An episode about Samuel Clemens, Sean talks to Henry Sweets, curator of the Hanibal, Missouri Boyhood Home of Mark Twain, with special guest, Joe Ewers and his 2nd South Carolina String Band. 

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Hanibal, Missouri | Sean of the South

Sean visits with National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum curator, Michael Grauer, with special musical guest Hot Club of Cowtown. 

Cowboy Country | Sean of the South

Sean records from a cow pasture on the Florida-Alabama line, and reads some first-date stories sent in by listeners, with special guest Joe Ewers and his historic South Carolina string band.  

Florida Cows | Sean of the South

An episode recorded at Garrison Creek, on the Natchez Trace Trail in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, with special guest, Grant Ferris on the nylon string banjo and classical guitar. Sean tells a story to commemorate the life and death of Hank Aaron. 

Leiper's Fork, Tennessee | Sean of the South

Happy New Year from everyone at Sean of the South. The first episode of a season featuring new locations, small towns, and places within America. Recorded in Walton County before a socially distanced audience of 5 and one half.  Special guests Tricia Spencer and Howard Rains, Aaron Peters, Silvio Centemore, Dan DeLeon, and William Buchanan. 

Walton County, Florida | Sean of the South

Sean enters the studio to play a handful of carols on an old guitar, to tell a few stories, and most of all, to wish you a very merry Christmas. 

Yuletide Guitar | Sean of the South

From live performances and recordings during a socially distanced COVID-era Christmas, and music by Aaron Peters, Billy Howell, Steve Gilmore, and Caleb Riley. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a safe year. 

Christmas In COVID | Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich brings you a surprise podcast special, intended especially for Christmas Eve night. This episode is for young and old alike. For the socially distanced, the elderly, the quarantined, the newly homeschooled, the unemployed, the sick, and the downhearted. Meant to be savored from a comfortable chair, with eyes closed, lights dimmed, and the twinkly tree glowing in the dark. Whatever you do, do not listen to this episode before the Eve of Christmas. Save it for then.  

Don't Open Until Christmas Eve | Sean of the South

Sean invites friends into the studio from near and far away to talk and sing about Christmas, with special guest and author Shawn Smucker, along with Aaron Peters on the mountain fiddle.

Christmas Among Friends | Sean of the South

Sean dusts off one of his old short stories and reads a holiday tale about love, angels, and the magic found in Christmas, found in his upcoming Christmas book. 

A Christmas Story | Sean of the South

Live from the Black Box Theater in Columbiana, Alabama. Sean and friends are back for an hour podcast special of music played to an empty auditorium, pandemic-style. Music by Intermission, and special guest Aaron Peters. 

The Good Old Days | Sean of the South

This week&apos;s podcast, Sean reads a series of essays from the world we live in, with music from George Gershwin, and other classic American greats.  

Rhapsody In Blue | Sean of the South

Back by popular demand, Sean reads more of his essays after receiving listener requests to read over the air. Music by the Tuskegee Institute Singers (c.1916).

What I Wish | Sean of the South

Sean reads his essays about the turbulent world we are living in. 

Essays From a Turbulent World | Sean of the South

Just Sean and his antique guitar, filling the studio with the earsplitting sounds of truly mediocre music, singing several songs you've probably heard before, maybe a few that you haven't.

Guitar Guy | Sean of the South

Columnist and novelist Sean Dietrich delivers homespun stories before live audiences, that might make you smile or cry. Tales of common people, rural places, small towns, and life in the American South. Based on the popular "Sean of the South" blog.