You're listening to Sean of the South podcast brought to you by Food City,

fresh, local, and full of flavor.

From certified angus beef and locally grown produce to fresh sushi, wings, and

dates in Watson deli meats, food city has it all ready to go.

Enjoy curbside pickup, full service floral, and pharmacies that accept thousands of

insurance plans and benefit cards.

Earn fuel bucks and save at any gas and go fuel center because nobody does food like Food City.

Find your nearest store at foodcity.com.

Sean South starts now.

Yeah. South starts now. Five years ago, I was in Huntzful. I was in Huntsful Alabama when the world shut down.

Five years ago, almost to the day.

I'll never forget it.

I remember what life was like at the time.

I had spent the previous year working on a book,

a memoir about my dad's suicide. I put a lot of myself into that manuscript. At the time, my wife and I were living in a junky fifth-wheel trailer with two dogs that were roughly the size of NFL

running backs. Our mobile home toilet did not work,

so that whenever anybody used the restroom,

our dwelling became uninhabitable.

Which is why my wife and I,

and this is true, by the way,

started performing our morning necessaries

outside on our rural property.

...