{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Genuinely Southern","title":"Genuinely Southern, Ep.#4: How I Met My Wife… When I Was Two","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bfe4fef9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1798,"description":"How exactly do you explain a love story that begins with a toddler in a diaper, takes a detour through church musicals, the Georgia State Fair and Atlanta disco, and ends with a wedding in one of Macon’s grandest historic homes? Mark Ballard welcomes a particularly special guest to Genuinely Southern: his wife, Deborah. Together, they finally answer one of the questions they’re asked most often—“How did y’all meet?”\n\nThe answer requires going way back.\n\nIt's funny. It's tender. It's occasionally outrageous. In other words, it's Genuinely Southern.\n\nIn this episode:\nThe first time Mark and Deborah met—and Mark's questionable wardrobe\nGrowing up together in Macon\nChurch productions, sweetheart banquets and hauling a trunk full of sand\nMemories of Macon's old Georgia State Fair\nDeborah's prophetic comment about Mark\nLove and loss at Christmas\nCaviar, disco and a night at Atlanta's Limelight\nWhy Mark's professors noticed Deborah before Mark did\nDeciding to get married on the drive from Athens to Macon\nBecoming one of the first couples married at the historic Hay House\nAnd the final verdict on whether Deborah really is a “cougar”\nChapters\n00:00  Welcome to Genuinely Southern\n00:54  Meet Deborah Ballard: “How Did Y’all Meet?”\n01:19  It All Started When Mark Was Two\n04:09  Church Kids, Sweetheart Banquets & a Truckload of Sand\n06:25  Growing Up at the Georgia State Fair\n09:40  The “Big One” & Their Church Variety Show Years\n11:32  Mark Attended Deborah’s First Wedding\n13:04  A Baby, Thanksgiving & Some Serious Foreshadowing\n15:01  A Christmas That Changed Everything\n17:52  Art School, Macon & a Friendship Grows Closer\n18:30  Caviar and a Night at the Limelight\n20:32  Mark Goes to “Sodom and Gomorrah”\n21:48  When Mark’s Art Professors Noticed Deborah\n23:12  “You Wanna Get Married?”\n24:15  A Cougar, a Gigolo & Some Concerned Families\n24:35  Getting Married at Macon’s Hay House\n27:32  Wedding Vows & 44 Years Later\n28:24  Would They Do It All Again?\n28:59  Closing: More...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IxLv7U5lW_465VL4PWOitrc9qliSGwcQxWa-f_d9osA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNWZk/YzNmM2FkN2M5YWRl/OGY4NzY2NmRjYWJk/MDMwOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}