Loved and Loathed in the South: Kudzu

As the political crowd turned to the South (South Carolina and Florida) for Presidential primaries, so did we.

Our topic is kudzu – something, along with BBQ and Football, frequently in the thoughts of folks in the South.

There’s so much of this fast-growing vine in the Southeastern U.S., you might think it was a native plant. Actually, it has taken a lot of hard work to help kudzu spread so widely. Now that it covers over seven million acres of the Deep South, many people consider it a pest, but kudzu is used in ways which might surprise you.

Our guest, Max Shores is a producer/director in the Center for Public Television & Radio at the University of Alabama. He also serves as adjunct faculty in the department of Telecommunication & Film. He has produced a number of documentaries about life and culture in the Southeast, including one about Kudzu, The Amazing Story of Kudzu.

At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=678