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Où allons-nous ? #Creepylandscape #AuthenticSouth #Mauritius #winterinmauritius #UnknownFuture #LaVidaLoca

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"Latham believes that okra symbolizes the ever-evolving definition of the South. It is Southern to the core, but as a non-native plant, okra had to become Southern. In his search for an answer to the question, "What is Southern?" he talks to his grandmother about her fried okra, the Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, the former editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine, and a Korean-born pop singer-turned-chef who fries okra in tempura batter at her Southern barbecue joint in Atlanta." 

WFAE is now carrying the podcast, "Authentic South", by former WFAE reporter Tanner Latham. Listen to more episodes here: http://wfae.org/topic/authentic-south-storytelling-podcast-southern-culture 

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Little G Weevil’s album The Teaser has a song called “Which Way Shall I Go.” It’s his account of his girlfriend kicking him out of her apartment the day after he’d come home from a tour. Everything he has is stuffed in a bag. He’s waiting on the train…in the rain. And he’s got Jesus on his mind. Classic Blues. Thing is, the train he’s trying to catch is not running through the Mississippi Delta. It’s the East Croydon Train heading out to London’s Gatwick Airport. Not quite classic Blues.

That’s what you get with Little G Weevil, a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he sings, it’s like he’s stepping right off of Beale Street.

Second episode of Authentic South from former WFAE reporter Tanner Latham! You can listen to more episodes on WFAE: http://wfae.org/topic/authentic-south-storytelling-podcast-southern-culture