About FGTM
TLDR:
Fried Green Tomato Media is a creative media platform for the future.
We create and host podcasts and newsletters with the aim of making knowledge-sharing accessible, creative, and compelling.
College classmates and friends Ben Brooks and Abby Virgil founded FGTM in 2024.
Long version here.
Ben Brooks
Ben is a lawyer at heart but not by trade - meaning that he has a law degree but used it open a restaurant and Fried Green Tomato Media. When not fighting the power or researching/tracking neo-Nazis in the Carolinas, Ben is creating new menu items, finding the next musical pulse, and curating exquisite vibes in the least likely places. Ben is fluent in Spanish and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law, concentrating on constitutional, asylum, and nationality law. Before that he earned his M.A. from Boston University in Latin American Studies; he earned his B.A. in History and Spanish from Wake Forest University (Go Deacs!). Ben is based in the Foothills of North Carolina and continues to use life as an excuse to document dying Foothills/ Appalachian culture.
Abby Virgil
September Virgo. Elder Gen Z. Wannabe pop star. Actual podcaster. Abby is passionate about partnerships, storytelling, and not taking life too seriously; all of which led her to co-found Fried Green Tomato Media in 2024. Her other professional experience can be found on LinkedIn, or you can just trust her. She speaks Spanish and has traveled, worked, and studied across the Western Hemisphere. Abby earned her M.A. in Latin American Studies / Political Economy from Georgetown University, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Spanish from Wake Forest University.