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Vital Voices

Vital Voices features interviews with a wide variety of people talking about the subjects they are most passionate about in life.

Latest Episodes
  • We talk with NPR’s Laura Sullivan, producer and host of the new NPR-PBS “Frontline” documentary entitled “Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning.”
  • We get a vivid picture of what daily life was like for a tank commander during World War II through a recently edited collection of his letters to his parents back in East Tennessee.
  • We learn about Nigerian cooking, as it is practiced by an entrepreneurial couple here in East Tennessee.
  • East Tennessee is home to many beautiful lakes, rivers, and streams. As the Memorial Day weekend approaches later this month, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to make sure these waterways are safe for all who seek recreation. The TWRA’s Matt Cameron shares some vital information about keeping safe on the water.
  • We learn more about the inner workings of such television classics as “The Brady Bunch” from producer Lloyd Schwartz.
  • We visit with Lloyd Schwartz, who, along with his father Sherwood Schwartz, created and produced such television classics as “The Brady Bunch.”
  • In part two of our interview, Odessa Woolfolk, Founding Director of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, recalls how the city has documented its past while embracing its future.
  • We look back on some of the pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement in the South, with Odessa Woolfolk, founding Director of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
  • In part two of our interview, Dr. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., Director of the Vatican Observatory in Rome, discusses his interest in meteorites.
  • Our guest is Dr. Guy Consolmagno, S.J. He is Director of the Vatican Observatory, a position he was appointed to by Pope Francis in 2015.