Tanner Latham

Southern Storytellers - Les Thomas

Tanner Latham — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:04:32 +0000

Les Thomas wrote his way across the South. His travel writing, for Texas newspapers, Southern Living magazine and beyond, has spanned over 45 years. He's a giant of a man with an innate curiosity.

"I've always liked to ask questions," he says. "That's been part of my life, I guess. I've probably asked way too many beyond patience, but I don't know how you find out things unless you ask."

To Teach To Learn To Eat

Tanner Latham — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:00:52 +0000

In our food-obsessed culture, we likely never think about what's on the menu at an eating disorder clinic. A couple of chefs bring their inventive cuisine and gregarious personalities to Magnolia Creek, a treatment center in rural Alabama.

The episode features the song "Pour Traverser" by the Birmingham-based band War Jacket.

Authentic South: Happy Hollow Happiness

Tanner Latham — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:42:53 +0000

Barbara Nottingham has been running the Happy Hollow Gift Shop in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, for almost 40 years. Its live rattlesnakes and an abundance of tchotchkes draw most of the visitors who have come to the area to tour the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

Ooker On Tangier Island

Tanner Latham — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:55:59 +0000

Hungarian Blues

Tanner Latham — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:57 +0000

What Is Southern?

Tanner Latham — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:19:00 +0000

I believe that okra symbolizes the ever-evolving definition of the South. It is Southern to the core, but as a non-native plant, okra had to become Southern. In my search for an answer to the question, "What is Southern?" I talk to my grandmother about her fried okra, the Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, the former editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine, and a Korean-born pop singer-turned-chef who fries okra in tempura batter at her Southern barbecue joint in Atlanta.

More Bust Than Boom For Strip Clubs

Tanner Latham — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:18:34 +0000

In advance of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, strip clubs in both cities invested in upgrades. WFAE’s Tanner Latham checked whether the investments paid off in this report.

With Mo On Radio Row

Tanner Latham — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:40:34 +0000

While thousands of people filed into Time Warner Cable Arena Thursday afternoon, Mo Rocca, one of the regular panelists of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me sat down with WFAE’s Tanner Latham to discuss a new documentary he stars in, his take on political conventions, and his description of the quintessential public radio groupie.

Behind The Scenes At The Daily Show

Tanner Latham — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:52:23 +0000

Fans showed up outside Imaginon as early as 8 o’clock Wednesday morning to get a front row seat at that evening’s taping. The people we caught up with in line later in the day could very quickly articulate why they love The Daily Show. And why they love Jon Stewart.

“I started watching it when American politics got so ridiculous that we had material for three or four different comedy shows. It helps you laugh about the terrible situation that we're in.”

“Well because there's so much bad news.

The Famous And Not-So-Famous Doing The Work Of The Candidates

Tanner Latham and Mark Rumsey — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:35:29 +0000

Presidential candidates cannot be everywhere at once, so they have an arsenal of surrogates, people who speak on their behalf and hammer home the campaigns’ message points. For the most part, they fall into two camps, political surrogates and celebrity surrogates. WFAE’s Tanner Latham joins host Mark Rumsey in the studio to talk about the role of surrogates in the campaign.

MR: Tanner, give us a quick rundown of the people who’ve been hitting us up for interviews.

TL: We’ve had several members of Congress and other politicians from dif