Tombigbee Tales

A Podcast about Columbus, Mississippi - Its scandals, eccentric people, and our version of Southern Hospitality...which ain’t always so hospitable. Pull up and let me tell you about Mama and them. Bring you some tea because we are going to sit here a spell and catch up.

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Episodes

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

The outgoing director of the Columbus Visitor's Bureau, Nancy Luke Carpenter tried to undermine and negate the contracts of the new Director and the new COO at the February board meeting. 

Sunday Feb 25, 2024

MUW's fiasco riddled naming committee has alienated the alumni with their lack of transparency, lack of inclusion, and total incompetence resulting in zero confidence in the school's leadership. 

Wednesday Feb 21, 2024

Mississippi University for Women's new branding "expert" and her pals seem to think the host of this podcast is at least three different people...so let's dispel that myth...and discuss the clones that ARE out there. I invite all of those suspected clones to join me on a zoom call with a camera...(the film version of this podcast will be available on YouTube). 

The MUW Clone War

Friday Feb 16, 2024

Friday Feb 16, 2024

Someone is cloning alumni Facebook profiles and trying to skew public sentiment on state legislator Clay Mansell's page. 

MUW's Bots and Bullies

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

Monday Feb 12, 2024

The powers that be at Mississippi University for Women are slapping lipstick on their renaming efforts and royally alienating alumni...and it is UGLY...

MUW Renaming Boondoggle

Saturday Feb 10, 2024

Saturday Feb 10, 2024

Mississippi University for Women has had two failed renaming campaigns and is currently on their third...why is so much money and energy put into rebranding the University when students say they are exiting because they don't feel safe on campus and their rooms are devoid of the minimum expectations of housing: heating and air conditioning. Bernie Ellis, MA, MPH, a 7th generation Lowndes Countian, retired public health epidemiologist, former Program Director at the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and a former Assistant Dean of Admissions at Vanderbilt University provides insights and observations on the issues.

Thursday Feb 08, 2024

CVB Director Nancy Carpenter won't return calls or emails to tournament organizers. In other words, she is not doing her job! 

Thursday Feb 08, 2024

Nancy Carpenter is scrambling to find the match share grant for the Tennessee Williams building because she waited to the last minute - as usual - and her last minute mess is catching up with her. She's getting pretty desperate. 

Sunday Feb 04, 2024

CCHF Director Nancy Luke Carpenter and Mayor Keith Gaskin are making some shady backroom deals with OUR tax dollars.  
 
To follow my Facebook page where the mayor has been commenting: https://www.facebook.com/ShannonBEvans
 

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Fresh Spilled Tea & Truth on Tap

Shannon Evans is a Southern storyteller who works in the field of public history. She likes hanging out with dead people in and around her home state and tells their stories with laughter, facts, and the uncomfortable truths of their lives. 

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