"Barbecue and Politics," lecture with slides, followed by lengthy Q&A, at Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, October 29, 2022 (68:40; lecture ends 31:08))

"Sunday with Friends": Lisa Alther [JSR's sister] and JSR at Abingdon, Virginia, Public Library, April 24, 2022 (57:30; JSR at 24:40; joint Q&A at 47:14)
 
Conversation with Kevin Kelly about On Barbecue and other barbecue-related topics, for "Kevin's Barbecue Joints," November 2021 (55:18)
(I like this one a lot.) 

Readings from On Barbecue, with slides, at the Southword Abridged Literary Festival, November 11, 2021 (43:43)

Still more about barbecue, with slides, presented as a "Special Address" at North Carolina Humanities' presentation of the 2021 John Tyler Caldwell Award to Alex Albright, October 29, 2021 (74:13; JSR address 21:32-53:25)

Conversation about On Barbecue​ with Ben Steelman, for Prologue, virtual book club of the Wilmington Star-News and WHQR Public Radio, October 11, 2021 (47:25)

Another on-line conversation about barbecue with Adrian Miller, for the Southern Festival of Books, October 10, 2021 (44:13)

"The History and Culture of Barbecue," on-line presentation, with slides, sponsored by the UNC General Alumni Association, August 27, 2021 (80:27)

An on-line conversation about barbecue with Robert Moss, for McIntyre's Books, Chapel Hill, August 20, 2021 (58:01)

An on-line conversation with Adrian Miller about his book Black Smoke and my On Barbecue, for Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, June 24, 2021 (49:36)

A discussion of the current state of barbecue, with Robert Moss and Daniel Vaughn, on Kevin Sandridge's BBQ Beat, April 29, 2020 (86:30)

Brief comments on The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Thirty Years Later (9:07)

Brief comments in WRAL-TV feature about 2018 NC State Barbecue Camp (3:17)

A conversation with Kevin Kelly about North Carolina barbecue restaurants for "Kevin's BBQ Joints," 2018 (20:23)
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A talk about Dixie Bohemia, with slides, at McNeese State University, 2018 (45:21)
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A conversation with D.G. Martin about barbecue, at WUNC-TV fundraiser, 2017 (6:56)

A discussion of Barbecue: A Savor the South Cookbook with D.G. Martin on WUNC-TV's "NC Bookwatch," 2016 (26:46)

Promo for above (4:43)

"That's One Deconstructed Goat," a documentary about barbecuing a goat, Loose Leaf, Center for the Study of the American South, 2013 (4:18)

"New Orleans in the 1920s," a talk about Dixie Bohemia at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, December 12, 2012 (44:50)

"What is the South in the 21st Century?" a discussion with James Cobb moderated by Walter Edgar, part of the South Carolina Public Television series  Take on the South, April 30, 2012 (56:45)
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Interview about Southern food, in connection with the 200th anniversary of House-Autry Mills, 2012 (4:12)

Commenting on a paper by Mark Malvasi at a symposium on the work of Eugene Genovese sponsored by the James Madison Program, Princeton University, 2011
(92:10; JSR comments 32:00-46:22)

Dale Volberg Reed and JSR discussing Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue with D.G. Martin on WUNC-TV's NC Bookwatch, July 2009 (27:12)

"Why are We Still Fighting the Civil War?" a discussion with historians James Robertson and David Goldfield moderated by Stan Deaton, at the Georgia Historical Society Winter Meeting, 2004 (85:36)

A discussion of Minding the South with D.G. Martin on WUNC-TV's NC Bookwatch, October 2004 (27:38)

An interview with Southern Living magazine about Southern food and the Southern Foodways Alliance (3:45)  
(Note: JSR was not a founder of the SFA, just an early member.)

Dale Volberg Reed and JSR discussing 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South with John Seigenthaler, on his public television program "Word on Words," Nashville, ca. 1996 (27:46)

Dale Volberg Reed and JSR discussing 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South on "North Carolina Now," WUNC-TV, July 15, 1996 (JSR and DVR at 12:57-20:26)

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AUDIO ONLY

​"Barbecue Legends: The History and Evolution of BBQ," JSR and Jim Auchmutey talk about barbecue traditions with Allie Kochinsky on her "Grandma's Silver" podcast, July 2024 (56:35)

A conversation with Stan Deaton about "barbecue, the South," and geezerhood," on "Off the Deaton Track" (Georgia Historical Society), 2023 (1:03:34)

A conversation with Fred Sauceman about JSR's life and letters, on "Vital Voices" (WETS, Johnson City, Tennessee), 2023. (2 parts, 15:00 each) Click here and page down.  

