On the Made of Savannah podcast, host Dee Daniels is on-location at the West Broad Bandshell in Historic District Savannah, 514 MLK Jr Blvd welcoming Mahogany Bowers (CEO/Executive Director) with the newly launched Coastal Gullah Geechee and Afro-Caribbean Chamber of Commerce.

Dee invites Mahogany and leaders Dara Jenkins (Vice chair/Secretary), Jahva Walker (Treasurer), and Dr. SallyAnn Gray (International Ambassador) to discuss the new chamber’s purpose, rooted in representation, heritage, and commerce across the coastal corridor of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Bowers explains Gullah Geechee cultural distinctives, including dialect, traditions, and contributions to regional foodways such as shrimp and grits and red rice, while Gray highlights growing Caribbean representation in Savannah, including hundreds of Jamaican teachers and expanding Caribbean-owned businesses.

They announce a grand opening event on Friday, August 7 at 6:00 PM at West Broad Bandshell on MLK Jr. Blvd featuring culture, networking, storytelling, and performances, and share how to join via social media and the chamber website.

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VISIT WEST BROAD BANDSHELL

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00:00 Welcome to Made of Savannah

01:13 Meet the Chamber Team

02:09 Why the Chamber Started

06:38 Gullah Geechee Culture Explained

10:06 Sponsor Break Ethan Allen

12:51 Afro Caribbean Representation

15:17 Grand Opening at Bandshell

18:28 What to Expect August 7

21:16 Membership and How to Join

22:17 Meet a Member Business

23:17 Legacy Member Spotlight

24:10 Faith and Team Support

25:37 Proven Track Record

26:42 Board Vision for Growth

29:08 Culture and Belonging

32:19 Who Membership Serves

35:31 Kickoff Event Details

36:37 Thanks and Gullah Geechee Dialect

40:12 Podcast Outro and Realty Ad

In this delightful episode of the Made of Savannah podcast, host Dee Daniels sits down with Maxie McCoy, an acclaimed writer and ghostwriter, to discuss her journey to Savannah, the inspirations behind her writing, and her most recent novel, 'Daisy.'

Maxie shares her experiences of moving from San Francisco, discovering the warm and welcoming culture of Savannah, and how an article led her to uncover the fascinating life of Juliette Gordon Lowe. They discuss the depth of Juliette's challenges, the community she built, and how these elements inspired Maxie's writing.

The conversation also delves deep into the emotional and arduous process of writing fiction, facing rejection from major publishing houses, and how Maxie found resilience and purpose by following her passion. She reflects on her love for Savannah's vibrant creative community and her dedication to helping other writers bring their stories to life through ghostwriting.

The episode is filled with heartwarming anecdotes, creative insights, the importance of storytelling, and an inside look at Maxie's collaborative efforts in the literary world. This discussion is a blend of inspiration, humor, and practical advice for aspiring writers.

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Meet Maxie

Check out Maxie's BOOKS

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Host Dee Daniels records onstage at Front Porch Improv with co-founder, improviser, and instructor Bri Halverson, who reflects on building a permanent home after years of being nomadic and emphasizes gratitude for audiences and a “fountain” energy approach.

Bri outlines Front Porch’s offerings: weekly shows every Friday and Saturday, workshops and applied improv for organizations, adult and kids classes, camps, private shows, stand-up, and a free local show, plus the Savannah For Morons interactive trolley tour. She details ACTS, Front Porch’s nonprofit arm partnered with Brightside Casa, delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based improv tools for under-resourced youth through an eight-week program focused on social-emotional regulation and role-play scenarios, funded partly by a City of Savannah grant and fundraising.

Bri also shares improv fundamentals, handling off-the-wall suggestions, scholarship efforts, casting and auditions, and a new Second Circle Club for neurodivergent men seeking social-skills practice and funding.

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HUGE THANKS to our PARTNER this season - Ethan Allen Savannah.

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The Made of Savannah podcast is a creative production of Corcoran Austin Hill Realty!

FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Welcome to Savannah

00:19 Meet Bri Halverson

01:14 Finding a Home Stage

03:03 Fountain Energy Culture

05:11 Everything Front Porch Offers

07:14 Savannah For Morons Tour

09:25 Sponsor Ethan Allen

13:08 ACTS Program Deep Dive

18:18 Comedy Calendar Expansion

20:48 Improv Styles and Training

22:55 How Improv Really Works

26:36 Handling Wild Suggestions

30:30 Punching Up in Comedy

31:26 Pop Culture and Diversity

33:28 Casting and Show Formats

36:15 Improv as Team Sport

40:05 Getting Started and Regulation

44:29 Second Circle Club Pitch

47:36 Space for Arts and Community

52:05 Viewpoints and Mullet Show

55:01 Wrap Up and Sponsor Outro

Welcome to the Made of Savannah podcast with host Dee Daniels as she sits down with bartender, beverage manager, and dear friend Ashley Simeone to chat about her journey to and around Savannah.

