Matt Simmons: Culture, History, and Identity of the American South – #23

from Yeoman · host Geoff Graham

Professor W. Matthew J. Simmons, Sr. is the Assistant Director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina and a self-described old-school humanist academic. He teaches courses on Southern culture and literature, as well as an immensely popular new course on barbecue. In this episode, Geoff and Matt discuss the identity of the South, changing cultures and places, barbecue, and more.Show notes at the Yeoman website:https://yeomanpodcast.com/2025/06/27/matt-simmons-23/

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