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A Maryville family is living a bureaucratic nightmare. In August 2008, Marine Sergeant Michael Ferschke was killed in battle in Iraq. He left behind his new Japanese bride, pregnant with his son. The couple had been married, by proxy, only a month before Ferschke was killed. Despite the legal union, U.S. Immigration law forbids Hota Ferschke from living here permanently, because the couple did not consummate their marriage, after the ceremony. WUOT's Ann Lloyd spoke with Michael's mother, Robin Ferschke. She says they're gathering political support in order to keep Hota with her new American family...
Mental Health Provider Dr. Frederick Frese recently spoke to students at the University of Tennessee. Frese works with mentally ill patients in Akron Ohio. He brings a unique perspective to mental health care. He was diagnosed with Schizophrenia in 1968. Despite that handicap, he earned a doctorate degree in Psychology and has spent more than 40 years treating and teaching about mental illness. Frese tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd public attitudes about mental illness seem to be changing...
The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned in June. The Assembly includes ten representatives of Knox County districts: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper speaks with Republican Senator Randy McNally, who serves the state's 5th District and begins his 32nd year in the Legislature in January. McNally won his first elected office in the House in 1978. In 1986, he won a Senate seat and has been there ever since...
Knoxville photographer Brian Wagner's latest project is called Sound Booth. The collection is currently showing at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville. In October, a smaller version of the show will move to The Square Room on Knoxville's Market Square. The collection can also be seen at www.soundboothcreative.com; Wagner's other work can be found at www.brianwagnerphotography.com.
Chrissy Keuper spoke with Wagner and has this report about the Sound Booth project...
The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned in June. The Assembly includes ten representatives of Knox County districts: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper speaks with Republican House Representative Harry Brooks, who serves the state's 19th District and begins his eighth year in the House in January. Brooks says he was always interested in government. but one decision really got his career in government rolling...
The Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee opens its 35th season this evening with Tennessee Williams' classic play "A Streetcar Named Desire". Clarence Brown's Artistic Director Cal McLean is directing the play. And the iconic role of Blanche DuBois is played by UT alumna and Knoxville native Dale Dickey...
For better or worse, the term "end of life" has managed to find a predominant place in our national conversation as of late. The health care overhaul has forced us to examine our mortality in a new light. How will we spend our final days? How will we make the important decisions that have to be made? And what role do government, family and the medical profession have in the process? The simple fact that the term "end of life" has become so politically charged may be a testament to the sensitivity with which we view our passing.
For more than 40 years, the hospice movement has attempted to address that sensitivity head-on. On this episode of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer Powell speaks with Barbara Sears and Brenda Fletcher. Sears is the Administrator of the University of Tennessee Hospice Program and Brenda Fletcher is the program's Volunteer and Bereavement Coordinator...