Episode 7: Progress, Heartbreak & Art: the TVA

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s dams brought electricity to the rural South, and in our region’s lore, it looms huge: the classic story of people vs. progress. We explore the progress, heartbreak and art of the TVA with guests Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers, historian Lisa Russell, and author Caleb Johnson.

This Episode Features:

• Lisa Russell, historian of northern Georgia

• Mike Cooley, co-founder, Drive-By Truckers

• Caleb Johnson, author, professor at Appalachian State University, and Bitter Southerner contributor

• Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez of Granville Automatic

• Marianne Leek, Bitter Southerner contributor

• the late Muriel Doyle Blankenship

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Credits for This Episode

Host: Chuck Reece
Producer: Sean Powers
Editor: Josephine Bennett
Theme music: Patterson Hood
Additional music in this episode came from De Wolfe Music.