Jenna’s petition stalls. Blue Lives Matter outpaces Black Lives Matter. But in 2023 a new surge of activism reignites the controversy. What will happen to Jessamine County’s Confederate statue? And what does the statue’s fate reveal about the soul of my divided southern community?
Feb 10, 2025
53 min
I learn that my neighbor, a transplant from Canada, is leveraging the statue in an effort to sweep local Republican candidates to victory.
Feb 3, 2025
49 min
With the clock ticking, a local archaeologist unearths a long-buried narrative that threatens to destabilize the statue’s foundations.
Jan 27, 2025
1 hr 1 min
A sixteen-year-old homeschooler teams up with an interracial coalition of pastors. Local authorities feel the pressure.
Jan 20, 2025
52 min
A woman makes a horrifying discovery buried in her backyard. A Black preacher reckons with his grandfather’s story of a lynching.
Jan 13, 2025
1 hr 9 min
A local citizen defends the statue with a gun on his hip. David investigates the bizarre origins of the statue’s rebel identity.
Jan 6, 2025
56 min
A Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 sparks a campaign to destroy Jessamine County’s Confederate statue. David tells the story of a profoundly disturbing secret hidden in the county’s past.
Jan 6, 2025
58 min
It’s a Civil War statue unlike any other—one with a rebel belt and a Union hat. Join historian David Swartz on a podcast investigation of his hometown Confederate statue that stands on Main Street in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Dec 17, 2024
5 min