Made In Carolina Podcast
Made In Carolina Podcast

Made In Carolina Podcast

Lolita Rowe

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Made in Carolina is a storytelling podcast about the people, places, and things created in North and South Carolina. Each season dives into a different theme — from submerged towns hidden beneath man-made lakes to the foods, drinks, and cultural traditions that define the region. Through local voices, history, and conversation, host Lolita Rowe uncovers the stories that make the Carolinas unique.

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Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, Part 4: Memory and Movement
NOV 14, 2025
Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, Part 4: Memory and Movement
<p><strong>The conclusion of the Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie story</strong></p><p>Episode 7 explores the aftermath of the flooding of the Santee Basin – how families relocated, rebuilt, and carried memory forward across generations. Through conversations with <strong>Dr. Robert Hart</strong> and <strong>Dr. Kelsey Moore</strong>, we explore the migration, federal resettlement programs, church-community rebuilding efforts, and the archival silences that obscure Black lived experiences. From sharecropping and wartime job shifts, to the promise of land and the reality of displacement in the Lowcountry, this story invites listeners to remember what’s often submerged — in water and in memory.</p><p><strong>Featured Voices:</strong> Dr. Thomas Robert Hart, Dr. Kelsey Moore </p><p><strong>Created, Produced, and Hosted by:</strong> Lolita Rowe <strong>Original Music:</strong> Sister Sai <strong>Website: Tiffany Messer-Bass</strong></p><p><strong>Sound Engineering:</strong> Saira Raza</p><p>Music Credits – Sister Sai</p><p>“Wanderer”</p><p>“Cerulean Mood”</p><p>“Dandelion”</p><p>🎧 Sound Effects – Freesound.org (CC0 License)</p><p>Old Piano – Somber Chords.wav — DeVern</p><p>Hitting Nail into Wall with Hammer — Kate_is_yellow</p><p>Samsung Smartphone Hammering — designerschoice</p><p>Pond Water &amp; Ripples at Chappaquidick Bridge — Filmscore</p><p>Waves Gently Breaking on Lakeshore — leonelmail</p><p>Archival Audio – Library of Congress</p><p>John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (AFC 1939/001),</p><p>American Folklife Center, Library of Congress</p><p><strong>Call to Action: </strong>Follow the series and share your reflections using <strong>#MadeInCarolinaPodcast</strong></p><p>Support the show: ☕<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/madeincarolina"> buymeacoffee.com/madeincarolina</a></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><p><strong>Archival Image Credit: </strong>Many families tore down their houses in the Santee–Cooper Basin to rebuild them outside the flooded area. Near Bonneau, South Carolina. March 1941.<strong>Library of Congress, Prints &amp; Photographs Division:LC-USF34-043456-D [P&amp;P], LOT 1533 (corresponding photographic print).Other Number: E 5985.</strong></p><p><strong>Related links:</strong></p><p>Great Migration – National Archives: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/migrations/great-migration•">https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/migrations/great-migration•</a> </p><p>The Truth Behind “40 Acres and a Mule” – PBS: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/the-truth-behind-40-acres-and-a-mule/">https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/the-truth-behind-40-acres-and-a-mule/</a></p>
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28 MIN
Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, Part 3: The Making of a Waterscape
NOV 7, 2025
Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, Part 3: The Making of a Waterscape
<p>Beneath the still waters of Lake Marion lies the ghost of a forest — and a town named Ferguson. Before the Santee River was dammed, the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company had already stripped much of the swamp bare, cutting and milling its centuries-old cypress. By the time the flood came, the forest that once sheltered the town was already gone.</p><p>This episode traces how the Santee Basin itself was transformed — not only socially but ecologically. Thousands of acres were cleared, burned, and drowned to make way for progress, yet pieces of that past remain: the stumps of Sparkleberry Swamp, the ghost forests along the coast, and the memories carried by the water. Through the words of historian <strong>Dr. Robert Hart</strong>, we follow the making of a waterscape — and reflect on what progress submerge.</p><p><strong>Featured Voice</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Dr. Robert Hart</strong>, historian — on the environmental and coastal consequences of the Santee-Cooper Project</li></ul><p><strong>Credits</strong> Created, produced, and hosted by <strong>Lolita Rowe</strong> Original music by <strong>Sister Sai</strong> Website by <strong>Tiffany Messer Bass</strong>, with production support from <strong>Saira Raza</strong></p><p>sound effects/field recordings from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Freesound.com">Freesound.com</a></p><p>S: Lake Waves 3.wav by Benboncan | License: Attribution 4.0</p><p>S: forest wind 1111AM 220617_0400.