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Pete Candler

February 2024

8 / Mound Bayou: Making Terms with the Enemy
[This week’s episode features a special excerpt from my forthcoming book, A DEEPER SOUTH: The Beauty, Mystery, and Sorrow of the Southern Road…
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8/ Mound Bayou: Making Terms with the Enemy
Back on Episode One, I told you about Hurricane Plantation on Davis Bend south of Vicksburg, a plantation owned by the brother of the President of the…
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Pete Candler
25:20
7/ Ruleville
Saints in Ordinary
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7/ Ruleville: Saints in Ordinary
An inconspicuous address in the heart of the Mississippi Delta turns out to have enormous significance for American politics and history. This is the…
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35:39
6 / Leflore County
A Road to Redemption (or Damnation) in Mississippi's Most Violent County
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Pete Candler

January 2024

6 / Leflore County: A Road to Redemption (or Damnation) in Mississippi's Most Violent County
Listen now (26 mins) | A Road to Redemption (or Damnation) in Mississippi's Most Violent County
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Pete Candler
26:12
5 / Greenwood
Citadel of the Cotton Kingdom, Land of Unlearning
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5 / Greenwood: Citadel of the Cotton Kingdom, Land of Unlearning
Listen now (24 mins) | Citadel of the Cotton Kingdom, Land of Unlearning
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24:09
4 / Greenville
A "Pocket of Enlightenment" in the Sahara of the Bozarts
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4 / Greenville: A "Pocket of Enlightenment" in the Sahara of the Bozarts
Listen now | A "Pocket of Enlightenment" in the Sahara of the Bozarts
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Pete Candler
37:06

December 2023

3 / Glen Allan
Reconstructing Old England in New Mississippi
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