Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011

Series produced by Paula Morell

Caption: Harry Thomason on Tales from the South
Harry Thomason on Tales from the South 

Tales from the South is true stories told by the Southerners that lived them, in front of a live audience during dinner at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock. The ancient art of storytelling over a great meal is still alive!

Tales from the South is a 29-minute weekly radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Each week, everyday Southerners read their own true story, unrehearsed and live. Local musicians play during dinner, and blues guitarist Mark Simpson plays on the show. Stories range from funny to sad, to enlightening to touching. The connection to the South is the writer, not the setting of the story-- however, most of the stories are set in the South. Although the show itself is unrehearsed, the literary memoirs have been worked on for weeks leading up to the recording. All stories are true and told by the Southerners who lived them.
Summer Season 2011 begins with recording date 06/07/11 and ends with the season finale 08/30/11.


12 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Stories show us that with every ending, there follows a beginning...whether we want either to happen or not. Kate Knable watches her brother get st...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Judge Reinhold
The Honorable Jack Holt and actor Judge Reinhold take the stage on special Tin Roof edition of Tales from the South. The two “Judges” perform toget...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Lives can change in the flash of a moment: Helen Austin never sees the face of a stranger who saves her life, Susan Toone's life changes with one l...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Roadtrip! Pat Callaway unknowingly rides into a dry county, Joy Rockenbach heads to funeral in Greenville, Mississippi via a Lake Village must-see,...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Fishing expert Jerry McKinnis on a special edition of Tales from the South. The owner of B.A.S.S. and host of ESPN's "The Fishin' Hole" tells of a ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Signs and omens--words, items, and incidents that give us pause, give us a funny feeling that something is just not right. Buck Marsh has a bad fee...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Church holds unexpected surprises. George S. Smith challenges his Sunday school teacher, Marvin Schwartz witnesses a resurrection, and Wetzel LaGro...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Freelance writer Jay Jennings, on a special edition of "Tales from the South", takes us along as he sits in the bleachers of an old Little Rock, Ar...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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This kickoff show is steeped in Southern heat as the writers take us back to childhood summers. Sarah Mattingly takes a vacation to meet family, Sa...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morgan Freeman, Bill Luckett, and Steve Azar, Credit: Shutter That! Photography
In conjunction with the Little Rock Film Festival, our Delta Music Show features Arkansas blues musician Jim Mize, Mississippi native and Ride Reco...

Bought by WMMT and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00