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On Second Thought For Monday, November 28, 2016
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What celebrity sightings might you be in store for this week? That all depends on what film projects are taking place around the state. We get an update on who’s currently on set from Jennifer Brett of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Buzz Blog.
Then, barbeque has been a culinary staple in the South for generations. By the Civil War, many barbeque cooks were enslaved African-Americans, according to food writer and editor Robert Moss. He recently wrote about two of these talented cooks from Augusta, Georgia. Moss and culinary historian Michael Twitty tell us about the forgotten African-American influence on barbeque.
And a student organization called Turning Point USA has created the Professor Watchlist, a collection of people in academia who the group says “advance a radical agenda in lecture halls.” We talk with two Georgia professors who made the list: George Yancy of Emory University and Matthew Boedy of the University of North Georgia. Plus, we get an overview on the history of watchlists from Corey Walker, the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Winston-Salem State University.