Apr 2, 2024 | Podcast, Season 6
SEASON 6 | EPISODE 4 Music is a vital part of our lives in Alabama and it covers all genres. This story is about one genre of music called Sacred Harp. It is named after the book of songs of the same name. at the beginning of the 20th century, these songs sounded...
Mar 26, 2024 | Podcast, Season 6
SEASON 6 | EPISODE 5 Zelda Sayre was born and raised in Montgomery, the daughter of a lawyer and politician. She was a socialite and caught the interest of young men from as far away as Atlanta. No one swept her off her feet until she met a young soldier stationed in...
Mar 19, 2024 | Podcast, Season 6
SEASON 6 | EPISODE 3 Spider Martin was a commercial photographer in Birmingham, Alabama, who billed himself with a little tongue-in-cheek as the “world’s greatest photographer.” He worked for corporate clients and earned his fair share of awards for his work. But his...
Mar 12, 2024 | Podcast, Season 6
SEASON 6 | EPISODE 2 Roads in Alabama go as far back as when indians followed the trails that animals had created. These trails would be widened and “improved” as more people and bigger vehicles used them. When the car came along, it was apparent that we must have...
Mar 5, 2024 | Podcast, Season 6
SEASON 6 | EPISODE 1 Cudjo Lewis was a captive aboard the Clotilda when it entered Mobile Harbor, the last slave boat to the United States in 1860. The story was well known to locals in Mobile but two writers, Emma Langdon Roche and Zora Neale Hurston, went to find...
Feb 27, 2024 | Podcast, Season 6
SEASON 6 | EPISODE 0 I hope you have enjoyed the first 5 seasons of the Alabama Short Stories podcast. When I released season three, I published the book, Alabama Short Stories, Volume 1. This was the perfect solution for those who like their podcasts in written...
