Episode 119 || The Politics of Being Southern

Published: May 18, 2017, 10:30 a.m.

b'Chris is pursuing that ever-elusive PhD, so this week, Annie interviewed Sarah Holland from the Pantsuit Politics podcast. In addition to being the left-leaning cohost of Pantsuit Politics, Sarah is a city commissioner from Paducah, Kentucky, and she\'s a lifelong southerner. Annie and Sarah chatted about what "life in the South" really entails, including the hard truth about where Southern maker culture really comes from and Sarah\'s obsession with\\xa0Designing Women.\\xa0 Annie and Sarah mentioned: + the Southern Foodways Alliance + the Whitney Plantation +\\xa0Designing Women, "Southerns Do NOT Eat Dirt" + Classics Sarah\'s never read but wish she has:\\xa0Don Quixote\\xa0and\\xa0War and Peace + Podcasts Sarah listens to: Pod Save America; The Weeds; This American Life; On Being; Death, Sex, & Money; Freakonomics; Hidden Brain + Tara Brach\'s\\xa0meditations + Indigo Girl\'s "Southland in the Springtime" + Sarah\'s currently reading:\\xa0Tales of Titans,\\xa0East of Eden,\\xa0and Talent Code'