Ashley talks about how she found fulfillment in restaurants and the city’s hospitality community. The two dive into Savannah’s creative, community-driven bar and restaurant culture, and discuss Ashley's time at Atlantic and Savoy Society.

She describes how The Grey helped transform Savannah into a food destination and how her Italian heritage influences her love of amari and aperitivos. Ashley shares her path to becoming beverage manager at Lucia Pasta Bar, highlights favorite dishes, and recommends local spots and neighborhoods, especially Starland’s rapid growth. She also explains Savannah's first Tool Library - the $5 membership tool-rental resource focused on sustainability and access.

THANK YOU TO OUR SEASON 6 SPONSOR: ETHAN ALLEN SAVANNAH

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Meet Ashley Simeone

Check out the Savannah Tool Library at Film Biz Recycling

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Shop Ethan Allen's furniture store today in Savannah, GA, at 5525 Abercorn St., just 10 minutes from Savannah’s historic downtown. We offer a broad range of furniture and accessories, including quality living room furniture, dining room furniture, bedroom furniture and home décor. Create the look you'll love from classic to contemporary with free interior design help from our design pros. Call us at 912.629.9940.

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FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Podcast Welcome

01:38 How Ashley Got Here

03:11 Macon Versus Savannah

03:59 Savoy Bar Days

06:46 Savannah Food Boom

08:02 Italian Roots In Drinks

09:30 Running Lucia Bar

13:56 Favorite Menu Picks

15:50 Seafood Nostalgia

18:12 Tybee Oysters Talk

19:24 Tool Library Project

20:57 Membership And Rentals

21:26 Sustainability Mission

22:18 Tools That Build Confidence

22:40 Growing The Community

24:33 Space Saving For Students

25:03 Hawthorne And Local Popups

25:32 Favorite Savannah Bars

27:21 Starland District Boom

29:40 Events And New Openings

32:15 Savannah Love And Gratitude

32:38 Favorite Drinks To Make

34:00 Bartender Matchmaker

34:46 Closing Cheers

On the Made of Savannah podcast, host Dee Daniels records May 1 near Enmarket Arena during Savannah Steel practice and interviews players Que Morrison (Riverdale/McEachern HS, UGA alum) and Kharyssa Richardson (Douglasville; SEC stops at Auburn, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State).

They discuss joining the new women’s pro team - THE SAVANNAH STEEL, the May 22 first home game at Enmarket Arena, and how the team is building an identity around fast pace, strong two-way play, and defensive adjustments.

Morrison reflects on competitiveness, overseas play, injuries, and being pushed to expand her three-point game; Richardson shares how gymnastics influenced her footwork and how her career blossomed at Mississippi State. Both emphasize Coach Brown’s energy and care, excitement to play professionally in Georgia with family present, and hopes to inspire kids and fans.

THANK YOU TO OUR SEASON 6 SPONSOR: ETHAN ALLEN SAVANNAH

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Meet your team, Savannah - SAVANNAH STEEL

Savannah Steel Team Roster

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FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Welcome to Savannah

00:31 Steel Practice Setup

01:14 Meet the Players

02:57 Q Morrison Origins

04:29 Competitive Mindset

05:08 Overseas Basketball Life

06:05 Kharyssa Starts Hooping

07:53 Gymnastics to Basketball

08:26 SEC Transfer Journey

09:41 Coaches Who Shaped Them

12:55 Coach Brown Connection

14:30 Ethan Allen Sponsor Break

17:26 Beyonce Sing Off

19:29 Team Identity Blueprint

20:46 Fans Vibes And Warmups

21:28 Practice Competition Talk

22:09 What Steel Means

23:22 Growing Womens Hoops

24:27 Message To Young Players

26:19 Fan Catchphrases

27:02 Closing And Outro

27:45 Podcast And Realty Ad

Host Dee Daniels sits down at Savannah’s Ethan Allen showroom with photographer and printer Parker Stewart, a North Carolina native based in Savannah, ahead of the May 7 opening reception for “Jack Leigh and Parker Stewart: In Place” at Laney Contemporary (May 1–Aug 1).

Stewart discusses Jack Leigh’s Savannah legacy, including the commissioned “Bird Girl” cover for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and explains how Leigh’s long-term documentation of the Lowcountry influences his own “photographing place” approach. Stewart shares his path from SCAD to running a Savannah printing studio, printing for major exhibitions and the Jack Leigh Estate since 2018, including the detailed proofing and matching process from film negatives.

They preview the two-floor, interwoven curation, highlight serendipitous paired images, and Stewart offers advice to keep making work and engage Savannah’s creative community.

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Jack Leigh & Parker Stewart: In Place

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HUGE THANKS to our PARTNER this season - Ethan Allen Savannah.

Shop Ethan Allen's furniture store today in Savannah, GA, at 5525 Abercorn St., just 10 minutes from Savannah’s historic downtown. We offer a broad range of furniture and accessories, including quality living room furniture, dining room furniture, bedroom furniture and home décor. Create the look you'll love from classic to contemporary with free interior design help from our design pros. Call us at 912.629.9940.