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution 4.0</p><p>S: Life underwater at Mamori.wav by laurent | License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0</p><p>S: Forest Birds Crow Wind by atks_ | License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0</p><p>Songs (all by Sister Sai)</p><p>- Ossabaw Sunrise (unreleased)</p><p>- Wanderer (from Extempore)</p><p>- Dandelion (from First Flight)</p><p><strong>Archival Image:</strong> <em>Cut-over land in the Santee-Cooper Basin.</em>Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,LC-USF34-043522-D [P&amp;P], LOT 1533 (corresponding photographic print).Other Number: E 173.</p><p><strong>Call to Action</strong> Visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://madeincarolinapodcast.com"><strong>madeincarolinapodcast.com</strong></a> for show notes and more stories waiting under the water. Share your reflections using <strong>#MadeInCarolinaPodcast</strong> or support the series on <em>Buy Me a Coffee</em>.</p><p><strong>Next Episode Preview</strong> Next time, we follow the families who moved with the water — tracing how they rebuilt, remembered, and redefined home after the flood.</p>
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29 MIN
Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, Part 2: The Ground Remembers — Echoes of Identity and Faith in the Santee Basin
OCT 31, 2025
Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, Part 2: The Ground Remembers — Echoes of Identity and Faith in the Santee Basin
<p>Across the Santee Basin, communities built lives rooted in land, labor, and belief. In the years after emancipation, Black, Indigenous, and European families shaped intertwined identities through farming, faith, and community — stories that still echo in the cemeteries, churches, and waters that remain. <em>The Ground Remembers</em> explores how race, land, and belief shaped who belonged — and what endures beneath the water.</p><p><strong>Featured Voices:</strong> Dr. Thomas Robert Hart, Dr. Kelsey Moore <strong>Created, Produced, and Hosted by:</strong> Lolita Rowe <strong>Original Music:</strong> Sister Sai</p><p><strong>Sound Credits: </strong>Tukinuitto, uitto / Log driving by YleArkisto —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/322618"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freesound.org/s/322618">freesound.org/s/322618</a> — <em>CC Attribution 4.0 </em>ST Slide Guitar Blues Riff 2 by juskiddink —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/58493"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freesound.org/s/58493">freesound.org/s/58493</a> — <em>CC Attribution 4.0 </em>African Drums at Night by hutsvoid —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/202419"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freesound.org/s/202419">freesound.org/s/202419</a> — <em>CC NonCommercial 4.0 </em>Old Piano – Somber Chords by DeVern —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/427307"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freesound.org/s/427307">freesound.org/s/427307</a> — <em>CC0 </em>BELLLrg – Cool Spring Baptist Church Recording by Nicholas Judy — <em>TDC </em>Gentle Waves – Sand Point Beach by Ambient-X —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/743340"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freesound.org/s/743340">freesound.org/s/743340</a> — <em>CC Attribution 4.0</em></p><p><strong>Image Credit:</strong><em>Negro tenant farmer who had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin, near Bonneau, South Carolina.</em> LC-USF34-043512-D [P&amp;P], LOT 1533 (corresponding photographic print). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division — <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c04944">hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c04944</a></p><p><strong>Call to Action: </strong>Follow the series and share your reflections using <strong>#MadeInCarolinaPodcast</strong>.</p><p>Support the show: ☕ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/madeincarolina">buymeacoffee.com/madeincarolina</a></p>
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39 MIN
Lake Marion & Moultrie, Part 1: Reaching the Port of Charleston
OCT 25, 2025
Lake Marion & Moultrie, Part 1: Reaching the Port of Charleston
<p>Before Lake Marion or Lake Moultrie existed, South Carolina imagined connecting the Santee and Cooper Rivers to the port of Charleston. From the 18th-century Santee Canal to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal vision, this episode follows the long road from dream to dam — a story of ambition, technology, and belief in progress.</p><p>Historians <strong>Dr. Thomas Robert Hart</strong> explains how the New Deal reshaped the Lowcountry, while <strong>Dr. Kelsey Moore</strong> explores how that progress touched African American communities whose lands lay in its path.</p><p><strong>Featured Voices:</strong> Dr. Thomas Robert Hart, Dr. Kelsey Moore</p><p><strong>Credits</strong> Created, produced, and hosted by <strong>Lolita Rowe</strong> Original music by <strong>Sister Sai</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.madeincarolinapodcast.com">www.madeincarolinapodcast.com</a></p><p><strong>Call to Action</strong> Follow the series and share your reflections using <strong>#MadeInCarolinaPodcast</strong>.