This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson presents the Best of 2023 episode. We’re playing clips from favorite guests: Ben and Erin Napier, Robert Earl Keen, Bomani Jones, and many more. Come celebrate with us.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mississippi journalist Ellen Ann Fentress, who has two fascinating projects: her new memoir, called “The Steps We Take,” and her website documenting the history of segregation academies in the South.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to historian Johnny Smith, author of a new book called “Jumpman,” about Michael Jordan, and the dance he did regarding racial issues throughout his legendary NBA career and beyond.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Max Marshall, author of the new book called “Among the Bros,” a wild and true story about a massive, multistate drug ring centered around fraternity members at the College of Charleston. The party felt like it would never end … until it did.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mike Chamberlain, a researcher at the University of Georgia who is an expert on wild turkeys. They talk about the changing landscape for wild turkeys, and how different they are from the Butterballs we have at Thanksgiving.

This week on SouthBound, we replay host Tommy Tomlinson's 2021 conversation with Ada Limón, who is a United States Poet Laureate and recent recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant.” They talk about a lot of things, but mostly about hope.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Kate Medley, a photographer who spent years roaming the South to take pictures of gas station food, and the people and places that serve it. Her photos are collected in a new book called “Thank You Please Come Again.”

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Nat Glover, who in 1995 was elected sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the first Black sheriff in Florida since Reconstruction. He’s written a new memoir about how he earned his way there, and about the terrifying moment that defined his childhood.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks college football — and many other things — with Ryan Nanni, one of the hosts of the strange and wonderful podcast called the "Shutdown Fullcast." Among other things, they discuss whether Tommy owes any money to a basketball-playing dog.

This week on SouthBound, we're replaying host Tommy Tomlinson's 2020 conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr. It’s an interesting look back at the first days of COVID-19 and how it informed Wood’s comedy — and his ability to perform. Roy and Tommy also get into it over pimento cheese.