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Gravy

Gravy shares stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat. Gravy showcases a South that is constantly evolving, accommodating new immigrants, adopting new traditions, and lovingly m... Read more

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Booze Legends

Booze Legends

Striking up a conversation with a stranger in a bar is accepted, even expected. And storytelling is a big part of that e... Read more

5 Oct 2017

29mins

Ranked #2

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Ironies and Onion Rings: The Layered Story of the Vidalia Onion

Ironies and Onion Rings: The Layered Story of the Vidalia Onion

If you know and love the Vidalia onion—an onion sweet enough, its fans say, to eat like an apple—you likely also know it... Read more

26 Jan 2017

31mins

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Farmer's Blues

Farmer's Blues

Imagine you’re a young person wanting to be a farmer. If you don’t inherit land from your family, the challenges of find... Read more

18 May 2017

24mins

Ranked #4

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The Chili Powder Cheat: A Tex-Mex Story

The Chili Powder Cheat: A Tex-Mex Story

Texas: the land of BBQ, breakfast tacos…and of course Tex-Mex. But what if we told you Tex-Mex wasn’t created by a Texan... Read more

22 Mar 2017

32mins

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Reclaiming Native Ground

Reclaiming Native Ground

For centuries, the bayous and lowlands of coastal Louisiana have fed the Point-au-Chien Indian Tribe. From cattle to cra... Read more

9 Feb 2017

31mins

Ranked #6

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Hostesses of the Movement

Hostesses of the Movement

This week’s Gravy podcast looks at hostesses of the Civil Rights Movement. They were school teachers, church ladies and ... Read more

10 Aug 2017

41mins

Ranked #7

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Korean BBQ in Coolsville: A Memphis Report

Korean BBQ in Coolsville: A Memphis Report

What happens when Korean barbecue goes from suburban strip malls to restaurant rows in cities like Atlanta, New Orleans,... Read more

23 Feb 2017

23mins

Ranked #8

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Mahalia Jackson's Glori-Fried Chicken

Mahalia Jackson's Glori-Fried Chicken

In addition to her work as an international recording artist and civil rights activist, the Queen of Gospel entered the ... Read more

5 Sep 2019

27mins

Ranked #9

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Kimchi and Cornbread

Kimchi and Cornbread

When you sit down for a meat and three in Montgomery, Alabama, say at the Davis Café, you choose from the menu and you g... Read more

21 Sep 2017

36mins

Ranked #10

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How A Texas Vine Saved European Wine

How A Texas Vine Saved European Wine

Thanks to Texan viticulturist Thomas Volney Munson, you should probably think of Texas when you think of that French win... Read more

31 May 2017

31mins

Ranked #11

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Comfort Food

Comfort Food

This week, we bring you Gravy's first foray into fiction. It's a story of macaroni and cheese and maternal love, set in ... Read more

9 Aug 2018

25mins

Ranked #12

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A Taste of Dollywood

A Taste of Dollywood

Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s Appalachian-themed amusement park, draws millions of country fans and thrill seekers to Pigeon... Read more

22 Aug 2019

27mins

Ranked #13

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A Table for All?

A Table for All?

At the FARM Café in Boone, North Carolina, diners can pay $10 for meal—or they can pay nothing. The restaurant, one of d... Read more

21 Feb 2019

21mins

Ranked #14

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Hungry in the Mississippi Delta

Hungry in the Mississippi Delta

While civil rights activists worked in Mississippi in 1964, they encountered a poverty they could never have imagined. P... Read more

8 Mar 2018

40mins

Ranked #15

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Access Denied: Cooperative Extension and Tribal Lands

Access Denied: Cooperative Extension and Tribal Lands

Cooperative extension is a century-old government program that places agricultural agents in counties to educate and wor... Read more

27 Nov 2019

26mins

Ranked #16

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Hostesses of the Movement

Hostesses of the Movement

The hostesses of the Civil Rights Movement: They were school teachers, church ladies, and club women. Their subtle contr... Read more

22 Feb 2018

42mins

Ranked #17

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When Menus Talk

When Menus Talk

What do restaurant menus have to say about the identity of a restaurant or the point of view of the chef? It turns out, ... Read more

23 May 2019

23mins

Ranked #18

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Home-Cooked Expectations

Home-Cooked Expectations

In the United States, home cooked meals with the family are revered almost to the point of fetishization. Dinners are se... Read more

21 Feb 2019

26mins

Ranked #19

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Agave Diplomacy

Agave Diplomacy

Bars mean different things to different people. For some, they are places to find community and discover new ingredients... Read more

26 Jul 2018

26mins

Ranked #20

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Stories from the Hem of my Mother's Apron

Stories from the Hem of my Mother's Apron

For Hannah Drake, it all started with a trip to Dakar, Senegal. The author, poet, mother, and native Kentuckian was tran... Read more

16 Nov 2017

28mins

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