Some Lonesome Valley

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Some Lonesome Valley is a southern gothic podcast. Listen to us tell stories, talk ourselves in circles, and interrogate the Southern experience.

Some Lonesome Valley


    • Jan 17, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 46m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES

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    Chapter 4: I Walk the Ma-lign

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 64:26


    Sarah, Maren and Caroline discuss the trifecta of 2022 Awards-season-maligned-women-biopics: The Eyes of Tammy Faye, House of Gucci, and Spencer. Each get the Southern Gothic marinade in topics such as "reoriented decay," femaleness as genre, disposability, and redemption -- or lack thereof. Are we supposed to "like" these women? Who knows! Who cares!    

    Chapter 3: On Disavowal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 30:27


    Pull up a chair beside Maren and Caroline as Sarah tells us about disavowal in the 1970s North Carolina case of family annihilator Jeffrey MacDonald--both in the case itself and how we are indicted as consumers of the story.

    Chapter 2: Is It Southern Gothic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 42:38


    In the first installment of recurring "Is It Southern Gothic" segment, we debate whether three pop culture items fall into the canon. This week's items include: The S-Town Podcast, "Goodbye Earl" by The Chicks, and Netflix's Tiger King.

    Chapter 1: Lover Meets Beloved

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 45:54


    In this episode of Some Lonesome Valley, Sarah, Maren and Caroline give a tipsy nod to Valentine's Day (thanks for that whiskey, Miss Amelia!) by dissecting themes of love and violence in Carson McCullers' 1951 novella, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.

    Prologue: Devastatingly Freudian

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 47:19


    In the inaugural episode, Sarah, Maren, and Caroline lay out a foundation, like a soft blanket of kudzu, for what it means to use Southern Gothic as a lens. Topics include Edgar Allan Poe, rampant repression, and #daddyFaulkner. Come eat a nutmeg pancake!

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