Triple Take

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Triple Take episodes

  • Triple Take 22: Author and actress Fannie Flagg
    2016 marks 25 years since Fannie Flagg’s breakout novel, “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe,” was adapted for the silver screen. Next year will be the novel’s 30th anniversary. But even as she marks such momentous anniversaries, Flagg’s work continues. Her latest, “The Whole Town’s Talking,” is scheduled for Nov. 29 publication. Flagg will return … Continue reading Triple Take 22: Author and actress Fannie Flagg
    29 min
  • 21: Some of our favorite segments about racial identity and civil rights
    We’ve amassed quite a few recommendations since this podcast launched in April. Triple Take is a podcast about the books, albums and films that shape us, and we’ve had little repetition of picks. Save for “To Kill A Mockingbird,” which has shown up three times, each guest has selected art different from his or her … Continue reading 21: Some of our favorite segments about racial identity and civil rights
    35 min
  • Triple Take 20: ‘Homegoing’ author Yaa Gyasi
    Yaa Gyasi’s upbringing made her curious about the relationship between a country from which slaves came and the place to which they were brought. She’s a Ghana native, but Gyasi spent most of her life in America. Her family left Ghana when she was a small child, and she lived in Huntsville from age 9 through high … Continue reading Triple Take 20: ‘Homegoing’ author Yaa Gyasi
    27 min
  • BONUS: Novelist Yaa Gyasi
    Yaa Gyasi has called many places home: Her native Ghana. Ohio. Illinois. Tennessee. California. Iowa. But she spent her formative years, from age 9 through high school, in Alabama. On Nov. 1, Gyasi returns to Huntsville to read from “Homegoing,” the debut novel that earned her a spot on the National Book Foundation’s 2016 “5 Under 35” … Continue reading BONUS: Novelist Yaa Gyasi
    7 min
  • Triple Take 19: Post Office Pies’ John Hall
    Imagine moving to a city renowned in your industry. While there, you work at well-known places and refine your craft. Then you have the opportunity to move home and open your own place. For John Hall, that was the dream. Hall is owner-operator of Post Office Pies, a pizza place with locations in the Avondale neighborhood of Birmingham, … Continue reading Triple Take 19: Post Office Pies’ John Hall
    32 min
  • Triple Take 18: White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin
    Think back to your favorite children’s book. What does it have to do with who you are today? If your answer is nothing, well, you’re probably not alone. But Stewart McLaurin traces his career path back to a children’s book about American presidents. McLaurin, a native Alabamian, is now White House Historical Association president. The … Continue reading Triple Take 18: White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin
    29 min
  • Triple Take episode 13: To Write Love on Her Arms Founder Jamie Tworkowski

    I became a passionate advocate for mental healthcare in 2011, after I was finally diagnosed with depression. (I had self identified as depressed since age 14.) I’m comfortable sharing my experience, and I hope it’ll encourage others to seek the help they need.

    It’s unsurprising, then, that I’m a fan of To Write Love on Her Arms. The decade-old nonprofit works to provide hope for people who face depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.

    Founder Jamie Tworkowski is the subject of this week’s Triple Take. He spoke to us about Switchfoot’s “The Beautiful Letdown,” “Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller and “Almost Famous.

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    Follow To Write Love on Her Arms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our hosts on social media: Carla Jean Whitley on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram; John Hammontree on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and Matt Scalici on Twitter.

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  • Triple Take episode 12: The Lochamy Brothers

    Reed and Will Lochamy must be on a mission to dominate Birmingham media. Or maybe they really, really like to work a lot.

    Whatever the case, the brothers show up all over the place: Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. on Birmingham Mountain Radio; the SEC Network; monthly “Right You Are!” events at the BJCC … and who knows what’s next. (Just this morning, Will became a permanent fixture on BMR’s morning show, The Morning Blend with Reg and Will.)

    Their in-the-know nature made them perfect subjects for Triple Take. We recorded the episode live on their Oh Brother Radio show Thursday night, and I’ve edited it for the podcast form.

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    Follow the Lochamy Brothers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. You can also follow our hosts on social media: Carla Jean Whitley on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram; John Hammontree on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and Matt Scalici on Twitter.

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  • Triple Take episode 11: Birmingham magazine’s Julia Sayers

    This week, Birmingham magazine Managing Editor Julia Sayers joined us on Triple Take. The magazine’s September issue, which celebrates the best of Birmingham, is on newsstands now.

    Julia’s specialties are food and travel writing, and it’s easy to see how the book, film and album she picked influenced her. They are “What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding” by Kristin Newman, “La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful)” and Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”

    Find more from Birmingham magazine at bhammag.com, and follow Julia on Twitter and Instagram.

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    You can follow our hosts on social media: Carla Jean Whitley on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram; John Hammontree on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and Matt Scalici on Twitter.

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  • Triple Take episode 10: Arc Stories’ Taylor Robinson

    Have you been to a live storytelling event?

    No?

    Then you should probably drop everything and, if you’re in Birmingham, Alabama, buy tickets to the Sept. 17 Arc Stories.

    If you’re out of town, try the Arc Stories podcast instead. (Or drive to Birmingham. It’s a great place.)

    This week, Arc Stories Director Taylor Robinson joined us on Triple Take. Taylor cofounded the Birmingham-based live storytelling event about five years ago, and in the years since it’s grown to a regularly standing-room-only crowd.

    Taylor offered insight into how “Jaws,” Billy Joel’s “The Stranger” and the Bible shaped him into the storyteller he is today.

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    You can follow our hosts on social media: Carla Jean Whitley onFacebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram; John Hammontree onFacebook, Twitter and Instagram; and Matt Scalici on Twitter.

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The podcast where we discuss how films, books and albums shape who we are