In this episode, 2026 Sudler Prize Winner Ainsley Powers and host Jay Hammond discuss growing up in the American South, the importance of community, onstage and behind the scenes theater experiences, and how these have culminated into Ainsley's emerging prominence as a playwright.

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• Instagram — @ainsleypowers

Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

Podcast Production:

Zuri Greene

Academic Production Team at Emory University —

Tara McCurley, Dina Thornton, Michelle Anderer, Shannon O'Daniel, Adam Forrester

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