http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ en-us mpowell7@utk.edu 2010-09-02T07:37:08-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/09/000570-cathie_bird_of_statewide_organizing_for_community_empowerment.html The Environmental Protection Agency recently began holding public hearings around the country, which focus on whether to classify coal ash as a toxic substance. The move would make coal ash subject to strict regulation. None of these hearings are... 570@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-09-02T07:37:08-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/09/000569-dialogue_islam_101.html If the controversies surrounding mosques in New York City and Murfreesboro have taught us anything, it's this--- as a nation, we still don't have a grip on what Islam is-- and what it's not. And maybe that's an unrealistic... 569@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-09-01T13:00:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/09/000567-knox_county_public_defender_mark_stephens_and_the_community_law_office.html Tennessee is one of only two states* in the country that have a statewide system of elected public defenders. The Knox County Public Defender's office celebrated its 20th anniversary September 1st, 2010... and Mark Stephens has been Knox County's... 567@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-09-01T08:47:05-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/08/000566-home_brew.html When you think of the process of brewing beer, you might conjure images of elephant-sized copper kettles and elaborate networks of pipes. But here in Knoxville, a group of brewers is making beer on a much smaller scale-- in... 566@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-08-23T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/08/000565-teacher_effectiveness_part_iii.html The University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research predicts there will more than 31,000 teacher openings in Tennessee by the year 2013. The challenge for area school systems will be finding quality teachers to fill those vacancies.... 565@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-08-19T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/08/000564-teacher_effectiveness_part_ii.html This week marks the beginning of classes in many school districts throughout East Tennessee. And it's a pivotal time. With a half billion dollars in Race-to-the-Top funds, Tennessee's system of education will definitely change in the coming years. In... 564@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-08-18T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/08/000563-teacher_effectiveness_part_i.html This week marks the beginning of classes in many school districts throughout East Tennessee. And it's a pivotal time. With a half billion dollars in Race-to-the-Top funds, Tennessee's system of education will definitely change in the coming years. In... 563@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-08-17T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/08/000562-riding_my_thumb.html As a young man growing up in the 1970's, Gerry Boylan hitchhiked all around the U.S. and Canada. He says he probably covered more than 100,000 miles. Thirty-five years later, he's written a novel called "Getting There", based on... 562@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-08-12T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/08/000560-dialogue_august_the_coal_creek_war.html The Cumberland Mountains to the north of Knoxville are home to most of the coal mines in East Tennessee... and towns like Briceville, Fraterville, and Lake City grew up around the mining industry. Lake City was once called Coal Creek.... 560@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-08-06T11:36:54-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000559-pioneers_engineers_the_wuot_story_part_v.html This year represents WUOT's 60th Anniversary year. All week long, we've been looking back on 60 years of radio on WUOT. We've heard from those people who were there at the beginning and from those who participated in the... 559@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-23T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000557-pioneers_engineers_the_wuot_story_part_iv.html WUOT went on the air on October 27th, 1949. And all year long, we're celebrating our 60th anniversary. This week, we're hearing the voices of some of the people who were at WUOT during the good times and the... 557@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-22T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000558-pioneers_engineers_the_wuot_story_part_iii.html Each morning this week, we're taking a step back in time to celebrate WUOT's 60th Anniversary. We're hearing the voices of some of the people who played a significant role in the radio station's evolution. Today, we go back... 558@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-21T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000556-pioneers_engineers_the_wuot_story_part_ii.html Each morning this week, we're taking a step back in time to celebrate WUOT's 60th Anniversary. We're hearing the voices of some of the people who played a significant role in the radio station's evolution. Today, we look at... 556@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-20T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000555-pioneers_engineers_the_wuot_story_part_i.html Throughout this year, WUOT is celebrating it's 60th Anniversary. This week, we're taking a look back on the last six decades through the words and memories of some of the people who were there. In Part I of the... 555@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-19T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000551-solar_hot_water_at_the_knox_county_detention_facility.html Solar Array at the Knox County Detention Facility, Knoxville, Tennessee (photo courtesy of FLS Energy, Asheville, North Carolina) The movement to revamp energy technology and reduce carbon emissions is gaining ground across the country and Knox County is no... 551@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-15T08:45:53-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000550-dialogue_defending_yourself_from_assault.html Consider this--- before we end this program an hour from now, 171 Americans will become victims of a violent crime. Another 381 will be threatened with violence. Twenty-eight people---almost exclusively women--- will be either threatened with sexual assault or actually... 