</p><p><strong>Resources &amp; Further Reading</strong></p><ul><li><em>The Southern Blues of the Great Flood</em> — Scalawag Magazine <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/02/southern-blues-music-great-flood/">https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/02/southern-blues-music-great-flood/</a></li><li><em>Lakes</em> — South Carolina Encyclopedia <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/lakes/">https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/lakes/</a></li><li><em>Santee Canal Site Investigations</em> — South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/sc_institute_archeology_and_anthropology/divisions/maritime_research/project_publications/siteinvestigations/santeecanal/">https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/sc_institute_archeology_and_anthropology/divisions/maritime_research/project_publications/siteinvestigations/santeecanal/</a></li><li><em>Sunken Plantations: The Santee Cooper Project</em> — Douglas Bostick (2008)</li><li><em>Jacksonborough Assembly</em> — South Carolina Encyclopedia <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/jacksonborough-assembly/">https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/jacksonborough-assembly/</a></li><li><em>Santee Canal: America’s First Superhighway</em> — SCETV Classics <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scetv.org/stories/2025/santee-canal-americas-first-superhighway-etv-classics">https://www.scetv.org/stories/2025/santee-canal-americas-first-superhighway-etv-classics</a></li><li><em>American Revolutionary War</em> — Wikipedia <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War</a></li></ul><p><strong>Sound Credits (</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Freesound.org"><strong>Freesound.org</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><p>Writing_Pen_01.wav — moai15 — CC0 reenactment2.aif — alienistcog — CC0 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://swamp.mp">swamp.mp</a>3 — saha213131 — CC0 2021-09-01-digging-006.wav — ilmari_freesound — CC0 Distant Thunder 3 — Fission9 — CC0 Heavy_Rain_Distant_Thunder.wav — morvei01 — CC0 electric hum less buzz.wav — soundofsong — CC0 light switch.wav — kwahmah_02 — Attribution 3.0 reenactment3.aif — alienistcog — CC0 78end.wav — x_25 — Attribution 3.0 Cajun Lick Full.wav — JustPlainPhillip — Attribution 4.0 waltz_op_posth_a_minor_3.flac — Kardithron — CC0 Old Piano - Somber Chords.wav — DeVern — CC0</p>
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Lake Murray, Part 3: Memories Beneath the Water
OCT 16, 2025
Lake Murray, Part 3: Memories Beneath the Water
<p><strong>Episode Description</strong></p><p>As Lake Murray filled, entire communities vanished beneath the rising waters—homes, churches, and hundreds of graves now rest below the surface. In this episode, archivist and storyteller <strong>Lolita Rowe</strong> explores the remnants of those submerged memories. Featuring reflections from <strong>J.R. Fennell</strong> of the Lexington County Museum, along with archival voices from <strong>Ralph</strong> <strong>and Herman Wessinger</strong>, this story highlights the deep roots, loss, and remembrance preserved beneath the waters of Lake Murray.</p><p></p><p><strong>Featured Voices</strong></p><ul><li><strong>J.R. Fennell</strong>, Lexington County Museum</li><li><strong>Ralph and Herman Wessinger</strong> – <em>Interview on the Lake</em> (May 18, 1979), Lexington County Museum</li></ul><p><strong>Credits</strong></p><p>Created, produced, and hosted by <strong>Lolita Rowe</strong></p><p>Original music by <strong>Sister Sai</strong></p><p>Archival audio courtesy of the <strong>Lexington County Museum</strong></p><p>Special thanks to <strong>J.R. Fennell</strong> and the <strong>Lexington County Museum.</strong></p><p>Website maintained by <strong>Tiffany Messer Bass.</strong></p><p><strong>Special Thanks to my Mom, Brenda Rowe. Thanks for listening to all my iterations of this and my many podcast scripts.</strong></p><p></p><p>☕ <strong>Support the show:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/madeincarolinapodcast">Buy Me a Coffee</a></p><p>Like, share, and follow for more on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram</p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.madeincarolinapodcast.com/">Made in Carolina Podcast</a></p><p><strong>Sound Credits</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/427307/">Old Piano – Somber Chords.wav</a> by DeVern — CC 0</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/561814/">marching_snare_with_reverb.wav</a> by waldschrat1510 — CC 0</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/143559/">B-25s Taking Off</a> by Fight2FlyPhoto — CC BY 3.0</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freesound.org/s/743340/">Gentle Waves – Sand Point Beach At Sunrise 6-20-24</a> by Ambient-X — CC BY 4.0</li><li><strong>Cello</strong> created by Lolita Rowe in GarageBand.</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sistersai.bandcamp.com/">Music by Sister Sai</a></li></ul><p><strong>Resources &amp; Further Reading</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.lexingtonchronicle.com/stories/cemeteries-beneath-lake-murray-holding-lexington-history-honored-on-land-with-memorials,138366">Cemeteries Beneath Lake Murray Holding Lexington History Honored on Land with Memorials</a> – Catharine Barone, Lexington Chronicle, July 29, 2025</li></ul><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.lakemurraycountry.com/the-history-of-lake-murray/">History of Lake Murray</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.richlandlibrary.com/blog/2022-11-09/remembering-columbia-army-air-base">Remembering the Columbia Army Air Base</a> – Margaret D., Richland Library Blog, November 9, 2022</li></ul><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://southernmuseumofflight.org/">Southern Museum of Flight</a></li></ul>
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31 MIN