Episode 15: Charlotte Historian Tom Hanchett and the Newest New South

by Tanner Latham
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“Folks started talking about the New South after the Civil War," says Tom Hanchett, staff historian at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, North Carolina. "Where we are now is the newest of the New Souths, the Newcomer South.” Tom speaks about the ever-evolving South, especially as it relates to food, from a booth in El Pulgarcito, a Honduran-Salvadoran-Mexican restaurant in the eastern part of the city.

Special music in this episode courtesy of Charlotte-based band UltimaNota