550@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-07T13:00:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/07/000549-dante_alighieris_divine_comedy_as_illustrated_by_salvador_dali.html Cerberus (Inferno #6) Ecstatic Visions (Purgatorio #12) The Dust of Souls (Paradiso #11) Italian author Dante Alighieri's poem Inferno, or Hell, is probably the best-known of a trilogy of poems called The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. In... 549@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-07-02T07:39:13-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/06/000548-eleanor_smeal_on_modern_feminism.html Eleanor Smeal describes herself as a women's rights advocate, but she's known as one of the leaders of the modern feminist movement. Smeal is a three-time president of the National Organization of Women and she's the founder of the... 548@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-06-11T09:12:10-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/06/000547-dialogue_kim_trent_executive_director_of_knox_heritage.html In 1974, the historic Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville was in danger of demolition because of neglect. On April 1st of that year, a group called Knoxville Heritage was formed and they raised enough money to save the Bijou.... 547@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-06-03T09:16:38-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/05/000546-peace_rally_in_east_knoxville.html Knoxville's East Side has long had a reputation as a neighborhood plagued by blight, poverty and crime. In fact, the crime rate in East Knoxville is about three times the national average. And crime typically increases along with spring... 546@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-05-28T06:35:30-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/05/000544-bill_fox_director_of_uts_center_for_business_and_economic_research.html The University of Tennessee's Center for Business and Economic Research has released a study of the UT system's impact on the state's economy. According to the report, all of UT's campuses and research facilities bring at least $2.5 billion... 544@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-05-24T09:11:36-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/05/000543-gregory_button_on_the_bp_deepwater_horizon_oil_spill_in_the_gulf_of_mexico.html Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig shortly before it collapsed into the Gulf of Mexico, April 22nd 2010 (photo by Jon T. Fritz) On April 20th, British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform exploded. The explosion killed several workers... 543@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-05-11T09:11:02-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/05/000542-dialogue_get_out_of_our_house.html A recent Pew Research Center poll found only 22 percent of Americans could say they trust the federal government "almost always or most of the time". That’s among the lowest scores in half a century. And a recent Rasmussen... 542@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-05-05T13:00:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/05/000541-david_quammen_on_conservationism_and_environmentalism.html Science and nature writer, author, and journalist David Quammen has been following field biologists all over the world for more than 30 years. Quammen was a longtime columnist for Outside Magazine. His work has appeared in Harper's and Rolling... 541@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-05-05T09:30:46-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/04/000540-david_bassett_obesity_and_the_built_environment_in_the_us.html Tennessee currently has the 4th highest rate of adult obesity in the US, at 30.2 percent... and the state has the 5th highest number of overweight young people, aged 10 to 17 years, at 36.5 percent.* The University of... 540@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-04-30T09:14:48-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/04/000539-attorney_hugh_ward_usa_vs_david_kernell.html The case of the United States of America versus David Kernell is taking place this month in Knoxville. Kernell is accused of hacking into the personal email account of former Alaska governor and US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, while he... 539@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-04-19T09:53:54-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/04/000538-seismologist_bob_hatcher_on_the_areas_recent_rockslides_and_landslides.html (Rockslide on Interstate 40, Haywood County, NC, October of 2009) It seems there's been a rockslide or landslide in the news a lot lately... several here in East Tennessee and in Western North Carolina, including one just over the... 538@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-04-14T09:27:55-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/04/000537-april_dialogue_healthy_local_food_options.html Chrissy Keuper speaks with Charlotte Tolley (Director of the Market Square Farmers' Market and board member on the Knoxville Knox County Food Council) and Ben Epperson (Program Manager of the Knox County Health Department's Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities initiative... 537@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-04-08T09:43:21-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/03/000536-nprs_carl_kasell_on_radio.html Anyone who listens to news from National Public Radio is probably familiar with the voice of Carl Kasell. He began doing news for a radio station in Alexandria, Virginia in the 1960,s and then went to work for NPR... 536@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-03-25T14:54:12-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/03/000535-kate_vitasek_on_vested_outsourcing.html Outsourcing is a more than $6 trillion dollar industry, used by companies all over the world as a way to save time and money. But Kate Vitasek says a new technique could mean better business for everyone. Vitasek is... 535@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-03-19T09:01:24-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/03/000534-feeding_the_birds_an_oxycontin_addiction.html The painkiller Oxycontin was introduced in 1995 as a panacea drug for people suffering from chronic, extreme pain. Among its early users were patients who suffered from cancer, debilitating injuries and severe arthritis. But before long, recreational drug users... 