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Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
We are back with another full-length podcast episode for you all! This month, we feature interviews related to folk medicine practices in Southern Appalachia. Hosts Kami Ahrens and TJ Smith introduce you to folk medicine and the rich traditions of Southern Appalachia by focusing on faith healing and home remedies.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
For the month of October, It Still Lives is bringing you spooky tales of the supernatural from right here in Rabun County, Georgia. Join us for tales about witches, haints, and jack-o-lanterns! Our final week features an excerpt from storyteller Mary Carpenter from Scaly Mountain, North Carolina.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
For the month of October, It Still Lives is bringing you spooky tales of the supernatural from right here in Rabun County, Georgia. Join us each week from now until October 29th for tales about witches, haints, and jack-o-lanterns! This week features an excerpt from storyteller Ethel Corn of Dillard, Georgia.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
For the month of October, It Still Lives is bringing you spooky tales of the supernatural from right here in Rabun County, Georgia. Join us each week from now until October 29th for tales about witches, haints, and jack-o-lanterns! This week features an excerpt from storyteller Don Patterson of Hiawassee, Georgia.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
For the month of October, It Still Lives is bringing you spooky tales of the supernatural from right here in Rabun County, Georgia. Join us each week from now until October 29th for tales about witches, haints, and jack-o-lanterns! This week features an excerpt from storyteller Don Patterson of Hiawassee, Georgia.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
This month we sit down with PhD candidate and climate researcher Dylan Harris. Dylan joined us at the end of August to host a storytelling and climate conference at Foxfire. This event explored climate-based narratives, and drew on the experiences of climate researchers, geographers, and storytellers from Appalachia and Alaska.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
This episode is a recap of Executive Director and podcast co-host TJ Smith's recent trip to China. Sponsored by the American Folklore Society, TJ had the opportunity to spend 10 days exploring folkways in Guangzhou as a representative of Foxfire.
Monday Sep 02, 2019
Monday Sep 02, 2019
This month’s episode features interviews on curing and smoking meat–and how climate change has impacted this important part of Southern Appalachian foodways. This episode includes interview excerpts from Foxfire contacts Buck Carver, Sallie Beaty, J.C. Stubblefield, Carl Rogers, and Icie Rickman.
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
This episode features special hosts, two local high school students participating in the summer Foxfire Fellowship. The fellows this summer decided to create an episode on the movie Deliverance (1972) which was filmed in Rabun County. Their inspiration for this episode came from the recent filming of Netflix's Hillbilly Elegy, also in Rabun County, based on J.D. Vance's best-selling novel.
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Hosts Kami Ahrens and TJ Smith indulge in their love of cast iron and wood stove cooking! Featuring interviews from Addie Norton, Lola Cannon, Bessie Underwood, and Sharon Stiles, this episode looks at cooking before electricity and gas and introduces you to the upcoming revised edition of the Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery.