The Place To Be

In the South
with John Shelton Reed
Southern culture expert
May 22, 1999

Michael talks with Southern culture expert John Shelton Reed author of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the South. If you're smiling for no reason and saying things like "I'm fix'n to," you know you're from the south -- according to Southern culture expert John Shelton Reed, that is. There are lots of ethnically interesting Southerners -- maybe Michael could even become one.

Listen in as this sociologist gives Michael a Southern how-to.

John Shelton Reed's book 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the South is available from Amazon.com.