The View from The County with Randy Young
A look at the world through the eyes of writer/broadcaster/guitarist/historian/teacher Randy Young of Thomas County, Georgia.
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Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
14 min
Today an exploration of the earliest motivations for learning how to play the guitar.
Feb 15, 2024
Feb 15, 2024
9 min
Today a discussion about the rising rate of out of wedlock births in America.
Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
10 min
Today an exploration of 'true wuv' for Randy's daughter - when she was five.
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
9 min
Recollections of some special people from the history of downtown Thomasville.
Feb 12, 2024
Feb 12, 2024
6 min
Today, a discussion about how things that used to be considered normal have become abnormal.
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
9 min
Holy Astringent Plum-Like Fruit! Today, "Man Cannot Live by Crime Fighting Alone."
Feb 8, 2024
Feb 8, 2024
10 min
Today, people often aren't what they seem to be...or, what they've been labeled by others to be.
Feb 7, 2024
Feb 7, 2024
10 min
A listener asked: what advice would you give a young person from a challenging situation who wants to grow up to be president?
Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024
9 min
On today's episode, perspective can come from very unlikely places and at very unlikely times.
Feb 5, 2024
Feb 5, 2024
9 min
Today, Randy discusses the importance of failure as a motivator, especially in young people.
Randy Young is known as "The Voice of Thomas County", and has been a weekly columnist for the Thomasville Times-Enterprise newspaper in Thomasville, Georgia for over 30 years. He taught audio & video production at Thomas County Central High School in Thomasville for 30 years, was selected as Thomas County Schools Teacher of the Year and a top 10 state teacher of the year finalist in 2009, and just recently retired from the classroom. Randy is considered 'the godfather' of audio/video production in public schools in Georgia.
A lover of American history, he is a member of The Society of the Cincinnati, and has been published in several historical magazines and publications as well as serving as Managing Director of the Thomasville/Thomas County Veterans Museum. Since 1986 Randy has also been the play-by-play voice of the Thomas County Central Yellow Jacket football program, and has called seven state championship games for the team (six of which they won, the last in 2023), and was inducted into the Thomasville/Thomas County Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
A child of the late 70's/early 80's, Randy has played guitar semi-professionally for 40+ years, and is currently lead guitarist and vocalist for the regional classic rock band 'The Skinks'.
Dubbed by some "Thomas County's Lewis Grizzard", Randy's family has been in "The County" since 1825. His sharing of his unique view of life through his experiences from his home on Egg & Butter Road has endeared Randy to thousands in the Southwest Georgia/Northwest Florida region.
We live in complicated times....
...and sometimes a common sense voice is needed to help us better understand it.
On "The View from The County with Randy Young" you'll get that common sense voice covering all kinds of topics that are a part of living in the 21st century...with a particular emphasis on tales that hail Thomasville and Thomas County, Georgia.