SouthBound

This week on SouthBound, we're replaying host Tommy Tomlinson's 2020 conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr. It’s an interesting look back at the first days of COVID-19 and how it informed Wood’s comedy — and his ability to perform. Roy and Tommy also get into it over pimento cheese.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Anne Hull, author of the new memoir “Through the Groves.” It’s about her formative years growing up in central Florida in the days before Disney World, when there was nothing but small towns and orange trees as far as the eyes could see.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Craig Renaud, director and producer of the new PBS limited series “Southern Storytellers.” The series includes novelist Jesmyn Ward and singer Jason Isbell, among many others. Renaud also talks about his brother, Brent, who was killed last year in Ukraine while filming a documentary on refugees.

This week on SouthBound is a replay of host Tommy Tomlinson's 2021 interview with author S.A. Cosby. They talk about his crime thriller “Razorblade Tears,” which became a bestseller. His new novel, “All the Sinners Bleed,” just got a rave review by Stephen King in the New York Times.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Jack Taggart … you might not know the name, but you’ve seen his work in movies from “Inception” to “Black Panther” to “Top Gun: Maverick.” His job is to age and weather costumes, making everything from T-shirts to space suits look right for their moments on screen.

This week on SouthBound, we replay host Tommy Tomlinson's 2020 conversation with Wright Thompson, senior writer for ESPN and author of the best-selling book “Pappyland,” about the legendary Pappy Van Winkle bourbon. Wright talks about everything from Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods to searching for family and home.

This week on the SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson welcomes Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen, known for classics like “The Road Goes On Forever.” Keen recently retired from the road but is still making music; his latest album, called “Western Chill,” comes with a songbook, a live DVD and a graphic novel.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mike Collins, host of Charlotte Talks on WFAE. For the 25th anniversary of his show, we put Mike in the guest chair. Tommy learned a lot about Mike’s influences and some of his favorite guests over the years.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Erin and Ben Napier, the hosts of the hit HGTV series “Home Town.” The Napiers have transformed their town of Laurel, Mississippi, by renovating homes there — and along the way, they’ve turned Laurel into a tourist attraction.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Charles Frazier, the North Carolina novelist best known for his tragic Civil War romance “Cold Mountain.” He’s got a new book called “The Trackers,” set during the Great Depression, and we talk about how that book stemmed from a single photograph.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Ryan McGee, co-host of the "Marty & McGee" show on ESPN, and author of a new book called “Welcome to the Circus of Baseball.” It’s about the summer Ryan spent as an intern with the Asheville Tourists minor-league team. He’s got stories about everything from a Dairy Queen disaster to a mascot brawl.

This week on SouthBound, we’re replaying Tommy Tomlinson's conversation from 2020 with Fawn Weaver. Weaver founded the Nearest Green distillery in Tennessee in honor of a Black distiller who helped Jack Daniel develop his famous whiskey. Weaver talks about how she went from reading a story about Green to bottling a whiskey called Uncle Nearest.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Josh Dawsey, a South Carolina native who covers national politics for The Washington Post. He also covered the Trump White House, and tells Tommy the story about the time the president called him a “lowlife” on Twitter. Plus he’s a long-suffering South Carolina football fan.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Nic Brown, who as a teenager was the drummer for the alt-rock band Athenaeum back in the ‘90s. Now he’s a writing professor at Clemson. He’s got a new memoir about those rock ‘n’ roll days, called “Bang Bang Crash.”

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to golf writer Ron Green Jr., who has covered 41 Masters and has played with everyone from Tiger Woods to Donald Trump. The world of pro golf has turned upside down in the last year, and Ron explains what’s going on.