Reckon Interview

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Reckon Interview episodes

  • John Paul White on John Prine, Muscle Shoals and how COVID-19 could change music forever

    Musicians like John Paul White are trying to figure out their paths forward. He’s a Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the founder and co-owner of Single Lock Records, and a one-time member of the Civil Wars.


    But right now, like a lot of us, he’s an Alabamian stuck at home.


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    44 min
  • Reckon Interview: Season two
    You can’t understand America without understanding the South. It’s the fastest growing, youngest and most-diverse part of the country. And Southerners are changing the music we listen to, the movies we watch, the food we eat, and the stories we share. Each week, John Hammontree speaks with some of the South’s most interesting thinkers and creators. And this season we'll also talk with guests about how they're dealing with a world turned upside down by COVID-19.

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    2 min
  • Fawn Weaver on Nearest Green, the slave who trained Jack Daniel to distill whiskey
    In the 1850s, a young Jack Daniel learned the craft of distilling whiskey from a nearby slave named Nearest Green. For 150 years, the origin story of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey was mostly forgotten. Fawn Weaver, an author and entrepreneur, has set about restoring the legacy of Uncle Nearest. It's an episode that will surprise you.

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    53 min
  • David French on conservative media, Never Trumpism, Syria and the South
    David French is one of the preeminent conservative thinkers of the era. On the Reckon Interview, he chats with host John Hammontree about the Never Trump movement, the current state of conservative media and how the South has changed during his lifetime.

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    54 min
  • The Belle Curve on the state of women and politics in the South
    Hosts of the Belle Curve podcast, Liz BeShears, Rachel Blackmon Bryars and Mary Scott Hunter join the Reckon Interview to discuss some of the issues Southern women face in today's political climate. Plus, they interview John for an inside look on how the Reckon Interview got started.

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Bonus! The WellRED Comedy tour explains the South
    On this week's episode of the Reckon Interview, comedians Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester and Drew Morgan start out by interviewing host John Hammontree about Reckon. It then turns into a free flowing conversation about Southern comedy, Southern stereotypes and a little bit of everything.

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    49 min
  • Lyndsey Gilpin on the South's changing climate and media
    Lyndsey Gilpin, founder and editor-in-chief of Southerly, joins the Reckon Interview to discuss covering environmental issues in the South, how a sense of place led her to return from the West to found a news outlet with Southern roots, and the changing media landscape.

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    46 min
  • BONUS: John Archibald and Amy Yurkanin on coming attractions from Reckon Radio
    The hosts behind "Greek Gods," John Archibald and Amy Yurkanin, hop on the Reckon Interview to give our audience a preview of what's in store for seasons 3 and 4 of Reckon Radio. Archibald also gives listeners a hint on what to expect from his forthcoming memoir.

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    26 min
  • Margaret Renkl on grief and the nature of the South
    When Margaret Renkl lost her parents, she turned to the nature of her backyard and to writing to work through her grief. On this week's episode of the Reckon Interview, she discusses growing up in Alabama during turbulent times, her new book "Late Migrations," and how the South is changing.

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    44 min
  • Ryan Nanni on College Football, the South and the Banner Society
    The Editor-in-Chief of the Banner Society joins the Reckon Interview to discuss the state of sports media, share stories of obsessive fandom and make his predictions for the season. And to make fun of Hugh Freeze and Tennessee.

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    39 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…