Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set out to discover the historical background on key societal issues in the South, providing a framework to understand the path forward. The show investigates how we got here, fostering conversations with changemakers seeking to make a difference in the South in order to educate, and provide an opportunity for understanding to inform our collective future.
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Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set out to discover the historical background on key societal issues in the South, providing a framework to understand the path forward. The show investigates how we got here, fostering conversations with changemakers seeking to make a difference in the South in order to educate, and provide an opportunity for understanding to inform our collective future.
On this episode of 'Our New South', show hosts Kevin Blackistone and Robert Greene II celebrate Women's History Month discussing the preservation of history and culture in the South through poetry and fiction with three exceptional writers.
Jesmyn Ward, a novelist and professor of English at Tulane University, is a two-time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, and was named a MacArthur Genius Fellow in 2017.
Beth Ann Fennelly, a professor at the University of Mississippi, was the Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021, and in 2020, she was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow.
Nikky Finney, a professor at the University of South Carolina and a Chancellor of the American Academy of Poets, and was recently appointed the Executive Director of the newly launched Ernest A. Finney, Jr. Cultural Arts Center in Columbia, South Carolina, a 21st century arts and cultural center named for her father.
'Our New South' is presented by the Levine Museum of the New South with thanks to the generous support of The Knight Foundation.
'Our New South' is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts, written and produced by Byron Hunter.
The editor and sound designer is Kyle Murdock.
The technical producer is Brian Douglas.
Executive producers are Franky Abbott and Jeremiah Tittle.
Special thanks to Levine team members Alexander Piñeres, Karen Sutton, and Cliff Whitfield.
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Our New South
Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set out to discover the historical background on key societal issues in the South, providing a framework to understand the path forward. The show investigates how we got here, fostering conversations with changemakers seeking to make a difference in the South in order to educate, and provide an opportunity for understanding to inform our collective future.
