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Salvation South

Salvation South

By: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Salvation South editor Chuck Reece comments on Southern culture and values in a weekly segment that airs Fridays on GPB Radio. Salvation South is an online magazine inspired by hope, healing and — most importantly — the desire to create a place on the web and a community of people where civil conversation can happen. We celebrate the culture of the South, and discuss issues of importance to our region.All Rights Reserved. © 2025 Personal Development Personal Success Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary World
Episodes
  • Best of 2025 Commentaries (Part 1 of 2)
    Dec 2 2025

    As the year comes to a close, we bring you this special episode of Salvation South, where we take a look back on our most popular commentaries aired by GPB Radio in 2025. (Part 1 of 2)

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    23 mins
  • Deluxe: Southern Noir Giants - Ace Atkins Meets S.A. Cosby
    Dec 17 2025

    Southern noir meets 1980s Atlanta. In this Salvation South Deluxe episode, Southern crime-fiction stars S.A. Cosby and Ace Atkins dig into "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Atkins’s Cold War thriller about Gen X kids, Russian spies, and suburban Atlanta in 1985. They talk Southern noir, Cold War paranoia, VHS-era pop culture, and why telling the real, diverse South on the page still matters.

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    46 mins
  • Steve Cropper: Southern Soul Legend
    Dec 9 2025

    A week ago, the world mourned the passing Steve Cropper, a key figure in Southern soul music. Cropper was the guitar player in Booker T. & the MG’s, who were the house band at the legendary Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. He wrote and played songs for the likes of Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, and Georgia’s own Otis Redding. Salvation South editor Chuck Reece has a remembrance.

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    3 mins
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