The Made of Savannah podcast is a creative production of Corcoran Austin Hill Realty!

FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

00:39 Exhibition Announcement

01:49 Jack Leigh Legacy

03:23 Bird Girl Backstory

04:43 Photographing Place

06:04 North Carolina Roots

07:37 SCAD and Savannah

10:22 Slow Looking Process

11:42 Printing Studio Origins

14:56 Curating and Printing Workflow

17:49 Film vs Digital Craft

22:34 Inside the In Place Show

26:11 Serendipity and Shrimp Docks

29:14 Meditative Coastal Landscapes

33:41 Advice for Photographers

36:13 Favorite Pelicans Photo

38:43 Show Details and Wrap Up

Welcome to a FAN FAVORITE EPISODE on the Made of Savannah podcast, host Dee Daniels sits down with Enocha Edenfield - a former NBC Savannah broadcast journalist who moved to Savannah in 2010 and began researching the origins of local ghost stories during the pandemic, which grew into a busy private tour business focused on accuracy and archival sources.

The episode explores Savannah’s cemeteries, noting about 80 in Chatham County and six city-owned sites (Colonial Park, Laurel Grove North and South, Bonaventure, Greenwich, and Evergreen), and explains why preservation matters, using Colonial Park’s long neglect and an estimated 7,000–9,000 graves as a cautionary example. Ika shares stories and landmarks from Bonaventure (Little Gracie, John Walz, Conrad Aiken, the Bird Girl relocation, and Johnny Mercer), discusses Greenwich’s plantation past and Midnight-related graves, clarifies hoodoo vs. voodoo, and outlines Laurel Grove’s segregated origins and notable sections.

THANK YOU TO OUR SEASON 6 SPONSOR: ETHAN ALLEN SAVANNAH

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VISIT ENOCHA EDENFIELD TOURS

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HUGE THANKS to our PARTNER this season - Ethan Allen Savannah.

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FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Welcome to Savannah

01:13 Enoch’s Origin Story

02:50 Building a Tour Business

03:56 Accuracy Over Hype

05:13 Sponsor Break Ethan Allen

08:00 How Many Cemeteries

09:55 Why Preservation Matters

13:24 Lost Records and Fires

14:58 Searching for a Soldier

18:41 Ghosts Aren’t Always Scary

19:34 Why Bonaventure Wins

23:49 Little Gracie Legend

29:09 Women Who Saved Savannah

32:19 Conrad Aiken Bench

33:50 Bird Girl Relocated

34:54 Graveyard Etiquette

36:05 Hoodoo vs Voodoo

38:47 Johnny Mercer Legacy

43:51 Greenwich Cemetery Walk

48:19 Unmarked Burial Grounds

51:52 Pulaski and Square Burials

53:57 Forsyth Catacombs Myth

56:12 Laurel Grove Segregation

58:20 Pet Cemetery and Farewell

59:41 Podcast Outro and Sponsor

On the Made of Savannah podcast, host Dee Daniels interviews Club One GM and performer Trey Norris (Trey La Trash), Area Coach and regional manager Travis Coles, and producer and writer Rick Garman about Club One’s nearly 40-year legacy as a haven for the LGBTQIA community and a key performing-arts venue in Savannah.

They discuss the bittersweet transition from the current stage to a new, amazing space at 301 Williamson (the former Elan space), highlighting improved ADA accessibility, expanded and fantastic programming, and a commercial kitchen for more offerings.

They preview “Curtain Call,” a tribute show on April 18 (doors at 2, show at 3) featuring multiple companies, 35–40 performers, and a tribute to The Lady Chablis, with proceeds benefiting the Savannah Performance Alliance and OnStageSavannah.com. They also note final April events and a target June 1 opening for the new venue.

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VISIT CLUB ONE IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

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HUGE THANKS to our PARTNER this season - Ethan Allen Savannah.

Shop Ethan Allen's furniture store today in Savannah, GA, at 5525 Abercorn St., just 10 minutes from Savannah’s historic downtown. We offer a broad range of furniture and accessories, including quality living room furniture, dining room furniture, bedroom furniture and home décor. Create the look you'll love from classic to contemporary with free interior design help from our design pros. Call us at 912.629.9940.

The Made of Savannah podcast is a creative production of Corcoran Austin Hill Realty!

FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Welcome to Club One

00:38 Meet the Guests

01:36 A New Club One Home

03:33 What Club One Means

05:26 A Haven for Community

06:41 Arts and Stage Legacy

09:59 Accessibility Upgrades Ahead

10:41 Curtain Call Preview

11:36 Show Lineup and Tributes

14:11 Tickets and Sellout Warning

14:38 Savannah Performance Alliance

17:06 Listener Questions Tease

17:16 Drag vs Theater Joy

18:27 Club One Raises Bar

20:57 Why The Stage Wins

22:26 Honoring Lady Chablis

25:17 Hallmark Movie Tease

26:58 Final Nights Programming

27:56 New Venue Upgrades

29:37 Bittersweet Farewell