Jim Auchmutey, a journalist who wrote for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for almost 30 years, specializing in stories about the South and its history and culture, talks about his new book, “Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America,” and how the history of barbecue parallels the history of our country.

Guest host is John Shelton Reed coauthor of “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue”