An hour of culture hosted by Charles Clifford Brooks III, founder of The Southern Collective Experience and Editor in Chief of The Blue Mountain Review.
Dante's Old South Radio Show
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An hour of culture hosted by Charles Clifford Brooks III, founder of The Southern Collective Experience and Editor in Chief of The Blue Mountain Review.
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June 5, 2026
78 - Dante's New South (June 2026)
<p><strong>June 2026 New South</strong></p><p><strong>Alain Johannes: </strong></p><p>Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, vocalist, and producer Alain Johannes has spent over four decades at the center of adventurous rock music. Born in Santiago in 1962, he began in the early Los Angeles punk scene alongside future Red Hot Chili Peppers members Hillel Slovak, Flea, and Jack Irons before co-founding the alternative rock band Eleven in 1990. He has collaborated with Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Chris Cornell, PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Mark Lanegan, and Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players. A master of numerous instruments, his acclaimed solo albums include Spark (2010), Fragments and Wholes (2014), and Hum (2020).</p><p><br></p><p>Website: <a href="www.alainjohannes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.alainjohannes.com</a> </p><p>Instagram: @alainjohannestour</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Christopher Macken: </strong></p><p>Christopher “SUG” Macken began his career in a small-town Georgia salon, developing a passion for transformation and style that led to a global career in fashion, beauty, and media. He rose to become a Global Creative Director for major international cosmetic brands and built a reputation as a celebrity stylist and television personality. Today he is the founder of SUG BRANDS, including SUG WEAR, SUG MEDIA, and SUG SKIN (launching Summer 2026). Based in Barcelona, Spain, Macken continues to inspire audiences with his blend of European sophistication and bold personal style.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mansionsandmascara/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.instagram.com/mansionsandmascara/ </a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MisterMacken/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.facebook.com/MisterMacken/ </a></p><p><a href="http://www.sugwear.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">http://www.sugwear.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ariana Benson: </strong></p><p>Ariana Benson’s debut poetry collection, Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press, 2023), won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. A finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize and the Library of Virginia Prize in Poetry, the collection explores ecology, Black history, love, and the American landscape. Benson has also received a 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship, and the Furious Flower Poetry Prize.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://arianabenson.wordpress.com/about/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://arianabenson.wordpress.com/about/ </a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/extraordin_arie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.instagram.com/extraordin_arie/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Michael Temple:</strong> </p><p>Michael Temple is the founder of Climb Higher®, and a relationship and identity reconstruction coach specializing in heartbreak recovery, attachment wounds, and personal rebuilding. Through coaching, speaking, and social media, he helps people develop self-respect, emotional clarity, and healthier relationships. He is also an ordained pastor, law enforcement chaplain, host of The Inner Boardroom podcast, and creator of the upcoming Climb Higher Podcast launching in June 2026.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://Stan.store/michaeltothemax" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://Stan.store/michaeltothemax</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional Music Provided By: </strong> </p><p>Alain Johannes: <a href="www.alainjohannes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.alainjohannes.com</a> </p><p>Documentary: <a href="www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc-_u2UmFF4&t=517s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc-_u2UmFF4&t=517s</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Much Love to Our Advertisers: </strong></p><p>The Crown: <a href="www.thecrownbrasstown.com " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.thecrownbrasstown.com </a></p><p>Red Phone Booth: <a href="www.redphonebooth.com " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.redphonebooth.com </a> </p><p>Lucid House Publishing: <a href="www.lucidhousepublishing.com " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.lucidhousepublishing.com </a></p><p>Benheart: <a href="www.benheart.it/?srsltid=AfmBOoprk-KdotEwiA3Wv--bxJbwn8qWKoEqOtF1Gh7nSPA8UwZh79eq" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.benheart.it/?srsltid=AfmBOoprk-KdotEwiA3Wv--bxJbwn8qWKoEqOtF1Gh7nSPA8UwZh79eq</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Special Thanks: </strong></p><p>Alain Johannes for the original score featured in this show: <a href="www.alainjohannes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.alainjohannes.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Host Clifford Brooks’ The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available wherever books are sold. Learn more at: <a href="www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order</a></p>
March 10, 2026
77 -Southern Comedy Meets Poetry: Jerry Wayne Longmire on Writing, Storytelling, and Creativity , Dante's New South
<p><strong>Dante’s Comeback Special</strong></p><p><strong>November 2025 – March 2026</strong></p><p><strong>Jerry Wayne Longmire</strong> is a veteran standup comic, creator of original viral content, and well-known internet personality. With nearly two million followers across social platforms, Jerry is beloved for his viral series' including the witty, sometimes frighteningly insightful “Truck Astrology,” the hilarious and masterfully crafted “Faulkner-esque” rants, his relatable and refreshingly vulnerable podcast “The Reckon Yard,” or from his most recent comedy special of the same name. His playful, relatable brand of storytelling and signature twang reminiscent of an East Texas junkyard upbringing effortlessly draws audiences into his side-splitting comedy show, his social media presence, and his dynamic podcast alike.</p><p><a href="www.instagram.com/jerrywaynelive" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.instagram.com/jerrywaynelive</a></p><p><a href="www.jwlcomedy.wixsite.com/jerry-wayne-longmire" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.jwlcomedy.wixsite.com/jerry-wayne-longmire</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nafkote Tamirat</strong> (she/her) is a novelist, short story writer, teacher, and translator. An Ethiopian American who was raised in Boston and now lives in Paris, her goal as a writer and teacher is to help amplify the unique storytelling voices and styles of writers from multiple linguistic, cultural, and creative backgrounds and traditions.</p><p>Her first novel, The Parking Lot Attendant, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her second book, Teret Teret, will be published in 2027.</p><p><a href="www.instagram.com/nafkotetamirat/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.instagram.com/nafkotetamirat/?hl=en</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Patricia Michaels</strong> was born in 1966 in New Mexico to Eddie Michaels (Polish-American) and Juanita Turley (Taos Pueblo). Her stepfather, Frank Turley, was a blacksmith. She grew up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Road,_Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Canyon Road</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Santa Fe, New Mexico</a>, where her parents owned an art gallery. She often visited Taos Pueblo and, as a teenager, moved there to live with her maternal grandparents, Ben and Manuelita Marcus.</p><p>In 1985, she apprenticed in costume design at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Opera" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Santa Fe Opera</a>. She studied at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_American_Indian_Arts" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Institute of American Indian Arts</a>, where she joined the fashion collective "Native Uprising", led by instructor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Ponca" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Wendy Ponca</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_Nation" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Osage</a>). After IAIA, she went on to study at New's alma mater, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Art_Institute" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chicago Art Institute</a>.</p><p>In 2001, Michaels traveled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan,_Italy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Milan, Italy</a>, where she apprenticed with a tailor. She then moved to New York with her two young children.</p><p><a href="www.patriciamichaelsdesign.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.patriciamichaelsdesign.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>D.L. Yancey II</strong> is a creative writer and nuclear engineer who uses artistic expression to advocate Diversity and Inclusion. After a short stint in professional football in 2008 he began a career in engineering and music. Over the course of his engineering career, he has been involved in research of galactic nuclear storms (NASA), decommissioning technologies (ORAU), and design of the first new nuclear reactor authorized to operate this century. Musically he has recorded with Grammy award-winning record producer Lex Lucazi, shared stages with award-winning artists such as Waterloo Revival and Wess Morgan, and he’s also a winner of T.I.’s Exposure Open Mic showcase.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="www.facebook.com/dlyancey" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.facebook.com/dlyancey</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDfIufjbDsp8b4zPSHzNbQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDfIufjbDsp8b4zPSHzNbQ</a></p><p><a href="https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dlyanceyii" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dlyanceyii</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Music by:</strong></p><p><strong>Jutin Johnson:</strong> <a href="https://shorturl.at/yGoM5" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://shorturl.at/yGoM5</a></p><p><strong>Six One Five Collective:</strong> <a href="www.sixonefivecollective.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.sixonefivecollective.com/</a></p><p><strong>Dario Plevnik:</strong> <a href="www.tiktok.com/@dario.plevnik" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.tiktok.com/@dario.plevnik</a></p><p><strong>DL Yancey II: </strong><a href="https://shorturl.at/LQooR" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://shorturl.at/LQooR</a></p><p><strong>Much Love to Our Advertisers:</strong></p><p><strong>The Crown: </strong><a href="www.thecrownbrasstown.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.thecrownbrasstown.com</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Lucid House Publishing: </strong><a href="www.lucidhousepublishing.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.lucidhousepublishing.com</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Linden Row Inn:</strong> <a href="www.lindenrowinn.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.lindenrowinn.com</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Red Phone Booth: </strong><a href="www.redphonebooth.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.redphonebooth.com</strong></a><br></p><p><strong>We Deeply Appreciate:</strong></p><p><strong>UCLA Extension Writing Program: </strong><a href="www.uclaextension.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.uclaextension.edu</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Mercer University Press: </strong><a href="www.mupress.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.mupress.org</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Alain Johannes</strong> for the original score in this show: <a href="www.alainjohannes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.alainjohannes.com</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p>The host, Clifford Brooks’, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available everywhere books are sold. Find them all here: <a href="www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order</strong></a><br></p>
November 10, 2025
76 - Dante's New South
<p><strong>October — Dante’s New South: </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dario Plevnik </strong>- was born in 1969 in Osijek, Croatia. A guitarist and composer since age 10, he creates the music, lyrics, arrangements, and production for his songs, performing all instruments except winds, with classical guitar as his first passion. He recorded four albums for Croatia Records: “Duše” (1994), “Iskre strasti” (1998), the instrumental “Snovi” (2000), and “English Songs” (2000). An instrumental from “Snovi” appeared on the UK release Chrisanne Collection IV alongside Henry Mancini, Nat King Cole, Bill Elliott, and Pedro Garcia. In 1999 he combined the tamburica and electric guitar in “Slavonian Horses,” representing Croatia at major European ethno festivals in Austria and Hungary. His piece “Mogu” supported therapeutic horseback riding and represented the Croatian team at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. Active on TikTok with 167k+ followers, fans call his sound “Croatian Heart & Soul.”</p><p>Links: https://linktr.ee/darioplevnik • https://www.tiktok.com/@dario.plevnik</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ben Smith</strong> has served as Senior Pastor of Central Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia, since 2012, with prior ministry in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. He holds a B.S. in Christian Ministry from Shorter University and an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. His ministry centers on clear, verse-by-verse expository preaching that helps believers live out Scripture.</p><p>Website: https://www.BenSmithSr.org</p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenSmithSr.org</p><p>X: https://www.x.com/BenSmithSr</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Bensmithsr</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Amanda Dennis</strong> is the author of Her Here and Beckett and Embodiment. Her work appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and Guernica. She has held fellowships at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Columbia and Cambridge Universities, and UC Berkeley’s humanities center in Madrid. She co-directs the MFA in Creative Writing at The American University of Paris.</p><p>Website: https://www.amandadennis.net</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amargaretdennis</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Keith “Hip” Hughes</strong> is a longtime educator known for his HipHughes History YouTube channel, with 55M+ views and more than 250k subscribers. He has also served as an adjunct professor of multimodal literacy at the University at Buffalo.</p><p>YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hiphughes</p><p>Instagram: http://instagram.com/hiphughes</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional Music:</strong> Dario Plavnik — https://www.tiktok.com/@dario.plevnik</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Advertisers:</strong></p><p>The Crown: https://www.thecrownbrasstown.com</p><p>Linden Row Inn: https://www.lindenrowinn.com</p><p>Red Phone Booth: https://www.redphonebooth.com</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We Appreciate:</strong></p><p>UCLA Extension Writing Program: https://www.uclaextension.edu</p><p>Mercer University Press: https://www.mupress.org</p><p>Alain Johannes: https://www.alainjohannes.com</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host: Clifford Brooks</strong> — The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, Old Gods.</p><p>Order books: https://www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order</p>
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