A conversation with John J. Miller about On Barbecue, on National Review's "The Bookmonger," 2021 (11:33)

A conversation with Adrian Miller about East Tennessee barbecue and other subjects, on WUOT radio, Knoxville, 2021 (51:36)
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​A conversation with Kevin Sandridge about Carolina barbecue culture, on BBQ Beat podcast, 2017 (61:53)

A conversation with Frank Stasio about studying the South, on "The State of Things" (WUNC radio), 2016 (36:27)

A conversation about barbecue with Joe McGonegal for the MIT Alumni Association's Slice of MIT podcast, 2016 (16:14)

An interview about North Carolina barbecue for Al Zambone's blog, Historically Thinking, 2016 (42:01)

An interview about Dixie Bohemia ​for Al Zambone's blog, Historically Thinking, 
2015 (46:31)

"The Persistence of Place": a  conversation with Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, February 21, 2011 (41:36)

A conversation with D.G. Martin about Minding the South on WUNC's NC Bookwatch, November 2006 (26:44)
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Part 1 of a conversation with Michael Feldman on Whad'Ya Know?, May 22, 1999 (8:27)

​​Part 2 of a conversation with Michael Feldman on Whad'Ya Know?, May 22, 1999 (9:25)

Interviews on Soundings, radio program hosted by Wayne Pond for the National Humanities Center from 1980 to 1997:
(1) JSR and historian Richard Pfaff discuss the Anglo-Catholic revival in the 19th-century Church of England, June 29, 1986 (12:07; begins at 14:50)
(2) JSR discusses Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy, March13, 1988 (13:20; begins at 13:49)
(3) "Reed's Rule for Successful Adjustment to the South": JSR reads from his book Whistling Dixie, December 17, 1989 (04:38; begins at 01:27) 
(4) JSR discusses Whistling Dixie: Dispatches from the South, January 12, 1992 (12:39; begins at 13:44)
(5) Dale Volberg Reed and JSR discuss 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South, December 8, 1996 (28:36)




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COUNTRY MUSIC
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"My Tears Spoiled My Aim" (words by J. S. Reed; music by Tommy  Edwards), from Old Songs/New Songs (click here to order CD)

"Holy Smoke" (written by Tommy Edwards for Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue), from North Carolina: History, Mystery, Lore & More (click here to order CD)

"Cobwebs on the Woodpile" (lyrics by J. S. Reed, title by Dale Volberg Reed); words only. Link to karaoke setting here.


SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

St. Catharine's Service, settings by Sally Beamish, commissioned by John and Dale Reed for the choir of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, sung by the Duke Evensong Singers, February 10, 2019 (Magnificat at 13:10; Nunc dimittis at 19:25).
To order scores, click here and search for "Catharine's."

Missa Brevis, settings by Joanna Marsh, commissioned by John and Dale Reed for the choir of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, from the choir's CD, Gaudent in Coelis.
       Kyrie
       Gloria
       Sanctus
       Agnus Dei
To order scores, click here.

The Chapel Hill Service (Morning), Mass settings by Dan Locklair, commissioned for the Chapel of the Cross, in memory of Dale Volberg Reed, sung by the choir of the Chapel of the Cross, Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2023.
For scores, click here.

The Chapel Hill Service (Evening), settings by Dan Locklair, commissioned for the Chapel of the Cross, in memory of Dale Volberg Reed, sung by the choir of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, May 8, 2022 (Magnificat at 13:50; Nunc dimittis at 21:30)
For scores, click here.

"Te Deum" and "Jubilate," settings by Joanna Marsh, commissioned in memory of Dale Volberg Reed, sung by the Duke Evensong Singers, February 27, 2022 (introduction at 1:21; canticles begin
at 22:50)
For review, click here.
For Jubilate scores, click here.
For Te Deum scores, click here.

A Birthday Celebration for J.B. Dykes, with the choir of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and the St. Catharine's Girls' Choir, March 10. 2023. Includes new commissioned works by Nigel Hess, Kim Porter, and Robert Saxton.
     Click here for printed program.
​     Click here for YouTube video.

Psalm 103:19-22, with a setting from The Reed Collection of 18 New Anglican Chants, by Dan Locklair (2023), commissioned for the choir of St. Timothy's Church, Winston-Salem, in memory of Dale Volberg Reed. Sung by the choir of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, Pennsylvania, September 29, 2024.
Click here for sample score and ordering information.

Rhiannon Randle, “The Winter is Past,” setting of excerpts from Song of Solomon 2:10-13, commissioned by Edward Wickham and the Girls’ Choir of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, in memory of Dale Volberg Reed.  Sung by the Girls’ Choir and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, June 25, 2024.
Click here for video.
Click here for score.



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