about Hollywood, the South and how a Karate empire found its surprising home in Birmingham, Alabama.

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    36 min
  • Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo on when can we expect a Covid-19 Vaccine
    Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is the director of the UAB School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases. She joins the Reckon Interview to discuss the possibility of returning to schools, football, Alabama's mask policy and when we can expect a publicly available vaccine.

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    43 min
  • Paul Finebaum on the SEC's response to Covid, his sitcom, the SEC chant and his legacy
    These days, everyone tells Paul Finebaum to "stick to sports." On the Reckon Interview, he shares his thoughts on pushing back on callers, his thoughts on school administrators responding to the pandemic, details about TV shows he has in the works, and why he typically avoids politics.

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    44 min
  • Dr. Hilary N. Green on the toppling of Confederate monuments, Gone with the Wind
    Dr. Hilary N. Green is an expert in the American Civil War, Reconstruction and Civil War memory. She joins the Reckon Interview to discuss living through this historical moment where Americans' understanding of history is rapidly changing, addressing topics like the toppling of monuments, the removal of Gone with the Wind, and more.

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    43 min

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The Reckon Interview is the home for the best stories about the South. Each week, National Murrow Award-winning host John Hammontree examines American culture through a Southern lens by speaking with…