The Conference on the Front Porch 2023

She received the Best New Artist award at the Austin Music Awards and has been creating music since then. While studying Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi, Caroline co-founded Thacker Mountain Radio, a live radio show. Ragan is a senior official at the United Nations, having worked with the UN World Food Program for over 25 years. Originally from Cleveland, Mississippi, Ragan has worked and resided in various countries such as North Korea, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Nepal, Zambia, Libya, the Philippines, and Yemen. He was the last American to officially live in North Korea, serving as the UN's senior official in Pyongyang. His wife and children accompanied him, making them the only American family to ever reside in North Korea. His writings have been published in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.).