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East Tennessee State University President Emeritus Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 81. Dr. Stanton was the institution’s eighth president, serving from 1997 until 2012. In this interview from 2007, Dr. Stanton talks about one of his hobbies and how it was centered around family. A native of Georgia, Dr. Stanton was passionate about boiled peanuts.

Our subject is a new book, How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music. Guests are Alison Fensterstock, who edited the book, and Ann Powers, who wrote the introduction.

We learn about an Appalachian tradition, the making of dried apple stack cakes, from Jill Sauceman, who uses a 125-year-old Scott County, Virginia, recipe from her grandmother.

This is part two of our interview with Lloyd Schwartz, who was a producer of the television series “The Brady Bunch,” created by his father Sherwood Schwartz. Lloyd Schwartz also wrote for such classic television shows as “It’s About Time” and “Love, American Style.”

Our guest for the first of two programs is Lloyd Schwartz, producer of one of the most successful shows in television history, “The Brady Bunch,” which was created by his father, Sherwood Schwartz, who also created “Gilligan’s Island.”

With the holidays coming up, we look at traditional American cooking, as it was practiced in the 18th century. Our guest is North Carolina author Mary Bohlen, an authority on campfire cooking.

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.