Rebel on Main

Feb 10 2025 8 ep. 50 mins 12
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A podcast investigation about a rebel statue in Kentucky’s Bluegrass. His belt buckle is Confederate, but he wears a Union hat. Is he a monument to heroism? Or a symbol of treason and racism? Rebel on Main chronicles this statue’s bizarre biography—and the haunting story of the community that now decides its fate.

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Dec 16 2024 5 mins  
It’s a Civil War statue unlike any other—one with a rebel belt and a Union hat. Join historian David Swartz on a podcast investigation of his hometown Confederate statue that stands on Main Street in Jessamine County, Kentucky.

Hidden Secrets

Jan 06 2025 58 mins  
A Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 sparks a campaign to destroy Jessamine County’s Confederate statue. David tells the story of a profoundly disturbing secret hidden in the county’s past.

Defending History

Jan 06 2025 56 mins  
A local citizen defends the statue with a gun on his hip. David investigates the bizarre origins of the statue’s rebel identity.

Ghosts of Jessamine

Jan 13 2025 69 mins  
A woman makes a horrifying discovery buried in her backyard. A Black preacher reckons with his grandfather’s story of a lynching.

Jenna's Petition

Jan 20 2025 52 mins  
A sixteen-year-old homeschooler teams up with an interracial coalition of pastors. Local authorities feel the pressure.

A Rival Monument

Jan 27 2025 61 mins  
With the clock ticking, a local archaeologist unearths a long-buried narrative that threatens to destabilize the statue’s foundations.

A Confederate from Canada

Feb 03 2025 49 mins  
I learn that my neighbor, a transplant from Canada, is leveraging the statue in an effort to sweep local Republican candidates to victory.

Change Is Gonna Come

Feb 10 2025 53 mins  
Jenna’s petition stalls. Blue Lives Matter outpaces Black Lives Matter. But in 2023 a new surge of activism reignites the controversy. What will happen to Jessamine County’s Confederate statue? And what does the statue’s fate reveal about the soul of my divided southern community?