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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.

We discuss the subject of living in exile with Alex Fraga, owner of Hemingway’s Cuba in Asheville, North Carolina. Alex’s late father, Tony, and his family were forced to leave Cuba in 1960 because of the oppressive regime of dictator Fidel Castro. Hemingway’s Cuba is a symbol of the family’s resurgence and recovery.

We visit the workshop of Curtis Buchanan in Jonesborough, Tennessee, to learn about the making of Windsor chairs, an art passed down from the 18th century.

A project is underway to document the history of mills that once operated in Washington County, Tennessee. Our guest is Cheryl Bennett, who is heading up the research from her home in the community of Broylesville.

The detection and the treatment of prostate cancer are discussed in this edition of "Vital Voices," with Vanderbilt University urologist Dr. Kristen Scarpato.