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We talk about the history of an unusual soft drink that was originally touted as a dietary supplement. Dr. Enuf was first produced by Tri-City Beverage in Johnson City 75 years ago this year.

On March 12, 1974, what became the Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University was created when the Tennessee House of Representatives overrode Governor Winfield Dunn’s veto of the medical school bill. This program includes voices of people who were directly involved in the campaign to bring a medical school to ETSU.

Dr. John Shelton Reed, one of the most respected commentators on life in the American South, discusses the current state of barbecue, with specific attention to regional differences in North Carolina.

Laurel Blanchard, a meteorologist with WJHL-TV in Johnson City, talks about how she documented the weather for the year 2023 in a unique way. Using her crocheting skills, she created a temperature blanket that is almost 8 ½ feet long.

Our guest is Ayesha Rascoe, host of NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday." She discusses her newly released book, HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience.

We visit with Dr. Bob Miller, still leading an active life at age 105 in Kingsport, Tennessee.

We talk with Autumn Lockwood, Associate Performance Coach with the Philadelphia Eagles. On February 12, 2023, during Super Bowl 57, she made history as the first African American woman to coach in a Super Bowl.

A re-broadcast of our interview with Dr. Bob Miller, a research chemist from Kingsport, Tennessee, who turned 105 in October of 2023.

We talk with Sarah McCammon, a National Political Correspondent for NPR, about her newly released book, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.

On a Peace Corps assignment in Zimbabwe, Kingsport, Tennessee, native Mark Overbay observed the making of a peanut butter paste for use in groundnut stews. It was his inspiration, over a decade later, to start Big Spoon Roasters, a company that specializes in hand-crafted nut butters.