Matt Headley

Southern Legends

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

Stories, essays, and dispatches from Northeast Alabama — on faith, community, small business, and what it means to build a life in a place people overlook.

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Matt Headley

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The Digital Gym: A Somatic Practice 02.06.2026 3:43

The Sunday after my first sermon in twelve months, I pulled over on the side of the road — not because something was wrong with the car, but because the comments were coming in too fast to ignore. A Facebook thread had turned into a dogpile. Then Wade Allen called. I'm calling it the Digital Gym.

The Hospital 20.04.2026 12:58

I left the ER with a spring in my step. The next day, I called Dad to take me back.

The Burning Bus 15.03.2026 11:18

On Mother's Day 1961, a Greyhound bus carrying Freedom Riders was firebombed outside Anniston. The attack shocked the nation and became a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the Freedom Riders National Monument preserves two sites where it happened, and forces a city to reckon with the hardest chapter in its history.