On this week’s episode of Our New South, hosts Kevin Blackistone and Dr. Robert Greene II discuss the origins of Southern hip hop, its impact on Southern culture, and why hip hop music from the South has become a major force in the global music industry today.
Our guests on today’s episode are Speech, a Grammy Award-winning music artist and founder of the legendary hip hop group, Arrested Development, who will speak about the origins of the Southern hip hop movement of the 1990s and the factors behind its global success today; and Dr. Regina Bradley, a college professor and hip hop scholar who talks about the rise of Southern hip hop in the 1990s, the impact of the group Outkast on the global expansion of Southern hip hop, and why hip hop music from the South today remains a global force.
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Episode 9 - Women’s Healthcare: Critical
On this week’s episode of Our New South, hosts Kevin Blackistone and Dr. Robert Greene II discuss the disparities in women’s healthcare across the South, the impact of these disparities on women living in the region, and why the South leads the nation in passing legislation that threatens the lives and reproductive health of millions of women.
Our guests on today’s episode are Dr. Nina Ragunanthan, a Gynecologist and Obstetrician based in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, who shares her experiences about working as a doctor in the Mississippi Delta, and the challenges she faces providing quality healthcare to women living one of the poorest regions of the country; and Khenia Haro-Perez, an advocate for Latino women’s healthcare rights in the State of Virginia, who speaks about the role that the state of Virginia plays in providing reproductive healthcare for women across the South, and the challenges that women of color face getting adequate healthcare in the South.
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Episode 8 - Hail Mary - The Religion of Football
On this week’s episode of Our New South, hosts Kevin Blackistone and Dr. Robert Greene II discuss the legacy of college football in the South, the impact that the sport and its traditions have had on Southern culture, and why Southern-based universities have dominated national college football over the last 20 years.
Our guests on today’s episode are Charlie Neal, a legendary television broadcaster, universally known as the “The Voice of HBCU Sports,” who will speak about the impact that college football has had on Southern culture, and the legacy of great football players and coaches that have represented Historically Black Colleges and Universities based in the South; and Dr. Eric Bain-Selbo, a college professor, a lifelong college football fan, and accomplished author, who talks about the impact of college football and its many traditions on Southern culture, and why the sport of college football is considered to be a “religion” to many people living in the South.
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Episode 7 - Southern Hospitality
On this week’s episode of Our New South, hosts Kevin Blackistone and Dr. Robert Greene II discuss the rise of tourism in today’s South and how two Southern traditions once considered taboo, slavery and the bootleg liquor industry, have spawned major tourist attractions, drawing people from around the world to the South and injecting millions of dollars into their states’ tourism economies.
Our guests on today’s episode are Sara Havens, also known as The Bar Belle, a Louisville, Kentucky-based journalist and bourbon aficionado, who will speak about the history of bourbon production in the South, and how the Bourbon Trail has become a major tourist attraction in Kentucky; and Dr. Tonya Mathews, the President and CEO of the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, who will speak about her journey to the South to help build this historic museum, and how the success of the museum has impacted the South Carolina tourism economy as a whole.
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Episode 6 - Immigration with Representation
In this week’s episode of Our New South, hosts Kevin Blackistone and Dr. Robert Green II discuss Southern politics and the challenges facing immigrants and first generation Americans seeking to gain political office in the South.
Our guests on today’s episode are Steve “Junior” Ezeonu, a Nigerian born, Texas raised community leader who currently serves as a City Councilman in the city of Grand Prairie, Texas. Steve speaks about the impact of the Nigerian presence in Texas, the challenges that he faced while running for office in the South, and how he became one of the first Black City Councilman elected to office in Grand Prairie in more than 30 years.
Also, Steve Rao, who was the first Indian ever elected to public office in Wake County, North Carolina, and is currently the longest serving Asian American elected official in the state of North Carolina, speaks about the impact that immigration, especially Asian American immigration, has had on his community and across the state of North Carolina; and how the rise in technology companies moving to the Research Triangle has benefited his constituents.
Steve “Junior” Ezeonu is currently an At-Large City Councilman serving the city of Grand Prairie, Texas. Steve Rao is an At-Large City Councilman currently serving the Town of Morrisville, North Carolina.
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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