The Blue Wave, Dolphins, and Motor Cops

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Harley Conversations says goodbye to Western North Carolina with a conversation about motor-cop life, and then heads on to South Carolina for a dolphin-spotting excursion from Folly Beach, near Charleston. @harleyconversations2026Music by Black River DeltaRecorded using @rodemic equipment, edited on Davinci Resolve @blackmagicnewsofficialProduced, presented, recorded and edited by Guy Kiddey.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Asheville in North Carolina has been dubbed the San Francisco of Appalachia. In this episode of the Harley Conversations, Guy meets business owners and creative folk to test this thesis. He also considers a very particular type of capitalism at work in this part of Western North Carolina (WNC)- one that seems beneficent, and designed to help people to help themselves. He also meets bikers at a toy-run rally - an event to gather presents and raise money for disadvantaged children throughout the WNC region.@harleyconversations2026Music by Black River DeltaRecorded using @rodemic equipment, edited on Davinci Resolve @blackmagicnewsofficialProduced, presented, recorded and edited by Guy Kiddey.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Wilkesboro in North Carolina is a cradle of American motorsport - NASCAR started here, and so did American lawn-mower racing. In this episode, Guy Kiddey visits the North Wilkesboro Speedway and meets Graig Hoffman who runs the track. He talks to two pillars of the Wilkesboro mower-racing community, Andy Soots and Dale Burr, about the sport's past and present. He also speaks to Pontus Ohlsson of Black River Delta, the Swedish blues-rock band whose music provides the soundtrack to the Harley Conversations odyssey.Read Guy's recent essay on why so many people vote for Trump and his policies in spite of this being against their best interests: https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/guy-kiddey-i-went-looking-for-trumps-america-this-is-what-i-found/Photos of a Hopper-esque scene near Wilkesboro via these linkshttps://www.instagram.com/p/De60oCGFE7f/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&dlrf=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122127860241469900&set=a.122113637337469900@harleyconversations2026Music by Black River DeltaRecorded using @rodemic equipment, edited on Davinci Resolve @blackmagicnewsofficialProduced, presented, recorded and edited by Guy Kiddey.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Inspired by the late Alistair Cooke's Letter from America, this radio letter considers the demise of the American dream - and what is happening to American men as their individual dreams become less their own, and more those of societal power structures and the illusions, even delusions, of social media. Recorded using @rodemic equipment, edited on Davinci Resolve @blackmagicnewsofficialProduced, presented, recorded and edited by Guy Kiddey.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Many listeners will have read, or at least know about, JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. This work portrays the people of Appalachia is a less-than-flattering light.In this episode, I ride my Harley-Davidson in the depths of eastern Kentucky to see for myself what life is like in this beautiful but extremely poor part of America.All too often, journalists, if they even bother to come come here at all, are in search of sensationalism. But sensationalism comes from stereotypes, and stereotypes only ever hold a grain of truth.In stark contrast to the bleakness of much of this typical coverage, the stories you’re about to hear are overwhelmingly positive. They are stories of Appalachia’s environmental flourishing that would seem to echo the resilience and capacity for reinvention of the people who live in this part of America.Available for download on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Spotify. Music by Black River Delta.Recorded using Røde equipment, edited on Davinci Resolve.Produced, presented, recorded and edited by Guy Kiddey.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Guy Kiddey travels to Florence, Alabama, to meet musician Andy Baxter of the folk duo Penny and Sparrow, and fellow musician Payton Pruitt. He also pays a visit to Guy Phillips, who owns a shop selling Southern wares and is full of local legend and lore.Music by Black River Delta.Recorded using Røde equipment, edited on Davinci Resolve.Produced, presented, recorded and edited by Guy Kiddey.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Welcome to Harley Conversations — a journey through the American South, one conversation at a time.Hear the stories, voices and people behind the places visited on the road, with weekly letters and featured conversations coming throughout the journey.Real people. Real places. Real riding.@harleyconversations2026 across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. Music by Black River Delta.