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The collecting of ginseng root is a mountain tradition, but American Wild Ginseng is now often found only on private, state, or federally protected lands. When people take advantage of that protected status in order to make money, it's called poaching. The American Wild Ginseng is in danger of disappearing from the wild because of poaching. Chrissy Keuper attempts to discern the fate of the plant... 
Idaho is the only state in the nation that legally allows two parents who do not live together equal time with their children. Other states are being lobbied now to guarantee equal shared custody. Recently, the Tennessee legislature considered the proposal, but it was not approved. This leaves some fathers frustrated from navigating through a court system they say has a negative gender bias. Ann Lloyd has more in this report, produced for WUOT by Shiela Hawkins...
Schools throughout the area began their fall semesters this week. But Cumberland County Schools did not open... and they will remain closed until the County Commission and the School Board come to terms on a budget for the school year. Chrissy Keuper interviews Gary Nelson. He's Senior Staff Writer for the Crossville Chronicle newspaper and has been covering the impasse...
For those who suffer from schizophrenia, it can be a frightening, debilitating disease. Yet the general public knows very little about it; as such, it's often treated casually--and is sometimes even the subject of jokes. But it can be a very serious disability. On this episode of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer Powell discusses schizophrenia with Dr. Clif Tennison, a psychiatrist and Clinical Director at the Helen Ross McNabb Center in Knoxville...
Members of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church will hold a service this Sunday to re-consecrate their sanctuary. That sanctuary is where a gunman opened fire on the congregation last Sunday. Two people died and seven others were injured. WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell recently sat down with someone who was there-- and whose actions dramatically changed the outcome...