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We talk with Marilyn Mascaro, a member of the Tennessee Mountain Writers organization, about her new book, When the Rivers Flowed. It’s the non-fiction story of her grandparents and their lives together in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Tennessee Valley Authority were being planned and created.

We visit a home kitchen in Southwest Virginia to learn about the late summer ritual of making the garden-clearing relish known as chow-chow. Kay Wade and her family have been using the same chow-chow recipe since 1952.

Dr. Allen gives some tips on how to decrease stress and anxiety on vet visits and more! Many times when pets come to the veterinarian hospital, they're anxious. They're licking their lips, their body language is out-of-sorts, and they're wondering what's going to happen to them. They're encountering all kinds of unusual sights and smells, meeting people they've never been around before, and they're very stressed. This is not fun for the pet, not fun for the owner, and can make a veterinarian's job even harder.

Fred Sauceman visits with one of the most prolific commentators on life in the American South. Dr. Reed taught Sociology and Southern Studies courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for many years. He's the author of twenty-three books and has held visiting professorships at over a dozen universities, including Fulbright lectureships in Israel and India and a Pitt Professorship of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge in England. Dr. Reed is a native of Kingsport, Tennessee.

Veteran journalist Brad Lifford talks gardening and ghosts. A native of Hawkins County, Tennessee, Lifford has been a reporter for the Bristol Herald Courier and the Kingsport Times-News and was film editor for Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine. He has worked in higher education and corporate communications, and he is the co-founder of Howling Hills Publishing, a new indie publishing house headquartered in East Tennessee.

This week's episode is about your older pet. We all love our new puppy and kitten and enjoy playing with them. Then, they're kind of young adults and early middle age and settle into a routine with us. But eventually, they're going to be late middle age and older. Dr. Allen tells you about what to expect and watch out for.