Episodes

  • Georgann Eubanks travels the South to find out where the wild things are

    Georgann Eubanks travels the South to find out where the wild things are
    Jun 25 2025
    This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to author Georgann Eubanks, who traveled the wild South to visit everything from frogs to swans for her new book, “The Fabulous Ordinary.”
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    35 mins
  • Jeremy Markovich dives down the North Carolina Rabbit Hole in search of quirky stories

    Jeremy Markovich dives down the North Carolina Rabbit Hole in search of quirky stories
    Jun 11 2025
    This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Jeremy Markovich, whose newsletter, the North Carolina Rabbit Hole, covers all manner of strange and wonderful little stories about the Tar Heel state.
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    35 mins
  • SouthBound Replay: Dale Earnhardt Jr. grapples with his family's legacy

    SouthBound Replay: Dale Earnhardt Jr. grapples with his family's legacy
    May 28 2025
    This week on SouthBound, we're replaying host Tommy Tomlinson's 2018 talk with Dale Earnhardt Jr. There’s a new documentary produced by Dale Jr. on his dad, NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, and the conversation gets into their complicated family dynamic.
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    36 mins
  • Carl Hiaasen visits 'Fever Beach' and enjoys making bad guys get what they deserve

    Carl Hiaasen visits 'Fever Beach' and enjoys making bad guys get what they deserve
    May 14 2025
    This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to novelist Carl Hiaasen, who has been spinning wild tales of heroes and villains in Florida for nearly 40 years. They talk about his new book, “Fever Beach,” and lots more — including his longtime friendship with Jimmy Buffett.
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    45 mins
  • SouthBound Replay: Robert Earl Keen trades life on the road for Western chill

    SouthBound Replay: Robert Earl Keen trades life on the road for Western chill
    Apr 30 2025
    This week on SouthBound, we replay host Tommy Tomlinson's 2023 conversation with Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen. Keen talks about his beginnings as a musician, his decision to stop touring full time, and his Hill Country retreat where he goes to write songs.
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    43 mins
  • Beer expert Tom Acitelli has a brew in mind for every week of the year

    Beer expert Tom Acitelli has a brew in mind for every week of the year
    Apr 16 2025
    Host Tommy Tomlinson's guest on this week’s SouthBound is Tom Acitelli, who has a new book “The Golden Age of Beer,” that features a different beer style for every week of the year. Acitelli grew up in Charlotte and talks to Tommy about some of his favorite Southern beers.
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    38 mins
  • How the DOGE cuts hit home for a UNC Charlotte professor and her team

    How the DOGE cuts hit home for a UNC Charlotte professor and her team
    Apr 2 2025
    This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Annelise Mennicke, a UNC Charlotte professor whose federal grant was canceled as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting program. And also because her research involved trans people.
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    36 mins
  • Jim Barger Jr. writes about Jimmy Carter's life as a fisherman

    Jim Barger Jr. writes about Jimmy Carter's life as a fisherman
    Mar 19 2025
    This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Jim Barger Jr., author of a new book called “Rivers and Dreams,” on former President Jimmy Carter’s life as a fisherman — and how he often used fishing to cast the lines of diplomacy.
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    36 mins