Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season

Series produced by Paula Morell

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Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season

Tales from the South's 2012 Spring Season, where Southerners bring their own true stories to life. Recorded at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas, Tales from the South is in its 7th year of Southern-style storytelling.


22 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Our 6th Annual Fathers' Show, celebrating the many different facets of fatherhood. Stories by James Seawel, Sandra Spotts Hamilton, and Phillip Tay...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Jimbo Mathus
Our second annual Delta Music Show, featuring singer/songwriter and Delta bluesman Jimbo Mathus singing and telling stories. True stories told by t...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chef Miles James
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, our stories are all about turning points, as our writers move from innocence to knowledge, their lives forever changed. Stories by Sarah...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Here they are, the winners of annual Telling Tales Contest, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival. Stories by Eric Van Meter, Sarah Mi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
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On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Stuntwoman Monica Staggs
Hollywood stuntwoman extraordinaire Monica Staggs is here telling stories. The Tin Roof Project is a once-a-month series of Tales from the South wh...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's stories are all about the lasting impact of grandmothers, whether we like it or not. Stories by Jennifer Miller, Mary Button, and Carla...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our writers all experience the incredible power of Mother Nature, from crashing waves to lightning strikes to shooting stars. Stories by ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our writers go up against the elements of water, fire, and earth-- and live to tell the tale. Stories by David Prud'homme, Holly Patton, ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Playwright Werner Trieschmann
This week it's our Tin Roof Project, where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to life. Featuring award-winning playwright Werner T...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, our writers are all strangers in a strange land, whether it's familiar, foreign, or in their own backyard. All stories are true and told...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's show is all about the glory and defeat of competitions: some planned, some not. Stories by Pat Gillum, Charlie Baxter, and Hank Godwin....

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Stories all about the power of LOVE as our writers wrestle with, try to trick, and are eventually overpowered by Cupid. Stories by Jennifer Armstro...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Mossy Oak's Bobby Cole
Tin Roof Project #16, featuring Mossy Oak's Bobby Cole telling his story of being at his hunting camp and what can happen in the middle of the nigh...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week on Tales from the South, stories about lessons: some learned from a parent, some from a stranger, and some from a child. Stories by Murra...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's stories are about the impact of special people in our lives, whether they are central to our lives, on their way to the other side, or ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Bestselling Author Trenton Lee Stewart, Credit: Arkansas Shakespeare Theater
Three well-known Southern writers tell stories of tragedy and comedy in their own personal lives, and see Shakespeare in themselves, others, and ev...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1