The Essential Southern Podcast

Aug 10 2024 364 ep. 34 mins 211
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The Abbeville Institutes is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to exploring what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition.

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Ep. 14: Why Southern History?

Aug 10 2024 37 mins  
Why did Southerners in the early twentieth century think they needed to write their own history? Support the Institute: https://abbevilleinstitute.salsalabs.org/DonorForm1/index.html

Ep. 13: Arlington Reconciliation

Jun 28 2024 39 mins  
How did Americans think about the Arlington Confederate or Reconciliation monument in 1914? They clearly told you, and it isn't what the woke cancel culture folks want you to believe.

Ep. 12: St. Elmo and Southern Women

May 31 2024 33 mins  
Augusta Jane Evans's St. Elmo was one of the best selling novels of the 19th Century. You would not know that today, but for generations, women read it and handed it down to their daughters and female family members. Why is it blacklisted? You'll hear. Donate to the Abbeville Institute: https://abbevilleinstitute.salsalabs.org/DonorForm1/index.html

Ep. 11: The South and History

Apr 26 2024 34 mins  
E. Merton Coulter was one of the more prominent Southern historians of the 20th century. In 1935, he explained why the South lagged behind the North in the writing of history until the 1860s, and then why the South needed to write its own history.

Ep. 10: The Southern Poet and His Tradition

Apr 05 2024 36 mins  
Donald Davidson wrote an essay in 1932 arguing for the influence of the Southern poet in the Southern tradition while concurrently blasting the Northern Progressive for his destruction of post-War Southern culture.

Ep. 9: That This Nation May Endure--The Need for Political Regionalism

Feb 25 2024 33 mins  
Donald Davidson's essay "That This Nation May Endure--The Need for Political Regionalism" in the 1936 book, "Who Owns America" is a stark reminder that the issues Americans face today are not new. Centralization and "New England imperialism" have long been a problem for the majority of Americans. Support the Institute: https://abbevilleinstitute.s

Ep. 8: Remembering "Stonewall"

Jan 27 2024 41 mins  
In 1895, "Stonewall" Jackson's widow, Mary Anna Jackson, penned her "Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson" as a tribute her her late husband. This selection is a portion of the concluding chapter, and it displays the humanity, love, compassion, heroism, devotion, and emotion of the Southern tradition. To support the Institute: https://abbevilleinstitute.salsalabs.

Ep. 7: The Southern Tradition at Bay

Nov 10 2023 33 mins  
Richard Weaver's "The Southern Tradition at Bay" is one of the most important works on the Southern tradition. We discuss his conclusion to that book on this episode. https://abbevilleinstitute.salsalabs.org/DonorForm1/index.html

Ep. 6: The Meaning of Confederate Monuments

Oct 07 2023 33 mins  
Why were Confederate monuments built? If you listen to modern establishment historians, the answer would be racism and to perpetuate the "myth of the Lost Cause." But is this true? Not if you actually read what these people said. https://abbevilleinstitute.org

Ep. 5: Southern Conservatism

Aug 18 2023 38 mins  
How do we define "Southern Conservatism"? M.E. Bradford provided the best explanation in 1993, and we discuss his definition on this episode of The Essential Southern Podcast. Support the Institute: https://abbevilleinstitute.salsalabs.org/DonorForm1/index.html