Oct 25, 2022 | Podcast, Season 3
SEASON 3 | EPISODE 11 I am proud to announce that the book, Alabama Short Stories Volume 1, is now available at Amazon.com. It features the first three season stories of the podcast in book form. It’s a perfect gift for that friend or family member who just...
Oct 18, 2022 | Podcast, Season 3
SEASON 3 | EPISODE 10 Kudzu covers every part of Alabama, and we assume it grows with wild abandon. Swallowing up parked cars and buildings that are in its path. In this Alabama Short Stories podcast episode, we learn about how it came to Alabama and how much more...
Oct 11, 2022 | Podcast, Season 3
SEASON 3 | EPISODE 9 Have you ever heard the phrase “Stars Fell on Alabama?” Of course, you have. If you grew up in Alabama, you can’t avoid it. You probably can’t remember the first time you heard it, but it has always been around. Is it a...
Oct 4, 2022 | Podcast, Season 3
SEASON 3 | EPISODE 8 The USS Alabama, BB-60 was a South Dakota class battleship that served in the North Atlantic and Pacific during World War II. At the war’s end, she was mothballed and stored in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Puget Sound outside Bremerton,...
Sep 27, 2022 | Podcast, Season 3
SEASON 3 | EPISODE 7 Alabama has its fair share of interesting town names. Of course, we would. A lot of cultures have passed through our state. The French, Spanish, and English all have left their mark. So did the different Indian nations. They left names we use...
Sep 20, 2022 | Podcast, Season 3
SEASON 3 | EPISODE 6 Cholera came to Birmingham in 1873 and hit the new town hard. By the end of the summer, over half of its citizens had fled the city. Only the sick, the physicians caring for them, and the prostitutes stayed behind. This Alabama Short Stories...
