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Send us Fan Mail This week I'm digging into the archives and reading three old columns from my first book, and apparently meeting a few earlier versions of myself along the way.  The first one is kind of cringey. The second one may be my favorite column I've ever written. And the third? I have absolutely no memory of writing it.  Three old columns. One I'd like to forget, one I'll probably never top, and one I already forgot.

Send us Fan Mail I've gone down the homemade food rabbit hole. This episode covers Beef Wellington, tres leches, mortadella, homemade bread and what happens when you start wondering, "Could I just make that myself?"

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I dust off four more old newspaper columns from the early days of me pretending I knew what I was doing. They may not be my finest work, and a couple of them feel like they were written by a man running entirely on coffee, deadline panic, and blind confidence, but they still carry the heart of where it all started.  This round wanders through memories, small-town life, and the kind of ordinary moments that somehow felt important enough to make the paper. Some hold up better than others. Some probably should have stayed in the archives.  Either way, it's a look back at the writing voice I was trying to find before I ever knew anyone might be listening to years later.

Send us Fan Mail Years ago, I wrote these columns in the middle of real life-raising kids, working in law enforcement, watching small-town Georgia unfold, and trying to make sense of the funny, hard, and holy parts of it all.  Now I'm reading them again for the first time in years. In each episode, I revisit an old column or two, read it out loud, then reflect on what was happening then, what still holds up now, and what time has taught me since.  Part storytelling, part commentary, and part conversation with my younger self, this podcast is about memory, meaning, and the strange experience of meeting your old words again, .

Send us Fan Mail Roy J. Yekel returns to the podcast to talk about his recent, first trip to New Orleans. The conversation turns to Jesus and jiu-jitsu, and I think we wrap up by giving medical advice that neither one of us has any business giving.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk about how we became (aspiring) goat farmers, the failures we have had and hopefully some future successes.

Send us Fan Mail Roy Yekel returns to the ol homestead to talk politics, podcasts, Savannah Bananas vs Clemson, New Orleans and whatever else popped in our head over the course of 40-ish minutes.

Send us Fan Mail Ain't is a Word original, Roy Yekel, returned to the ol homestead after a three year hiatus to record an episode. It took us that long to come to terms with a podcast contract agreement.

Send us Fan Mail Christian Spinks came down to the ol' homestead to talk about his life before, during and after years of public service.

Send us Fan Mail I hit the road for this podcast to chat with Casey and Alison Tarpley, owners of Lee Goodrum Pharmacy, Lee Goodrum Health, and soon to be owners of Lee Goodrum "Ain't is a Word" Podcast once we come up with a price that's fair to everyone (but mostly me)

Send us Fan Mail Courtney Moore's episode from two years ago is currently the most listened to episode. She's back to see if she can top that one. Neither of us remembered what we talked about last time, so this may be little more than a repeat of that one.

Send us Fan Mail Chris Teare, of On Patrol Live fame, stopped by the ol homestead last weekend to talk about being famous and whatever else we talked about.

Send us Fan Mail Shea said my last podcast was slightly boring, so she came down to help me out with this one. Hopefully the first of many.

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, I try to remember the long list of jobs I've had over the years, and the dumb reasons I quit them.

Send us Fan Mail Back in March, I went to New Orleans with some buddies from work. Then I came home, waited a few months and talked about it into a microphone.