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Sean of the South

The Cross

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0546 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Be warned, the set up for the story is not something you want to listen to on an empty stomach. To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsw...

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0:00.0

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

0:03.9

fresh, local, and full of flavor.

0:06.3

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

0:10.8

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

0:15.0

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0:19.5

insurance plans and benefit cards.

0:21.6

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

0:28.0

Find your nearest store at foodcity.com. We're not long ago, my wife and I were driving Highway 67 in North Alabama.

1:05.7

And we were in our little white plumber's van, we call it.

1:09.7

It's called a plumber's van among just her and I because it looks like a plumber's fan.

1:16.6

And we take this thing to all of the, you know, the places that we go.

1:20.6

And I've done my one-man show all over the U.S.

1:24.3

And every time we show up, people are kind of surprised because it's an ugly little van.

1:31.3

It's white, and it has covered some miles in its day.

1:35.8

And we got the van from a baker.

1:39.0

She had a cake in a cupcake business, and she got it before, the owner before us got it from, I believe, a plumber.

1:46.4

So it truly is a plumber's van.

1:49.3

But it looks like a Lab Corps vehicle.

1:51.4

Do you remember Lab Corps when you used to have to get drug tested for work to make sure that you're walking the straight and narrow?

1:59.7

And that white van would show up to your place of business and they would take samples and make sure that you were drug-free.

2:05.1

Well, that's what it looks like.

2:07.4

So when we show up for me to go perform my one-man spasm for people, it looks like we have arrived to collect a stool sample.

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