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Back to SearchEncore: Brian Baumgartner Is Probably Smoking Something
Brian Baumgartner may be best known to many people, across at least a couple of generations, as Kevin from The Office, but there’s much more to the actor than his famous onscreen persona. Born and ra…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Emily Ann Roberts Is One Part Yeehaw, One Part Meemaw
Emily Ann Roberts grew up in Karns, Tennessee, just outside of Knoxville, with hardworking parents who had deep roots in both faith and music. She went to the church her great-grandfather founded mor…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Maggie Rose Should Not Be Underestimated
Maggie Rose was born and raised in Potomac, Maryland, where she grew up eating blue crabs, attending Catholic school, and singing solos in front of her church’s congregation. A self-described black s…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Chef Duane Nutter Is Proof That Chefs Can Be Funny
Duane Nutter spent his first seven years or so in Morgan City, Louisiana, but his mother later moved the family to Seattle in search of schools that could help with his dyslexia. Their new home expos…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Wyatt Flores’s Red Dirt Roots
Wyatt Flores is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Stillwater, Oklahoma, who’s making a name for himself in the Red Dirt music scene, building on the musical legacy of his home state. He grew up on…
Published on 3 months ago
Encore: Jessica B. Harris Believes in a Welcome Table
Episode Description: Jessica B. Harris may have been born and raised in New York City, but she has Tennessee roots through her father and has spent much of her life split between homes in the Northea…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Maddie and Tae on Motherhood, Sisterhood, and Stadium Songs
Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr, better known as Maddie & Tae, are really in the thick of it these days as they balance their ever-growing music careers with their ever-growing families. Both of them now…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Valerie June Has Joy in Her Soul
Valerie June was raised in Humboldt, Tennessee, just north of Jackson, and though she now spends a good deal of time in New York, she still has a place in Humboldt that’s been passed down through her…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Robin Roberts Will Always Call the South Home
As a co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America, Robin Roberts is an icon in morning news. She’s also a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, a Peabody Award winner, an author of several books,…
Published on 4 months ago
Grace Potter’s Buried Treasure
Grace Potter was raised in rural Vermont by parents who were seeking a different way of life, one with an emphasis on the arts and a connection to the land. Thanks to her parents’ extensive record co…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago