Next week, Peach Jam returns with a brand-new season of home-grown talent, a new documentary looks at caregiving in the US, we trace the life and legacy of a music icon and much more.
A candid journey into 21st-century Southern literature——queer voices, hard truths, and the persistence behind every “overnight” success, live from Tallahassee’s Word of South Festival.
Over the weekend, Georgia Public Broadcasting's education team was awarded two Southeast Regional EMMYs at an awards ceremony held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Next week, we'll welcome an all-new Sunday night lineup, including the 10th season of a MASTERPIECE favorite, as well as the return of an iconic nature documentary series, 25 years after it first premiered.
There are so many unknown stories not of the dimension and scope of Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Bill Russell or Texas Western basketball. Here is a small story ushering in change to 1963 Atlanta.
This episode of the Football Fridays in Georgia Podcast spotlights the explosive growth of girls' flag football across the state, from new high school teams to emerging college scholarships. Coaches from Pope and Southeast Bulloch share how their programs are setting the standard and reshaping perceptions of the sport.
Whether you want to beat the summer heat or escape a sudden seasonal downpour, curling up with a cozy mystery with GPB on Sunday nights is synonymous with the warmer season.
Great dads show up with heart, humor, and the kind of patience that makes the little things count. This Father’s Day, we’re giving a shoutout to the ones who turn daily routines into chances to laugh, learn, and grow together.
Since a half-century ago, colleges and universities around the South have established centers to study the culture of our region. The Center for Appalachian Studies in Kentucky. The Center for the Study of the American South in North Carolina. The Center for the Study of Southern Culture in Mississippi. Salvation South magazine editor Chuck Reece has some thoughts about why preserving Southern folklore matters.
Some of the favorite tales of Atlanta’s past, come to life through the spoken word: Author Edgar Rice Burroughs never made it to Georgia, but the man closely associated with his Tarzan certainly did, as Olympian Johnny Weissmuller’s footsteps can still be found in East Atlanta.
The Associated Press last month published a story on new academic research which documents the ongoing disappearance of Southern accents in our region. Salvation South magazine editor Chuck Reece does not object to such stories, because they are true. But he does think curiosity is rising about what is being lost.
In this episode of Narrative Edge, hosts Peter and Orlando explore the Georgia story at the heart of Brad Snyder’s book You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads. It follows Angelo Herndon, a Black labor activist whose case, rooted in Georgia law, helped shape the national understanding of First Amendment rights.
In April 1974, a group of thieves tunneled beneath Roswell Street in Marietta, Georgia, and blasted their way into the Cobb Exchange Bank vault—only to be mocked for escaping with just $1,000. But as investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a far bigger mystery and the story of a career bank robber whose daring heists and prison escapes made him a legend. This is Robbery, Inc. from Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Marietta Daily Journal.
