Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans,

and today I'm sharing a conversation with an author and a comedian who has lots of thoughts

on the peculiarities of being Southern. Landon Bryant stopped by the Southern Living offices

recently, and it was great to meet him in

person after watching his hilarious videos on our accents, our traditions, our quirks, and our

endless recipes for potato salad. Landon was born and raised in the small town of Laurel,

Mississippi, a close-knit community that was made famous by our past guests,

Aaron and Ben Napier, whom Landon happens to know. His great-grandmother was a major influence on him,

but it was his wife, Kate, who encouraged him to start sharing his opinions about Southern Identity

on Instagram. Now he's come out with a new book,

Bless Your Heart, a field guide to all things Southern that distills his unique perspective

into a clever, smart, and deeply entertaining guide to the culture. We'll discuss that,

plus the time he went to high school in a Walmart, his experience as an art teacher,

his openness about struggles with ADHD, and just what exactly got him into hot water when

talking about deviled eggs and grits. All in this week's Biscuits and Jam.

Landon Bryant, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

So glad to be here.

Well, it's great to see you here.

Great to be able to do this in person.

You know, a lot of times I'm doing this over Zoom,

so it's nice to actually be sitting here face-to-face, especially after seeing you for, you know, the last few years in that little box on the screen.

Crawled out of the phone.

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