Billy Ball

2 months ago | thelivingsouth.com | Billy Ball

The following is an audio version of The Living South's story on Tennessee educator Bryan Kerns. For the written version, click here. The Living South - America needs firefighters. This public school teacher has a plan to make more of them. The Living South is a project created by North Carolina journalist Billy Ball. The goal is to talk to the most interesting people in the South and write about it. Sign-up is free, but to support this work, consider a $4 monthly subscription.

2 months ago | thelivingsouth.com | Billy Ball

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Mar 9, 2025 | thelivingsouth.com | Billy Ball

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Mar 7, 2025 | thelivingsouth.com | Billy Ball

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Feb 23, 2025 | thelivingsouth.com | Billy Ball

A momentary break from our regularly scheduled programming at The Living South. This is not a deep-pocketed, trendy newsletter. I'm just a guy sitting in his home in North Carolina and writing. And social media networks are a terrible place to grow unless you pay them for advertising. That's because social media content that links off of the social media platform gets throttled down and seen by fewer people.