534@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-03-11T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/03/000533-sam_keen_on_living_in_a_sacred_manner.html Author and religious philosopher Sam Keen has spent years exploring how to live everyday life in what he calls a sacred manner. His newest book is entitled: The Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred. Keen... 533@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-03-09T09:24:41-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/03/000532-dialogue_the_social_media_revolution.html It's 2010 and if you haven't heard of Facebook or Myspace or Twitter, it's probably because the buzz hasn't reached your cave yet. Sites like these are revolutionizing the way we communicate with each other. They're changing the way... 532@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/03/000530-amy_greenes_bloodroot.html Novelist Amy Greene grew up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. And in her debut novel Bloodroot, she takes readers into the shadows of those mountains to experience an inter-generational tale of heartbreak and hope. Critics are praising... 530@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-03-02T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/02/000526-politics_of_the_2010_census_former_us_census_bureau_director_c_louis_kincannon.html The US Census Bureau is conducting its decennial report of Americans this year. In March, forms will be sent to every residence in the United States and Puerto Rico. The information gathered in the Census helps decide how federal... 526@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-02-26T07:47:38-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/02/000531-severe_weather_season.html Forecasters at the National Weather Service say East Tennessee has a good chance of seeing more severe storms, flooding and tornadoes than normal this spring. Tim Troutman is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in... 531@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-02-22T17:45:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/02/000525-dialogue_stan_brock_founder_of_remote_area_medical.html For the last twenty-five years, volunteers with Remote Area Medical have traveled the planet, providing people and animals with medical and dental care, at no charge. The Knoxville-based volunteer corps began by providing service in countries other than the... 525@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-02-03T09:50:30-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/01/000524-victor_ashe.html Knoxville native Victor Ashe has spent more than 30 years in public service. In 1968, Ashe was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. In 1987, he won the office of Knoxville City Mayor and served for 16 years.... 524@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-01-26T08:55:55-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2010/01/000523-dialogue_106th_general_assembly_preview.html Next week, the gavel falls on the second session of Tennessee's 106th General Assembly. If the past is any indication, the roughly six month session will feature plenty of back-biting, grand-standing and power-grabbing. The fact that it's an election year--... 523@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2010-01-06T13:00:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2009/12/000522-perigord_black_truffles.html One of the most elusive gastronomic treats in the world can now be found in East Tennessee--- the famed, rare Perigord Black Truffle. The nubby, round, aromatic fungus is worth hundreds of dollars a pound and grows wild in France.... 522@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2009-12-21T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2009/12/000521-matt_morelock_of_morelock_music.html Downtown Knoxville has undergone something of a renaissance in the last decade, and in the economic climate of the last couple of years, some would say that the success of new businesses downtown is something of a surprise. Now... 521@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2009-12-17T07:55:48-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2009/12/000520-the_scraggly_root.html Ginseng root has long been used in folk medicine in the United States and Asia. But now, it's big business, appearing in pills, energy drinks and even cosmetics. The manufacturers of these products buy ginseng from a seller. The seller... 520@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2009-12-04T06:35:00-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2009/12/000518-december_dialogue_tim_adams_executive_director_of_knoxvilles_youngwilliams_animal_center.html www.knoxpets.org Toll-free Spay/Neuter Hotline 1-866-907-SPAY (7729) Americans love their pets... but the Humane Society reports that more than eight million cats and dogs find their way into US animal shelters every year. More than half of them are euthanized... 518@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2009-12-03T09:02:57-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2009/11/000517-.html 517@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2009-11-24T21:33:46-05:00 http://wuot.org/mt/archives/2009/11/000516-i40_rockslide_npr.html AAA predicts more than 33,000,000 Americans will hit the highway this Thanksgiving weekend. In Western North Carolina, a major interstate has been closed since last month because of a huge rockslide. Travelers moving on I-40 near the Tennessee state line... 516@http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/ 2009-11-24T17:00:00-05:00