The Morning Assault

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

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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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 Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, and his column appears weekly in newspapers thr...

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0:33.0	Sean South starts now.
0:59.2	Yeah. South starts now. Wake up, start the coffee maker.
1:00.7	Turn on TV.
1:07.5	A panicky news journalist is saying America is doomed and only minutes away from exploding.
1:15.3	And if not America, well, at least my house. Turn off the TV. Coffee is ready.
1:24.5	Poor said coffee. Check my phone. Look at emails. The first subject line attracts my attention.
1:28.8	It says, you are not a true American if you don't read this,
1:36.5	with three exclamation points. Well, I want to be a true American, but for the next few minutes I'll have to settle for being a fallacious one, namely because it's a little too early
1:41.2	to be reading anything in all caps with three exclamation points.
1:46.6	sip coffee.
1:48.7	Massage eyeballs.
1:50.8	Leash up dogs.
1:52.8	Take them outside for morning walks.
1:55.8	It's still dark.
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