The Y'all Show

NASCAR turns 75. We honor the Daytona Beach-born enterprise with the playing of the late country music legend/NASCAR driver Marty Robbins' 1982 hit, "Some Memories Just Won't Die."  Paul Hare shares the basic battles of divorcing couples and their investments.  St. Petersburg, Florida, may consider forcing its name on the resident MLB team that plays there (Rays).  Plus, Staks! Kitchen is serving up Southernness in the Memphis suburbs.

Georgia Southern kicks-off the college football bowl madness Saturday morning in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.  Keifer Engles walks us through the early bowl lineup.  Advent is an important part of the Christian calendar.  Tellico Plains, Tennessee, hosts a horse-themed Christmas parade this weekend, while Fort Towson, Oklahoma, opens its doors for holiday visitors. Also, Hunter Biden taunts GOP members of the U.S. House, on the same day a Joe Biden impeachment inquiry passes.

Jamie Foxx, Taylor Swift and Dick Van Dyke are among the celebs celebrating birthdays.  Money.com has released the Top 10 list of best towns to live in the South. Congrats, Raleigh, North Carolina! Chubby's Restaurant in Sevierville, Tennessee, has the attention of one Southern vlogger.  Also, TheSeasonedMom.com shares an amazing Southern Red Velvet Cake recipe perfect for Christmas.

Mathieu Cailler, author of the new book of short stories "Forest For The Trees & Other Stories," calls to talk about his array of writing.  "The Toccopola Storyteller" returns to review the most-popular and the wise choices for Christmas trees in the South.  Patrick McHenry, the recent Speaker pro tempore of the U.S. House of Representatives, announces that he will not seek reelection to his North Carolina congressional seat. And, we have the Golden Globes nominees.

Tornadoes touch down in Tennessee on Saturday, killing at least six.  SouthernLiving.com shares a number of ways to make your Christmas tree a Southern Christmas tree.  Easy and simple Christmas cookies are in the mix today.  Plus, some good Jeff Foxworthy-inspired laughter two weeks away from St. Nick's arrival.

Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry," recorded in 1960, is played as the 4-foot-7-inch country music legend is celebrated during one of the biggest weeks in her life.  Four police officers in Decatur, Alabama, are in trouble after details from a September fatal shooting become available. And, Paul Hare, of The Hare Financial Group, reports on the just-released job numbers for November.

Chris Christie tears into primary hopefuls on the debate stage in Tuscaloosa, as the fourth GOP debate was held Wednesday night.  Hanukkah begins at sunset this evening, lasting until Dec. 15.  We remember the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.  Keifer Engles drops-in with a college football conversation.  Plus, South Carolina superfan "Gamecock Jesus:" dies at age 70.

Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is atop the Billboard chart, 65 years after it was first recorded.  We also fete fellow female singers Wanda Jackson and Helen Cornelius on today's show. We share 20 delicious neck bone recipes from GlouriousRecipes.com. CVS is changing its prescriptions policy. Also, the University of Alabama welcomes the fourth GOP debate.

Warfare in Yemen, Israel and the Gaza Strip, as well as Ukraine. "The Toccopola Storyteller" Jerry Short analyzes how this bloodshed is dampening spirits in the weeks before Christmas.  SouthernLiving.com has a great biscuit analysis feature.  Maryland native Nora Roberts has another romance read on the best-seller list, as "Inheritance" debuts at No. 3 in fiction.  Plus,  Pennsylvania's hoodie-wearing U.S. senator hires former congressman George Santos with a Cameo gig.

Florida State is left out of the College Football Playoff.  Keifer Engles returns to discuss the Seminoles' snub; but to also praise two teams that won their respective conferences to advance to the CFP: the Big 12's Texas Longhorns and the SEC's Alabama Crimson Tide.  A listener wants to know if the Lone Star State of Texas is a Southern state.  And, a tribute to 1970s national TV host Wink Martindale, a West Tennessee native that celebrates his 90th birthday today.