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How mini golf spread from one man’s lawn to the world

12/11/2025 • 21 min

It’s easy to overlook the importance of mini golf. But this tiny game has played a pivotal role in breaking down class barriers to golf. And the story of how a bite sized version of golf made it from one man’s lawn in North Carolina to the rest of the world is utterly fascinating. Featuring: Audrey Moriarty, Executive Director at Executive Director at Given Memo… Play episode

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Due South: Teaching the teachers about Native American history
The curious case of George Masa
Where have all the Black farmers gone?
The mushy guts and glory of giant pumpkins
Why our energy crisis runs through a gas pipeline
How the synthesizer became Southern
Southern hockey is thriving against all odds
The Latino South
Cherokee footpaths of the Appalachian Trail
A healthcare storm is coming
The rock that runs the world
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The Belichick effect and the money-sucking machine of college football
Pride, Prejudice and North Carolina
The innocence experiment
The race to save the Cherokee language
The Southern town that sparked a BMX revival
How beach music taught Southerners to 'dance sexy'
Where the Devil is in the dirt
Changing the narrative on Native nations
The mill and the man who changed the world
The other Declaration of Independence
Appalachia’s crypto boom and bust
A return to Midway Plantation
America's favorite bloodthirsty plant
The hunt for a million dollar fish
Can we save the red wolf (again)?
Pokémon is more than just a card game
The fight for free speech at public universities
The mystery of the Big Hole
The Kingdom of the Happy Land
What exactly is a Southern home?
Why cola became king (Revisited)
The wild world of Civil War reenactment
Everyone hates the DMV
The modern Graveyard of the Atlantic
Quarterback of the rising sun
Public schools’ big enrollment problem
The fight over fluoride
The road to rebuilding after Helene
Hell froze over: Southern hockey is thriving
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