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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.

Our guest is Dr. Cindy Ott, associate professor of history at the University of Delaware. She is the author of the book Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon.

This is a rebroadcast of our interview with Dr. Bob Miller, who died on October 31, 2024, at the age of 106.

We rebroadcast our interview with Gayle Manchin, Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.

We visit with World War II historian Dr. Colin Baxter, Professor Emeritus of History at East Tennessee State University. He talks about the explosive RDX and its production in Kingsport, Tennessee, and Hawkins County, Tennessee, in the 1940s.