Your source for state-wide South Carolina politics

Frogmore Stew is a bold, unfiltered podcast serving up the South’s political history, cultural contradictions, and modern-day reckonings — one spicy episode at a time.

Hosted by Southern truth-tellers who love their home and refuse to sugarcoat its reality, Frogmore Stew blends sharp analysis, personal storytelling, and a whole lot of side-eye to explore the people, policies, and power structures shaping life in the Palmetto State. Whether you're a political junkie, a justice-seeker, or just curious about what’s cooking in the South—pull up a chair. This stew’s got heat.

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Grace Cowan

is a community builder, nonprofit founder, and civic leader working at the intersection of culture, democracy, and systems change. Founder of nationally recognized initiatives advancing empathy, dignity, and democratic participation, with a track record of building trust across difference. Known for translating big vision into durable institutions through collaboration, candor, and imagination

Kathryn Harvey

is a daughter of the Upstate, a local political leader, small business owner, and creative and compassionate community advocate who built her career collaborating with globally recognized brands, and now advises small businesses and nonprofit organizations in South Carolina.

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South Carolina’s political system is broken by design.

We dive deep into the systems that shape our state, our government and most importantly, our daily lives. We talk to everyone…not just a political bubble. We exist for the politically curious.

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Passing, Privilege, and Interracial Marriage

2/21/2026

59 min

Is interracial marriage proof that racism is fading, or does it reveal something far more complicated? Grace talks with scholar and MacArthur Fellow Dorothy Roberts about the hidden history of interracial couples in Chicago, the legacy of the racial caste system, and how the one drop rule still shapes identity today. Drawing from Roberts’ book The Mixed Marriage Project, this conversation explores passing, white privilege, and the myth that love alone can dismantle institutional racism. From the Great Migration to modern debates about race and belonging, this episode digs into what interracial marriage does and does not fix in America.

Progressive Media in a Red State

2/20/2026

31 min

What happens when local news stops calling lies lies and starts softening the truth? In this conversation, journalist Deanna Pan joins Frogmore Stew to talk about media bias, editorial pressure, and why progressive journalism in South Carolina matters more than ever. From Trump coverage and the refusal to use words like racist, to the collapse of local watchdog reporting and the need for independent Substack voices, this is a candid look at how headlines shape public understanding. If you care about South Carolina politics, media accountability, and building progressive media in a red state, pull up a chair.

America's Immigration Story and South Carolina's Front Lines

2/19/2026

48 min

America’s immigration story has always been about power, control, and who gets to belong. From the Chinese Exclusion Act and Operation Wetback to modern ICE enforcement and expedited removal, we trace the full history of US immigration policy before bringing it home to South Carolina’s front lines. Immigration attorney Jennie Montenotte of Charleston Legal Access explains how immigration court, Notice to Appear filings, ICE check ins, and asylum cases are playing out for families across our state. If you want to understand how federal immigration policy impacts South Carolina communities in real time, this conversation connects the national timeline to what is happening on the ground right now.