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“FBI Profilers” (#1 podcast series on Audible) producer; “The Pinehurst Cure and the Road to the US Open” executive producer; @gardenandgun contributing editor.
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Stopping the Steal-in 1962

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By John Meroney Verified
| The American Conservative Verified
This election is rigged. That was the word that Jimmy Carter got by phone. A message that became his obsession. One that changed his life. It was Election Day, 1962. Carter was a 38-year-old Georgia peanut farmer and chairman of the Sumter County School Board. He was running in a Democratic primary for a new seat in the Georgia State Senate, hopeful that voters in Southwest Georgia would select him to represent them in Atlanta.
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How Pinehurst Became a Destination for Dreamers and Golfers Alike

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By Patricia Beauchamp, John Meroney Verified
| The Assembly Verified
This podcast series started with a voice. Southern. Melodic. Ebullient. A voice in both the literal and figurative sense. It was February 2024 and author James Dodson had just come on board to lend us his insights–and his narration–for a podcast we were going to call “The Road to Pinehurst.” It was focused on the history of both the town of Pinehurst and how it became such a celebrated host for the U.S. Open, which starts this week. But as Dodson told us stories, a theme emerged.
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Becoming Santa Claus

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By John Meroney Verified, Gabriela Gomez-Misserian Verified
| Garden & Gun Verified
Santa Claus didn’t use the chimney that Christmas Eve, and he didn’t wait until we all went to sleep. It was 1973 and St. Nicholas was standing in front of me in my grandmother’s house in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. I was three years old. Mamaw’s house in Powell Valley—nestled in the Jefferson National Forest, along the Trail of the Lonesome Pine—provided the perfect setting for this life-altering yuletide encounter.
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