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Episode 3: Mike Chamberlain
Dave and Eddie talk turkey with one of the world’s foremost experts on the birds—including how to protect their populations

A grandmother’s gift sparks a curiosity now fed by an urban botanical wonderland in Atlanta

You don’t have to be a coffee snob to appreciate a quality cup. These new boutique cafés serve up high-end joe with a side of Southern hospitality

In the workshop of María and Jacobo Ángeles in Oaxaca, spiritual wood carvings come to vibrant life

Steve Huff has spent a lifetime putting clients on the fish of their dreams. And he’s not stopping anytime soon

A modest proposal for the invasive species spreading through the Mississippi River basin

An oral history of one of the most unforgettable Southern movies of all time

A budding Mississippi writer learns a lot from his Lab mix

The “Tidying Up” star and her new Texas sidekick share timely—and sensibly Southern—tips for a better home-office life from their new book

Five ghost-tour guides share their own brushes with the paranormal

A revolutionary rice-based gin, a sleek Texas-inspired floor lamp, rare hand-carved dove decoys, and more honorees highlight the astonishing ingenuity, drive, and sheer skill of the South’s top makers and creatives

Rousted from his house by an audacious pair of criminals, a wealthy Birmingham businessman gets taken for the most terrifying—and bewildering—ride of his life

A new exhibition at the Gibbes Museum takes a fresh look at the unsung art hero Ned Jennings

The North Florida blues rocker on his first album in nearly a decade, Olustee, his new tour, and why music is a lot like surfing

Episode 1: Flip Pallot
Cohosts Dave DiBenedetto and Eddie Nickens interview the legendary fisherman on the first episode of G&G’s new podcast. Listen now

For the renowned Virginia designer Charles Stick, landscape architecture is much 
more than a profession. It’s a never-ending quest for beauty

By land or by sea, where to find the most at the coast

In praise of fried chicken––gristle and all

For one Civil War relic collector, the past can be very much alive

Deep in Louisiana duck country, a hunting lodge marries a conservation ethic with creature comforts

When it comes to a fresh start, there’s nothing like the power of a pup

Best known as one-half of the folk duo Indigo Girls, the Georgia native is reaching back to her Southern roots

Michael Twitty doesn’t just want you to know the history of Southern food. He wants you to taste it

Think the golden age of wild Southern quail hunting is gone forever? Don’t tell that to three South Carolina sportsmen who spent twenty long years transforming an old pine plantation into a wild bird haven

Deep in the North Carolina Piedmont, one man has made sure that the storied tradition of taking to the field with a pack of beagles in mad pursuit of rabbits lives on

Rising stars—from the Gridiron to the Runway—who are shaping the South right now

Inspired by a legacy of soul artists who weren’t afraid to speak up, ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES pursue a higher calling

Every family has its secrets, but for the storied Bingham family, the secrets could fill volumes

What started in 2010 as an online “gallery” for Charleston, South Carolina, artists to sell their work has now expanded

The untold story of what would 
become one of the most beloved 
touchstones of Southern culture

These extraordinary people left us in 2018—but not before leaving indelible marks on music, culture, sports, and more

After stints at Yosemite and Big Bend, the new chief ranger at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is coming back home to protect and preserve a Southern treasure

Take a drive down the Gulf Coast for an unforgettable, seafood-filled adventure

Whether you call it hot slaw or pool room slaw, this tasty Tennessee/Alabama side dish will spice up your next cook-out

Public radio vet Jad Abumrad set out to define Dolly Parton’s influence. He came away with a new nine-part podcast series unpacking the past—and a story that’s still unfolding

Now entering its second decade, a look at how the Atlanta airport restaurant rerouted Southern hospitality

How the slow-blooming flower finally turned the head of Leo McGee

In a state that produces the nation’s most elite high school quarterbacks, all eyes in Texas have been on Quinn Ewers. But the player with the trademark blond mullet and the rocket-launcher arm seems to be one of the few not buying into the hype

A waterfowler’s dispatch on what this year has brought—and hasn’t brought—for Southern duck hunters

Zacchaeus Golden brings energy and pride to Southern Soigné in Jackson, Mississippi