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When the Tennessee Valley Authority's Board of Directors meets in Knoxville this morning, it will likely vote on the Community Relations Committee's controversial land use policy. Among other things, the policy would strictly prohibit the sale of TVA land to private residential developers. WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell recently spoke with two people who have different opinions about the new policy...
In recent years, the land surrounding America's national parks has become attractive to residential developers. But the landscaping in these new neighborhoods can often feature aggressive, exotic plants, many of which threaten to choke out native plants. Now, a new program aims to keep these plants from sneaking their way into the nation's most-visited park. As WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell reports, the program depends upon an uncommon alliance of environmentalists and developers...
Author and former Knoxville resident Elizabeth Kostova gives a special reading tonight at the Friends of the Knoxville Library Benefit. She'll be reading from her New York Times Number One Besting Book "The Historian". The book is a tale of love, travel and vampires in the late 20th century. WUOT's Ann Lloyd asks Kostova to read a passage from her book...
Terry Gross, host of NPR's Fresh Air, speaks tonight at the Tennessee Theater. She's hosted Fresh Air since 1985. Gross started with a local version of the program on WHYY in 1975. It ran locally there before being picked up by NPR. She's interviewed thousands of politicians, artists, authors and celebrities in that time. In this interview, WUOT's Ann Lloyd asks if there is any one person she tried repeatedly to book on Fresh Air, but was unsuccessful...
While last night's election was considering a victory for Democrats across the country, voters here confirmed that Tennessee is still a blue state. Tennesseans' conservative leanings were no more evident than in the overwhelming vote to confirm Amendment One, the gay marriage amendment. WUOT has a two part report from last night's election...
From Sarajevo to Gaza, a whole generation of children and teens have grown up in a culture of violence and warfare. What kind of a psychological effect does that environment have on them? What are their chances of escaping the cycle of violence? On this edition of Dialogue, WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell speaks with Dr. Brian Barber of the University of Tennessee's Center for the International Study of Youth and Political Violence...