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New episodes weekdays at 5:30pm.
Kelly Swallows & Cookeville Pregnancy Clinic
Kelly Swallows meets with Nancy Knowlton, Executive Director of the Cookeville Pregnancy Clinic. They discuss the history of the organization and how it has grown over the past 34 years, the story behind their new location in Cookeville, the services that they provide for expecting mothers and families, as well…
Glenn Jones & Overton County History
Glenn Jones talks with Paula Stover, Director of the Overton County Heritage Museum. They discuss the county's early history including when it was established, her new book on Revolutionary War soldiers in the area that is now on sale at the museum, as well as the various other kinds of…
Dwight Henry & Living Hope Church Pastor Of Praise And Worship
Dwight Henry sits down with Kristen Miller, Pastor of Praise and Worship at Living Hope Church in Cookeville. They discuss the story of how Living Hope Church got its start in her family's home and how it has grown over the years, what it was like growing up and attending…
Kelly Swallows & Adult & Teen Challenge Of The Upper Cumberland
Kelly Swallows talks with Tim McLauchlin, Executive Director of Adult & Teen Challenge of the Upper Cumberland. They discuss what brought him to the Upper Cumberland, how the organization got its start in the area, how they assist adults and teens struggling with addiction, the various programs that they offer,…
Glenn Jones & Vonda Dixon And Aunt Polly Williams
Glenn Jones sits down with Smith County local Vonda Dixon. They discuss where her interest in local history and genealogy comes from, how she became involved in studying and reenacting the life of early 1800s Jackson County native Aunt Polly Williams, the details of Aunt Polly's life, as well as…
Dwight Henry & Meet Bob Sotis
Dwight Henry talks with Bob Sotis, Associate Pastor with Life Church. They discuss his role and responsibilities at Life Church, his life and background and how he discovered his call to ministry, as well as how he and other members of Life Church assist other churches in the area with…
Caroline Moore & Meet Lori Hatcher
Caroline Moore talks with Lori Hatcher, owner of Blindesigns in Cookeville. They discuss the story of her life and career, how her business got its start, how she got into cycling to help stay fit, as well as the story of how and why her and her husband moved from…
Kelly Swallows & Deeper Still Upper Cumberland
Kelly Swallows sits down with Lisa Mackie, Executive Director of Deeper Still Upper Cumberland in Sparta. They discuss how the organization got its start and how she became involved, how they assist the men and women of the Upper Cumberland who have been impacted by abortion, as well as details…
Glenn Jones & Putnam County Fair Board
Glenn Jones talks with John Allen, President of the Putnam County Fair Board. They discuss the history of the Putnam County Fair, what the Fair Board's responsibilities are, the amount and various types of work that go into making the fair happen, the status of the new fairgrounds location, as…
Dwight Henry & Meet Brother Ben Chapman
Dwight Henry sits down with Brother Ben Chapman, Founder and President of Lighthouse Christian Camp in Smithville. They discuss how he discovered his call to ministry at the age of 37, his time pastoring in Celina and how his time there impacted him and his community, as well as what…
Caroline Moore & The Painted House & Curated Threads
Caroline Moore meets with Kim Johnson, owner of The Painted House & Curated Threads in Cookeville. They discuss how The Painted House, and its sister store, Curated Threads, came to be, the various various types of products that the stores provide, as well as the in-home consultation services that they…
Glenn Jones & Putnam County Archives
Glenn Jones sits down with Carol Bradford, the Assistant Putnam County Archivist. They discuss what an archive is, what her role as Assistant Archivist entails, the Archive's relocation efforts in preserving the contents of the Patton House Doll Museum as a result of the March 3, 2020 Putnam County tornado,…
Kelly Swallows & Upper Cumberland Young Life
Kelly Swallows meets with Drew Teague, Area Director for Upper Cumberland Young Life. They discuss what Young Life is, what the non-denominational Christian outreach organization's mission is, how volunteers can help out and become involved with the organization, as well as what they have planned for the organization's 40th anniversary.
Glenn Jones & Freddie McCloud And I Walk The Line
Glenn Jones talks with Freddie McCloud, who starred in the 1970 movie I Walk The Line. They discuss how he became involved with the movie as a child, the important role that Gainesboro played in the movie, what it was like filming on location in and around the town, as…
Dwight Henry & Wilhite Baptist Church
Dwight Henry meets with Tim Miles, Pastor of Wilhite Baptist Church in Cookeville. They discuss the exact moment in his childhood where he received his call to ministry, the individuals who influenced and mentored him while getting his start as a preacher, as well as how he came to be…
Caroline Moore & The Life Of A Costume Designer
Caroline Moore talks with Amy Ing, Co-owner of Spotlight Costumes in Cookeville. They discuss her background and how Spotlight Costumes got its start, the various local theaters that they work with and how they are able to assist in productions, as well as how they manage to stock the various…
Kelly Swallows & Upper Cumberland Foster Closet
Kelly Swallows talks with Amanda Drake, Founder and Executive Director of the Upper Cumberland Foster Closet. They discuss how the fairly recent nonprofit organization got its start, how the organization operates and aims to assist foster parents, what the organization's monetary needs are, and where that money goes to help…
Glenn Jones & Mary Bailey And The Putnam County Fair
Glenn Jones meets with longtime Putnam County Fair participant, Mary Bailey. They discuss her involvement with the Putnam County Fair, when she got started with the Fair, her memory of when the Fair on 3rd and Maple burned, as well as what her plans are for the next fair, including…
Michael Detwiler & Cookeville City Council And Infrastructure
Michael Detwiler sits down with Cookeville City Councilman Mark Miller. They discuss his early life and education growing up in Cookeville, what led him to run for Cookeville City Council and what that process was like, as well as details surrounding various infrastructure and construction projects taking place around Cookeville.
Dwight Henry & Meet Kenny Westmoreland
Dwight Henry talks with Kenny Westmoreland with Beech Bethany Church Of Christ in Celina. They discuss his time growing up and attending church in Celina, how he first became involved working in a church, what being a hospice chaplain means to him, as well as how he serves his community…