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BATCH, A Bitter Southerner Podcast - Ep 008 - Boyce Upholt : Down To The Tide Line

Ep 008 - Boyce Upholt : Down To The Tide Line

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10/07/22 • 29 min

BATCH, A Bitter Southerner Podcast

In Episode 8, writer Boyce Upholt notes, “There’s a lot of beauty and joy and wonder in the world. And of all the beautiful places in our country, the Southeastern coast is one of our most beloved and extraordinary.” Oh, how we love our beaches! Unfortunately, our coastlines are now some of the most at risk due to the accelerating impacts of climate change, sea level rise, intensifying storms, and flooding. In “Down To The Tide Line,” Boyce takes the long view of this ever changing place where the land meets the sea, reminding us that it’s by cosmic luck that we’ve wound up on a planet quite so beautiful. We hope you enjoy Boyce’s reading and conversation with our host, Kyle Tibbs Jones. This essay is great and the episode is short — only 30 minutes!

Note: we recorded our conversation with Boyce Upholt prior to Hurricane Ian roaring through Florida in September. And as we publish this episode, we are just beginning to assess the devastating destruction there. Our thoughts are with everyone in Fort Myers and the surrounding area who were impacted.

Boyce Upholt is a freelance writer living in New Orleans. He won the 2019 James Beard Award for investigative journalism, and his work has been noted in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series.

Original Story

Down to the Tideline

Credits

Hosted by Kyle Tibbs Jones

Produced by Ryan Engelberger

Engineered by Thomas Sully Allen and Ben Lorio

Featuring original music by Curt Castle

Recorded at Tweed Recording in Athens GA, and Music Shed Studios in New Orleans, LA

Made possible by the support of the Southern Environmental Law Center

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In Episode 8, writer Boyce Upholt notes, “There’s a lot of beauty and joy and wonder in the world. And of all the beautiful places in our country, the Southeastern coast is one of our most beloved and extraordinary.” Oh, how we love our beaches! Unfortunately, our coastlines are now some of the most at risk due to the accelerating impacts of climate change, sea level rise, intensifying storms, and flooding. In “Down To The Tide Line,” Boyce takes the long view of this ever changing place where the land meets the sea, reminding us that it’s by cosmic luck that we’ve wound up on a planet quite so beautiful. We hope you enjoy Boyce’s reading and conversation with our host, Kyle Tibbs Jones. This essay is great and the episode is short — only 30 minutes!

Note: we recorded our conversation with Boyce Upholt prior to Hurricane Ian roaring through Florida in September. And as we publish this episode, we are just beginning to assess the devastating destruction there. Our thoughts are with everyone in Fort Myers and the surrounding area who were impacted.

Boyce Upholt is a freelance writer living in New Orleans. He won the 2019 James Beard Award for investigative journalism, and his work has been noted in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series.

Original Story

Down to the Tideline

Credits

Hosted by Kyle Tibbs Jones

Produced by Ryan Engelberger

Engineered by Thomas Sully Allen and Ben Lorio

Featuring original music by Curt Castle

Recorded at Tweed Recording in Athens GA, and Music Shed Studios in New Orleans, LA

Made possible by the support of the Southern Environmental Law Center

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undefined - Ep 007 - Jim Barger : The Untold Story of Hibiscus Grandiflorus

Ep 007 - Jim Barger : The Untold Story of Hibiscus Grandiflorus

In our second BATCH (5 episodes called "Earth Stories"), we're digging into fragile, precious, and sometimes surprising places across the South. In Episode 7, writer Jim Barger reads his piece "The Untold Story of Hibiscus Grandiflorus." Listen as Jim takes us deep into the interior forest of a barrier island, where he witnesses a grove of gigantic prehistoric flowers - flowers the world had thought lost.

Jim is an outspoken advocate for conservation and protecting the Georgia coast. His magical story and conversation with our host, Kyle Tibbs Jones, make for an entertaining episode.

Original Story

The Untold Story of Hibiscus Grandiflorus

Credits

Hosted by Kyle Tibbs Jones

Produced by Ryan Engelberger

Engineered by Anthony Stubelek (who is a real treasure) and Thomas Sully Allen

Featuring original music by Curt Castle

Recorded at Tweed Recording and Chase Park Transduction in Athens GA, and Rockstudio in Brunswick, GA

Made possible by the support of the Southern Environmental Law Center

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undefined - Ep 009 - Jessica Bradley Wells : Where the Tupelo Grows

Ep 009 - Jessica Bradley Wells : Where the Tupelo Grows

In our latest "Earth Stories" episode, Bitter Southerner contributor Jessica Bradley Wells reads her sweet tale, "Where the Tupelo Grows." Since the 1800s (way before Van Morrison's hit "Tupelo Honey" or Peter Fonda starring in "Ulee's Gold,") locals in the panhandle of Florida have been harvesting our rare, sweet, and precious tupelo honey. So put in your earbuds and travel with Jessica to Wewahitchka, Florida, where the white tupelo tree grows and where beekeepers Gary Adkison and his wife, "Miss Pam," joyfully carry on the Tupelo tradition.

This story has it all — a Southern food staple, music, an important ecosystem, and even a Facebook romance. We love it and hope you'll listen!

To taste and savor some Tupelo Honey of your very own, visit Gary and Miss Pam’s website here:

www.blue-eyedgirlhoney.com/
Original Story

Where the Tupelo Grows

Credits

Hosted by Kyle Tibbs Jones

Produced by Ryan Engelberger

Engineered by Thomas Sully Allen and Morgan Snow

Featuring original music by Curt Castle

Recorded at Chase Park Transduction and Tweed Recording in Athens GA, and Charlotte Star Room in Charlotte, North Carolina

Made possible by the support of Southern Environmental Law Center

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