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We look at the issue of emergency preparedness, particularly as it relates to Hurricane Helene and the devastation it caused in Western North Carolina. Our guest is reporter Laura Sullivan.

We delve more deeply into the life and times of the late Chet Atkins, in part two of our interview with Don Cusic, author of the new biography, Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar, published in 2025 by the University of Georgia Press.

We look at the life and work of the late guitarist Chet Atkins, originally from Luttrell, Tennessee. Our guest is Belmont University professor Don Cusic, author of a new biography entitled Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar.

In part two of our discussion about prostate cancer, Dr. Kristen Scarpato, a urologic oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks about various treatment options.

His chairs are in use at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia, and around the breakfast table in the Governor’s Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. Meet Curtis Buchanan, who has been making Windsor chairs in Jonesborough, Tennessee, for over 40 years.

In this special edition of “Vital Voices,” we hear stories in celebration of Native American Heritage Month.

We get an up-close look at what daily life was like during World War II through the letters of tank commander John Goodin, originally from Erwin, Tennessee. Many of his letters are collected in a new book, Appalachia to Dessau: Letters of a Tank Commander in World War II, edited by Sandy Laws and published in 2024 by McFarland and Company.

We learn all about the Appalachian dulcimer with singer, songwriter, and musician Roxanne McDaniel. Originally from Tazewell, Tennessee, Roxanne now makes her home in Johnson City.

This is part two of our interview with Allan Benton, proprietor of Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, Tennessee.

November was the traditional time for hog-killing in Appalachia, and the pig has played a central role in the region’s cuisine. In the first of two programs, we visit with one of the nation’s most respected pork producers, Allan Benton, owner of Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, Tennessee.