NPR’s Don Gonyea talks with Andrew Iden, executive producer of Marked!: The Podcast, about how Georgia’s Revolutionary-era past is told through thousands of roadside historical markers. The series uses roughly 2,000 markers across the state as entry points, unpacking the local events, personalities and tensions that made Georgia’s experience of the American Revolution distinct from other colonies.
Through interviews, archival research and visits to marker sites, the podcast highlights stories and perspectives often missing from broad national narratives — revealing contested loyalties, regional campaigns and the layered memories communities preserve. Iden and Gonyea explore how these small signs along highways and town squares trace a complex past and shape how Georgians remember the Revolution today.
Listeners can hear the full conversation on NPR and follow Marked!: The Podcast for more episodes about Georgia’s overlooked histories.