Wright Thompson on Reckoning with the South’s Buried Secrets

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<p>Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Junior were born in the same year. The last known widow of a Civil War veteran lived to see Barack Obama become the first African-American President. Emmett Till would be the same age as Neil Diamond, Martha Stewart, and Bob Dylan in 2024 if he was not brutally tortured and murdered in 1955. Facts like these remind us that history is not as far away as we think it is.&nbsp;</p><p>Wright Thompson, is a Senior Writer at ESPN and author of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/cost-of-these-dreams-sports-stories-and-other-serious-business-signed-by-wright-thompson?_pos=1&amp;_sid=29ed2ace4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Cost of These Dreams</em></a>, <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/pappyland-a-story-of-family-fine-bourbon-and-the-things-that-last-signed-by-wright-thompson?_pos=2&amp;_sid=29ed2ace4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Pappyland</em></a>, and most recently,<em> </em><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-barn-the-secret-history-of-a-murder-in-mississippi?_pos=3&amp;_sid=29ed2ace4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Barn</em></a>, which uncovers the real story of Emmett Till’s murder in the Mississippi Delta. Wright joins Ryan to talk about the impact of cognitive dissonance, how political rhetoric has shaped racial violence, why history is closer than we think, the rise and fall of the cotton boom, and what it was like for Wright to learn the truth about Emmett Till’s story.&nbsp;</p><p>You can get signed copies of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-barn-the-secret-history-of-a-murder-in-mississippi?_pos=3&amp;_sid=29ed2ace4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Barn</em></a> and Wright’s other books, <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/cost-of-these-dreams-sports-stories-and-other-serious-business-signed-by-wright-thompson?_pos=1&amp;_sid=29ed2ace4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Cost of These Dreams</em></a>, <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/pappyland-a-story-of-family-fine-bourbon-and-the-things-that-last-signed-by-wright-thompson?_pos=2&amp;_sid=29ed2ace4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Pappyland</em></a>, at The Painted Porch | <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/search?type=product&amp;q=wright+thompson*" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thepaintedporch.com/</a></p><br><p>You can follow him on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wrightthompsonbooks/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram @wrightthompsonbooks</a> or head to his website, <a href="https://wrightthompson.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wrightthompson.com/</a></p><br><p>🎙️Listen to Wright Thompson’s first interview on the Daily Stoic Podcast | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/wright-thompson-on-the-costs-of-greatness/id1430315931?i=1000614380206" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pNp3mD7N3JOKbLbuzxUAF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify,</a> or watch it on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMCpnppbVwY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>!</p><br><p>🎥 Subscribe to the Daily Stoic Podcast on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube </a>| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast</a></p><br><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><br><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></p><br><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;Instagram</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>,<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> TikTok</a>, and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>